Indian Wedding Photography at Vedic Society Hindu Temple – Wedding Part 2 Indian wedding photography is quite different by nature to photographing traditional English weddings and Russ and I had the pleasure of photographing the second part of a two-day wedding, the Indian-style wedding at Vedic Society Hindu Temple in Southampton. Virtually all of the guests from the English wedding were in attendance plus some new faces too. The day began outside with the groom arriving with his friends to greet his guests. In contrast to the traditional black suit which he wore on the Saturday at Southampton City Art Gallery, he was dressed in a dark red suit and scarf. The crowd made its way into the temple for a small breakfast for the guests. After the breakfast, the groom was not allowed to enter the Hindu temple until he had paid his guests a ransom sum, at which point he was allowed to cut through the ribbon barring his entry! The groom and his family went through various rituals and then took their place for the ceremony. When the bride then arrived, her look was also very different to the English style which she had worn two days before, […] Read More