Rob and Lauren Blog

I think my blog dudes would smack me if I uploaded the 49 images I got ready from this wedding all at once, so I’m going to do this over two days. Today you get to see part one of this wedding, and tomorrow will be part two :)

We started off with Robyn as she got ready for the Sikh ceremony.

 Yowza!

 Then it was time for the ceremony. The priest started everyone off with a prayer before the milni ceremony.

 The Nanaksar Gurdwara is seriously gorgeous.

 The ceremony ends with the offering of prasad to all the guests.

 See what I mean? What a gorgeous building.

I love these two. The background looks like a painting!

And our day ended with the doli. Sush and his guys had to bribe their way into Robyn’s house. I love these shots Rob got. He was squished in so tight that he could barely move. It made the shots seem so real, like I’m standing right there.

 For this one I feel like I’m part of the conversation. It’s a perspective we don’t usually get, being up that close and personal, but I love it so much.

 And for the record, they did finally manage to bribe the girls enough to get in :)

 And I’ll end on this one. Highly emotional, but so impactful. Sush leads her out of her parent’s home as they are tied together with a scarf. Robyn throws grains of rice as she leaves.

Come back tomorrow for the rest!

Lauren :)

I’ll be honest. By the time the reception starts at a wedding I’m starting to get a bit tired. We’ve usually been going like crazy for many hours, and at an Indian wedding it’s probably up in the double digits by then. So when I’m trying to get my detail shots before things get going I’m not usually too happy about screaming children running around and messing up my work.

But that’s the absolute worst mindset to be in as a photographer, and something I’m really trying to stop myself from doing. Photography is about the place, the moment, the truth. Instead of trying to shape the situation to fit my needs (getting a simple shot of the head table) I should be just experiencing what’s really going on. That’s when I’ll get a shot that’s more than just a simple record of what something looked like, but is unique and interesting and has depth. Tells a story, is a slice of reality, and all sorts of fancy terms.

Needless to say, I almost didn’t take this shot. My first reaction was to be frustrated that this kid ran into my frame, and “ruined” my detail shot. What a silly way to see things. I think this frame is 100x more interesting than it would be without this little boy.

 Embrace the unexpected, and keep your eyes and your mind open.

Lauren :)