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Greetings and welcome to my brand new, hand-spun blog+site. My photography journey has been incredible! It began with fun, then grew into passion, then I discovered profound love for it and there was no looking back. Five years later, I have this custom site to showcase what I love doing so much, the art of capturing life just the way I see it. Please look around, this site is a reflection of me. Enjoy exploring it.

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Things have been pretty crazy lately. I may sound like a broken radio, but seriously, I don’t know how my days go by. I have been planning on returning my sister’s call for the past few days, I finally made it happen today. I also cleaned up my office, backed up the images and delivered the DVDs from September-October weddings. I had a few minutes to myself today to think about all the stuff that had happened in last two months. It’s been exactly a month since I left my previous employer, still can’t get over the sorrow. I know I shouldn’t get that emotional about the whole thing, but I’m not Me without soft sentiments. I wish I wasn’t so sappy sometimes! The price I pay for such acts is not just worth it.

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Nov, 22, 2009

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It’s the holiday season again. Looks like this year’s turkey day is going to be a quiet one, although I still plan on cooking something special. I’m sorta bummed that I won’t get to go on my dream vacation in December due to lack of planning and overpriced air tickets. But I still wanna take a trip somewhere, possibly tropical, to escape from miserable Sac weather.

I have one more wedding coming up right after the Thanksgiving, so excited about this one! After that I’ll say bye bye to the wedding season this year. I also realized that I never shared the part II of the wedding I shot in Boston. Here’s a few …

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Nuzhat & Joy || Wedding part 1

A couple weekends ago Jason and I went to Boston for my childhood friend Nuzhat’s wedding. I know Nuzhat from the begining of my school life (as far as my memory goes)! We went to the same school (Holy Cross). Our names sound so similar that I often answered when people were actually calling her name. It wasn’t until eighth or ninth grade when my group of friends became very close to Nuzhat’s group of friends. Our story goes back to early ninties, soooo many things are coming into my mind that I don’t even know where to begin! Let me just say that Nuzhat was one of my bridesmaids. Four years ago she was here at our wedding, and that’s when I met Joy for the first time.

Oct, 06, 2009

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I was thrilled, honored, when Nuzhat asked me to take her photos on her wedding day. I knew she would be a beautiful bride, but oh boy, the word beautiful wasn’t a good enough word for her! She looked beyond amazing!!! Just look at her images!

It was a traditional Bengali wedding with a few western twists. There were two events on one day. The Holud ceremony was held in the afternoon. This is a pre-wedding ceremony where friends and family unite to bless the couple before they tie the knot. This is my favorite part of the wedding. The event was full of fun, music, bright colors, gorgeous outfits, delicious food (of course, a Bengali event is nothing without good food!) and beautiful people. The weather cooperated too. It turned out to be a beautiful day! The bride was brought to the stage on a Palki (a traditional, decorated chair with four posts/supports for carrying the bride), her four cousins were the ushers. Groom was waiting for her at the stage. The ceremony began with the groom’s parents blessing the bride by tying “Rakhi” (a traditional bracelet symbolizing the unity of the two families) and feeding her some sweets. Then the bride’s parents blessed the groom by doing the same thing. It was a relatively short event, since the wedding followed soon after.

Here are some highlights of her holud/blessing ceremony. Stay tuned for part 2…

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Sheila Ahmad: Greetings Nudrat ! I am Himi's Boro Mami from KY. Your pix are stunning ! I am speechless. Is this a hobby? Whatever it is, wherever you are, I am booking you for my daughter's wedding. She is only 10 but please put us on your calender for 2020 !
Magnificently done my dear.Kudos !Please come and visit us in KY.
It is so serene with mountains and billowy clouds...you will enjoy.
jewel: I feel so bad that I wasn't there.Any way my prayer goes to newly
weeded Nuzhat and Joy.Goolli pics.
jewel (Boston)