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Beautiful Bengali Wedding at the Intercontinental London

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:22:03 +0000

Leonard and Sue where married at the 5 star Intercontinental Hotel in Park Lane, London near Hyde Park. The day began with a western style wedding with a civil ceremony, creative shoot in the western wedding outfits – then 3 hours of hair and make-up (yes that is correct, 3 hours!) for the outfit change. Sue wore a traditional green and gold Bengali Wedding Sari which was absolutely stunning and very heavy to wear. I just love Asian Wedding Photography as there is so much colour and loads of action going on!

I shot this wedding along with Andre of exclusive South African wedding photographers Zarazoo Photography. Andre and Stefan have spent two months here in the UK and are now coming to the end of their say for this year. They will be returning in summer next year and will be taking bookings for weddings during that time once again. They are based in Cape Town and work closely with high end wedding planner Aleit of The Aleit Group. We are going to be in South Africa ourselves for a wedding at a game reserve in April 2010 and are looking to book a couple more weddings during our stay.

To see Andre from Zara Zoo’s blog post on this wedding visit the Zarazoo Blog here

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Rain at your wedding could equal a rainbow in your photos

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:58:53 +0000

Here is the creative shoot from the Asian wedding that I shot with South African photographer Stefan Steenkamp of Zarazoo. It was absolutely pouring with rain during the shoot and the couple where really good sports and happy to take a walk in the downpour! It was real duck’s weather… (see one of the pictures below). The hindu wedding ceremony was held at The Conservatory at Painshill Park in Surrey.

Flowers and Decor by: Flower Power

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An explosian of colour with this Asian Wedding in Surrey

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:52:03 +0000

For this wedding I collaborate with Stefan Steenkamp of Exclusive South African wedding photography studio Zarazoo . Stefan is in the UK for two months covering a number of weddings here. This was my first Asian Wedding and I absolutely loved it. The colours, the vibrancies, Manju’s gorgeous asian wedding make-up, the Hindu wedding ceremony or Shaadi. The majority of the wedding ceremony took place within the Mandap (the four-pole canopy). The sacred fire in the Mandap symbolises not only the illumination of the mind, knowledge and happiness but is also a clean and pure witness to the ceremony as it progresses. The ceremony itself is a collection of rituals performed by the bride, bridegroom and their respective parents and close relatives. The priest chants “mantras” from the Vedas. He will also use the following in his ceremonies:

Fresh flowers – to signify beauty;
Coconut – to signify fertility;
Rice, jaggery and other grains – to signify the food necessary for sustenance of human life;
Ghee (purified butter) – to feed the sacred fire;
Kumkum (vermilion) – red powder used for marking the forehead to signify good luck and to say that your soul (husband) is with you.

Flowers and Decor by: Flower Power

Here are my photographs from the hindu wedding preparations and hindu marriage ceremony. Creative shoot to follow.

Shilarohana (stepping on the stone). The bride places her right foot on a stone. The bridegroom tells her to be as firm as the stone in his house so that the can face their enemies and the difficulties of life together.

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