E-Session « Rima Darwash

Finally…she starts blogging again! I can hear that from you all. So I have some of the most amazing scrumptious images that have been sitting on my hard drive screaming for them to get out!

I love this couple. Like I mean I absolutely adore them. Fun and yolo is how I describe them :) I love how they dont take themselves seriously, how relaxed and open to new ideas they are. At the time of this shoot a brand new cinema had just opened up in my city. It was full of vintage movie posters, cosy seats and atosphereic lighting..I knew I had to do a shoot there! Having proposed the idea to Priyum and Amit to do a shoot as if they were going to their own movie premier they loved it, and a client and photographer matched made in heaven was created! Priuym and Amit had the most AMAZING wedding in Kenya (which I will be blogging an epically long blog post very soon) and it made me smile to see how they carried on the ‘movie, red carpert’ theme in their wedding reception.

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Arti knew exactly what she wanted the very minute I spoke to her on the phone; “A shoot in autumn in Paris!” I knew this is my kinda bride! I love it how the couples who are booking me ‘get’ me and my vision. We are on the same wavelength. Immediately I envisaged a Parisian chic styling for the shoot, simple and elegant and drew up a moodboard with inspiration of autumnal colours and visual concepts. I had’nt had the opportunity to meet the couple before hand so like you do..we arranged to meet in Paris ..daaarrrling.

I had taken a fellow photographer friend to assist me on the shoot, especially for the night time portion, I always need an extra pair of hands on shoot to help with lighting. Due to unforseen circumstances my lighting assistant couldnt be there on the night we were set to shoot. One thing I have learned and developed my skill in shooting weddings over the years is to expect the unexpected. I had to think on my feet. We couldnt re schedual the shoot, we only had that one night in Paris… and there was no way I could let my lovely couple down..they looked like they were dressed for a red carpert event, super stylish! In the end I scrapped my flashes an extra bulky lighting equpment and utilised what most people had in their pockets…an i phone! So if you look closely to the iamges taken at night infront of the Eiffel Tower you’ll see it was lit using 3 iphones..who needs fancy equipment hey?

This shoot was also featured on the popular wedding blogsite My Asian Wed!