So in October, my cousin, Nikhil got married! It was the first wedding that I attended in years, and thought this was the perfect opportunity to capture some shots which I never had the chance to. Then my aunty asked me to take photos, I was really honoured to. This was in the middle of a traditional ritual, Nikhil didn't really understand as you can tell by his facial expressions! The priest had talked for a while before his phone went off twice! I had captured loads of images just from this ritual, while editing, I wanted to make Nikhil and the priest the main subjects without any distractions in the background, so I desaturated the image and left them in colour. I think it has given the image a more dramatic effect at the same time, It also tells a story of marriage in Hinduism. It was a really good experience for me. Both in the photography way and the religion way, I got to learn how to quick you have to be when photographing a wedding and also learnt about the ritual. It was difficult photographing a wedding for the first time at 19 years old, due to having to tell people to move out the way without being rude! I had a fantastic couple of days in London! More pictures of the wedding will be coming out soon but I want to take this opportunity to thank Nikhil and my aunty for giving me such a big responsibility!
RM
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