Ahmed and Gemma met in the UK and flew to Cairo for their wedding. This wedding was quite different in many ways from most weddings I photograph. There was no  DJ with massive speakers and a packed dance floor, no large traditional Zaffa with tablas, and everything ran on time! Instead Ahmed and Gemma had a lovely string quartet play throughout the evening with a harpist during dinner. I want to once more highlight the schedule. Dinner was scheduled for 10:15 PM. At 10:13 I was in my seat and waiters were entering the hall. The wedding was scheduled to conclude at midnight. It admittedly ended just a tiny bit late, 12:03  For someone accustomed to weddings starting 1-2 hours late and running well into the next morning this was a dramatic shift in expectations. In the more important ways, however, this wedding was like every wedding I’ve had the privilege to photograph; it was a day full of emotions. Gemma’s mother was glowing with pride and Ahmed’s father could not stop photographing his handsome groom of a son. My good friend Mohamed Abdelhamid came to do Gemma’s makeup and introduce her to the Egyptian ‘tradition’ of eyelash extensions in spite of her swearing to me last fall she wouldn’t get them. All in all it was a lovely evening and Ahmed and Gemma were a pleasure to work with. Thanks for having me join you on your special night.