Rajan and Pia’s Wedding Ceremonies {Sikh and Hindu Wedding, Victoria BC}

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This is our second instalment from our amazing time spent with Raj and Pia.  The day started really early, earlier than imaginable for these two and a wee bit earlier than normal for us.  With our tea and coffee in tow we headed out the parents homes for the bride and groom preparations.  Getting ready for this wedding is no small task.  At one point I looked at Pia and she was doing the triathlon of wedding prep – Sharon Rai, her makeup and wardrobe assistant, was sorting out her many layers, her sister Nidhi was adding some bling to her Mehndi, and her Auntie was feeding her cereal – all at the same time!!  Aaron was impressed with the skill of Raj’s cousin as he wrapped his turban and excited by the horse, which until this season we have not seen in a wedding.  As Rajan is Sikh and Pia is Hindu they decided to have both ceremonies which made for a very full day with lots of activities and much fun for us! The Sikh ceremony was held first at the Sikh Temple, Gurdwara in Victoria and the Hindu ceremony was held outside at the Bear Mountain Westin Resort just outside of town. For the Hindu ceremony Pia included her school friends and cousin as Bridesmaids and Rajan’s brother and cousins stood as his groomsmen. It was a gorgeous, colourful, love filled day and we were so amazed at everything we were able to be a part of and witness. After the ceremony we hopped on a bus sized van and headed out to the 18th hole.  There is a great view there but of course in typical Emmy and Aaron style the following happened on the drive: Emmy from the back of the bus: Hey Aaron see that on the right? Aaron from front of bus: Yup let’s do it!  - Stop the bus! There it was – a beautiful shaded rock wall.  We have been eyeing up quarries for a while and this was exactly what we were wanting.  We had a few minutes so we hopped out and grabbed a few shots before having to head back.  So we leave this post with a few images from that wall.  It was very hard to pick images for this post as there are so many that we love but here are a few to give you a peak into Raj and Pia’s incredible two ceremony day.  The more we work on their images the more we are missing all of the great people that we met and became friends with, we hope we get to see many of them again soon.  If you can believe it there are more images to come as the “just us and them” shoot and the reception was held the following day!  Bye for now – E&A


5 Comments

  1. Denny
    Posted June 30, 2010 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

    Oh my the colors are gorgeous!! You captured such beautiful moments and turned them into art.

  2. Posted June 30, 2010 at 4:49 pm | Permalink

    Beautiful work, guys. Great colours and light. Love the one of the bride with her eyes closed with blurred bridesmaids in the background.

  3. Posted June 30, 2010 at 9:19 pm | Permalink

    These are just amazing!! The color, detail… everything! So glad you shared more because this is the most stunning wedding I’ve ever seen! Great work guys!!

  4. Posted July 7, 2010 at 11:10 am | Permalink

    Guys!!! This is brilliant!! OMG these are amazing. I love your use of off camera flash but the emotion you captured is simply perfect! This couple is so lucky to have the photos forever to cherish. Fantastic job!! much luv, bassem.

  5. Posted August 2, 2010 at 9:47 pm | Permalink

    Lovely pics! thank you!

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