Chaar Bhai

Come meet the couples.

Every couple here is a real client. We start with portraits, then follow the wedding week as it happened, from the first night to the farewell. Swipe sideways for more of a couple. Scroll for the next one.

  • Portraits Engagement · Nikkah and reception portraits 50 couples
  • The night before Dholki · Sangeet · Jaggo 2 couples
  • Henna and haldi Mehndi · Haldi · Gaye holud 9 couples
  • The arrival Baraat · Milni · Entrances 4 couples
  • The ceremony Nikkah · Anand Karaj · Pheras 18 couples
  • The reception Walima · Reception · Bou bhat 13 couples
  • The farewell Rukhsati · Vidaai · Doli 7 couples

Portraits

Engagement · Nikkah and reception portraits

An hour away from everyone, sometimes months before, sometimes between the ceremony and the reception. Two people, whatever light there is, and nobody watching.

Arooba & Asmat

Engagement shoot · Osgoode Hall and Union Station · Toronto

The save-the-date, in print.

Christel & Sid

Engagement shoot · R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant · Toronto

Shafiqa & Shoaib

Nikkah portraits · Royal Botanical Gardens · Burlington

Reception portraits · Harding Waterfront Estate · Mississauga

Mahrukh & Mohsan

Nikkah portraits · Gairloch Gardens · Oakville

Reception portraits · Humber Arboretum · Toronto

Maham & Muneeb

Reception portraits · National Arts Centre · Ottawa

Navi & Adam

Portraits · Ottawa

Rida & Fareed

Nikkah portraits · Graydon Hall Manor · Toronto

Deepiksha & Yash

Engagement shoot · Konzelmann Estate Winery · Niagara-on-the-Lake

Wedding day portraits · Fermanagh Farms · Bradford

Alyna & Hamza

Engagement shoot · Oshawa

Nikkah portraits · Oshawa

Amna & Faizaan

Mehndi portraits · Ottawa

Hina & Jawad

Nikkah portraits · Riverwood Conservancy · Mississauga

Imaan & Umer

Reception portraits · Riverwood Conservancy · Mississauga

Saman & Hassan

Shadi portraits · Lionhead Golf Club · Brampton

Walima portraits · Oakville

Youmna & Mansoor

Engagement shoot · Dundurn Castle · Hamilton

Almirah & Ijaz

Engagement shoot · Adamson Estate · Mississauga

Reception portraits · Dundurn Castle · Hamilton

Hiba & Umad

Nikkah portraits · Humber Arboretum · Toronto

Shendi portraits · Riverwood Conservancy · Mississauga

Reception portraits · Hotel X Toronto · Toronto

Darmant & Harpal

Engagement shoot · Toronto

Wedding portraits · Riverwood Conservancy · Mississauga

Reception portraits · Toronto

Anoosha & Mateen

Mehndi portraits · Casa Loma · Toronto

Proposal · Casa Loma · Toronto

Reception portraits · Casa Loma · Toronto

Bushra & Affan

Dania & Aamir

Nikkah portraits · Château Le Jardin · Woodbridge

Fathema & Christian

Shadi portraits · Château Ramezay · Montreal

Haleema & Hassaan

Baraat portraits · Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens · Oshawa

Engagement shoot · Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens · Oshawa

Mariam & Haris

Mehndi portraits · Mississauga

Neelima & Vignesh

Reception portraits · Guild Inn Estate · Toronto

Rabia & Eldad

Couple portraits · Angus Glen Golf Club · Markham

Maariyah & Saadman

Nikkah portraits · Lionhead Golf Club · Brampton

Sanah & Vasim

Engagement shoot · Knox College · Toronto

Mehndi portraits · Knox College · Toronto

Shadi portraits · Knox College · Toronto

Momina & Sarim

Engagement shoot · Brampton

Shradha & Rajan

Anand karaj portraits · Toronto

Zainab & Maaz

Engagement shoot · Glendon Campus, York University · Toronto

Mehndi portraits · Glendon Campus, York University · Toronto

Nikkah portraits · Glendon Campus, York University · Toronto

Shadi portraits · Glendon Campus, York University · Toronto

The night before

Dholki · Sangeet · Jaggo · Mayoun

Days before anything official happens. The house fills up, someone digs the dhol out of a cupboard, and nobody goes home.

Sangeet · Brampton

Jaggo · Brampton

Henna and haldi

Mehndi · Haldi · Gaye holud · Vatna

Henna, turmeric, or both, depending on the family. Whatever yours calls it, it is the loudest and most crowded room of the week.

Mehndi · Oakville

Shendi · Toronto

Maayan · Brampton

Anum & Osama

Mehndi · Mississauga

Haldi · Brampton

Mehndi · Brampton

Mehndi · Toronto

Mehndi · Glendon Campus, York University · Toronto

The arrival

Baraat · Milni · Entrances

Both families walking in. You hear it a long time before you see it, and there is always somebody’s grandmother waving at the back.

Entrance · Montreal

Baraat entrance · Toronto

Baraat · Brampton

Zahra & Hussam

Baraat · Lionhead Golf Club · Brampton

The ceremony

Nikkah · Anand Karaj · Pheras · Bibaho

Usually the quietest hour of the whole week, and the only part of it that is actually binding.

Nikkah · Gardens Event Centre · Cambridge

Nikkah · Masjid · Mississauga

Nikkah · Toronto

Khadija & Khurram

Nikkah · Mississauga

Nikkah · Luxe Convention Centre · Mississauga

Shaadi · Brampton

Hindu ceremony · Brampton

Nikkah · Brampton

Nikkah · Montreal

Shadi · Toronto

Ceremony · Oakville

Nikkah · Caledon

Anand karaj · Toronto

Anand karaj prep · Toronto

Wedding · Toronto

Nikkah · Glendon Campus, York University · Toronto

The reception

Walima · Reception · Bou bhat

The formal one. The photographed one. The one the aunts have opinions about.

Reception · Mississauga

Reception · Caledon

Cake and rasms · Oakville

Reception · Hamilton