Pakistani (Muslim) Wedding

I have been in the wedding business for a while now and photographed my first Islamic Muslim wedding ceremony over the weekend. It was very interesting to learn an entirely different culture and wedding structure. I was definitely out of my element - the ceremony was a two day event, Friday the ceremony (Nikkah) and small feast for those in attendance, Saturday was the big feast (Walima).
It was a segregated wedding - the girls and guys were separate (culture shock for me) - the couple/families/guests could not have been nicer and more accommodating to me-- they were great people. The couple broke a few rules by having someone like me photograph their wedding--- and were very good at explaining the culture, practices, terms etc.
The couple was not allowed to touch and definitely not kiss in public-- (trust me - I tried to talk them into this) but was able to have a relative drop us off at a remote location for a few creative photos. Here is a quick sample of a couple photos:

Great shots! The only one I don't like is #4, as the persons are too small.

One thing I absolutely love about Muslim Ismlamic, East Indian, and well mostly Asian style weddings are the color, intricacy and accouterments of all the traditional garb used in their events.

Simply trumps western style weddings...

Nice shots. 1 & 2 are my favorites

very nice shots!

#3 is my favorite. the shot tells a story and has a filmic (movie style) feel to it. her facial expression makes the shot. highlights look a little blown out but it could my crappy laptop monitor.

#1 is great as well. it has a very epic feel to it.

the jewelry (i think?) in #4 right under his nose was a bit misleading. i had to go back to the other photos to see if his nose or cheek was pierced or something.

Very nice .... looks like a fun wedding to shoot.

I like all but #4 as previous stated.
Nice overall colors and compositions...

Later,
_Mark

Pucky wrote in post #7814577
the jewelry (i think?) in #4 right under his nose was a bit misleading. i had to go back to the other photos to see if his nose or cheek was pierced or something.

I agree-- it is her jewelry from her hair-- and it is right in the way of his nose-- I think I will have to clone that out.


Thanks everyone-- I tend to work like a dog at weddings---and to have a two day event really whipped me! Thanks for your comments.

WOW amazing, i'm Pakistani and it is quite shocking to see a photo of them kiss even though they're man and wife lol.

I have my first Pakistani wedding shoot coming up in a few days i'm so nervous, your photos are awesome, which lens was used?

nice pictures, but im pretty sure they would have a problem with you posting these on the internet.

silverturtle wrote in post #8685609
nice pictures, but im pretty sure they would have a problem with you posting these on the internet.

That's a point, anyone could find them

Find them or not that not the point, the reason they mostly refused any kissing or touching in public is because any sense of affection should not be displayed in front of other people as it is something private, therefore the fact that we are seeing these pictures here is disrespectful to them and would go against their faith.

silverturtle wrote in post #8685674
Find them or not that not the point, the reason they mostly refused any kissing or touching in public is because any sense of affection should not be displayed in front of other people as it is something private, therefore the fact that we are seeing these pictures here is disrespectful to them and would go against their faith.

But he didn't know that maybe.

of coarse, im not blaming him or anything like that, im just bringing up a point that he is probably not aware of.

i also dont want to take away from the fact that the pictures are stunning.

Damn right, oh well you never know they may have allowed him to post them. I'm guessing you're Muslim? sorry if i'm wrong.

I love #1!!!! The colors are fantaaaaastic, my friend... you really made them pop