Traveling has been a passion of mine since I got my first passport at 6 months old (no joke!) I sat on my moms lap and made gaga sounds at the photographer. I started traveling alone at age 6 to visit my Aunt in Missouri every Summer. I haven't stopped since. Where I go, my camera follows. I love experiencing new places and capturing each one in my own way.
Kristi Klemens asked me to cover this event for her and I jumped at the chance! Any time I can learn about a new culture and I’m there!
On 08-08-08 I attended my first Garba. You can see the full definition of this dance here. This takes place the night before the actual wedding and involves Mehndi, dancing and lots of food!
I drove up to Camarillo to photograph this, here are the first two things I saw at the restaurant:
The beautiful bride to be!
The groom’s sister applies makeup to the bride. That is her groom next to her.
And the dancing begins!
Towards the end of the night a silly string fight broke out! I did not get out of the way fast enough and ended up with some string on me!
The bride wanted in on making a mess too!
One last shot before the party ended!
how fun! The bride to be is beautiful! 🙂
Wow! Looks like a lot of fun… I love watching how other cultures do things! 🙂
I love this culture. One of my faves. Great shots lady!!
super fun!!! love love love the colors mel!
So beautiful. I really love that last shot. She is gorgeous. You really captured this event so great!
so pretty, she is just beautiful. isn’t culture amazing?!
Great job capturing all the fun at this reception Melissa! From scrolling down on your blog, it looks like you’ve been busy!! 😀
Thank you SO much for covering this event for me & being a part of it, looks like you had fun! You ROCK woman! 🙂