Oh and Eid Mubarak everyone!

and you may remember their Engagement Shoot pictures from earlier on our blog.

And then there are friends who at times, you can’t stand, or they can’t stand you, but they are always there. You might not see each other every day, or breathe down each other’s necks all the time, or even like each other all the friggin time. You might even hate them sometimes because they tend to be loud and obnoxious when they shouldn’t be. But they are there. And you are there. And you are friends. And that is simply all there is to it. There is no drama. It goes kinda like this:

Friend 1: Get lost!
Friends 2: Go bleep blappidy beep blop yourself!
(silence)
Friend 1: So you wanna catch a movie?
Friend 2: Yeah lemme see what’s playing.

One such friend that’s simply been there is Yousuf who I’ve known for twelve years. I’ll write about him in detail some other day. But for now, I just wanted to make that distinction. Friends who outgrow you. And friends who don’t. Yousuf is of the second type. (I have a feeling that it partially might be because he’s hit his head one too many times and it’s just stopped growing altogether).

Last year, by some miracle of God, Yousuf found Annie. We couldn’t make it to their wedding in Pakistan, but we hope these pictures from their urban shoot at Dow’s Lake, Ottawa, make up for it.

Back home you can find many things made in this style of wood with ivory inlays including side tables, jewellery and even cigar boxes. I remember having a set of side tables growing up made of the same stuff that I would sometimes pull up in my living room while doing home work. Out of boredom, I’d sometimes stick my pencil around the ivory inlays and try to loosen them. Until, of course, Ammi saw me doing it.

For the must-have posed, traditional pictures, we found this perfect set of stairs with some greenery around it. This is where we took all the family shots.

A candid of the ring bearer, a little confused about his surroundings after waking up.

We asked Shawn and Melissa to hold hands for a picture, and out of nowhere this moth came and started circling around their hands. It also sat patiently enough right on top of their hands just long enough for us to take a couple of pictures. How serendipitously cool!




One of the groomsmen had to leave because of his newborn, so one of the other two got lucky with two bridesmaids. You can see them cracking up in this one about it!

Our absolute favourites from the day! Mehreen captured these pictures of the bridal party next to a barn.


With some time to relax, the girls got talking …



Mehreen’s exact words to the bride after this following picture: “You have lovely collar bones!”


For this set of pictures below we tried a different technique in post that gives it a very old school, hint of sepia, faded film look. See if you like it …





We then headed back to the reception hall and ended the night with cake cutting and first dance.

We started the day off at Melissa’s place.

We then headed to the ceremony.



Melissa just before stepping into the church waving off some last minute emotions.


The cutest ring bearers ever, all set to go in their ride!

We love this picture of the bride and her father’s entrance, with everyone standing to receive the bride, clicking away. Can you count the cameras?









Mehreen caught this picture of Shawn and Melissa sharing a moment during the ceremony, exchanging smiles of excitement and disbelief.





And the happy couple has left the building! Part II coming right up …

Speaking of beautiful things, we covered Umair and Sarah’s wedding couple of weeks back in Ottawa. It decided to be a rainy day and we ended up taking some indoor shots. Here are a few teasers.