This was one of the most challenging weddings I’ve ever shot. That said, it was extremely fun and at times extremely confusing. This wedding had a traditional Egyptian Wedding Zaffa (Wedding Entrance), Western speeches, Arabic poetry, a Yemeni Zaffa and wedding guests who spoke more languages than a UN translator would be able to swing. At various points in the evening I was instructing guests in English, Arabic and occasionally my very broken French (I would like to once again apologize to all the French guests for my horrendous accent and butchery of their language). Ben’s poor little brother, in my confusion, found me giving him instructions in Spanish; a language no one at the wedding actually spoke, but I had lost track at that point really. This wedding celebrated the union of Ben from France and Atiaf from Yemen. They brought with them their friends and families from uh, just about everywhere. The wedding also took place just about everywhere. I started shooting the prep at Hotel Safir in Zamalek (across the street from my apartment, pretty convenient). Then we took a van with the bride and her siblings (you’ll see) to the Swiss Club in Giza and about 14 hours after I started I found myself standing on the October 6th bridge shooting the afterparty somewhere between Zamalek and Downtown Cairo.
Like the wedding itself, this is a very long post, but if it’s any consolation when I first went through the roughly 5000 pictures I took that day it was quite a bit longer 
I hope you enjoy the images as much as I enjoyed photographing the wedding. If possible I hope you’re nearly as confused as I found myself as well…
Now for just a quick costume change…
Just Kidding! It’s not over yet! Don’t you remember? I said AFTERPARTY on a bridge.
Ok, ok now you can leave a comment and move on with your lives Congrats Ben and Atiaf!
Amazing!! You caught them all at their happiest, what a celebration! I love your use of depth of focus, especially in your first few black and whites. How happy they must be for these pictures!
No doubt this was a joyous day. Great job capturing that.
Soooo well documented! Looks like such a fun day! Wonderful!
OMG .. amazing shots .. simply breathtaking .. how could you capture all these emotions .. as if im watching a movie .. it will be unforgettable for both of them
CONGRATS
I’d love to go to that wedding..compeletly different than the ones you attend everyday . My favourite part is the 6th of October Bridge celebrations =D
“The picture is worth a thousand words” and you made those pictures worth even more than that. Great job Tim.
really amazing ..
I love the fact that you captured all the right moments with the right facial expressions – great job as always Tim ! It seems like u are watchin a movie and for someone who hasnt attended the wedding …its like i know exactly what went on
) Well done…
I bet you had a great time at this wedding! My fav is the b&w of the bride standing by herself (the few that follow are awesome too) and the b&w of the shoes with the dancing people OOF in the bkground. Great work.
Wow. Tim! Truly amazing stuff!
“Ben’s poor little brother, in my confusion, found me giving him instructions in Spanish; a language no one at the wedding actually spoke”. Laughter is good for the health, though I nearly starved myself of oxygen on reading that :~)))) A brilliant set of story telling images as ever Tim! A very big job very well done indeed.
i love that first picture, with the ‘Wedding Started’ in focus.
what great shots, lots of emotion and action!
Thank you very much for these marvellous pictures, ican’t tell you how much i’m happy to see them.
thank a lot
ben’s mom
What a beautiful couple! Stunning images. I really admire your motion blur shots – great timing! And the after party on the bridge..I hope to be able to shoot something similar one day.
Great photos! Looks like it would have been so much fun!
beautiful beautiful beautiful!! You have amazing talent. you captured every moment. love the blogpost!
Oh my gosh I love it! The shot of the bride in the car is just priceless, fantastic work Tim!
WOW! Stunning! You did such an amazing job capturing all the emotions of the day! Your B&G should be VERY pleased!
I’m very happy to relive the best moments of happiness through the pictures, and also to see again everybody. Hello from France to all.
What great moments captured! I particularly love the ones of the bride + friends in the car laughing.
You did a fantastic job here mate! You captured the action so well. I am sure they are impressed with what you have done.
These are awesome! Love the detail shots, and all the culture you captured.
You rock man!!! No doubt about it!! Wish I had you at my wedding.
this is amazing i really wish i can have @ my wedding
GRAND MARIAGE, GRANDS MOMENTS, PHOTOS MERVEILLEUSES… SOUVENIRS!… SOUVENIRS!…
ON’T FORGET THE BABY, MAN!!!!
translation : GREAT! SUPER! OUAHHH
message to BEN
Tim, great work! I loved this wedding. Keep up the good work.