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rabia & azim - virginia wedding photography

it was my pleasure to be a part of rabia and azim's two-day wedding in virginia in the early fall last year. azim's brother is actually a good friend of my husband's and an old college acquaintance of mine, so it was very nice to meet the whole family and truly an honor to be the one to photograph the wedding…

mehndi, wedding postsAyesha AhmadFebruary 27, 2015blue, bridge, cherry blossom banquet hall, couple, diya, groom, muslim, nikah, pakistani, reception, restaurant, sterling, va, virginia, white Comments

kelly & kris: doukenie winery wedding

as i got started on kelly and kris's wedding day, i told kris that i was in "photographer heaven", there at doukenie winery on an absolutely perfect late spring afternoon. that experience carried through all the way until the end of the night - an evening of everything i love most about my "job": to be surrounded by such beauty; love brimming into laughter and happiness overflowing into tears. and of course, killer afternoon sunlight…

wedding postsAyesha AhmadJune 3, 2014afternoon, american, bride, ceremony, doukenie, dress, first look, groom, may, outdoor, pergola, purcellville, reception, string lights, summer, sunny, va, vineyard, virgnia, wedding, white, winery Comments

priyanka & eddie - ritz-carlton wedding

priyanka and eddie were already married when they first met with me, but they were planning a special reception for the south asian sides of their families - priyanka is nepali, and eddie's mother is punjabi - at the ritz-carlton at tyson's corner in october 2013…

wedding postsAyesha AhmadFebruary 10, 2014beautiful, candles, carlton, ceiling, choli, corner, decor, flowers, gold, hanging, indian, intercultural, interracial, lehnga, mixed, nepali, pink, punjabi, purple, red, ritz, slideshow, south asian, table, tysons, uplighting, va, virginia, votives, wedding, white Comments

zehra & saad: richmond, va mehndi & shaadi

zehra and saad got married in a lovely, two-day event last summer in richmond. the nikah (wedding ceremony) and mehndi were held at the stonehenge country club and the wedding at the hilton short pump. zehra is one of the sweetest brides i have ever worked with…

mehndi, wedding postsAyesha AhmadJanuary 29, 2014blue, bride, colorful, couple, dress, dupatta, gold, groom, henna, june, marriage, mehndi, multicolored, muslim, nikah, pagri, paisley, party, pink, reception, red, richmond, shaadi, sherwani, short pump, stage, summer, traditional, va, virginia, wedding, white Comments

breanne & kenneth - wintergreen, va wedding photography

i had the wonderful opportunity to photograph a wedding at one of my favorite family vacation spots this fall - wintergreen resort in virginia. when bre first got in touch with me about it, i was over the moon - an outdoor fall wedding in the mountains, with two beautiful and obviously in-love people! a photographer's dream come true. as the day approached, however…

wedding postsAyesha AhmadJanuary 15, 2014american, bride, ceremony, dance, dress, family, floor, flowers, fun, groom, inn, love, mountains, nellysford, party, rain, reception, resort, small, soft-colored, va, virginia, wedding, white, wintergreen Comments

wintergreen resort family portraits

i had a wonderful chance this summer to visit one of my favorite vacation spots - wintergreen resort in the virginia mountains. my first visit there was with my husband the year before our first child was born; since then we've been back many times with the children and with friends; i've also been there to shoot weddings, but this was the first time…