Neelima + Brian | Fusion Wedding Highlights at Bently Reserve

Our 2013 wedding season is officially underway! We are so excited for this upcoming year! We have so many cool new things happening! Those who follow our blog are going to be in for a treat! We are planning a ton of great posts including photos, films, wedding tips, and much much more!

Neelima and Brian are an awesome couple! We were so excited to photograph and film their wedding at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco. They had a fusion wedding with a legal ceremony performed by a judge and then a Hindu ceremony. The Hindu ceremony was done in record time, just around 15 minutes and this was achieved by not having a formal Priest. This way they could perform all the rituals without having a lot of talking, which tends to take most of the time during a Hindu ceremony.

After the ceremony they headed back to the hotel to change while we shot cocktail hour and did some awesome time lapses that I think add a lot to the production value of the piece. It was a little sketchy leaving a $5,000 camera out on the street in SF in the rain but it was worth it to get the shot!

I could not believe how Neelima and Brian managed to talk with each one of their guests at their wedding. That is very rare to see and it really shows how important their friends and family are. The night ended with amazing food, speeches, dancing, and more dancing! Pump up your speakers, sit back, and enjoy this gorgeous Indian wedding Highlights Video at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco!

 

Nita + Gaurav | Hindu Wedding Highlights in Livermore and San Francisco

You probably saw how gorgeous Nita and Gaurav’s wedding photos turned out in a previous blog post. They were stunning! Now it is time to share the highlights reel from their special day!

I absolutely love this piece because of the romantic and easy going feel of it. The instrumental song really makes the shots speak for themselves instead of having distracting lyrics. I am really happy they chose this song!

The event was three days including a Sangeet, Wedding, and Reception. The wedding took place at the Livermore Hindu Temple and the reception took place on Treasure Island in San Francisco.  Sit back and enjoy this beautiful Indian Wedding Highlights Reel!

Nita + Gaurav | Hindu Wedding Highlights from Vijay Rakhra on Vimeo.

Nita + Gaurav | Hindu Wedding at the Livermore Temple

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I simply can’t get enough of this cool and classy couple! They had an amazing Hindu Wedding at the Livermore Temple complete with a Baraat, grand Mandap, and a few hudred family and friends. Ever since meeting Nita and Gaurav almost a year prior to their day I was looking forward to this day. They are an easy going and chill couple with hearts of gold. They are sincere and honest and never skipped meeting with any of their wedding guests. They savored every moment and really enjoyed their wedding to the fullest!

Since the wedding began so early we did not do the bride and groom preps but rather started at the temple itself. This is common when the bride is getting ready before 6am. I think she started around 4am with her preparations! We captured the amazing Baraat procession that came down from the entrance of the temple parking lot, all the way to where Nita’s mom greeted him and welcomed him into the temple where the ceremony was to be performed.

Jaws dropped as Nita made her way down the aisle and in about two hours the two were officially married and sharing their first meal as husband and wife! We are so excited to see Nita and Gaurav again, but for now relive the day through their amazing wedding photos!
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Nita + Gaurav | Sangeet Night Photographs in Pleasanton

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Nita and Gaurav are an amazing couple! They have a deep affection for one another are some of the kindest and gentle hearted people we have ever met! To start off their three day South Indian Wedding in Livermore/Pleasanton they had a Sangeet at the Marriott Hotel in Pleasanton. The evening including mingling with friends and family, performances to entertain the bride and groom and guests, as well as food and dancing!

My partner Natalie Ladd captured the event in these amazing images in a candid style so the bride and groom can relive the day as it happened. Natalie also took the opportunity for a short “Couples Shoot” so we could get a few shots of them alone.

The following day was their beautiful traditional Indian Wedding Ceremony at the Livermore Temple and the images from that event are coming right up so stay tuned!

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