In such a world, live Numesh and Harvinder. In the three days we covered their wedding, we witnessed a bond truly worthy of being called love.

We are extremely happy to be sharing our first highlights video for toronto wedding featuring this amazing couple. Enjoy!

Vimeo:

We are officially open for cinematography business!

Up next. Valima! Till then, enjoy!

Naphisha from Perfect Setting really outdid herself in creating a spectacular ambience and environment. And of course most of the night was spent dancing away to the tunes and live dhol beats courtesy of Dhol Toronto.

Just as we were wrapping up for the night, Uroos’ brother Osama who we had heard was actively responsible for choreographing a lot of the dance sequences, but was a little hesitant on letting it loose on the dance floor for personal reasons, finally gave in and broke out into an impromptu dance sequence. I quickly grabbed the first camera I could get my hands on and got a few shots of Osama showing everyone how its really done before something went wrong at the DJ booth and the song ended preemptively. However short it may have been, it was enough to move Uroos to tears and I got some nice emo moments between the brother, the bride and the groom.

Enjoy and stay tuned for their wedding photos next!

Farrah is one of those super genius scientist types. I remember asking her at the engagement shoot what she did, and after two fairly long sentences of which I understood neither nouns nor verbs, there was a brief silence (I think I saw some tumbleweed roll by), followed by me saying in a retarded voice “I’m a photographer! I take pictures!” Seriously. Having explained that, the ama-zinc (snorty laugh) decor by SBD at the wedding will make a lot more sense.

The following week, we covered their valima in Ottawa getting some beautiful shots at the newly built and uber chic Ottawa Convention Centre. Check it out!

Wedding Planner & Designer: Sara Baig Designs
Make-up (Wedding): Maggie Wu
Make-up (Valima): Seema Haider

We are most excited about sharing some creative shots from their wedding shoot. Check them out!

You can find the magazine at your local Chapters/Indigo location. To see a complete list of locations where you can find the magazine visit the Kismet Magazine’s website.

Later that day, I am sitting in a school bus in the blistering heat of Karachi with a pounding headache. Next to me is sitting this girl going on and on about this guy she has a crush on. I listen using the least bit of my brain matter required to stay engaged in a conversation without looking aloof. All of a sudden she starts screaming, pointing at some guy walking outside. Her high-pitched note zapping the droopy part of my brain causing me to look outside and see Arsalan walking by. Ugh! I close my eyes and cover my face hoping it would drown out her annoying voice.

The year is 1998. It’s lunch time and Arsalan is bobbing about the whole school showing off his new camera. In a few minutes, he comes up to me and asks if I could take his picture. I grab the camera, press my nose next to its flat back, and peep through the viewfinder to find Arsalan standing with legs crossed giving the camera his best smoulder. I contain my laugh, click and hand him the camera.

A few days later, as I’m walking down the corridor with my friends, I hear Arsalan call me from the back. I turn around and he is waving a piece of paper in his hand. Ok, what’s this about now, I think. “Look, look, look at this picture you took!”. I take the piece of paper from his hand and it’s the picture I took of him. Smoulder and all. Yep. I look up at him inquisitively. “Where are my feet? There is all this space above my head and you cut off my feet? Who takes a picture of a person and cuts off their feet?”. “Your face is there at least, isn’t it?” I rebuttaled. But, of course, I wasn’t off the hook and had to hear about it for a long, long time.

The year is 2011. I’m in Canada, I’m married and I have a one month old baby. My phone rings and it is, lo and behold, Arsalan! We catch up on each others lives and he tells me he is getting married and wants me to photograph his wedding. He tells me his fiance Sarah, who we later find out has been following our blog religiously, will get in touch and sort out the details.

It’s a day before Arsalan’s wedding and I am on the phone with him arguing. He doesn’t want to go out for a photo shoot, Sarah does, so do we, but he just won’t be convinced. And for a minute I feel like I am back in Karachi sitting in my class dodging my head. Finally we hang up on an off note and I have no idea whether he would show up the next day for the photo shoot or not. But thankfully, as Asad would tell me later, he not only showed up, but was at his best behaviour throughout the night.

So Arsalan! Here is a trip down the memory lane. Many congratulations to you and Sarah, and we hope you’d have a beautiful life together. I also made sure your legs weren’t cut off this time :p Enjoy the pictures!

In 2012 and 2013, we will only be selecting a handful of wedding assignments for video. So if that is something you’re interested in and would like to be considered for, drop us a line with your wedding details, and we will be in touch.

Starting now, we are also offering video engagement shoots for that includes initial consultation, script and story development, shooting, editing, and final delivery. Couples who we’ve been talking to intend to showcase the engagement shoot video with their wedding or save-the-date e-invites, their own wedding website, or as introduction highlights video before the grand entrance at the wedding.

Enjoy!

(Unless you’re on a mobile device, you can switch the resolution up to HD by clicking the number next to the + sign on the bottom right of the video clip once playing)

Special thanks to Awais Jaffery from Desi Vibe.