Posts tagged portraits
taha & sameea - maryland walima photography

shooting another photographer's wedding is always a mix of excitement and pressure. the pressure, clearly, because your client actually knows what you're doing; the excitement, though, because your client tends to know what works and makes it so much easier :) ...

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gagan & vanu - raleigh engagement

when i heard gagan was getting married this year... i felt old!! gagan's oldest sister is my college bff - my sakhi - and he was only 14 when i met him and the rest of their family in the good old days. and here he is now, all grown up and engaged to this glowing, smart young woman. vanu is amazing, and it was a delight to see how happy these two are together…

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hareem & omar - nikah and shaadi

when hareem first contacted me about her wedding, we soon realized we had already met each other... at sunday school, where she was my son's new teacher for the year :) and the lucky young man she was engaged to happened to be a friend of my husband's who also volunteers at the same mosque…

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nadiaa & nasir - dc pre-wedding portraits

a week ahead of the cherry blossoms, and on a rainy day in a city clogged with traffic, it seemed like it would be hard to get the photos we wanted on the day of nadiaa and nasir's nikah (islamic wedding vows). nadiaa was so incredibly patient working with me to schedule this session months ahead, knowing my schedule was tight on a school day. but honestly...

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