by sainath
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September 3, 2010 - 9:12 am
Sainath, thank you for capturing such a wonderful time in our family’s life with such beauty and grace. These pictures are amazing.
in december of last year, i had the pleasure of photographing sneha and eric’s hindu ceremony which was held in atlanta, ga. on april 10th, 2010, they had their sikh ceremony (anand karaj), and I again had the privilege of documenting this special day for them. the sikh ceremony was held at the embassy suites north charleston hotel and convention center in north charleston, sc. as with the hindu ceremony, sneha’s mom had crafted beautiful floral garlands which were used throughout the ceremony, and she put together a great ganesha table which was used in the reception ballroom. not to be outdone, during the reception, sneha’s dad took the stage and serenaded the couple with a few some songs, and wow, his singing voice was amazing! he didn’t stop there though, as a little later, he brought his wife on stage and sang a song for her. and as a result raised the bar for the rest of the husbands in the room
there were a series of great speeches, and in particular, eric’s sister, natasha, who gave a very touching tribute to her brother showing just how much of an impact he has had in her life and the strong bond they share.
i was assisted by katie stivers of kathleen amelia photography who was attending/shooting an indian wedding for the first time. she was of great help to me and it was a sincere pleasure working with her, thanks katie! i do have to share this story. so katie and i arrived at the hotel prior to the start of the cocktail hour to get set up shots of the ballroom. we entered the ballroom, unpacked our gear, and started shooting. some things didn’t appear as i had thought they were supposed to be from what i had been told earlier, but continued anyway. in fact, there was a live band set up, and sneha and eric were having live singers as well. so, naturally, i thought this was it. after about 20mins of shooting, the event coordinator from the embassy suites approached me (we had met earlier that morning) and kindly informed me that, (yup, you guessed it) we were in the wrong ballroom! no harm done, however, as we had plenty of time to move next door to the right ballroom and get the shots we needed – plus we got some great shots of the other ballroom
everything went off beautifully, and sneha and eric’s families did a tremendous job with all the arrangements. congratualtions to the pai and singh families and thank you for allowing us to be a part of your big day!
by sainath
3 comments
April 26, 2010 - 6:07 pm
Looking good buddy! Glad everything worked out for you.
April 21, 2010 - 12:04 am
Beautiful pics……they seem to come alive on the screen. Cant wait for the full album. Once again compliments to the photographer for capturing the beauty of the moment so wonderfully.
April 20, 2010 - 12:15 pm
They turned out so beautiful! Thank you again for the opportunity!
several months ago, I had been contacted by the renaissance schaumburg hotel and convention center asking permission to use a couple of images of mine from a wedding i had shot there last summer. they had wanted to use the images for some promotional materials they were working on. I was later notified that the project they were working on was an electronic planning kit which they intended to hand out to prospective clients. this electronic planning kit contained a disc with complete information on details of having a wedding at the renaissance, as well as information on the hotel itself, including recommended vendors. some time had passed and one day i received an email with a draft of the disc cover design. while i knew they would be using a couple of my images, i certainly was not expecting and i was thrilled to find out that one of my images would be used as the cover design!
in the mail, on saturday, i received a packet which included several copies of this electronic planning kit, and the cover looked amazing – if i may say so myself
below are photos of the front and back of the disc enclosure, as well as excerpts from the pdf presentation included on the disc showing where the cover image was used, as well as an additional image of the couple whose wedding i had photographed. the red arrows were added by me to indicate where my images had been used. i was also pleased to learn that, in this planning kit, they had placed me on their recommended vendor list.
a big thanks to the people at the renaissance schaumburg hotel and convention center for this great honor!
by sainath
2 comments
April 26, 2010 - 6:07 pm
I think I was there Congrats!
April 11, 2010 - 9:36 pm
That top image of her hands is absolutely stunning! Congratulations!
by sainath
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