MyShadi Bridal Expo | Fashion Show for South Asian Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian Weddings | Atlanta Indian Wedding Photographer

Whew, what a weekend! Engagement shoot on Friday at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for Mirela and Justin (post coming soon!), photo shoot on Saturday with Mirror Image by Serena Makeup from 4pm-10pm (post coming soon for that too!), then the MyShadi Bridal Expo on Sunday! It’s good to be busy, but I have to admit I’m happy to get back to photographing weddings starting next weekend! For today’s bridal show I was the designated photographer, meaning I took a TON of photos of the fashion show and various vendors here and there. I definitely want to share the awesome fashion show with you to get inspired for your 2012 South Asian wedding, or even 2013 wedding! First, here is our booth set up with assistance from the lovely Serena of Mirror Image by Serena Makeup. Yes, we did a photo shoot together all evening on Saturday and dragged ourselves back out of bed to rock this bridal show!

Now, for the first fashion show, which was preceded by a dance routine.

And then after dancing, some prizes were given away:

Then, the bridal show got under way! Makeup on the models was done by the also awesome CaNicka from Makeup by CaNicka, who did the bridal make up for two of my recent weddings, Zainab & Farhan’s Valima in Atlanta at 5th Avenue Event Hall at this link, and also for Sundus for Mahmood & Sundus’ Engagement Ceremony at Zyka.

Then I had a little time to kill before the next fashion show. Oh yeah, and I was supposed to be at my booth meeting amazing Indian brides!

Second Desi bridal fashion show time! Of course before the show started the awesome sponsors and vendors gave away a few more prizes to the lucky Desi brides in attendance.

…and we had another dance performance!

What was funny was that all of a sudden she grabbed one of the girls in the front row to start dancing with her, and she honestly did an amazing job! Can all Indian girls dance like that at a moment’s notice? Maybe it’s true that White Men Can’t Jump… or Dance!

For the last event of the day we had the mehndi competition which was pretty fierce, and I’m only saying this because some of the mehndi designs were REALLY amazing!

Mehndi Judges

The winner!! Here they are again with artist and model:

What a weekend! Whew! So much fun meeting Indian and Pakistani brides today and having fun at the fashion show. Thank you to Desh-Videsh magazine for presenting the show and one more round of Thank You’s to Serena for helping me with my booth while I was out taking photos!

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Zachary Long is a wedding photographer based in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia with extensive experience photographing Indian and Pakistani weddings in Atlanta, Augusta, and beyond. View our main wedding photography portfolio website at http://www.FengLongPhoto.com/ and use the contact form to inquire about your Hindu or Muslim wedding in 2012 and beyond!