Having never attended an Indian wedding (yet alone photographed one), I was quite ecstatic when I got the chance to photograph Nubia & Pavan's wedding celebration.  Indian weddings have such beautiful color, ceremonies, and traditions, that I really wanted to make sure I focused on capturing the event at it's best - from the gorgeous ceremonies & baraat, to the pure joy and epic dance moves at the reception.

I met Nubia & Pav earlier in 2016 when I photographed their engagement session at Sunset Cliffs, so I knew they were totally down with anything creative I had in mind.  I had a few creative concepts that I wanted to pull off - and these - along with staying wide awake for an entire 16 hours of coverage - made this one very challenging day (both mentally and physically).

Side note - if you’re not familiar with Indian Weddings , be sure to read this Indian Wedding glossary my good friends over at Plan Events created.

Shout to my good friend Joshua Mitchell for photographing alongside with me.

For Photographers: I used a combination of the D750 & D5 with the 14mm-24mm/24mm-70mm/35mm/45mm/58mm/60mm/85mm lenses.  For the off-camera lighting in the reception, I used 3 Flashpoint flashes, triggered by an on-camera flash.  If you have any technical questions, please leave them in the comment's section below!

Enjoy!

Photographer // La Jolla Wedding Photographer

Makeup // Color Me Pure

Coordinator // Shilpa Patel Events

Florals & Decor // SunFlorCo

Venue // Hilton Torrey Pines

DJ // 3D Sounds

Pinning & Draping // Rupal