Asian Wedding Photography at Hilton London Wembley

Here are the photographs from the first ever asian wedding and reception the Hilton London Wembley, a brand new hotel near Wembley Stadium in London, England.

Being the first london wedding photographer to provide a wedding photography package at this new venue, I arrived early so I could walk around the hotel to see the most photogenic areas of the hotel which would be used in a creative and artistic manner. I found there are so many areas where I could do the couple’s after wedding portrait shoot.

I also got to say hello to all the other suppliers for this fantastic event – wedding caterers and events manager – Ragmama Ragasaan, J & I Mandap services – who set up the mandap and foyer area, Ravi Shastri – the Hindu Priest. We all had high praises for this new wedding venue ( the Hilton London Wembley ) and we all agreed this was going to be a popular premier venue for indian / asian weddings in North London.

Reportage style, natural wedding photography was requested by the couple, with only some posed couples portraits. Having met Rupa & Manish a few times before the wedding day they were both relaxed whilst i captured the images during the marriage ceremony and they were say their vows. Also we had discussed the photo shooting plans for their wedding day which helped as they had a tight schedule with both the wedding and reception of the same day. Working with the wedding videographer who was filming his high definition ( HD ) videography, we were both using the excellent Canon 5D Mark II camera. He was using it to film video and I was shooting the WEDDING PICTURES, both using professional cameras and L series lenses to for top quality results.

The New Hilton London Wembley

Mandap setup at The Hilton London Wembley

Asian Photographers at Hilton London Wembley

Asian Photography for weddings in london

Fun post wedding couples portrait in the mandap

Fashion style asian bride photography by asian photographers

Grooms portraits in London

Post wedding couples portraits at Hilton London Wembley

Other Wedding Suppliers for this North London Wedding
Catering and Event Coordinator by Ragamama Ragasaan,
A special thank you to Sami and Chris from Ragamama Ragasaan for their to the support and help during the wedding day with the time coordination during the day.

Mandap and Reception Decoration by Jay & I Event Services
Once again, Jay and Inderaben and the team created a stunning Mandap setup for the Asian Wedding, and for the evening reception The Grand Room was transformed for with beautiful white flowers as table centre pieces, as you can see in the reception photographs. All the guests commented on how stunning the room looked when they first set eyes on the set up.

Mandap hire by J and I Event Services at Hilton London Wembley

Hindu Priest conducting the asian wedding ceremony: Ravi Shastri
Conducting the Asian wedding ceremony in the allocated time as requested by the couple.

wedding priest for an asian weddings, Ravi Shastri

London DJs: Sting
Provided the music for the Evening Reception

Best Wedding Venue in North London
Hilton London Wembley
Lakeside Way Wembley HA9 OBU, United Kingdom

Asian Engagement Photography at Raven’s Ait in Kingston

When Alpa first mentioned her asian engagement ceremony was at a fantastic wedding venue on an island in Kingston, Greater London, I was really looking forward to doing the photography for her and Dipan. I visited the Raven’s Ait website and my initial thoughts were I could really create some amazing photographs at this scenic and unusual wedding venue.

However as the day of the engagement approached I was a bit concerned as the weather has not been fantastic this summer with all the rain and our plans for going out on the boat around the island for some of the portraits photography would be difficult. As it happened the prayers of both mums were answered and the engagement day was sunny and dry.

I arrived at the venue early as the only way on to the island was by boat and also wanted to photograph both Alpa & Dipan when they arrived onto the islands. You don’t get the couple and guests arriving by boat at a Greater London wedding venue, so it was great to capture their reactions whilst on the boat.

Over 250 family and friends joined the couple and their families for the engagement ceremony in the larger Marque at Raven’s Ait. Dipan once again went down on bended knee to propose to Alpa, followed by the ring ceremony and the chundri ceremony. One of Dipan’s uncles, Pradapbhai, described the events and order of the engagement ceremony, with explanations behind some of the rituals we asians undertake in a fantastic jovial manner that all the guests enjoyed the ceremony.

After lunch, it was time for the couples portraits, using the island’s and the venues features to great effect. I wanted to show the thames river in some of the photographs from the island. but the best images were taken when we went onto the boat around the island. It was great to see both Alpa and Dipan enjoying themselves and I managed to capture so great natural moments.

Back on the island it was time for the DJ to play his music, the couple to do the first dance and the guests soon joined them on the dance floor.

Below are some of the great photographs taken on the day. This Greater London wedding venue was amazing to capture the beautiful and stunning images the ceremony.

London Event Suppliers
Indian Vegetarian food catering by Shayona Caterers of London
Fresh indian food was prepared and served by the team at Shayona / Saya Caterers.

Wedding and Events Venue
Ravens Ait is an enchanting island on the river Thames in Kingston close to across Hampton Court Palace. Ideal for wedding celebrations, business meetings and conferences.

For those interested reading more on the Asian weddings can find more details here

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