A beautiful Sikh & Muslim wedding

I had been looking for a Sikh and Muslim wedding for a while to see how they combined both cultures and ceremonies. As they are rare weddings, I’m really glad that I stumbled upon it on weddingdocumentary.com. Jackie and Hani had a three day event at the luxury 5* Fairmount hotel in San Jose - San Francisco.

The first day took place at the bride’s house for the Vatna or Haldi ceremony, where yellow paste made of Tumeric and mustard oil is applied to the skin to make the bride more beautiful and radiant for her wedding day. This is also known as the mayian. Following this, the mehndi night begins where mehndi (henna) is applied to the bride’s hands and feet. The darker the henna the better it looks so it is kept on usually for most of the night. Continue reading

Lineke and James’ Wedding

When this wedding came to my attention, I was blown away by the simplicity of the wedding, which portrayed such natural beauty. Lineke and James’ wedding looks effortless but incredibly stunning from her wedding dress highlighting her tattoos, to James’ dapper suit and all it’s details.

These two lovebirds are Lineke & James, Lineke born in South Africa but both now living in UK, London. It was a small wedding that took place in September, 2013 in Sirmione, Lake Garda and although at that time, wedding season was already over for Happy Wedding Films, they simply had to go and film these two, as they looked so much in love.

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Sunita and Ricky’s wedding

I have been wanting to blog about this wedding for a while, I mentioned it briefly on another post which focused on - The Roundhouse Derby but wanted to share the lovely photography too. In case you haven’t read the previous post, Sunita and I have known each other since we were kids as our families have known each other for years. I genuinely thought Sunita and Ricky’s wedding was the best Indian wedding I’ve attended in the UK. They had planned and put thought into every little detail and made us all feel so welcome. Bhavna Barratt captured their wedding so beautifully and she is definitely one of my favourite wedding photographers! Continue reading

Tamil Indian Wedding

This week there have been a lack of blog posts and my apologies, I’ve been unwell since last week but tried to power through work and get blog posts up. But Thursday morning, I physically couldn’t speak without being in agony. I had a meeting with a client at work then told my boss I had to go home. I have been resting/sleeping since then but really wanted to put this Tamil Indian wedding video on the blog to show you all. The wedding of Praveena & Arthavan’s was taken by Beautiful Life Asian Wedding Videos at The Garden Room in Syon Park, London. Enjoy. Continue reading