Nudrat Owens Photography | Sacramento Bay Area Premier Wedding and Portrait Photographer

Old Folsom Engagement : Vini + Avie

Meet Avie and Vini…an amazingly co0l couple who I had the pleasure of meeting last summer. It was a quick meeting before Vini headed back to Vancouver, we just talked about their wedding and their vision for photography. My second meeting with them was on their engagement session..just a couple days before their big day! It felt like we have been friends forever, was just picking up the pieces from where we left off.

We picked Old Folsom for their engagement session. The surrondings of Sutter street, the rainbow bridge. the cool vintage setting was just perfect for their personality. I had a great time knowing more about this down-to-earth couple. And I realized how FUN the next two days were going to be. Here’s just a few from their engagement session before their big wedding post show up. Enjoy the beauty…

Potrero Hill San Francisco Portraits : Saeeda + Shaker

Shaker and I go back more than a decade when we first started college together. So many things happened between then and now. Life for us had taken many different directions but now we are pretty much back in a similar circle of life. I remember when Shaker visited Sacramento with his new wife Saeeda. We took a trip to the Capitol park and I took a few snaps of the couple just for fun. Saeeda was super excited with the idea of photography; soon after that she started experimenting with cameras and lenses. Years have passed since then and now she is a fine photographer herself.

In the middle of this year Saeeda contacted me for their anniversary portraits in san Francisco. We finally made some time and headed to Potrero Hill for their session. San Francisco weather couldn’t be any better! Sun was shining, and it wasn’t even cold for an October day. The city view was amazing, of course! We photographed around my favorite kinds of spots, the nooks and corners of the unvisited parts of the city. Hope this pictures preserve Shaker and Saeeda’s memory of this fine day in San Francisco.

Old Sacramento Engagement: Brevenna + Rick

It was early on a Saturday morning when we headed out to Old Sacramento for Rick and Brevenna’s engagement session. We usually see girls in the foreground of all the wedding planning. But it’s Rick this time who is on top of everything when it come to their wedding. It was too bad that I couldn’t be available to photograph their wedding in Fall, but I was excited at the oppportunity to photograph their engagement session last weekend. I loved brevenna’s pick of outfit for the shoot. It was SO her! Mod, stylish and chich. Rick was rocking it as well. The couple knows how to have fun.

B and Rick – Thank you so much for allowing me to capture your love. I wish you two a fabulous wedding day..XO

Sacramento Indian Engagement: Radha + Bala

My meeting with Radha and her family wasn’t an ordinary one. I’m usually very nervous when meeting with the families, but within five minutes of talking to Radha’s parents, I was smiling ear-to-ear. I had to pinch myself to realize that I really wasn’t dreaming. I learned that Bala can somewhat speak and understand Bengali. My husband came out to meet with them and I was asked to consider them like my family. After thirty minutes of chit-chatting I bacame Radha’s honorary older sister. I was honored, I felt loved and lucky again for the opportunities I receive through this gift of photography.

In morning of their engagement party, Radha and Bala along with their parents had an intimate puja (prayer) at Bala’s parents’ residence. After the prayer, we drove over to a lake near Elk Grove for Radha and Bala’s photo session. They were on their traditional outfit, we took that opportunity to get some fine Indian bridal styled shots. Then we ran around in the sun for some fun pictures. On the same evening, Radha and Bala’s made it official at Radha’s parents house. Bala got down on his knees to ask her to marry her in front of all the family members. Of course, Radha said YES!

Radha is such a sweet hearted girl! Her and Bala make a beautiful couple. I was so glad to be a part of their special day; and the fact that I now have a family in town made my experience even more special.

Old Sacramento Enagagement : Raji + Rishi

What a fun shoot it was! Before going into this, I didn’t know that we would laugh so hard during the entire shoot. Rishi and Raji know how to have fun. The chemistry was infectious, I could see it in their eyes. I met Rishi and Raji a few months back when they were just starting out with the wedding planning. We felt the connection right away and I hoped to have the opportunity to photographed their wedding in a few months.

Last week we were in Old Sacramento photographing their engagement session. I was excited to explore the other side of Old Sac where I never photographed a session before. The weather was perfect for an afternoon in July. I couldn’t hope for the day to be any better. I’m so looking forward to having even more fun with them on their big wedding in October…can’t wait!