Emily & Sage's wedding slideshow

Finally got done with the slideshow of Emily & Sage's beautiful wedding from a weekend ago. The ceremony took place in the middle of the McKinley rose garden. What a beautiful setting it was! We also went to the Sacramento Capitol Park for pre-wedding formals. If you are not from the area, but visiting Sacramento and wondering where you can go for a photoshoot...go to the Capitol Park! You won't be disappointed. Capitol is one of my favorite spots to shoot in downtown Sac.

Here is the slideshow. All the outdoor images used 100% natural light(I don't use on/off-camera flash if I don't have to). Hope you enjoy.

Emily & Sage || Wedding

Last Saturday I was at McKinley Park shooting Emily & Sage's beautiful wedding at the rose garden. Reception was held at the Clunie hall near the park. It was a beautiful wedding, just like the way they wanted it to be.

Thank you Emily & Sage, it was my pleasure to be a part of your big day; I had a lot of fun with you guys...hope you enjoy the teasers :)

Family visit || a week to remember

Last seven days have been incredibly eventful for me. Several major(aka crazy) things happened -
1. My only sister and her family visited us!
2. My Identity got stolen!!
3. A major lay-off happened at my day job!!!
... and I survived all three.

I go to Toronto every year to visit my sister, this year she was here to spend a week with us. It was soooo much fun. I love having kids around and I miss my niece and nephew like crazy. So it was nice to have them here for a few days.

We drove thousand miles within a week (Sac-LA-SAC-SF-SAC....); I feel like I am still in the car. While driving to SF, just outside of Sacramento, I saw this beautiful patch of rainbow in the sky. It was a bright, sunny day; a rainbow(or the colors of rainbow) was quite unexpected. I was happy to see the blue sky(finally) and not-too-warm weather; I wish we had more of those days.

We drove over the Golden Gate bridge yesterday and stopped at Pacifica, CA. It was really cold there, but that didn't stop my niece, nephew and my sister from going close to the ocean. I like this picture(below) of my brother-in-law taking picture of his lovely family.

It was also my hubby's birthday last week that we celebrated at the Universal Studios. Belated Happy Birthday my sweetheart! I hope to celebrate many more birthdays with you :))

Pardon me for the quality of these images, I have been taking snaps with my Powershot A720. I just realized that I don't have a non-grainy picture. I haven't been travelling with my SLRs (now I am paying the price).

It seems like this summer is going by really fast. My sister's kids were sad for having such a short summer. I also realized that my school starts next week(recipe of self killing ofcourse with everything else that I have going on!!). I don't know what I am getting myself into by taking the "killer game programming" class this fall. But, if I survive this wedding season + my day job + school, I'll know that I'll survive anything ;)

I'll be back next week with Emily+Sage's wedding pictures from the coming weekend...

Jen & Chris || Wedding at Alpine Meadows

Last Saturday I drove up to Tahoe to second shoot a wedding with Dan McCay of Izlas Destination weddings. I can't write enough about this experience(there are a lot of cool things about Dan that I'll mention in a bit). Little did I know that a beautiful wedding location as such is hidden somewhere in the midst of the mountains of Alpine Meadows!!! The couple Jen and Chris chose a stunning location for their wedding.


Little before the ceremony I had a chance to have a one-on-one session with Jen. She looked gorgeous; the breathtaking view added some more drama to her beauty.

After the ceremony, Dan and I headed out to the mountains to shoot with Jen and Chris. The location was unbelievable and we got some gorgeous shots of the couple.

I had a blast working with Dan McCay. The fact that he could speak some Bangla and fluent Hindi, freaked me out at first; but then it turned into a sweet surprise. After all, I don't meet that many photographers everyday who speaks Bangla and has even visited Bangladesh! How cool is that!!!

Henna edition || Monica & Karim's wedding

It seems like I haven't been posting forever. I just don't have any idea how my weeks go by so fast. We just bought a new, super fast computer(I wish it was an iMac!!!), I was busy for setting up my new system. I am also using Lightroom 2 for RAW editing now. I have to say that I liked Lightroom over Bridge.

I finally had a chance to go through the pictures from Monica and Karim's wedding at Lake Tahoe. I worked with Doug Miranda on their beautiful wedding at Squaw Valley on July 26. I must mention that I am very lucky so far to have super nice couples to shoot with. Their wedding was absolutely gorgeous; bright and vibrant colors and many personal touches made the event even more unique! Monica and Karim also incorporated some traditions from Karim's Indian heritage. One of the attractions of the event was Henna tattoo. A brilliant henna artist was present at the reception to entertain guests with her beautiful henna designs. Some of the highlights are below.

Bride's hands full of henna -

One Long weekend

.... and two beautiful weddings!!!

Saturday I drove up to Tahoe to second shoot a wedding with Doug Miranda. The ceremony took place at the Squaw Valley and the reception was right off of highway 89 by the river. The weather was beautiful up there! It was a stunning location for a wedding. As we all know, one cannot go wrong by picking Lake Tahoe for their wedding location.
(Pictures coming soon)

Then on Sunday I was at Fort Wayne, Indiana for my childhood friend Urmila's wedding. I flew out there and got busy immediately. We have been friends from KG school, almost all our lives. We have managed to build this unbreakable relationship that can only last forever. There was no way that I wouldn't be with her on her special day. It meant a lot to both of us. The wedding was a small one with the families only, held at the Fort Wayne Supreme court. Then we went out to a cozy dinner to celebrate the occassion.

I got back to Sacramento this afternoon and haven't had a chance to go through all the images. But I wanted to share a couple pictures from the pre-event blessings ceremony. This is a traditional Bengali event where friends and family of the bride and groom bless the couple before they begin their new life together. This is my most favorite event of all. A very colorful and a fun occassion to bring in the joy of a new begining.

A few from the wedding day of the cute couple Urmila and Gene -

"How to achieve your childhood dreams"

This post is for Professor Randy Pausch of Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Pausch passed away today; he was sufferring from terminal cancer and had only few weeks to live. I wanted to post his last lecture "how to achieve your childhood dream" that he delivered in last September. You can tell from the video that he was funny(and nerdy), intelligent(of course) and had such positive view of life. I admire him for who he was and what he left behind. His lecture inspired me, motivated me even more. I hope this will be inspirational to you as well.

Caution: This lecture runs for over an hour! But the nerd in you may enjoy it :)

Have a great weekend.