The Dholki
Evenings of singing and drumming at the dholki before the wedding, captured with all their energy.
Heartfelt Muslim wedding photography in Kingston upon Thames, from the sanchaq and dholki to the nikah and the walima reception, and gathered into a fine-art album you will return to for years.
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Serving Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is a riverside town with a large South Asian and Korean community. We travel throughout Greater London for nikah ceremonies, and Surbiton, New Malden and Norbiton are all familiar to us. Your celebration is in experienced hands, from the mehndi to the last dance of the walima.
We take time beforehand to understand your customs, from the agreeing of the mahr to the order of the walima. We anticipate each moment, so the ijab-e-qubool, the signing of the nikah-nama and the closing dua are never missed. We respect gender-segregated celebrations and plan our coverage of the men's and ladies' sides with care.
Couples come to us from right across London and the surrounding area, and Kingston upon Thames is firmly on our patch. Kingston upon Thames is a riverside town with a large South Asian and Korean community, and we know its venues well. We also cover nearby New Malden and Barking and Dagenham. In and around Kingston upon Thames, we have photographed at venues such as Ravens Ait, Warren House and DoubleTree by Hilton London Kingston upon Thames.
Kingston upon Thames is a riverside town with a large South Asian and Korean community, and a historic market place in the borough of Kingston. Kingston station is served by South Western Railway with services to London Waterloo. For pre-wedding and couple portraits, we love spots such as Canbury Gardens, riverside gardens along the Thames, with Bushy Park a short distance away, with The Coronation Stone and the medieval All Saints Church in the town centre close by for a striking backdrop.
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What we offer
Evenings of singing and drumming at the dholki before the wedding, captured with all their energy.
A handful of timeless portraits after the nikah, taken quietly away from the banqueting hall.
The henna, the dholki music and the dancing of the mehndi, where the warmest moments often happen.
Every tradition
For many families the qazi conducts the ceremony, and we photograph it exactly as you keep it. We know the order of the nikah by heart, so we are always in position for each moment. The dua at the close of the nikah brings the families together, and we capture it with warmth.
The mehndi, the dholki and the walima each carry their own mood, and we photograph them all. The mangni, the engagement that begins the journey, is one we are glad to cover when families ask. The walima is the joyful feast hosted by the groom's family, and we cover it in full.

The whole celebration
The early events are full of warmth and laughter, and we photograph them with the same care as the nikah. The ladies' mehndi is often a celebration of its own, and a female photographer can cover it fully.
For the busiest days, a second photographer covers two moments at once, and a female photographer the ladies' side. We capture the walima in full, the speeches, the family and the energy of the floor.
Why choose us
Decades of weddings mean we read the masjid instinctively and never miss the moment the nikah-nama is signed. A thousand weddings in, we still find every walima unique, and photograph it that way.
Wherever your mehndi, nikah and walima take place across London and the surrounding area, we will be there in good time. We are London-based but rarely in London; much of our work takes us to mosques and banqueting halls across London and the surrounding area.

Where we travel
We are London-based and travel across Greater London and the wider region for the nikah and the walima. We will travel to your nikah, your walima and your mehndi and dholki, wherever they are held.
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Good to know
Yes. We are comfortable photographing respectfully at the mosque, at home or in a banqueting hall, working quietly around the imam and mindful of prayer times, so the nikah is captured beautifully and never disturbed.
Always. We carry backup cameras, lenses and memory cards to every wedding, and back up your images on the day as we go, so your photographs are safe from the moment they are taken until your album is ready.
Yes. We work with respect for modesty, prayer times and your family's wishes throughout the day, keeping our coverage discreet, and a female photographer is available for the ladies' side on request so everyone feels at ease.
Yes. Our style is mainly documentary, so most of the day is captured naturally, but we will also gather a handful of timeless couple and family portraits, so your album holds both the candid moments and the elegant ones.
Popular dates book up well ahead, so we recommend enquiring as early as you can, ideally once your date is set. Tell us your wedding date and venues in Kingston upon Thames and we will confirm availability straight away.
More in Kingston upon Thames
The same team, experience and care across every wedding tradition and service we cover in Kingston upon Thames. See our Muslim wedding photography page, the wedding photography overview, all areas we serve, or nearby New Malden and Barking and Dagenham. We also photograph muslim weddings across Greater London, including Haringey, Rayners Lane, Southwark, Willesden, Wembley and Enfield.
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