Part 2 :: Indian Hindu Wedding Ceremony | Sri Venkateswara Temple Helensburgh

Saturday 28th August 2010 – The Hindu Wedding Ceremony. I started in the morning capturing the bridal hair and makeup at the Wagon Wheels Country Retreat at Helensburgh. Hair and makeup was by Rachel Dal Santo. The Hindu wedding ceremony was at Sri Venkateswara Temple at Helensburgh. After the Hindu wedding ceremony we had a Hindu wedding feast. A big thank you to wedding stylist Jennifer Kennedy @ Bells N Whistles for the referral. It was great working with videographer – Anthony from Four Leaf Films.

Sydney Indian Documentary Wedding Photographer > Vincent Lai

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Simple details – 100% candid

Love the colours of Indian Hindu Weddings

The Sri Venkateswara Temple @ Helensburgh

I like this one:)

Arrival of the Bride – my favorite:)

Hindu Bride and Groom

The Hindu Wedding ceremony

Agni Pooja – Fire Prayer

Kanyaadaanam – giving away the bride to the groom

Mangaisutra / Thali – Wedding Chain

Grinding Stone Ceremony

Saptapodi – Seven steps around fire

Praying to the sun

Funny moment:)

Some relaxed formals

Part 1 :: Henna Ceremony | Castle Hill

Wednesday 25th August 2010 – The Henna Ceremony – there was plenty of dancing, singing, yummy food and henna art. I can’t wait to capture their Hindu wedding ceremony @ Sri Venkateswara Temple at Helensburgh.

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St Benedict’s Church Broadway | L’Aqua The Roof Terrace Cockle Bay Wharf

Saturday 21st August 2010 – A very busy weekend with the Australian Election. The groom got ready in the morning at Summer Hill and the bridal hair and makeup was at Newtown. The hair and makeup was by Lena Stephen from The Face of Hair. The wedding church ceremony was at St Benedict’s Church @ Broadway. After the ceremony we went to Victoria Park & CBD for some relaxed formals before heading to L’Aqua at Cockle Bay Wharf for the wedding reception.

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Groom preparation

Bridal Preparation

Australia’s First Female Prime Minister – Julia Gillard ?

Simple detail candid

St Benedict’s Church

Husband and Wife

Relaxed Portraits – even though over 90% of my images are photojournalistic I still capture a few simple portraits.

The wedding cake

Speeches

Family Portrait Session

Sunday 15 August 2010 – It has been a while since I captured my own family, we went to our local park and capture some fun pics of my lovely wife and kiddies. I used a tripod for the group pics:)

Enjoy….

Royal Automobile Club of Australia RACA | St Patrick’s Catholic Church Summer Hill | Intercontinental Hotel

Saturday 7th August 2010 – a lovely simple documentary wedding today. I started at the Intercontinental Hotel at Circular Quay capturing the hair and makeup. The wedding church ceremony was at St Patrick’s Catholic Church at Summer Hill. After the ceremony we capturing some relaxed formals at Ashfield Park and Martin Place before heading to the reception at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia – RACA. It was great working with Troy @ EncoreMedia again. The two vintage wedding Rolls Royce was from Arrive in Style.

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Something different this week – all Black and White images:-)

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