when i heard gagan was getting married this year... i felt old!! gagan's oldest sister is my college bff - my sakhi - and he was only 14 when i met him and the rest of their family in the good old days. and here he is now, all grown up and engaged to this glowing, smart young woman. vanu is amazing, and it was a delight to see how happy these two are together…
Read Morewhen hareem first contacted me about her wedding, we soon realized we had already met each other... at sunday school, where she was my son's new teacher for the year :) and the lucky young man she was engaged to happened to be a friend of my husband's who also volunteers at the same mosque…
Read Morea week ahead of the cherry blossoms, and on a rainy day in a city clogged with traffic, it seemed like it would be hard to get the photos we wanted on the day of nadiaa and nasir's nikah (islamic wedding vows). nadiaa was so incredibly patient working with me to schedule this session months ahead, knowing my schedule was tight on a school day. but honestly...
Read Moreit 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…
Read Moreone of the things i love the most about this job is being welcomed into groups of friends as individuals in the group get married over the years. i first met ashraful back in 2010 at my friend yasmin's wedding - only my second year of business, and he was a friend of yasmin's husband tyseer. a year later, i saw him again in california, at osman and lubna's beautiful bay area wedding in the summer of 2011. aaaand then again in the summer of 2013…
Read Moreit's been a while since i blogged a wedding! i have a few from 2014 to catch up on, still, but here i'd like to share a few highlights from my first wedding of 2015! maria and shakir held their nikah (vows ceremony) in the morning at the new islamic center of henrico…
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