and then the truth to all these beautiful images...
Confessions from a photographer: South Asian Weddings are tough to shoot for us photographers. But I don't say tough for the lengthy days, but they are tough for us artists because we are literally given beautiful, and I mean ~ beautiful ~ brides and grooms with all sorts of jewelry, make-up and extravagant outfits, but we don't always get the opportunity to take them out for a quick creative session... or sometimes our brides are so exhausted from the long ceremony, and who can blame you girls when you are wearing really heavy outfits, but let me admit, this frustrates our creative hearts all the time. We always wish for more photo time with you.
We've been documenting so many Indian weddings in the past years, and we've gotten to experience so many different types of South Asian Weddings. This one specifically was a Punjabi wedding, and they had their wedding in the morning, and thankfully allowed some time for a creative session after their touching and emotional Vidai. After their Creative Session, we even went back to their hotel for some traditional games with closest family members. The game consisted on hiding the two rings in a bowl of milk + other ingredients (don't ask me what it's called, because I forgot to ask), but it was a fun game, where both bride and groom compete to find the ring first in the bowl. They explained to us that these are the type of games couples would play after the wedding ceremony, to "break the ice" with their now husband, for those couples who had been "set-up" or like others call it "arranged".
