I’m excited to show you our most recent Ishrat+Shadman came all the way from Bangladesh to Troy, NY to do a photo session with Clark + Walker! I’m very happy they had the perfect light! I mean when is it in the 60′s and Sunny in mid November in Upstate, NY?
I just love the texture on this one.
Congrats on your recent engagement and remember we travel. :)
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After shooting Reena and Amit’s engagement session this spring, we knew their wedding was going to be a treat. They did not disappoint! These two are not only incredibly good looking (as are all of our couples, we swear) but so much fun and they filled their traditional wedding with personalized touches that made their celebration so much fun. Seriously, when is the last time you heard Snoop Dogg played during a baraat? Never? Neither had we, but it brought the house down.
And the crowd goes wild! Snoop was a huge hit.
These little ones might take the prize for cutest flower girls this year. They were all adorable!
Now that is the look of a groom who is really really happy to be getting married!
Reena and Amit were just smiles and love and laughter all day. It was incredible.
We brought them out into this maintenance area of the property that has tall over-grown grass for these shots. Guarenteed we are the first ones to shoot there and huge props to the couple for hiking in their wedding attire for these sunset shots – they turned out awesome, well worth the effort!
Want to make a memorable entrance? Take a note from these two and rock some heart-shaped glasses. You can’t go wrong.
Another huge hit was this hilarious cake topper. The guests loved it! This was such a great, heartfelt celebration. From tear-jerking toasts…
To amazing choreographed dances Reena and Amit’s friends organized…
And then everyone danced the night away.
A big thank you to Reena and Amit for letting us be a part of your wedding. Congratulations and best wishes for the years ahead!
This, my friends, is a Clark+Walker Studio FIRST!
You see, up until now Indian weddings had been photographed by the studio, but never shot on video. When Luke told me that I was actually going to be able to shoot one at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, a million questions starting running through my head. How do they differ from American weddings? What’s a Baraat? Will you teach me the stick dance? (sadly, he said no to the last question – which I think was a cover because it is my belief that he doesn’t know how to do the stick dance!).
In any event, I knew this was going to be something very special and I was beside myself with anticipation. A little nervous? Sure. I just wasn’t sure what to expect. I had scoped out the eshoot pics that Luke had taken of Anuja+Rishi to try and get a vibe for what this fabulous looking couple would be like (which, by the way, never really works). Instead I just had to take Luke’s word for it, of which he had nothing but the best things to say about them. And all of which were confirmed after meeting them. What a fantastic couple and family! Two days of bright colors, lively dancing and amazing foods! Dare I say it was a bit overstimulating for yours truly, as I had never experienced anything like it! And you can imagine how giddy I was trying to capture everything through the lens of a camera. This, without a doubt, was a wedding videographer’s dream.
This was also my first time working with Rose Events, and man, what a class act! I really enjoyed it! We also pulled in a Rochester videographer to help us out, so a special thanks to Dennis Allen for being there for us!
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We’ve had this blog entry waiting in the wings for a bit, and I’m really excited to make this “Anuja+Rishi Week” over here at Clark+Walker :) The video trailer is being polished as I type this and will be blogged towards the end of the week in addition to all of these photos. Get strapped in and grab some popcorn because this is a SICK wedding!
Anuja looked beautiful in the morning when we arrived, and when we saw Kris Kellogg we knew why the hair and make up looked so great.
We loved everything Anuja wore all weekend, and weren’t surprised to hear these were all from Mumbai, India. Our job is easy when we get brides like this :)
Rishi was not to be out done though!
We work a lot with Rose Events, who continually impress us each and every year, and once again the details at this wedding were spot on
When it was time for the baraat people were ready to get down! I love baraats like this, I wanted one for our wedding last year :)
DJ Shahid of Rose Events Entertainment made sure the music was pumping as we walked around the streets of downtown Rochester
Once the baraat was finished we headed inside for the wedding ceremony. It was a bit “modernized” with the entire bridal party coming down the aisle during the processional and I’ve been seeing more of this lately.
I love this moment between these two
I have to admit, when I found out the ceremony was going to be inside the Rochester Convention Center I was eager to see how it would turn out. That had to present some challenges to work with, but as you can see it turned out phenomenal
Because the ceiling was essentially a huge skylight we were able to get some awesome natural daylight while still staying in the air conditioning (good move guys)
One of my favorites from the ceremony
Once the vidai started we saw some tears and some heartfelt moments which I LOVE shooting. I also loved shooting the ’58 Bently they drove away in though too, that was pimp!
During cocktail hour I loved the idea they used for people to leave them messages. Since they were both doctors they had people fill out these prescription cards telling them what they needed for a happy life and then people left them on a couple trees they had set up
After that it was time for us to capture some portraits in the end of the day butta light. I knew from our awesome e-shoot together that portrait time was going to be fun with these 2
The comfort level in front of the camera made this an awesome session
We’ve worked together with Rose Events enough times for them to just plan in these portraits during this light. Awesome.
Rishi was showing us how he models earlier in the day, but now it’s Anuja’s turn
The reception room looked absolutely awesome, which was no surprise. The entire room was draped in fabric and looked very elegant. Elegant Affairs gave us some great centerpieces, Premier Pastry did the cake, and Moghul Catering did the food (which by the way is always some of the best food we get to eat).
I especially loved these shot glasses of milk with cookies on top at the end of the night, such a great idea!
A huge thank you to the happy couple for allowing us to come along for the ride known as your wedding day. We had a blast and can’t wait to also show you the video trailer later this week as well.
You will probably remember Kavi and Justin from their recent engagement blog post HERE
In addition to having a great shoot with them just 6 days before their wedding, I also knew I was going to be working with my favorite wedding planners Rose Events. I’ve been working with Rose Events for almost 5 years now (where does the time go?!) and it’s always a pleasure. On top of that weather.com was telling me we were going to get some beautiful weather and a nice sunset. As if all of that wasn’t enough, I was able to talk my best friend Jason Groupp into coming and shooting with me. Yes this is the same Jason Groupp (the one, the only?) who photographed our wedding in June.
This year has been by far our best ever and we’ve been incredibly busy… but as you could have guessed I was really amped about driving down for Kavi and Justin’s wedding. Let’s get to the photos!
Kavi has a very natural and beautiful smile which makes her really easy to photograph
Usually a first meeting and some portraits outside at 1pm without a cloud in the sky is a SCARY situation for a photographer. I had Jason with me though so between us and our toys I knew we’d be able to knock it out of the park
2 things I’ve never seen at a Baraat… bagpipes and the horseride replaced by a ride in an Aston Martin
Justin and the guys know how it’s done
The lighting was tough for the ceremony, but it’s all about making beautiful images no matter what
Of course a lot of that has to do with Kavi and Justin’s smiles
The shot on the left is my favorite of the day
I knew we’d have a beautiful reception set up with Rose in charge, once again living up to the billing
I had to bring them outside for a couple night shots with the video light before the end of the night too :)
Thanks for having me!
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