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A one week long Punjabi Wedding Celebration of Baljit & Ajit. A colourful celebration that was held in Klang, Selangor. I was assisted by Nazir Azhari & Nik Majid.

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A Malay Wedding Celebration of Amir & Zairin at Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Assisted by Nazir Azhari, Nik Majid & Muhaimin.

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A prewedding session of Gurmit & Nimrit.

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A simple Marhabban* & Henna Night was held a night before the solemnization of Zairin and her fiancee, Amir. I was fortunate to be the official photographer for the simple ceremony and later, the Groom’s Reception at Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

I knew both of them since the beginning of the year when Amir contacted me; inquiring about my services for their engagement in February. We met and hit the right note. (More on this later).

Please enjoy the following images from the Marhabban and Henna Night at Zairin’s residence in Petaling Jaya.

*a marhabban session is where a group of women/men will come to the bride/groom’s house and sing praises to Allah and celebrate the bride/groom with Arabic/Malay Language poems.

After the marhabban, the henna ceremony was held in the evening. This was an event for close families and friends. Zairin had Rizalman made her dresses and did her makeup.

After the simple ceremony, Zairin had asked me to stayed back because she had one more dress change. Kind of like a surprise. And the dress is so gorgeous!

Their solemnization was held 2 days after these ceremonies. And I was back as their official photographer during Amir’s Reception at Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. I will post the images from the grand and gorgeous reception in the next post.

‘Til then.

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A continuation from the previous post.

I got to experience a different Malay wedding culture while covering Yasir & Izzah’s Bruneian wedding which challenged me even further as a Wedding Photographer.

Berbedak Ceremony.

2 days after the solemnization, they had their reception at The Rizqun International Hotel. The celebration started early in the morning with a “Berbedak” or a Blessing Ceremony by the family. The newlyweds dressed up in a bright red “songket” dress with the bride wearing a gold head gear while the groom wore a “songkok” (Muslim hat).

The blessing was done by family members by anointing the Bride/Groom with an ointment made from colored rice flour and scented oils.

The Wedding Reception & The Basuh Kaki Ceremony

After the Berbedak Ceremony, Yasir & Izzah had another change of dress. The final dress change was done for their actual reception and the “basuh kaki” ceremony. The “basuh kaki” or a literal translation – the washing feet – ceremony where the couples feet is placed on top of each other and family and friends would pour water over their feet symbolizing nothing less than just pouring water over the newlyweds feet. And, of course the well-wishers will give monetary gifts to the newlyweds.

Since Yasir has Chinese heritage in him, they had a simple tea ceremony after that.

Do you remember the photo above?

The story wouldn’t be completed without the mandatory-free-style-family-group photo!

After the wedding ceremony, we had couple of minutes to get the portraiture done.

I used the surrounding as the background and props for the portraiture. I knew that both Yasir & Izzah was already tired from 1 whole day of events so I had to be quick. Surprisingly, it was a great session.

I had tremendous fun during this assignment. This was a first for myself and my assistant, Majid (www.nikmajid.com). But we are looking forward to more in the future.

Without the generous and kind hospitality from both Yasir & Izzah’s family, I couldn’t have done my job as their memory maker. They treated me as part of the family and was eager to introduce me to the wedding culture of the Bruneian people.

And they have succeeded an that.

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According to the original plan, I was supposed to have 30 minutes but due to the delayed start to the Anand Kharaj, I had only 5 minutes with Nimrit & Gurmit to make beautiful outdoor portrait of them before they headed out to their lunch reception.

It was quick and fun session. 5 minutes was all I need to capture a simple yet beautiful moments for these two newlyweds.

Their lunch reception was next. Please stay tuned for that…

You can view their wedding photos at
1. Punjabi Wedding Celebration – Nimrit & Gurmit Part 1
2. Punjabi Wedding Celebration – Nimrit & Gurmit Part 2
3. Same Day Slideshow

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I had the opportunity capturing beautiful moments from Yasir & Izzah’s wedding in Brunei last weekend that was held at The Rizqun International Hotel.

You might remember them from the Addicted to Love session they had with me when they were in Kuala Lumpur few months ago.

Beautiful couple and a wonderful country.

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*WARNING* tonnes of images for you to enjoy in this post!*

After a night of partying and dancing, the celebration proceed with the Anand Karaj – the solemnization of the bride & the couple.

Since Gurmit is from Klang and Nimrit is in Muar, the groom had to travel all the way to Muar for the Anand Karaj.

My second photographer, Nazir captured the groom’s preparation as early as 4 am while I was in Muar, creating images of Nimrit’s preparation.

At 9am, the entourage from Klang arrived. After prayers, breakfast was served before heading to the Gudhwara for the Anand Karaj.

Please enjoy the images below. It was a pleasure capturing such beautiful moments of the Anand Karaj.

After the Anand Karaj, we headed out for a quick portrait session before heading to the lunch reception.

For that, you have to stay tuned….

In case you’d missed the first part, here is the link to the Part 1 of a beautiful Punjabi Wedding Celebration of Gurmit & Nimrit.

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