Sikh Wedding Photographer in Ruislip

Serving Ruislip

Telling your Sikh wedding story in Ruislip

Ruislip is a Hillingdon suburb with its own lido and woods. Across Ruislip Manor, Eastcote and the rest of Greater London, we cover the milni, the Anand Karaj and the reception with a careful eye. We know the local gurdwaras and their early-morning timings well, and plan the day around them.

Our style is unobtrusive, so the darbar sahib stays a place of worship and never becomes a photoshoot. We take the time beforehand to understand your family's customs and the order of the maiyan, mehndi and jaggo. We move quietly around the darbar sahib, capturing the four laavan as they happen rather than staging them.

Wherever your venues are across Ruislip and Greater London, we plan the route and the early gurdwara timings in advance. Ruislip is a Hillingdon suburb with its own lido and woods. We also photograph in nearby South Ruislip and Southwark. Around Ruislip we regularly photograph at Winston Churchill Hall, Venue 5 and Ruislip Lido, among others.

A Hillingdon suburb known for its lido, ancient woods and historic Manor Farm village core. Served by Ruislip station on both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines, on the Uxbridge branch. For relaxed couple photographs, we like Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve, the largest area of ancient woodland in Greater London, and Ruislip Lido, a nineteenth century reservoir with a sandy beach and miniature railway gives the day a strong sense of Ruislip.

Every tradition

At home with Sikh wedding tradition

We are ready for the palla, when the bride's father places the sash in the couple's hands before the laavan. We know the order of the Anand Karaj by heart, from the kirtan to the ardaas and the four laavan. Heads covered and seated on the floor with the sangat, we photograph the laavan without ever intruding.

We photograph the bridal preparations with a gentle, unobtrusive eye. The mehndi, the jaggo and the maiyan each carry their own mood, and we photograph them all. The reception is the joyful finale, with speeches, the first dance, bhangra and giddha.