Here’s part 2 from Bela and Khurrum’s wedding extravaganza! There’s still one more event after this..so stay tuned!

As much as I love the portraits and getting ready shots..I also love all the ceremonial stuff too at weddings, like the ring exchange, the entrances, the cake cutting and especially the ‘Joota Chupai’ (translated means, Hiding of the shoes). So it’s tradition that the sisters and friends of the bride hide the grooms shoe and demand money in exchange…the girls don’t give back the shoe until the groom pays up! There are a lot of laughs and jokes and of course a lot of money

The evening always ends on a teary note though, as the bride leaves her family to join her husband’s family…you may have noticed how the farewell’s are full of tears…yes everyone is overjoyed because of all the festivities and the coming together of the two families..but at the same time, it’s a hard time for the bride to ‘leave’ her parents and become a part of the new family.

You’ve had a chance to look at Bela and Khurrum’s E-shoot and Mehendi pictures! Now you get to see the first part of their wedding pictures…well wedding day that is! Bela was glowing in her bridal dress and so was Khurrum. Khurrum wore a traditional navy blue Sherwani on this day - The wedding was at the very gorgeous Signature Grand in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The decor was all done by Jilna of Suhaag Garden once again - she did an amazing job - and paid so much attention to all the little details!

Vendor Details:

Venue: Signature Grand, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Decorator: Suhaag Garden

Bride’s Dress: Basi Rahman

Omg! so yesterday I went to another amazing event put together by the wonderful ladies of The Fuchsia Factory (Tina Yelle) and Starfish Events + Weddings (Samantha Moonsamy) - I was actually going to be only photographing this awesome event but I ended up participating in the speed networking event too - it was my second time doing this so the experience was awesome! I loved it and I don’t know what it is, but Tina and Samantha tend to attract the most awesomest and nicest people ever! So overall the event was a huge success and I had a lot of fun, as well I made a lot of new friends and connections. If you would like to see pictures from the event, click here.

I’ve been giving you guys a peek at my experience in Florida - all the fun stuff I got to do…well you’ve seen nothing yet! wait till you see the rest of the pictures…from the actual wedding..you’ll just die! Seriously..the wedding was super grand, super gorgeous and super tasteful! everything screamed perfection and was just wonderful!  So a big props to all the parties involved in making the wedding events a big success!

Today I’ll be sharing pictures from Bela and Khurrum’s Mehendi/ Henna Ceremony. This is basically the party where everyone gets to put henna on the bride’s hands and feed her sweets and bless her. The whole theme for the decor was Moroccan which Jilna of Suhaag Garden designed. Jilna’s work is just exquisite! She was the brains behind the decoration for the Mehendi and the Wedding itself. So without further adieu…I’ll leave you to the pictures!

I look forward to getting your feedback! Trust me, you’ll fall in love Bela and Khurrum and their families after you’re done with the pictures

Until  next time!

Amna

Vendor Details:

Venue: Mehfil Restaurant, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Decorator: Suhaag Garden [ http://suhaaggarden.blogspot.com/]

Bride’s Dress: Basi Rahman

Here’s part 2 of their wedding. More of the Ceremony and Reception.

If you would like to have a look at part 1, click here.

Also, if you would like to have a look at their Same Day Edit Slideshow, Click here.

Hello Hello!! So is everyone enjoying the amazing weather we’ve been getting? I was in Montreal last weekend for an e-shoot. Omg was it FUN!!! My super awesome couple, Sonal an Nitin went out of their way and did all the location scouting so it made my job extremely easy! I will  be sharing pictures from their e-shoot soon enough, you can also keep a lookout for their wedding in June. Should be fun!  I guess now starts the whirlwind roller coaster of a summer that I’ll be having. I’m going to be travelling a lot and that is something I love about what I do..I get to see new places as well as meet new people - always exciting! One of most exciting destinations this summer is going to be Prague! yep, I’ll be there in June for a wedding, so I can barely wait for that.

Today I’ll be sharing images from my super sweet friends Mandace and Terry’s wedding. These are actually the spreads for their photobook, so I thought I would share them with you guys. One of the coolest things about this wedding was how Mandace did most of the creative stuff herself - she did the stage, decor, tables, bon-boniers, invitation cards, basketball themed seating plan, she even made her one jewelry with Swarovski crystals (!!!!), You’ll see more of the details in the second blog post. Enjoy them!!

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