I had the pleasure of photographing Hari & Adam’s wedding in the gorgeous island of Kita Kinabalu, Malaysia. This island in the Borneo, Sabah region of E. Malaysia and is about 2.5 hours flight from Kuala Lumpur. The wedding consisted of a traditional Indian Ceremony at the temple followed by a reception at the fantastic  Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa .

It was quite an early start of 6.00am for all of us as Hari was getting ready to be at the temple for 9.00am.

I started off with some bridal preparation shots of Hari getting ready, close up shots of the jewellery and some bridal & family portraits. The above shot was taken with the Nikon 105 VR with ambient light only. All you need is a reflective surface to get the reflections.

Then we were off to the Temple for the Indian Ceremony. Here is the groom being greeted and welcomed by the hosts.

The ceremony started and the bride is called after some 20 minutes in to the ceremony. The whole ceremony took about 45-50 mins, which isn’t too bad. I’ve attended ceremonies which have lasted more than 2 hours!

The bride than joins the ceremony. They were about 120 guests who attended the ceremony.

After the ceremony, I took some family / group shots of the.

We had the afternoon to recover as it was pretty hot.

The evening reception was held at the Grand Ball Room wtih over 400 guests attending the reception.

Before the arrival of the evening guests for the Reception, we went out around the gardens & the beach of the resort for some shots of the couple.

Here (below) I used a bit of off-camera flash. The Nikon SB900 was mounted on a lightstand and shot through an umbrella.

Here is a little slideshow of the wedding.

It really was a memorable experience for me. This place is just wonderful, the people are warm & friendly, food & drink to die for, the fantastic beaches and the little islands around here. Everything is just amazing.

Oz

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Tags: Off-camera Flash, Weddings