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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I had the opportunity to head to Brunei for a wedding assignment about a week ago. If you remember, I had an Addicted to Love session with Yasir & Izzah here in Kuala Lumpur couple of months ago.

This was my first Bruneian Malay Wedding. And this was my first proper trip to Brunei.

Please enjoy the first part of the celebration where the Solemnization was held at a mosque near the bride’s house.

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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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I had a blast capturing moments and creating beautiful images of Nimrit & Gurmit’s Punjabi Wedding celebration that last 2 nights! The celebration was held at Muar (the bride’s side) and Klang (the groom side).

I was at Muar for two nights (and was assisted by Majid) and Nazir assisted me in capturing the celebration at Klang.

Below is the Same Day Slideshow that is premiering tonight (24 July) during wedding reception dinner.

What is a Same Day Slideshow (SDS)?
A SDS is a compilation of wedding event photos that are usually taken during the morning of the day – solemnization, church, tea ceremony, mehndi etc – to be shown during the evening reception on the same day. No major edits or enhancements on the photos will be done since most of the time I will only get couple of hours to compile, select, arrange, compose and encode the slideshow into DVD playable format.

SDS is not included in my package but it is an option for the couple to purchase as an additional investment. And the SDS will be given to the couple together with their album.

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I was assisted by Nik Majid and Faris Fakri.

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I was going thru my hard disk and I found couple of photos of Aizam & Hidayat that were previously unreleased.

They’d gotten married over a year ago and is expecting their first born at the end of July 2011.

These was taken at the Federal Mosque of Kuala Lumpur.

How time flies.

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I simply love Black & White images. It brings some sort of timeless quality to moments captured on camera.

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Official Photographer – www.nazirazhari.com

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It was held the day after the solemnization.

I was assisted by Nik Majid & Imran Ismail.

Deco by Party Popperz.

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