Millennium Bridge Pre Wedding Shoot
Millennium Bridge Pre Wedding Shoot
Millennium Bridge engagement shoot at sunrise was on our bucket list for sometime now. When first spoke to Shaneke and Clayton we said: "that's it, we doing that, let's meet at 7am at the bottom of the Millennium Bridge next to the St.Paul's Cathedral.
We arrived at 6:45am and sun was just starting to rise. All the surrounding London landmarks looked amazing. There was absolutely no one at the bridge. Perfect for London engagement shoot.
But first things first, we started with great coffee to shake us up and keep energetic thru whole couple shoot.
Please scroll down, go thru the images and answer one simple but significant question: Is it worth to get up before the milk man and head to London's South Bank or any other location to get great lighting for a pre wedding shoot? For us is worth every time. Hope you like our sunrise walk with Shaneke and Clayton. We had an amazing time and enjoyed a lot. Many thanks.
Shaneke & Clayton send us a few words about their Millennium bridge pre wedding shoot:
"We recently had a shoot with Zibi Studios and I am blown away with the amazing pictures we received and at how soon we received them. The creativity and eye for detail is on another level.
Clayton is quite camera shy but Zibi made him so comfortable and the experience was so much fun. Thank you so much for helping us create precious memories which we will cherish forever."
We are now taking bookings for 2019 weddings, so if you are looking for awesome and friendly photographers call us or drop us a message via contact form. Most popular dates are going fast. If you want to see our previous work, check our wedding blog and enjoy some great images!
Engagement Photography London
Indian Wedding Photography Thailand
Indian Wedding Photography Thailand
Namasté.
Dusit Thani Resort was the venue Sheena and Bimal felt in love with years before they decided about their wedding. The decision for them was even easier if you see the place. It is absolutely awesome! I would like to get married there and host there my wedding reception, LOL!
It was gorgeous six day Indian Wedding Photography event. We spent there a week to have the story completed. Sheena and Bimal hosted many pre wedding events, including Bollywood Themed Party, Pool Party, Sangeet Arabian Night and all the traditional Hindu ceremonies.
The day started with the traditional procession called 'Baraat'. The Baraat is a large gathering of friends, family, and close relatives. Baraat is the arrival of the groom at the wedding venue on the day of the wedding. There are a ton of different ideas for this part of your indian wedding. Bimal arrived on gorgeous elephant.
The groom's friends and family members accompanied Bimal to the wedding venue in large procession. The procession is called the barati. They were welcomed and received by the bride's family. You could see there lots of ceremonies within the ceremonies - shoe stealing, nose pulling, lots of laugh and fun.
Then when the bride arrived. It was absolutely stunning. All 260 wedding guests just went SILENT. Just quickly scroll down and see what an arrival. Beautiful, elegant, just simply amazing! The weather was stunning - it was nothing special to be honest, but we were still under amazing Thai influence, LOL. The mandap was positioned as Sheena and Bimal dreamed. Behind them was ocean once they got married. Hindu wedding ceremony is always full of tears, laugh and fun, but this one was different. There is something magical is weddings abroad.
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Next night was the wedding reception night. We can say just one word: CRAZY! Guests partied into the night celebrate two of their people coming toghether to start brand new journey.
Sheena and Bimal, many thanks for having us. It was an honour to capture your six day Indian Wedding Photography and if it could be possible we would do it again and again. It felt like holidays, not work. Now scroll down and enjoy:
Canary Wharf love couple session
Love couple sessions
Nana and Andrzej a couple in love with each other but also with art and the little hidden gems of Canary Wharf, the financial district of London. We wanted to capture their love and personalities in spaces they love. With that in mind the Couple’s Love Session was born.
We do love London. In general. Our love to this city is unconditional. We love the landmarks, parks, we love the sunrise and the sunsets. Once we get an email regarding a shoot at Canary Wharf, we replied - WOOHOO! Let's do it! And so we did.
The day started rather miserable, a bit cold and looked like it will rain. But hey, it is London, weather is changing faster than Karolina is changing her shoes, LOL. So what we did, we whatsapp Nana and Andriu saying: Guys, let's take a chance. It was Sunday, rather quiet day at normally busy Docklands city centre. We arrived next to the river front and guess what? We had a sun! :) Yeah. Real miracle. So, how the love session went? It went BRILLIANTLY! Just take a look at the images. Both - Nana especially - looked absolutely gorgeus. We both loved Nana's hair style. She did it specially for that session.
Our shoot took us thru all skyscrapers located in the heart of Canary Wharf. We did squeeze as well few casual portraits and closeups. Did you know that on the top of the new Crossrail station you can find quite large garden? It was so cool!
If you in LOVE, let us know. We will capture it and let your moments last forever. Any occasion is great and your love is just perfect. We would love to hear your story.
Canary Wharf love couple session
Check out the canary wharf love couple session of Nana and Andrew below.
P.S. Once you decide to propose (Andrew) and start planning your wedding PLEASE do not forget about us. We are desperate to be part of that and capture your story. Love K & Z.
Thailand Engagement Photography
Thailand Engagement Photography
Hey.
Today we want to share with you short story. A story which started long celebrations of Sheena and Bimal's wedding week in such a exotic place.
Sheena and Bimal are in love with Hua Hin. They live in United Kingdom, so you can imagine how exotic for them and their guests - and for us as well - was to plan destination wedding of their dreams. They have been here several times before and they decided to start their journey as husband and wife right here. Their very own Destination Wedding in Thailand. This was such a cool idea. We absolutely loved it.
Few days before all the guests arrived, we decided to take few portraits of them at their favorite beach - Dusit Thani Resort in Hua Hin. Trust me, we did love to bath in the sun while in London was ZERO degrees, LOL. That time in that part of Thailand was 38 degrees and we didn't complain a second.
Please check below few of their engagement portraits - we treat it more like pre wedding beach shoot, just to freeze the memories and have more sort of destination wedding photography. Watch this space, next one will be a blog post from Sheena and Bimal beach wedding and CRAZY wedding reception!
If you are looking for destination wedding photographer let us know and get in touch with us. We would love to hear your story. If you know someone searching for wedding photographer Thailand share this post. It might help someone a lot. Many thanks.
Entertainment at the weddings
Entertainment at the weddings
The best wedding entertainment I have ever seen in my life! No joking!
I had pleasure to photograph absolutely amazing wedding in Thailand. The couple - Sheena and Bimal - and all the friends and family were accompanied in a beautifully located hotel in Hua Hin Dusit Thani Resort. We flew from London Heathrow to Bangkok and stayed in the resort for 5 crazy days. Bride and groom had everything very well planned. It was brilliant to have someone to coordinate the whole party as it was full of entertainment and details to supervise. Many thanks to Neha and her team from Foreign Wedding Planners, who helped as well as couple and us.
Welcome
Wedding guests were coming mainly from UK and India. Our couple picked Thailand resort as the place to meet in the half way so everyone would have a chance to attend that special day. To be honest this wedding was like a holiday or at least great long weekend away! LOL There was not a single minute where guest could feel bored.
Pool party
On the first day we had great pool party organized! And I meant proper pool party! Something you usually see on American music videos, seriously! Guests had rope pulling games, dance at artificial rain dance floor, fantastic music and, AND even better food!! OMG I could stay there forever! That was only thw begging of entertainment.
Bollywood film party
The next day there was movie evening of course with Bollywood stars! Some guests had they play role as Bollywood cinema stars. But there were a couple lookalike Bollywood celebrities. There was photobooth with great cinema props, so you could feel like a director for a while. Lots of popcorn everywhere and posh outfits like at oscars evening. And of course crazy Indian music with a dancefloor. I felt like being part of massive film production. Incredible idea to entertain your wedding guests.
Sangeet Arabian Night
Third night was Sangeet Arabian night. Here our Bride and Groom showed dancing skills toghether with their acting skills. That was ABSOLUTELLY incredible! All guest were not only surprised. They were amazed! Sheena and Bimal toghether with their closests family and friend showed to all their story. How they met for the first time, their way to engagement and why they had chosem Thailand as their wedding destination. Just WOW! Just have a look at the images below.
Besides these three great parties, couple had organised fantastic barbecue at the beach followed by evening drinks. That was only the entrance to the main day which was Wedding day. I will tell about it in the next blog post. Watch this space, so you won’t miss what suprises they offer on the Big day. Take a minue and enjoy Thailand's wedding entertainment!
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Katie & Harry's Wrest Park engagement shoot
Wrest Park Engagement Shoot
Making the most out of my day and blogging straight from lightroom export. :) Below Katie and Harry Wrest Park engagement shoot, rather cloudy but cheerful afternoon we spent together. I had a chance to see this pretty amazing location. Wrest Park is one of my ‘I want to photograph wedding there’ venue list, so I am well excited for Katie and Harry celebration. Initially their engagement session was scheduled for the week before but what a thunderstorm we had. Brrrrrrr...
The idea for that day was to have a picnic on the fields. They brought with them picnic basket with all the baguettes, strawberries and even the wine. Our favorite Spanish Rioja, LOL. After that they took a stroll around the park. We absolutely love it.
Here are a few of my favorite images of Katie and Harry. We hope you like them.
If you are searching for Bedfordshire wedding photographer or if you consider Wrest Park as your wedding venue, let us know. We gonna be delighted to hear your story and help to realize your dreams. Get in touch with us. Let us know as well if you like this wrest park engagement shoot.
Grand Station Wedding Photographer
Grand Station Wedding Photographer
Namaste.
Asian weddings are more than the story of two people. Rather they are a huge celebrations of two families coming together with both traditions and cultures. With many ceremonies and rituals, documenting all of the moments, nuance and emotion we went to Wolverhampton to capture and celebrate with Sukhi and Keiron.
That is one of the largest blog story gallery on our website. Why? Because it was so much to capture and so much to say to show the whole story. Once at the wedding ceremony we absolutely loved both bride and groom's smiles. They were so happy to finally get married. MWAH!
Once at the reception you could easily say, that Keiron and his mates love dancing. Every move, every step, they owned the dance floor. And all the guest were sharing their passion. That kind of wedding receptions you have to love to photograph. And there is so much fun to capture.
Please go thru, check all the images and let us know if you like it. We gonna be surprise if you say no. If you are searching for Grand Station wedding photographer, let us know. Below you will find our favorite images from that day. Once you go thru them you will get feel how Indian weddings looks like.
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Bride and Groom: Sukhi & Keiron
Wedding venue: Grand Station in Wolverhampton
Dj & Entertainment: Kudos Music
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Allesley Hotel Wedding Photographer
Allesley Hotel Wedding Photographer
The Allesley Hotel located on Birmingham Road, just outside Coventry. Very well located wedding venue for all planning to host their reception in Midlands venue.
Karuna and Lovepreet one of the most humble couple we have ever worked with. Their beautiful christian wedding ceremony took place in Parish Church in Coventry. You should hear how beautifully Karuna was singing. WOW! All were so surprised. We all had such a great time stopping for an hour and thinking what love is all about.
Once married all party moved to Allesley Hotel, where Karuna and Lovepreet cut their wedding cake immediately after arrival. A few minutes later they both went to change into traditional Indian outfits and all crazy reception begun. You should see all the dance moves. They even did a dancing contest. Guess who won? Winning team was TEAM BRIDE! And guess who was the judge? LOL ME!
Please enjoy few images from that beautiful day in Coventry.
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Bride and Groom: Karuna & Lovepreet
Wedding ceremony: St Lukes Parish Church, Holbrooks
Wedding reception venue: Allesley Hotel Coventry
Indian wedding in Coventry
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Royal Festival Hall Wedding
Royal Festival Hall Wedding
Skylon London is a cool restaurant located on the first floor of The Royal Festival Hall at London Southbank Centre.
Alanna was not just a bride. Just take a look at her. Take a look at her dress, her hair and her make up. All was perfect and well chosen. And so was Alanna and Simon's wedding ceremony at Skylon Restaurant in London followed by absolutely CRAZY wedding reception. But if you had ever experienced Jewish wedding, you probably were thinking I was gonna use word crazy.
First look we organised at Marriott County Hall Hotel located just near Houses of Parliament with Big Ben and the iconic London Eye. Such a great location to spend a first night as a newly weds. This time I was shooting with fantastic Laura Lees as her second photographer. Many thanks for that.
Alanna and Simon wanted to have their couple portrait shoot with London landmarks in the background, but that Sunday was rather wet. Finally we have managed to have dry fifteen minutes and stay outside. It was so crowded. But it is so worth to try and capture fantastic London ambient at your wedding photographs. Everyone was looking towards Alanna saying how beautiful she was.
Below you will find just a few pictures taken at the day. Hope you like it, enjoy.
Wedding at Royal Festival Hall
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Destination Wedding Photography Thailand
Destination Wedding Photography Thailand
Fantastic five days family and friends celebrations of marriage of Sheena and Bimal at Hua Hin Dusit Thani Resort.
Many thanks for having us and gives us an oportunity to celebrate with You.
Bride & Groom: Sheena and Bimal
Wedding venue: Dusit Thani Resort in Hua Hin
Bridal hair & makeup: Roshni Makeup Artist
Wedding planner: Foreign Wedding Planners
We decided to treat this blog post a little different. We would like to show you the beauty and traditions of Hidu Wedding Ceremony rituals and how Sheena, Bimal and their friends and family decided to celebrate according to all of them.
Hindu Wedding Ceremony
The Hindu Wedding Ceremony is a union of two souls valid for the lifetime of the couple. The rituals of the ceremony are based on the hymns contained in the Vedas, sacred Hindu scriptures, which are over 5,000 years old. The ceremony is consecrated in the presence of God, as represented by the five elements of nature: Fire, Earth, Water, Air and Ether, which play an integral role in the ceremony.
Baraat: In a festive procession filled with music, dance & laughter, Bimal’s wedding party arrives at the wedding. Upon their arrival, Sheena’s mother, Nina, welcomes Bimal. She places an earthen pot that symbolises the bitter and sweet experiences of life at the entrance. Bimal shatters the pot with his right foot, demostrating his commitment to overcome any obstacle in his married life.
Vaar Pooja: Bimal is welcomed to the mandap in the form of Lord Vishnu, the preserver of life. Sheena’s parents, Nina and Shirish, wash the groom’s feet as a sign of utmost respect.
Ganesh Pooja: Nina and Shirish pray to Lord Ganesh, the remover of all obstacles, to bless the day for the happy couple.
Kanya Aagaman: A veil (antarpet) is held in front of Bimal as Sheena is escorted by her brother Chiraag to the mandap. Sheena enters the mandap in the form of Laxshmi, the goddess of prosperity.
Kanya Daan: Nina & Shirish give away their daughter’s hand in marriage to Bimal. They will place Sheena’s hand in Bimal’s hand as the couple vow to accept each other in an equal partnership of love and respect.
Jai Mala: Sheena and Bimal exchange flower garlands placing them around one another’s necks as a symbol of their own acceptance of each other as their life-long partner in marriage.
Agni Pooja and Vagna: A sacred fire is lit in the centre of the mandap and invites Agni, the goddess of fire, as the supreme witness of the marriage.
Mangal Phera: Kama, Artha, Dharma and Moksha are the four objectives in life, keeping them in mind, Sheena and Bimal complete four circles around the Agni. After the fourth Phera is complete, Sheena sits to the left of Bimal, positioning herself closer to his heart.
Sindoor & Mangal Sutra: Bimal places red vermilion powder in Sheena’s hair parting as a sign of endless love. He then gifts her a gold and black beaded necklace which represents his devotion to her and signifies her status as a married woman.
Saptapadi: Sheena and Bimal take seven steps toghether, which each step signifying a different aspect of marriage to uphold toghether. With the final step, Sheena and Bimal vow to be life-long companions and friends to one another.
Akhand Saubhagyawati: Thirteen married women bless Sheena by whispering their best wishes and advice in her right ear.
Kansar Bhojan: The couple feed each other sweets to signify that they will share everything in life toghether in sweeteness.
Aashirvaad: To conclude the ceremony, the couple touch the Priest’s feet and get blessings from their parents and elders for happily married life.
Koda Kodi: The newly wed couple play a game in which several coins and a ring are placed in a tray of water covered by milk, honey and vermilion. It is believed that the person who finds the ring first will be the ruler of the house!
Vidaai: Sheena is bid an emotional farewell by her parents, siblings, relatives and friends.
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Cambridge Engagement Photographer
Cambridge Engagement Photographer
Saturday morning, 9am, telephone rings. "OMG, you must be joking..." - I said to the voice saying, that they want to cancel our booking for Cambridge punting on the River Cam on that day. "We are coming, please do not cancel anything. Small rain will not stop us". And off we go. Cambridge, we are coming.
Day started rather wet with a rain. Not a small one, a proper rain. We arrived to Cambridge full of hopes, that the sun will come out. We are in UK, so any weather can be expected. So it was. Hal an hour and two espressos later, the sky was clear. Well almost clear.
Cambridge city of romance
Rinal and Hiren are amazing couple. One of the couples you want hang around with and you wish for a shoot to last for hours. Punting private tour went very well. So many spots to stop. Very nice and relaxing. We do love to visit such a places. After that they took us for a stroll thru a Cambridge town streets and to their favorite wine bar Cambridge Wine Merchants. If you in the town looking for a romantic spot, that's the place to finish great evening.
Many thanks for having us. Only couple of ours, but for London wedding photographers time away from busy city is priceless.
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Grand Sapphire Banqueting Wedding Photographer
Grand Sapphire Banqueting Wedding Photographer
Preet and Vick - just look at this two. Beautiful, funny, happy in their life. Once met them for the first time in Oxford we knew it's gonna be great wedding. And so it was. Both families warm and accommodating. We felt like home even the ceremony took place at Gurdwara and wedding reception at the venue.
Bride and Groom: Preet & Vick
Sikh Wedding Ceremony: Gurdwara Sahib Leamington Spa Gurdwara
Wedding Reception: Grand Sapphire Hotel & Banqueting London
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