The Photobooth at Alykhan and Sultana's Engagement Party

This year I've been experimenting with my photography business, branching out into new areas and incorporating new experiences into the services I provide at Jamil Teja Photography.

One of these experiences is a Photobooth.

The first photobooth I set up was earlier this year at Luke and Hannah's Wedding, they provided the props and we took pictures using our lights. The second photobooth I worked on was under Osborne Photography, I was the second photographer John and Laura's Wedding and working under Karl was a really good experience and I learnt a lot from that wedding, I saw how he set up his photobooth, what props he uses and I was able to draw influence from that experience and bring some aspects into my own photobooth.
At Alykhan and Sultana's Engagement party I set up my third photobooth. Before the event, I went out in search for props that I thought the couple would enjoy.

The Happy Family

The Beautiful Couple

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What happens when you leave a photographer in a hotel room with a camera?

It's been a while, but I felt like sharing

I know I haven't posted here in a while, but I've been working on something new things that I will be sharing in the new weeks!
But I just wanted to share this beautiful picture with you all.

I've just finished editing the pictures from my last wedding and wanted to share one of my favourites with you all!
The first dance has always been a struggle of mine, getting the lighting right as well as capturing a beautiful moment, well I guess all that hard work finally paid off and I managed to capture this beautiful image of the bride and groom looking beautiful together seemingly just lost in the moment.
I would love some feedback to see what you all think of it, I'm really happy with it! 

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My Trip to Durdle Door!

I've been wanting to travel down to Durdle Door for a few years now, I had no idea how close it was to home! But when I saw people going to visit, I knew it couldn't be far. So I thought I'd go take a look and see what I could capture.

My first "visit" to Durdle Door didn't go so well, you can read about my experience here.

My Second visit was a great success, you can watch a small video from my experience below.

It is such a beautiful location, there are so many locations and perspectives to create some beautiful images but it's all about timing. I think to create the images I have in my mind I would need to come back at Sunrise, Sunset and during stormy weather, I would also bring my telephoto lens and invest in some Neutral Density filters to elongate my shutter speed and slow it right down.

I am happy with the pictures I've captured but I definitely feel they could be improved if the beach was empty, I feel the lack of people in a landscape brings more beauty to a picture.

Here is one of my favourite images from my trip, I love the composition, and it's a good start towards the finishing point, now I know what I have to do next time!

Gavin and Adriana's Beautiful Wedding Day

Back in the middle of June, a few days before their wedding, I met with Gavin and Adriana for the first time at their house, it was a lovely first meeting and I had the pleasure of meeting Adriana's parents too.

You can read my previous blogpost from our meeting Here.

On the morning of the 20th of June, I woke up early and looked out of the window, to my surprise and joy it was slightly overcast! This meant it would be really good weather for shooting outside!

As I arrived at the hotel to photograph Adriana getting ready, I felt relaxed and confident. As I entered the suite, I was greeted by Adriana, her bridesmaid, her mum and her make up artist. Adriana had just finished getting her make up done so I quickly set up and started snapping away.

Luckily we were able to venture out onto the balcony and capture some beautiful pictures with the green surroundings in the background. 

Adriana's mother joined us on the Balcony for some pictures too!

Once we got some of the initial pictures out of the way and Adriana had seen them she was ready to pop the cork on her champagne bottle, I think this was a family tradition, enjoying champagne and strawberries.

After sipping some champagne I stole Adriana away for a few pictures on her own.

The First Look

The First Kiss

Exiting The Hall

A Little Confetti for the Festivities!

Stealing a private moment together!

The Father and The Bride

The Bride's Parents

The Turners

A Family Portrait with the Venezuelan Flag

Gavin's Speech

A beautiful moment between Gavin and his sister,
I love capturing raw emotional moments such as these, they really speak to me!

The Bestman wishing The Groom all the best!

The Father of the Bride's speech!

Another beautiful moment.

And to end this blogpost, a wonderful moment from

 The Bride and Groom's First Dance!

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