{"id":1068,"date":"2008-08-12T17:54:25","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T00:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2008-08-12T17:54:25","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T00:54:25","slug":"colorado-wedding-photography-sonya-and-faisal-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/colorado-wedding-photography-sonya-and-faisal-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Wedding Photography &#124; Sonya and Faisal: Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third day of Sonya and Faisal&#8217;s wedding was their reception.\u00a0 I shot the first two evenings alone, so I was really excited to show Nic everything I had been raving about for the past two days!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sonya&#8217;s updos were gorgeous each night!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1070 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptionhair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionhair.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographers\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sonya&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.make-upenvy.com\/Home_Page.html\" target=\"_blank\">makeup artist, Danica<\/a>, was totally fantastic and sweet and adorable to boot!\u00a0 I highly recommend her (check out her blog for makeup tips).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1079\" title=\"sonyareceptionmakeup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionmakeup.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographers\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sonya&#8217;s sister, Farah, is just as gorgeous as Sonya!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1081 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptionsister\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionsister.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographers\" width=\"582\" height=\"816\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1072\" title=\"sonyalaughingwithsister\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyalaughingwithsister.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographers\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was a stressful afternoon for Sonya, so it was great to see her smile!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1083\" title=\"sonyareceptionsonyagettingreadysmile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionsonyagettingreadysmile.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographer\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Getting ready to put on her bracelets:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1073\" title=\"sonyareceptionbangles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionbangles.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographers colorado\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The hall looked incredible, all ready for the 450 guests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1084 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptiontables\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptiontables.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographers\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nic and I both adored the cake.\u00a0 It was decorated to reflect Sonya&#8217;s mehndi, and was just as gorgeous as her hands!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1075 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptioncake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptioncake.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographer colorado\" width=\"582\" height=\"986\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They were running late, so we had to scratch the bride and groom pictures, but I had Faisal pose for some quick groom portraits:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1077\" title=\"sonyareceptiongroom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptiongroom.jpg\" alt=\"wedding photographers colorado\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love this shot of Sonya&#8217;s dad giving a toast:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1071\" title=\"sonyareceptiontoast\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptiontoast.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photography\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After the toasts, we were treated to more choreographed dances Bollywood style!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1076\" title=\"sonyareceptiondance\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptiondance.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographers\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And when the dance floor opened up&#8230;WOWZA!\u00a0 Even the little ones had more dancing skills than me!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1085 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptioneveryonedancing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptioneveryonedancing.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographer\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes:\u00a0 Three days in a row of shooting after midnight and driving back to the Springs had me pretty tired!\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty lucky I didn&#8217;t look like this!\u00a0 ;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1082 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptionsleepinggirl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionsleepinggirl.jpg\" alt=\"colorado wedding photographers\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nic asked me how me and my Red Bull were coming along.\u00a0 I felt better just knowing it was in my trusty Shootsac.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1080 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptionredbull\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionredbull.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And this is my all time favorite best EVAH behind the scenes shot.\u00a0 Bored flower girls are the best!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1074 aligncenter\" title=\"sonyareceptionbestbehindthescenesever\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sonyareceptionbestbehindthescenesever.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A huge huge huge giant thank you to Sonya and Faisal and their families for making us feel so welcome.\u00a0\u00a0 It was an honor to get to see a wedding so different from our usual ceremonies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third day of Sonya and Faisal&#8217;s wedding was their reception.\u00a0 I shot the first two evenings alone, so I was really excited to show Nic everything I had been raving about for the past two days! Sonya&#8217;s updos were gorgeous each night! Sonya&#8217;s makeup artist, Danica, was totally fantastic and sweet and adorable to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[202,204,57],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-photographer-colorado-springs","tag-indian","tag-pakistani","tag-wedding-photographers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}