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Yash & Anju's Beautiful Punjabi Indian

Wedding at the San Jose Guwarda

Being a wedding photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area means I am privileged to photograph a large variety of weddings and the beautiful cultures that comes with it. Indian weddings are one of my favorites!

 

The one unique thing about photographing Indian weddings, I've found, is that because they are almost a week long I really get to know my couple and their families very well. After a week-long celebration of intimacy and celebration I find myself really missing them and their wonderful families. I enjoy my time with them, documenting their lives, their joy, their personalities, and telling these stories for them. I look back at Yash and Anju’s wedding, and can’t help but feel I was treated with respect, love, was well fed and cared for, as if I was a member of their family. Not just by the couple, but their siblings, their parents and grandparents, and extended family. I love what I do. I don't just take photographs. I get to share peoples lives with them. These families gave me so much more than a smile and a hand shake. They gave me their love and trust, and that brings me joy.

PROPOSAL PHOTOS IN NAPA VALLEY AT AUBERGE DU SOLEIL IN RUTHERFORD

I love when I get to be there at the very beginning. I am invited often by the amazing Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford to photograph surprise wedding proposals, and they are so much fun! Never mind the amazingly beautiful setting, the perfect weather, just look at the joy and emotion from this wonderful event!

I am so thankful that I get to record these moments that they will share for a lifetime!

Alyse and Zach flew in from Saten Island, New York, for a bit of a get away. Unbeknownst to Alyse, Zach had other plans. Here’s how it went that day!

Now it’s time to share the good news with Mom! I wish I had recorded audio for this! Mom was shrieking with joy! It was very cute!

When she asked him “how did you pick out the perfect ring? The exact one I wanted?” he said “I hacked your Pinterest account when you were asleep.”

Brian serves the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey and Carmel Peninsula, Wine Country including Sonoma County and the Napa Valley, the East Bay,  San Jose, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe and wedding destinations worldwide.

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