London Wedding Photographer: Golnar and Parham's Wedding at the Landmark Hotel in London

I love shooting weddings in London and especially when it is something new to me. This was my first full Persian wedding and also first time eat the stunning Landmark Hotel in London.

After a "meeting" via Skype i was very excited about meeting Golnar and Parham who were very into my style of wedding photography and we seemed to hit it off straight away.

On arrival at the venue, i was soon greeted by family members and made to fit in immediately. At this stage i want to say a big thank you to Camilla Simpson the Landmark's Wedding Planner who was really good to us on the day and helped to make everything run smoothly.

After the build up and excitement of the bridal preparations, it was down to cover the ceremony. I have to say that it was fascinating and a real breathe of fresh air covering such an ancient and colourful ceremony.

After photographing the important family groups, we had a short session with the couple, shooting around the hotel before there was a reception for their guests.

Their entrance in to the main banqueting hall was spectacular indeed, almost Presidential as Parham and Golnar did a couple of "laps of honour" and greeted their guests. The atmosphere was electric!

After speeches and dinner, there followed the ceremonial "Cake Dance" before the band kicked off the dancing.

I have to say that even though we left after 11pm it was very tempting to stay on and join the party which ran into the very small hours i am sure.

Further thanks go to the families, especially the mothers and grandmother who kept us well fed, my good friend Nicky Thomas for tagging along and helping out, Ehson the videographer and his colleague and of course the stunning couple who made us so welcome throughout.

Here are some moments of a very long but fulfilling day. All taken on my Nikon D3s and D300.





















Shot on my new stunning 180mm 2.8 lens