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Boston Wedding Photographer | Bishoi and Sarah | Timothy Kaldas Photography

kaldasia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:33:03 +0000

Early this month I flew back to Boston for a brief visit and it was my first time back since my friends Bishoi and Sarah got engaged. I’ve known these two for years and so when Bishoi asked me to shoot their engagement photos I immediately agreed. The weather on the morning of the shoot was cloudy and rainy and I loved it! Living in Cairo makes you actually miss the rain and I really like how the rain wove into the first pictures we took with it. We got to go around Boston Common and Newbury St. where I used to hang out when I lived back in Boston. I hope you guys like these photos as much as I do. And to Bishoi and Sarah congrats, and I can’t wait to be at the wedding.

Cairo Egypt Wedding Photographer | Photobooths | Timothy Kaldas Photography

kaldasia — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:25:20 +0000

Over the past few months we’ve been offering clients something a little different as an add-on to their wedding photography package; photobooths. Basically we set up a mini studio outside your wedding venue, bring a lot of props and have a photographer there all night taking some hilarious and memorable photos of you, your family and your friends. Here’s some examples of photobooths we’ve done in May.

Cairo Egypt Wedding Photographer | Ahmed and Gemma Wed at the Marriott in Zamalek | Timothy Kaldas Photography

kaldasia — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:19:23 +0000

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.

Cairo Egypt Wedding Photographer | Joe and Marina at Ramses | Timothy E Kaldas Photography

kaldasia — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:24:17 +0000

This was a really fun shoot I got to do with Joseph and Marina before their wedding. I’ve known them since last year when I photographed their engagement. It was a fun night and it was great meeting their family who danced the whole night making it a great and energetic party. When we started talking about their wedding and wedding photos I suggested doing a shoot at the train yard by Ramses Station where they fix old trains and they both immediately loved the idea. The first several images are from that shoot. The second part was shot at the Aquarium Park in Zamalek. Stay tuned for their wedding photos. It was an amazing party!

“It’s prohibited to sit on the greenery!” Oh well…

Cairo Egypt Wedding Photographer | Atiaf and Ben: The Wedding | Timothy E Kaldas Photography

kaldasia — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:44:58 +0000

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!

Egypt Wedding Photographer | Mariam and Rady Tie the Knot at Emaar | Timothy E Kaldas Photography

kaldasia — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:31:09 +0000

I had an amazing time shooting this wedding with my friend Peter Rear of PR Photography of London. Mariam and Rady chose a fantastic location and were one of the few couples to give me the opportunity to shoot in daylight! Daylight photography is a totally different experience for the photographer and the feel of the shots to me is so much nicer. The first dance took place at sunset with amazing light. The whole party was a lot of fun and the guests were a pleasure to shoot with. Karim Sobh and his team at Glimpse did a great job with the decor and planning the day and Roro mixed some excellent beats for the wedding party to dance to along with the stylings of British Sax player Laura Fowles. I hope you enjoy the shots as much as I have. Thanks Mariam and Rady for having me at your special day.

Egypt Wedding Photographer| Nada and Tarek Tie the Knot at the Sheraton in Cairo, Egypt

kaldasia — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:09:34 +0000

I really had a great time shooting this wedding. Nada came to me a couple of months back telling me how much she wanted me to be there and how her and Tarek had been together for the last decade or so. I could see how excited she was to get married and I was happy to be a part of the day. We had a great time with Ferrero Rochers (very tasty, as you can see in the pictures below during prep. Jeff did a great job with her makeup and the bridesmaids and Nada, who all used to be synchronized swimmers performed this crazy dance routine in the middle of the party. Tarek and his friends were a lot of fun to hang out with and while the pics didn’t make the blog post Tarek had a really cool pair of underwear with a special superhero… ehem the Black Panther. The party was a blast and the pics came out great. Have a look and let me know what you think.