One of our few Grah Shantis of 2020

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Pratik and Kinjal’s sweet Grah Shanti (love her cute mask!)

One of our few Covid Weddings of 2020

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Oh what a year 2020 was!
We went from an average of 50 weddings a year, to 3 weddings in the year. A lot of rescheduling, and a lot of double and triple booked weekends are ahead of us. We are so happy to celebrate and are eager to get started.

Taking breaks from masks, and elbowing people instead of hugging them… we truly treasured this wedding and all their celebrations. If there is one thing Covid taught us, it would be to enjoy the little moments. We see the sacrifice of families breaking the fear of covid, and instead covering themselves with love and laughter. There is no better peace than what the tightness of family can make you feel!

gah! Sunsets and pretty clouds!

gah! Sunsets and pretty clouds!

She was like, how about I twirl? Loved her energy and her cuteness!

Details made meaningful

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You know these two have a huge heart for people, when they chose to throw a special party not just to celebrate their wedding, but for all their friends and family to come together and celebrate their New Year at the beautiful Palmer House in Chicago, IL. These people P-a-r-t-y hard! A live band, open bars, a confetti canon and amazing food are all short from how fun this wedding truly was!

For Sarah and Kinshuk, their love story has been even better than a movie. They referenced the movie “When Harry Met Sally” at their wedding ceremony, because when Sarah saw that movie, she said to her sister that she was going to get married at the Palmer House. And wouldn’t you know, they both met in college years, and traveled from Chicago to New York during their relationship, and in the end, she got her wish.

Images that you will love in years to come

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For our bride Sayeedah, when it came to planning her wedding, she visited a Bridal Expo in Florida, in which she meant to meet wedding vendors in person, and finding if she had good chemistry with them. We happened to be in this expo, and not only she chose us right away, but we also chose her right there and then. She told us how photography was her number one priority at her wedding, and she wanted images that she would love for years to come. So then we knew, it was a match made in Florida! :)

Many times our planning consultation heavily focuses on what locations we are going to photograph you and your bridal party, but this wedding in beautiful Florida proved to us that not only the weather can take an unexpected spin on us, caring less of what we had planned. For us, it meant it was time to improvise when Sunny Florida had us endure a heavy rain during her wedding.

We quickly realized that when two people are this deeply in love, we don’t need to go too far to find a beautiful space to photograph the precious moments of your wedding feels. We stepped into her Reception Dream wedding venue and we didn’t need to go any further. In fact, the rain made it for a beautiful backdrop at night with the city lights in the background.

You can’t not notice the way this groom sees his bride all day long, but more so during her first glance at his stunning bride walking down the isle… people clapped, and smiled so hard during this moment. It was so cute! I mean, his eyes say it all!

A perfect place to start is your own ceremony and reception space.

We left Florida with great hopes to come back for more, and ever so grateful to have met such a wonderful couple with an even greater family!

We also can’t help it but to brag about the wonderful vendors we came across. Not only we feel we have some new friends, but also great connections to recommend to our new brides from that area. All in all we had a wonderful experience, and we are so blessed to have been there celebrating with Sayedaah and Ray.

We have pictures to share for years… We have so many that we decided to split this post into two blog posts…

Thanks for your comments on these images, your words feed our creative souls!

Xoxo, Jon and Vicky!

* Event Design by csquared_eventsfl

* Wedding Venue: Cyrstal Banquets, Daytona Beach, FL

* DJ: @June_singh

* Photo and Cinema: Le Cape Weddings (of course!)