Garima Singh Blog

I wanted to THANK you all again that attended  BRIDALICOUS yesterday. I don’t even know where to begin & what to say because we are all still on cloud 9. BRIDALICOUS was a HUGE success & all of us at G+H Photography, Arora Wedding & Event Planning, CTC West, Amplified Soul & Design2Decor can’t thank all our sponsors enough for supporting us & of course all the brides+ their guests that came out yesterday & above all Park Hyatt for hosting the very first Bridalicous.

Here are few images from yesterday, a big THANK YOU to my husband, Harp for shooting the event… -

So this is the BEFORE shot (below)of the Roof Salon @ the Park Hyatt, before it was fabulously transformed by Design2Decor ..

And here are all the AFTER shots after the transformation, we all wanted to keep the atmosphere & decor to very Miami Chic and Paras @ Design2Decor carried out the theme to every last detail…

While Paras was transforming the rooftop, in room 1508 the makeup & hair gurus from Amplified Soul, Shobana & Nirisha were transforming the models & all the vendors……Ahem! If you guys didn’t recognize me yesterday (all of you that were there..) it’s all because of these girls for doing such a fabulous job on my hair & make up..

Yes!! the house was FULL!! Ladies, if you missed out on the event this time around, make sure you R.S.V.P for the next show, the guest list again will be very limited to keep the event intimate & exclusive..

Workshop # 1 was presented by Gaurav @ CTC West. The entire workshop was based on educating the brides on everything Fashion..

Workshop  # 2 was presented by Richha & Reena @ Arora Wedding & Event Planning. The entire workshop was based on educating the brides on everything related to wedding planning, themes etc..

Workshop  # 3 was presented by Shobana & Nirisha @ Amplified Soul.  As you can imagine their workshop was all about beauty, hair, make up etc.. 

And lastly, the 4th workshop was presented by yours truly, myself, about wedding photography & answering a lot of questions that brides had around this topic…

Not only was there was lot of learning BUT also LOTS of winning with many giveaways …

And after Bridalicous all of us got to enjoy Toronto’s skyline from the Park Hyatt’s  rooftop…& here is a little glimpse of us all posing for Harp!!!

During our recent trip to Bahamas & Miami for Deepan & Ausra’s engagement shoot, we had an opportunity to get to know and spend a lot of time with Jawad Mir, a truly talented cinematographer & the owner of Film Style Weddings. This evening Jawad sent me a little sneak peek of our trip to  Miami & Bahamas and I wanted to share this fabulous video with you all…Enjoy!

Journey to Miami + Bahamas from Film Style Weddings on Vimeo.

So you know how it is when you have been away for a few days from home & work, catching up to things is always soooo darn hard..All of yesterday I spent catching up on emails, client meetings & editting, started my day at 7 AM in the studio and worked straight until 10 PM.

Today: Incase you called/emailed me this morning & I didnt get back to you right away, I APOLOGIZE…but I have a very CUTE reason for the delay..I have spent the entire morning bathing & grooming my little puppy.. I must say im SOOOO proud of the final outcome & just had to show her cute self off…Debuting for the first time on the blog, I present to you my little diva, Chilli..

Happy Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After Punjab, we travelled to the west India to the state of Rajasthan, very well known for its handicrafts, unique culture, desert terrain, castles, jewllery, and also for some uber luxurious heritage castles turned in to 6 STAR hotels.

On our first day in Rajasthan our itienary included the following:

1. the day started at 5:00 AM from Delhi via cab to Jaipur – 5 hour journey.
2. Visit Amber Fort before entering the Pink City, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
3. Visit  Jal Mahal in Jaipur.
4. Check in to our hotel room – rest for an hour
5. After an hour or so of resting we took off to Choki Dhaani, another fabulous restaurant just like Haveli in Punjab, that is preserving the folk culture of Rajasthan.

..sounds exhausting?!! well, it didn’t feel exhausting at all while we were travelling and to be honest our each day in India was pretty much the same full of multiple places to visit. But it’s funny now when I am going through the images on my computer & reminiscing I can’t believe how much we did each day..Anyways, here are some images from our day 1 in Rajasthan…

Our first stop in Rajasthan was the  Amber Fort, which is located in Amber, about 11 km. from Jaipur.

I am obsessed with details and as cliche as it sounds I am a true believer of the saying that “love is in the details”..I was just so fascinated with the all the intricate work on the ceilings, walls, etc. everything all hand painted with paint made out of precious gems hence the reason the colors have lasted centuries on these monuments.

the garden area..

Next stop: Jal Mahal (meaning “Water Palace”)

We have been back for almost a week now and I think I can finally say today that I feel a little “normal”, normal not only in the sense of getting over jetlag but also getting used to the work & home life in Canada. It is always the hardest to get back in to the routine of your usual life, work & pace of things after being away for soo long. So we are finally getting around to downloading images from our cards & starting to post the images from our trip..Starting with the first installment of images today from our trip to the state of Punjab, we visited the Golden Temple & Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar &..also some images from one of the restaurants on GT road called, Haveli, which quickly became our favorite place to eat while in Punjab, I totally recommend that you stop by here if you happen to be in the area and not only enjoy their yummy food but also the amazing job that they have done in perserving the folk culture of Punjab.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas everyone !!

Thank you to all the blog readers that emailed & facebooked us in the last 3 weeks to check in with us. I apologize for not being so available through email as our travelling schedule was quite hectic with many items to take care! We just got in day before yesterday & still trying to get over the jetlag  as you can imagine! There are soo many images & stories that we are looking forward to sharing with you this week, so make sure to check back.. but for now I wanted to share this short commericial on India’s Tourism. While travelling through India I watched this commercial several times on television & loved how incredibly, brilliantly, truly, this commercial captures the diverse terrains, culture, food, colors etc. & the soul of this beautiful country in just 2 minutes..If you haven’t checked it out already, here it is… Enjoy!

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As we are getting ready to wrap this year up with our last wedding of 2009 this weekend & looking forward to spending some time with our friends & family over the holiday season ahead, we wanted to let all our blog readers and clients know that we will be out of the office (out of the country) from December 7th to December 27th with very limited access to our emails and voicemail. We are traveling to incredible INDIA for an exciting new project. For now we cannot share any juicy details regarding this project as we still need to finalize a few things & tie a few loose ends before we roll this one out to ya’all..as always more info to come reeeeal soon.. 

We are still around for another week and are about to bombard you guys with MANY new WEDDING & ENGAGEMENT blog posts that you all have been waiting sooo patiently for..

HAPPY THURSDAY..

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This weekend we took sometime between the engagement photoshoots  & weddings to enjoy the coming of the fall season..Although me & Harp are total summer people, and have forever dreamt about living by the beach somewhere in the South Pacific, but the Fall season is something we still look forward to. So this weekend we walked through some trails in Brampton & took sometime to capture & admire the beauty of nature..

OH! ahem! this weekend was ALSO yours truly’s birthday!! So after wrapping up Adeela & Rehan’s engagement shoot at the Chingousy Park, Harp thought it was a great idea to document my 26th birthday by taking a few images of me…Enjoy!

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This week has been SOO busy for us!! We are literally working 16 hours a day shooting, post producing & meeting with clients..phew! And that’s why I have been SOO behind in Blogging… but i think with the long weekend ahead and sometime to get a lot of back end things completed, I promise the blogging will happen a LOT more…

but for now here are some images of Ahmir & Aneesa’s DVD that they are picking up tonight, so I thought I show them off before they get picked up!!

Happy Wednesday!

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As some of you already know about our non-functional website + some new branding etc etc taking place behind the scene in our studio. If you have recently visited out studio, you know what I am talking..For the longest time we have been trying to come up with colors, style, designs etc to help us better define our company,  imagery, style & our personalities. Well, today we finalized our new logo and I am soo excited to be able to share it with ya all!

So without waiting annnny longer, here it is..!