Carlsbad Indian Wedding | Paul & Aash | Park Hyatt Aviara Resort - Gilmore Studios wedding, family, newborn, maternity, and event photographers

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We met Aash 10 years ago when we did her sister’s wedding at the Newport Hyatt. We were beyond excited when she called us from New York and asked us to be her wedding photographer. We met her and Paul at their engagement party and did a quick impromptu engagement session, and then spent time photographing them with their friends and family. They chose the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort to have their wedding and it was truly a beautiful day! The morning started with a crazy downpour of rain – but it had cleared up by the early afternoon. We started with Aash and her girls in the getting ready villas. The girls sarees were brought over from India and absolutely stunning. Aash had her hands and feet painted with henna (mehndi) a couple days before and so did a lot of other people in the wedding party. Brian headed over to photograph Paul and his guys getting ready once we were settled in. Paul wore the traditional indian ceremony attire and looked smashing. Then when they were both ready – Brian took Paul to a location we had scouted and had him set up for the first look. They had some nice time alone where they could talk and just be with each other – without all the hussle and bussle. Once they felt like they had enough time alone we joined the groomsmen and bridesmaids for some fun photos. Not much later the family joined us for their photos as well. The families on BOTH sides were amazing! They were so sweet to each other and you could really see how much they loved each other and were overjoyed for their children to be getting married to each other. It made the mood of the day that much more! Paul (our Ohio native) was awesome. He embraced the indian culture and did all the traditions. For the baraat he came in on a beautiful horse and then the families joined together dancing. Family members greeted and show their “strength” by lifting each other up as well. We were LOVING the traditions. 🙂

The wedding altar (mandapa) was gorgeously decorated and when Paul was standing at the front of the mandapa – the girls attempt to steal his shoes as part of another tradition. Throughout the ceremony there was beautiful music, lots of ceremonial traditions and tons of love from the guests and family. It was a really nice ceremony. Afterwards, we did formals and then the wedding party headed back into the hotel to change into Black Tie attire for the rest of the evening. Everything from the dances and toasts, to the cake cut and party was so great! We are so happy for Aash and Paul and wish them the best of luck in this new adventure together. 🙂 xoxo

You can check out their engagement party, too!