rachel & reed: maryland wedding
September 28, 2011 | Filed Under wedding posts | 17 Comments
i’ll always remember my last wedding of 2011 as one of the most simply beautiful, love-graced, genuine weddings i’ve ever photographed: just like rachel and reed themselves, and their love for each other – plain to see, bright enough to shine on everyone who joined them to celebrate at their latesummer ceremony. it was such an honor to be chosen to capture the day, and such a pleasure to be welcomed so kindly by not only both families but their guests as well.
the two-part wedding began with the signing of the ketubah in the presence of their families, and continued with a ceremony out on the green lawn behind the lodge at little seneca creek, under a simple chuppah. after some portraits, the couple and their families joined their guests inside the lodge for an evening of warm celebration.
thank you so much, rachel and reed, for inviting me and my second shooter jessica shepard to capture your day. i wish you both the best in your new life together! and thank you, too, to jessica, for being there for me :)
raj & swetha: philadelphia wedding
September 17, 2011 | Filed Under wedding posts | 18 Comments
having grown up in north carolina, i am never as worried about hurricane weather as i probably should be… so i wasn’t terribly apprehensive about getting up to philadelphia for raj and swetha’s wedding the weekend of hurricane irene, in spite of all the hype.
still, it had its impact – rain all day, and a good chunk of the lovely couple’s guests were unable to make it at the last minute. but let me tell you… nothing could dampen the spirit of the guests who remained, or dim the obvious joy of raj and swetha themselves as they celebrated the last of their wedding events.
raj and swetha got married earlier this summer, also in philadelphia, in a traditional hindu ceremony photographed beautifully by zoshia minto. this reception that i had the honor of joining was held at the hilton city avenue, and included a traditional religious ceremony as well as a reception replete with performances and speeches that drew admiring applause, laughs and tears alike from everyone present (i’ll always remember the john locke shirt!)
raj and swetha, thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of your day – and for making me feel so welcome and taking care of me too :) hope the images below bring back some wonderful memories for you and your families!
also, several of the images shared below were shot by my second shooter marcella treybig, whose support, energy, talent and creativity were an incredible help to me the whole weekend – thank you for everything, marcella!
bismah & danish: wedding
August 21, 2011 | Filed Under wedding posts | 22 Comments
i first met bismah back in early summer 2010, when her older sister mahvish got in touch with me about doing family portraits. they are two of six children in one of the most beautiful families i’ve ever met, and thankfully they liked my portraits enough that they also brought me along for mahvish’s wedding a couple of months later. so i was super excited to learn that bismah – who, along with her sister sehrish, make up a pair of jaw-droppingly gorgeous (and once you get to know them, utterly adorable) identical twins – was also engaged and planning on getting married in july 2011.
i’m proud to say that through all these shoots, i can finally tell them apart from each other :) i have been truly blessed in all of my clients, but the way the ameens have made me feel like a part of their family is something special – being able to witness, capture and experience their kindness, good nature, happiness and above all their love for each other has been absolutely one of the best parts of my (it’s hard to think of it as a) job.
love these girls so much, and i’m so happy to see you happy, bismah!
bismah wears hijab, but kept her hijab on for the course of the wedding so i’m sharing a bunch of these images – but keeping out images of other women at the wedding, including many family members, out of respect for their wishes of privacy. the wedding was held at martin’s west in baltimore. also, some of the images shown below were shot by my second shooter, the ever-amazing jessica shepard – thank you once again for all your help!!
osman & lubna: walima: washington, dc
August 12, 2011 | Filed Under Uncategorized, wedding posts | 20 Comments
so excited to share a few images from the third and final event of osman and lubna’s epic wedding saga! their walima – or groom’s side reception – was held at the national building museum in washington, d.c., a truly majestic venue in itself but quite jaw-dropping when designed and decorated by design artist taimur baig, who will soon be launching his own event website, and planner/decorator prabha bhambri. nothing, of course, looked more amazing than lubna herself… but the night was truly made memorable by the hilarious and moving speeches of the couples’ family and friends, and the warm welcome osman’s family gave to his bride and her family.
i had again the indispensible help of virginia photographer amber wilkie, who captured some of the stunning venue shots shown below and the awesome dance images later on, aside from helping me throughout the night; i also had the pleasure of working for the second time this summer with videographer natasha from dolce studio films.
osman and lubna, again, i can’t thank you enough for allowing me to be a part of this journey with you both! may your marriage always be as blessed as it clearly has begun :)
