- Tesh & Mica Parekh

Holiday is a great time for family portraits. We will be posting images of our holiday portrait sessions soon…

- Tesh Parekh

- Tesh Parekh

You can view Courtney and Jordan’s beautiful wedding images on our earlier blog post.

- Tesh Parekh

But, when Hurricane Irene invited herself as a wedding guest without an invitation, they had to go to Plan B. Their family in Raleigh came to their aid and  created a beautiful, intimate wedding to remember. The wedding took place at a private home in North Raleigh. Mica and I were available that weekend, it was the first weekend we had expected to be off in months but were SO honored to be part of this very special day. Mica photographed the wedding while I captured and edited the video. Here are some of our favorite images and a short video clip.

Enjoy!

- Tesh Parekh

- Tesh Parekh

The big day! I had photographed Trusha and Anjan’s Indian wedding events since Wednesday. This was the grand finale! I started the day by capturing Trusha’s hair and makeup session at the Hotel Renaissance. The hair and makeup service was provided by the Luxe Group. My associate photographer Matt Williams captured Groom’s events happening at the same time. Katen Shah (Elegant Designz) had turned ballroom into a beautiful wedding venue. DJ Rang provided lighting as well as music for the ceremony. And as always, it was fun working with wedding priest Pravin Shukla. Great team of vendors! After capturing the decorations, it was time for a quick family portraits session. And then it was baraat time! Groom arrived on a horse-drawn carriage.

The ceremony was full of tears, laughter, religious and social rituals. The food was great (it was Gujarati food, after all!). And then there was the game of Eki-Beki!  The groom’s family hosted this game. I did bride and groom’s portrait session at the North Hills.  North Hills is one of our favorite places. My paintings have won top honors in couple of plein air painting competitions there. Lately I have done corporate event photography at the Hotel Renaissance as well.

It was time for a little break. While Katen Shah’s crew turned ballroom into the reception venue, I worked on downloading ceremony images and charging batteries. The cocktail hour will begin soon!

- Tesh Parekh

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You see, for me, I don’t follow anyone that doesn’t use a head shot of some sort or the other.  Why would you not want your photo, one that is recent, on your social media page, especially Linked In?  I understand that this is a great place to put your logo, but people don’t do business with your logo…..they do business with you.

Why would you not get an updated professional photo of yourself…what could be their reason?   A lot of people think that what they have from several years ago is fine.  It’s not.  Some people think that the photo that they took of themselves in their bathroom, in a reflection from their mirror is cool….I would rather see the egg.   Kids and pets are cute from time to time, but making sure to have that professional head shot shown more than not is so important.

When we,  IWP Photography & Video shoot professional head shot sessions, there are normally 2 people working with the client.  You will have your own photographer, and the photographer will have an assistant.  The assistant’s job is to make sure that the client is all set and ready for the shoot.  We send out a note before the head shots normally to make sure the client knows how to be ready when they get here….why, because the longer the client stands around when they get here, normally the more nervous they get while they wait and it makes it harder for everyone.

We have some fun music on, we talk to them about their job and before you know it, we have amazing head shots for them to see.

Time and time again, we hear, how did you capture that?  I didn’t even feel like I had my photo taken.  Now why would you not get your head shot taken regularly if you had that kind of experience.  For us, we enjoy it so much that it is not even like work.  I think that comes through to.

So, to finish up….if you are concerned about your experience in getting a new head shot, consider how IWP Photography handles their head shot clients.  Don’t be an EGG when you could be photographed so that when you walk into a room…..people already know you….trust me, it is priceless!

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Mica Parekh

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