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While most Edmontonians were cursing mother nature at the end of March, Alisha was thanking her for all the snow.  And her dream of a Rocky Mountain fairy tale wedding came true!

The festivities started with a pre-wedding party, with Inaayat’s family bringing gifts to Alisha, and Alisha’s family offering her blessings for her wedding day.

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The following day, Alisha & Inaayat celebrated their traditional Muslim wedding ceremony in Edmonton.

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Then we all headed down to Canmore for the reception!  The weather was beautiful, and we managed to find a few remnants of winter. Thanks to my awesome second shooter Tessa for some of these shots! (And thanks to Lanny for driving me around to look at a few different spots). As wedding photographers from Edmonton, we love getting out around the world (even close to home) and looking for new locations to work in.

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The reception was at Silvertip Resort in Canmore.

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The Muslim wedding reception begins with a few traditional ceremonies, including determining who wears the pants in the relationship, and presenting gifts to the brothers (including a signed Messier print and trip to Boston!)  Both Alisha & Inaayat have close relationships with their families, and throughout the night it was easy to see how much they are loved and supported.  Hearing Alisha’s twin brother’s toast to her was especially touching.

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You’ve seen a few posts about Shaira & Aly on the blog.  From their engagement last year, to a fall portrait session, and now finally their wedding, I’ve loved spending time with these two and their families.

I know they say that opposites attract, but when it comes to our couples I think the opposite is true – the couples we work with seem to have the same fun and quirky personalities as us, which usually makes for a pretty entertaining wedding day. Shaira & Aly currently live in Toronto, but if Shaira has anything to do with it they’ll eventually move back to her hometown of Edmonton.

Reception: Derrick Golf & Winter Club
Cake: Triple L Cakes
Decor: Infinite Event Services
Chair Covers & Sashes: CJ Chair Covers
DJ: Divinity Productions

I started the week with Shaira’s mehndi.

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After a few more events it was on to the wedding day! Christy and the guys prepped in west Edmonton, and then Aly came to pick up Shaira from her parents home.

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We headed to the U of A for a few photos before the ceremony.

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The Muslim wedding ceremony involves signing a marriage contract, the recitation of the Nikah, and the placement of rings on the couples fingers by the officiants.

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After the ceremony, Shaira & Aly had a quick clothing change, and went on to the reception at the Derrick.  Check out their unique favour idea – they were a hot commodity at the wedding!

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A few games kicked off the reception – the coins that Shaira collects represents fertility (I’m sure her mom won’t mind a few grandkids!), and her brother Rahim was the proud recipient of a custom bobble-head doll among some other gifts.

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The Derrick presented an amazing patio buffet for the reception.

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Divinity Productions got the party started!

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Congratulations Shaira & Aly!  We need to have another photo shoot in a few months or I’m going to into withdrawl.  Thanks to Christy for shooting with me and a few of the photos in this post.

 

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!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I clicked with Farzana & Aly right away.  We had a great conference call, they wanted to snuggle my little ones when they came over, and we bonded over bug spray during their engagement session.  I’m looking forward to their wedding coming up at the end of the month!

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And, Farzana is a girl after my own heart (ie, a fellow shorty). She’s so cute!!

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