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Neha and Nirav’s Perfect Palm Beach Indian Wedding at the Breakers
June 24, 2009
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| WOW – what an incredible event! This South Florida wedding photographer was thrilled to photograph all of the festivities on Friday and Saturday for Neha and Nirav’s most spectacular Palm Beach Indian wedding. The Breakers was their venue of choice and what a perfect choice it was! Everything The Breakers does is always beyond the norm, but their facilitation and design of this Indian wedding was truly flawless. This particular wedding was coordinated to perfection by The Breakers own Jeff Fowler. If you are planning a South Florida Indian wedding, definitely take a look at the Breakers. |
More about The Breakers later, but for now I want to talk about Neha and her unbelievable wedding outfits. She wore two magnificently adorned lenghas, one for the ceremony and another for the reception. She sparkled, shined and even jingled as she graced the hallways and rooms of The Breakers. Everywhere she went people stopped to admire her beaded and bangled elegance. She was truly a sight to behold! In addition, Neha’s hands and feet were artistically covered with henna designs, another stylish tradition.
Nirav, her groom, wore traditional Indian attire until the ceremony was over and then changed into a more traditional American tuxedo. He was beaming in both outfits!
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Cameron Keating of The Breakers design studio created lavish décor for both the ceremony and reception areas. The ceremony colors were gold and red, with rose petals sprinkling the aisle. Behind the ceremony altar, the mandap, were drapes with little white lights showing through – just beautiful. The set-up really captured the colorful essence of a traditional Indian wedding ceremony. The ceremony itself was dramatic, with Neha arriving on a doli carried by a group of men. She ascended gracefully and made her way slowly to the mandap. The ceremony itself was wonderfully conducted by a Pundit who not only injected his sense of humor into the ceremony, but also took the time to explain each ritual to guests who might not have known its meaning.
Once the ceremony concluded, Neha stole away to change into her next outfit while the cocktail hour was happening. We took the opportunity to photograph both the main ballroom at this time as well as guests and food at the cocktail hour. For this Palm Beach Indian wedding, The Breakers devised a cuisine that was both Indian and American for guests to enjoy. During the cocktail hours many Indian hors d’oeuvres were served alongside such American favorites as spinach artichoke dip. Leave it to The Breakers to pull off such a fabulous and tasty combination of food – and so meticulously presented as usual.
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The reception was set up in the Mediterranean Room, where Cameron and his team from the Design Studio went all out creating elegant centerpieces – all with white flowers, candles hanging from the ceiling and once again that gorgeous draping with white lights behind it. Simply stunning! The floral arrangements The Breakers creates are always flawless, well put together and well suited to the room they are in. This occasion was no different. The Mediterranean room was at once transformed into a magical, glowing place for Neha and Nirav and their guests to dance the night away!
As the evening progressed, we took more family photos and even a large group shot of the entire wedding – we thought that would be fun for the bride and groom to have. When it was nearly midnight, we approached Neha and Nirav and asked them if they’d like to do any more photos. Although they were clearly tired, they agreed heartily! We went outside and captured some romantic shots with the Breakers in the background, and a few shots in front of the fountain as well. We were creative with the lighting, since it was really dark outside – but we got some great ones! We then decided to go inside and get a few final photos in the bridal suite. After that it was a wrap! It was an end to a truly memorable and momentous Palm Beach wedding.
As a South Florida wedding photographer, I truly enjoy photographing weddings of different cultures. It always presents new and exciting challenges for me.
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