LO2: Photoshoot Plans

RISHTA:

For the Rishta event, I have captured a few images of Kaleem and Thaiba first moments being together in front of the family. The best images that I have captured of Kaleem and Thaiba during the Rishta was both of them after the agreement was made and I told them to pose for the camera. This is because I wanted them to both to express their true personality and for them to be themselves and to enjoy the moment as they begin to start a new journey together. 

Another photo in which I took on the Rishta day was of them both celebrating the event and the happiness and by ending it by taking a shot of them both cutting their cake. I wanted to have a picture of them both cutting their cake as it symbolises the new journey for them both, adapting together and now doing things together as a couple and not as an individual. Having a cake cutting shot of them both emphasises a new beginning for them both and shows the full commitment they have to take accountability in and to continuously show love and affection to each other to grow the marriage.

These are the photos of Kaleem and Thaiba on the Rishta that I decided to use for my magazine:

NIKKAH:

For the Nikkah, of Kaleem and Thaiba I wanted capture of few different types of couple shoot poses in which I used Pinterest to receive inspiration from. One of the main couple shot that I wanted to capture on the Nikkah is the groom holding the brides hand and the bride twirling. A twirling couple shot of the bride and groom connotes the celebration of love, symbolising the excitement and the joy between the couple as they embark their new chapter together. The twirling couple shot also connotes elegance, presenting a twirling shot and presenting the brides dress or dupatta (scarf) showing off the South Asian traditional wedding attire. 

Another photo that I wanted to capture is the groom holding his brides hand and kissing her forehead. The reason why I wanted to capture this image of the bride and groom because of the connotations that his held in the meaning of the image. The meaning of the image of the groom holding his brides hand and the gesture of kissing her forehead connotes love and affection symbolising the amount of love and respect and emotional relationship between the couple. 

Another meaning of the photo of the groom holding his brides hand and kissing her forehead in which made me want to capture the shot is because it connotes an act of protection and safety. As the groom presents the kiss on his brides forehead, he symbols a promise for protection, safety and security. Emphasising that he has agreed to take over the father of the brides role and to show his full commitment of love, trust and loyalty to stand by his wife's side ensuring that she is well protected throughout their life that they grow together.

These are the photos of Kaleem and Thaiba on the Nikkah that I decided to use for my magazine: 

DHOLKI:

For the Dholki event, it was difficult for me to get photos of the groom and bride together as because in my magazine I mentioned that traditionally, women lead the Dholki events and it will be mainly women around in our culture men and women are sometimes separated, making it difficult to capture a lot of photos of the Dholki event. However, I did capture photos that I wanted to capture, one of them being a photo of the props such as signs that we had at the Dholki in which guests were able to use for a Photo Booth. I decided to present a picture of the props that were used at the event connoting the idea of joy and allowing the guest to enjoy the moment. 

Another image I will be presenting is a photo of the bride herself. As because a Dholki is more of the women's night to enjoy themselves, to dance sing and live the moment. so it makes sense for the image of the Dholki page should have a photo of the bride. The image of the bride I will be capturing of her sitting down looking to a side and smiling, emphasising the joy and happiness on the Dholki event. 

Here are the images in which I will be using on the Dholki Night in my magazine: 

THAIBA'S MEHNDI:

For Thaiba's Mehndi, I will be adding one striking photo of the bride herself, showing off intricate detailed dress and the different pieces of her colourful mehndi. I will be adding pose most likely of her touching her jewellery such as her bracelets, her necklace, earrings or her tikka (hair piece). I want to add a shot of her touching her jewellery because it connotes the idea of celebrating the tradition, by showing off the colourful detailed jewellery, representing cultural heritage and my touching the jewellery illustrates her honouring her cultural roots. 

I will be using a photo of the sign illustrating "Thaiba Ki Mehndi" meaning "Thaiba's Mehndi". However I will be cutting out the background and just presenting the rectangle sign itself and will be putting it on top of the brides image to emphasise and to embrace the bright vibrant colours. 

Here are the pictures that I will be using to represent Thaiba's Mehndi in my magazine:

KALEEM'S MEHNDI:

For Kaleem's Mehndi day, I have decided to use this medium close up of him and I mainly focused on his face and increased the exposure on his face to illustrate the high energetic emotions on his Mehndi illustrating him behind the main character as the face glows. 

WEDDING:

For the wedding day, I wanted to capture mainly medium close up portraits of the bride and groom individually because I was able to express their facial expressions and also their intricate outfits in one shot. I wanted to also capture detail shots of the jewellery and the intricate detailing on the traditional outfits, but didn't have the time to capture a lot of photos as because I also wanted to enjoy the event of my brothers and sister-in-laws wedding. The only time I managed to get some photos of my models was when all the guests were eating and no one was taking any pictures or family shots with the couple. 

The images below were the best images I managed to capture of my models on the wedding day, presenting the facial expressions, emphasising the different emotions, the happiness on both of their faces as they finally made it and now starting their new life together.