Bronwyn and Ashwin | Second shooting with Catherine Cattanach

I’m so excited to share this unique Hindu / Catholic wedding with you! I was lucky enough to tag along with Catherine Cattanach to second shoot this amazing event. You can see her blog post here. The role of the second shooter is part lens-fetcher, part crowd-watcher (and main photographer dodger!) but I got to start the day with the Ashwin and his family at City Life Apartments to photograph the “groom’s getting ready”. Despite being slightly befuddled as to what to do photo-wise with a lack of ties, buttons and cufflinks (“um, lets photograph you putting on your shoes…”), I enjoyed starting the day under my own steam in a bubbling-with-excitement environment (not to mention one super cute nephew).

Shortly after, we headed down to the Wellington Rowing Club to make sure everything was looking ship-shape and to nervously (me, Ashwin was fine) await the brides arrival.

The ceremony was half Hindu and half Catholic and, in a word, fascinating! Rice was thrown, fire appeared, toes were touched, rings were exchanged, babies lined the aisles. A photographer’s dream!

As the bride and groom left to change into their Western dress, and to have their couple portraits taken by Catherine, I hung back at the Boat Shed to photograph their guests.

I also got a look in at the exquisitely put together dining room by Charlotte Wood Events not to mention the gorgeous cake! Nom!

Catherine was laughing at me when it came to the speeches, I can’t help clapping! But I managed to hold myself back long enough to photograph these guys doing the same…

And then came the dancing. If the desire to clap at speeches was overwhelming, there are no words to describe my inability to hold my hips still during the first few numbers. What can I say? I’ve got boogie in my soul!

So many thanks to the warm and accommodating families and friends, the bride and groom, and to Catherine for having me come along to this beautiful (and super fun!) wedding. I look forward to showing you, my dear blog reader (if you’re really out there?), the next installment of the Catherine + Anna adventures after we photograph a uniquely Greek wedding this weekend!