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Ruhee & Ashish – Luxurious Indian Wedding in Edmonton

March 10, 2013

We’ve been waiting to share Ruhee & Ashish’s wedding with you, and now that it has been featured on WedLuxe magazine (!) we can post it! We can’t say enough about how much fun this wedding was.

Ruhee & Ashish’s wedding was big, bold, emotional, over the top, and glamorous. They were very focused on their guests enjoying themselves and even acknowledged a couple of birthdays at their wedding ceremony lunch, not shy to share their joy and their special day.

An incredible group of vendors was put together by Ruhee, Ashish, their families, and the amazing Jennifer Bergman Weddings.

Photography: Shandro Photo

Planner & Designer: Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Ceremony Venue: Eagle Rock Golf Course
Reception Venue: The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
Hair Stylists: Sunita Sumaru and Strut Hair & Art
Makeup Artists: Sunita Sumaru and Nina Nguyen
Lighting and Drapery: Site 6
Rentals: Special Event Rentals
Floral: Fabloomosity
Cake Designer: Cake Couture
Stationery Design: Pinkpolka Wedding Design
Music: Premiere DJs
Photo Booth: Laugh Photo Booth

Ruhee & Ashish shared events with their family before the wedding, mendhi, chura, and a dinner for the out of town guests hosted by Ashish’s family.

Ruhee shared a sweet moment with her mom at her mendhi party. Her family is very close and it was really cool to observe over the whole weekend.

Every detail for the wedding was elegant and fashionable.

The negotiations for Ruhee’s hand at the doli ceremony were spirited!

The wedding rings were exchanged in a private ceremony on the Fairmont Hotel MacDonald patio with the beautiful river valley landscape below. It was very emotional!

We’ve been doing this a long time and I have NEVER seen the ballroom at the Hotel MacDonald look so exquisite for a wedding reception. The lighting transformed the room completely (and alternated from pink to gold, which was amazing!).

Congratulations to Ruhee, Ahsish, and their families for an amazing wedding! We had a wonderful time and were so happy to be a part of it.

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Parveen & Jason – Winter Engagement Session

February 9, 2013

Parveen & Jason wanted something a little bit different (think graffiti and bold colours) for their engagement session, and we had a great time discovering some new spots around Ice on Whyte. We’re printing one of these images as a beautiful canvas for their wedding reception. Can’t wait for their May wedding!

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Nav & Raj – Goregous East Indian Wedding in Edmonton

August 27, 2012

Nav & Raj had a fairy tale wedding – complete with a Cinderella carriage! Nav & Raj are a very generous couple and made a big effort to ensure that everyone else had fun at their wedding. Michael really enjoyed talking with their friends and family in between the wedding events.

Ceremony: Nanaksar Gurdwara
Reception: Meridian Banquet Hall
Florals: Sugar Blossoms
Cake: Karin’s Festive Foods
Hair & Makeup: Sonia Sajnani
Decor: Exquisite Creations
Cinderella Carriage: MP Stables
Entertainment: Shadow Twins of 3rd Street Beat

Prior to the ceremony and reception, the couple enjoyed ceremonies to prepare for the big day.

Nav & Raj both love to laugh a lot. Their wedding day was a joyous one. Fabulous stylist Sonia Sajnani helped Nav look gorgeous for the wedding.

Our second shooter Melissa spent the morning with Raj’s side.

I love the mehndi design on Nav’s feet.

Nav & Raj also incorporated a ceremony at the Hindu Mandir on their wedding day

Raj had to bargain with his new bride’s family for Nav’s hand, they didn’t let him off easily! For those not familiar with the doli ceremony, the groom pays the bridesmaids to let the bride leave her family home and join him at his family home. The bargaining tends to be crazy and wild (and sometimes loud and messy), and the leaving tends to be very emotional. All of this silly string was sprayed after the negotiation was finished, breaking tradition a little and catching the groom’s side off guard.

Nav had a fairytale departure to Raj’s house, the Cinderella carriage transported the couple to Raj’s family home. Luckily, Nav & Raj only lived one street over from each other, so it was a relatively short journey! The two families are lucky to live close, it ties the families even tighter together.

Watch the Edmonton Journal in the next couple of weeks – they are featuring the story of Nav, Raj, and the Cinderella carriage, with photos from Shandro Photo!

The reception was one big crazy party.

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Manisha & Raman – Calgary and Edmonton Wedding Photographer

June 7, 2012

Manisha & Raman’s wedding celebrations happened all over Alberta! Celebrations happened in Calgary and Edmonton throughout the week. Manisha looked amazing at every event, and Raman had plenty of opportunity to showcase his dance skills. Thanks to Bruce and Carmen for making the road trip for this wedding to shoot with Michael!

Decor: Urban Affairs
Makeup (reception): Sonia Sajnani
Videographer: Vigor Media

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Rupa & Shawn – Fijian Wedding Photography

June 6, 2012

What can I say about Rupa & Shawn… Well, let me put it to you this way: it was the first wedding that I came out of with a nickname. It’s too embarrassing to explain. I wrote on Rupa’s Facebook (and I meant it) that I’ve never said after a multi-day wedding that I wished I could have stayed for more of the reception, but I wished I could have stayed at theirs. I had so much fun over two days with Rupa, Shawn, their bridal party, and families, as well as the entire entourage of photographers and videographers (thanks Carla & Chrystal!) working hard at the wedding.

Rupa’s laugh is infectious. And hearing speeches at the reception it was easy to understand that Shawn and Rupa are a team, getting married in their own time and on their own terms after many years of hard work. They love each other to pieces. They are an incredible couple, and have wonderful parents to model their marriage after.

Please enjoy these images from Rupa & Shawn’s amazing wedding.

Florist: Grower’s Direct
Cake: Cakes By Candace
Makeup: Anita Gill & Sunita Sumaru, Susan Gill also did makeup for the bridesmaids
Hair: Kyro Hair Studio
Decor: Ashna Decor & Special Event Rentals
Day of Coordinator: Brenda from Making Memories Weddings
Videographer: A Love Story

Shawn arrived to the wedding ceremony in style – yes, that’s a Maserati!

This gorgeous mandap was brought back by Rupa’s family from India.

Rupa & Shawn had their reception the following day.

I love this image Carla captured of the tie in motion.

Rupa gets all of the credit for these shoes. She glued every last rhinestone onto the shoes herself.

Rupa performed a surprise dance for her new husband!

And the groomsmen had a surprise in store as well – actually they were amazing singers!

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Nav & Raj – Edmonton River Valley Engagement Photos

May 29, 2012

Nav & Raj are tying the knot on one of the most in-demand weekends this year – August long weekend. They were really fun to work with, they look amazing, and Michael can’t wait for their wedding!

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Shaira & Aly – Engagement Photos

April 23, 2012

I was there when Shaira & Aly were engaged among family and friends, and they traveled from Toronto for their engagement session this spring. They got to experience first hand my style of photography which I’m increasingly thinking of as ‘ooh, shiny!’ We had something else in mind for the shoot but construction completely changed my plans. So I wandered around looking for new and exciting shooting opportunities and literally squealed when I found a couple of cool locations. It just goes to show that no matter how much you may want to plan for a shoot, photographers have to be adaptable, the conditions may not be what you expect!

Shaira paid me a great compliment in an email, and told me something that I’ve since added to our ‘about us’ section. She said that she loves the way we ‘play with nature’. I LOVE that sentiment, because it’s exactly what we like to do, and I couldn’t have put it better myself.

Shaira & Aly – a pleasure as always. See you for your wedding in July!

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Jasmine & Navdeep – Chill Indian Wedding

July 7, 2011

These two love each other. That’s the first thing that you will notice about them. And during their wedding week, they just wanted to have fun, relax, and enjoy. Now don’t get me wrong, they still had all of the pre-wedding events and long days, but they took it all in stride, and seemed completely stress-free during the whole event. Jasmine & Nav, you were an absolute pleasure to work with, here is a peek at your photos!

First I’ll start with a few engagement photos – I think Michael took them on quite a journey through the forest for these images, but it was worth it!

Here’s a little side story: when we first moved into Terwillegar we got recognized by the pharmacist at our local Save-On. I’m not going to lie, it was pretty cool. A few years later, she was finally a guest at one of our weddings! Her sister is an incredible florist, (the company is Jewels and Rays) and provided much of the floral decor for Jasmine & Nav’s wedding.

In case you were wondering how many days we shot for:

Engaged!

The mehndi party was lots of fun for everyone.

Jasmine’s sister is a fantastic dancer!

This was the favour at the ladies sangeet party, such an awesome idea!

At the chura ceremony there was some back and forth between the two sides – see if you can spot which auntie switched teams.

And in a backyard across town…

These ladies had their priorities straight…watching the playoffs during the party. Do you think Vancouver will win the cup?

Wedding Day! Jasmine looked incredible.

Jasmine & Nav had their reception the same day as the ceremony – after a quick wardrobe change we caught some amazing light with them, and were even treated to watching a hot air balloon flight.

Gorgeous:

The reception at Maharaja Banquet Hall was very lighthearted. Check out the canvas at the entry way! The colours all worked so well together.

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Anu & Rajeev – Engaged!

November 16, 2010

We are beyond excited for Anu and her finace Rajeev. We first met Anu at her sister’s engagement party shortly after we started Shandro Photo. We’ve become close with the whole family. When we heard Anu was engaged we were thrilled for her! Michael will be travelling with the family to Mexico for the wedding this spring while I stay home with our new baby…I have to admit I’m very disappointed as it is sure to be an incredible party with a lot of people that we know.

On the heels of Rajeev coming back from a trip to India, Michael found a beautiful sunset for their engagement photos.

And a couple of weeks later, it was time for a party! The official engagement of Anu and Rajeev was great cause for celebration.

We have enjoyed working with Mr. Dhanju over the past few years – he is the owner of the Meridian Banquet Hall and we have worked there many times. Daughter Ashu (left) is also a client of ours, and she and her husband own the Summerside Asian Market. Joti (far right) and her husband own Zaika Indian Bistro, a fantastic Indian restaurant in South Edmonton. This warm and generous family has been very kind to us and we are happy to celebrate this occasion with them.

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We still have a few dates available for 2013 and are currently booking 2014 weddings. We would love to get in touch with you!

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