Pakistani Wedding

[scottf2]

I had a fantastic time shooting my first Pakistani wedding this weekend. It was a two day event, and was simply amazing. The colors, the food, the dancing, the people... I wrote more about it on my blog (http://www.readyforyourcloseup.com/blog).

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[dou_b_14]

all of these are beautiful!!! great job

[Svetlana]

I really like them! The story and the photos on the blog are fantastic! You're lucky to have been a part of such an unusual ceremony. :)

[Karl Johnston]

Oooh wow what works of art

<3 inspirational, thank you ! Beautiful !

[Jcharro]

Beautiful; that sums it up... just beautiful.

[e.omega]

Very nice. The last shot is my fave.

[mamacha]

Beautiful! Love the colors and the details. I particularly like the lighting in #3. Would you mind sharing your lighting setup? BTW, I'm from Sacramento as well and would love to get more experience w/ wedding photography. I'm very interested in assisting as a second shooter =) . I really like your style of photography and would love to learn. Thanks!

[S-Man]

These are awesome. I love 3 and 4 especially.
Can you please explain to me your lighting setup on these? I see a flash behind them, but how do you get their front to be properly exposed? Another flash in front?
Thanks for sharing!

[ejicon]

that last shot is very sharp. Good job

[bestfromnw]

great shots!

[scottf2]

These are awesome. I love 3 and 4 especially.
Can you please explain to me your lighting setup on these? I see a flash behind them, but how do you get their front to be properly exposed? Another flash in front?
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks everyone for the kind comments!

For shots 3 & 4, we were originally supposed to meet at their place a 3:30 and head to the river nearby for some sunset shots with fall foliage... the groom was running late, so I did some outdoor shots with the bride, and then we met the groom back at the house, just after sunset. So we set up in their backyard - the lighting is one AB800 as a key light, it's bounced off the back wall of their house, which was very light yellow (custom WB) and provide a nice soft fill (and also lit up some of the trees in the backyard which I used as background for some of the other shots). The backlight is a Vivitar 285HV, which was gelled with 1/4 CTO to almost match the key light - it's a bit cooler, which is what I was going for. Everything is fired by PWs.

[S-Man]

Brilliant!

[Ziffle]

Good stuff .....

Love the colors and compositions.
It was a pleasure looking thru the set.....

[Steve In Kentucky]

Fantanstic colors great shots. That last pic rocks!

[Salma]

I am so happy to see these photos, I have to shoot photos at a pakistani wedding in a few weeks and it's my first actual wedding session, so i'm nervous. Your photos are awesome, which settings did you use to photograph the little girls in the group?