I’ve been so excited for the arrival of the premiere issue of South Asian Bride Magazine. This gorgeous magazine is just stunning, and I would expect nothing less from Sadaf Kherani, publisher of this magazine and the lifestyle publication Rivaaj. This publication fills the huge void of US wedding magazines catering to the South Asian community, and it is both elegant and beautifully put together. Subscriptions are totally reasonable, so be sure to check out the web site to subscribe to and support this great new magazine. I’m thrilled that Reshma & Harsheel’s six-day wedding (private home and the Langham Hotel in Pasadena) got a four-page feature in the very first issue. You can see a full vendor list from this wedding in the original blog posting here.
Congratulations, Sadaf! The magazine is gorgeous, and I’m so happy to be a part of it.
Well, I have to say that I’ve never been featured in a magazine with one of the Kardashian sisters on the cover, but there’s always a first for everything. (And yes, I’ll admit that Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a guilty pleasure.) Life & Style Magazine ran two of my photos (they’re the ones on the left, both from Naomi & George’s wedding) in one of its recent issues. It was fun to learn that there are 680,000+ issues of Life & Style printed per week. I love knowing that my work was at a grocery checkout next to US Magazine and all of those fun mags. My two photo credits are in three-point type, but that’s OK. 
I’m delighted to have been featured in a recent issue of the Ukraine’s Fleur d’Orange Magazine. This particular issue focused on weddings of the world, and included two-page features on a number of photographers from across the globe. The magazine asked us all to provide one funny story, so the translation basically says that one of my grooms opened up his tux on his wedding day . . . and found that there were no pants. He had to run back to the tux shop (which was closed for rennovations), and then find another tux shop. He made it down the aisle just in time. Congrats to my beautiful brides Yasna and Simrit, and to my great couples Bhakti & Ronil and Gwen & Mark for being featured in this gorgeous Ukranian wedding magazine.
Friday, January 15, 2010 Posted in Random
In a few short hours, I depart for the Philippines to document a medical mission. Eighty doctors, surgeons, nurses and other medical professionals are all paying their own way to the island of Bohol to provide medical care and surgeries to people who cannot otherwise afford it. I’ve seen some of the doctors’ photographs of the types of situations that they’ll be operating on, and many of the cases are truly astonishing. When they asked me to go, I didn’t hesitate, and am of course paying my own way also. I feel grateful that I will be able to document the amazing work of these generous doctors and surgeons, and I feel that this will once again be a perspective-setting trip. We all have a lot to be grateful for, not the least of which is access to medical care. It’s sometimes hard to remember that most of the world’s population does not have the same access to medical care.
I’m still not sure what our connectivity will be while on the island of Bohol, but I hope to be able to respond to emails every day or every other day. If you write and don’t hear back from me, it’s only because I don’t have any connectivity. I’ll be in a semi-remote area, so if I am not able to get back to you, I will definitely respond when I get home. I hope you’re all enjoying the new year, and I apologize for not posting any new weddings. I have a huge backlog of weddings that I need to get posted on the blog, but client deadlines and trip preparation have conspired to keep me from posting them in a timely manner. I hope to post a ton of new weddings — and photos from my trip — when I get home on the 25th. Take care, and as always, thanks for visiting. 
by Dina
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