A quick photograph on why i enjoy working at Weddings. While most photographers will only focus on the Bride and Groom, I look for what the bride and groom are missing out on the big day. Once I have captured what i need to of the main action, i go off on a walkabout looking out for quirky moments that will make the bride and groom smile and truly appreciate their wedding.
Being part of an Asian Wedding I get faced with many challenges, one of them is how to capture an photograph that retains the essence of the culture, but with a unique view, without interupting the flow of the moment. and i think this does just that.
Passionate about your wedding
This wedding story, mainly focuses around the brides preparation for her big day, the beginning of the day, quite relaxed, and serene, her sisters around her, all getting ready and having a bit of fun, which was a contrast from when the groom arrived in a supercar, dancers and drummers on the street, topped off with an impromptu firework display. The rest of the day was pretty much the same laughter and celebration. The biggest challenge was the bride and groom shoot, at the end around 1pm, and i had 5 minutes to shoot them (as they had a long journey down to Nottingham). but in those 5 mins we got what we set out to achive, 5 mins, 5 locations lots of images and one very dark night!
hope you enjoy the images, as a wedding photographer, we try to be unobtrusive and ninja like in capturing the image the bride and groom want us to. but sometimes when the drums and playing, the weddings cars are roaring, and the fireworks are blasting you can’t help but get involved.
Well it has been a very busy summer, one of my assignments late summer was another Asian destination wedding, over in Oslo, Norway. We had the privilege of being commissioned by a lovely couple, Sarmad and Zunera, to cover their Asian Wedding Celebrations, over a three-day period, We covered the Mendhi, Wedding (shaadi) and Walima. Our team was the usual motley crew of creative and talented individuals and not forgetting the master of creativeness mr amrit basran over at ohh weddings
We spent three days with their families and friends, and everyone made us feel welcome. Sarmad and Zunnerah, were an awesome couple to work with, they had a special connection which made taking their bride and groom moments that much easier. The wedding was held at Oslo misjonskire, and the walima was held at the famous Hira Hall. Here are just a few images from the wedding.
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Its been a very long summer of asian weddings, and at this time of year post summer weddings, we archive our wedding work, in doing so i come across some gems which i enjoy taking. This one was from last summer, a long day but a great one. 
Well 12 months of planning, Numerous phone calls, lots of meetings (one meeting actually took place at midnight in the brides house 5 days before the wedding day) later the wedding of the year happened at the weekend, Where the Lucky winner Zunerah & Saqab had their big Asian Wedding at Capesthorne Hall. Zunnerah won the awesome prize thanks to the North West asian wedding fair 2010, where the organisers were giving away a Asian wedding. The prize composed of Capesthorne Pavilion for free, table decorations courtesy of Simplicty Events, A cake worth £250 from The Cake Deli, Stage from Abdalis, and not forgetting the awesome photographic talents of some phat bloke called monir ali photography . A big thank for all the team on saturday,
The day – started off with signs of heavy cloud and spattering of rain, but we trooped on, as we approached Siddington, the home of Capesthorne Hall, the light shone through and gave us a awesome day of sun, blue sky and lots of celebration and an awesome shoot on the grounds of the fabulous Capesthorne Hall.
here are few choice of shots from the day. Congratulations Zunni & Saqab.
To see more of the wedding, and to view more of our wedding work please visit www.monirali.com. for bookings, enquiries and for a general chat about what we can do for your wedding please feel free to call us on 07984 864 723.
love. peace. and sunshine.
A few weeks back, i shoot with an awesome couple, Henna & Mitesh. There wedding is in July, and we had planned this Pre wedding shoot since Decenber last year. So with dark clouds looming overhead all day, we ventured in to the heart of London. As the day begin to wind down, the sun seemed to come out and play with us for a while. Two hours, 1 couple, 1 awsome backdrop and plenty of lovely images. Enjoy. To see the full story visit the featured galleries on my website www.monirali.com
If you like our preshoots, guess what you dont have top be getting married to enjoy a day of pictures. We offer a range of lifestyle photoshoots for everybody, even if you have been married a while! get in touch and see what we can do for you.
A few weeks ago, i was commissioned to document the walima for a couple, Alim & Reshma. Seems ordinary enough. Heres the big but…it was a surprise reception for the couple. The brief story. The couple got married in Bangladesh early in the year, and decided when they got back to the uk, they will have a small intimate wedding meal with a choice few friends at a local restaurant. The grooms family had other ideas. The cogs of the wedding planning had in action the sisters and brothers, had invited more friends, booked the grand venue of Capesthorn Hall in Macclesfield and hatched a big plan. The Bride and groom were told to meet at the restaurant as normal, when they got there a horse and carriage awaited them with a change of clothes. under instructions they changed and headed off for a carriage ride to be greeted by 300 guests. 
If you have a wedding comming up, and would like us to document the occasion for you, feel free to call monir on 0794 874 723. see you soon.
Pre wedding shoots, is a new buzzword for a lot of photographers. but not us no. We have been doing pre wedding shoots, engagements shoots for a few good years. I enjoy Pre weddings shoots, as this is the time the Asian Bride and Groom, get to know me and what i do at Asian Weddings on the day.
nine times out of ten the bride and groom are so relaxed in front of the camera, we get some real awesome shots. The benefits of a pre wedding shot for my wedding clients and myself is that we both get to learn about what each other requires from the other on the Big day. We all know what you want from the photographer, but it also works the other way! By the end of a pre shoot my Wedding clients know what i expect from them on the big day, so that i can provide them with the results they book me for.
Here’s a recent photograph from a pre wedding shoot back in march. I like this shot, it was unplanned, but i just caught it at the right moment.
If your are looking for an asian wedding photographer for a pre shoot, please feel free to call me on 07984 864 723 and discuss your requirements.to see more pre shoots visit www.monirali.com
