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Christine and Nader Wed in Cairo Garden | Cairo Egypt Wedding Photography

kaldasia — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:11:19 +0000

Christine and Nader were a wonderful couple to work with. Christine was a huge fan of my work and while many of my clients have told me how much they tell their friends about me I have never attended a wedding at which so many of the guests had visited my website (at Christine’s instructions) and greeted me with compliments regarding my photography. The day went beautifully. We began in Christine’s grandmother’s old apartment in Garden City which was absolutely stunning. Also Christine’s grandmother was exceptionally sweet to us during our time at the flat. Then we moved to the Church near Korba and finally ended up at a garden near Alexandria Desert Road. The reception venue was beautiful and we arrived a couple of hours before sunset allowing for photographing in the most beautiful light a photographer can ask for. Here are some of the images that tell the days story. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Thanks.

Omar and Kathryn Wed at Katameya Heights in New Cairo | Cairo Egypt Wedding Photography

kaldasia — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:24:55 +0000

Omar and Kathryn are a great couple I met this last December. They’re based in DC where I used to live and came out here to celebrate their wedding near Omar’s family which is based in Cairo. They had a second ceremony in Nebraska near Kathryn’s family. I had a wonderful time at their wedding. DJ Roro and Said Mrad did an amazing job keeping people dancing. Dina Iskandar’s decor was excellent as always. Omar and Kathryn brought together an exceptionally cosmopolitan group of friends from just about everywhere with some pretty incredible and energetic dancers amongst them as you’ll see below. Thanks Omar and Kathryn for having me on your special day and congrats to you both.

January 28th Pro Democracy Demonstrations

kaldasia — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:56:05 +0000

On Friday January 28th there were widespread pro democracy demonstrations all over Egypt. The police were ruthless covering demonstrators in tear gas and firing on people with rubber bullets water canons and there was reported usage of live rounds as well. We got hit a number of tear gas just like everyone else. We started at Al-Azhar and followed the crowd to downtown Cairo. Many protesters intervened to prevent others from using violence and repeatedly chanted peaceful peaceful when some demonstrators threw stones. Here are some images.

Cairo Egypt Wedding Photographer | Deepak and Rada are Engaged! | Timothy Kaldas Photography

kaldasia — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:27:10 +0000

So Deepak called me while I was home in the states with a plan. He and his then-girlfriend were planning a trip to Egypt and he wanted to surprise her and pop the question and he asked me to be there to capture the moment. Rada thought they were just going for a shoot at the Pyramids and had no idea what was about to happen (you can tell from the look on her face below). We arrived at the pyramids and discovered they had changed the schedule and were closing early so once again I was on a camel (then a horse) following a couple around the back fence with cameras hanging off me to get shots of them with the pyramids at particularly special moment in their lives. I hope you enjoy the images. Please let me know what you think.

It’s Coming! Are you ready? | Timothy Kaldas Photography | Cairo Egypt Wedding Photographer

kaldasia — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:01:37 +0000

Hi Everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful new year. I just wanted to give you a sneak peak of what we’re working on for 2011. We’re moving into a new office in Zamalek in February and I’m very excited about our new space and the added services we’ll be offering our clients. I’ll keep updating the blog with shots of the office as it develops into our new home.

Cairo Egypt Wedding Photographer | Sherifa and Fred Wed at Andrawis Nile Garden

kaldasia — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:17:38 +0000

I think the vast majority of couples coming from abroad to marry in Cairo find me in their search for a photographer. One guy in London once called me asking if I was the only wedding photographer in Egypt. I laughed and explained no, I’m just one of the few you can find on google. Everybody else is on facebook. Sherifa’s friend from Texas was helping her plan for her wedding in Cairo when she came across my website and contacted me telling me I’d be perfect for her friend. Then Sherifa and Fredrik got in touch with me to finalize things and the rest is history. Sherifa and Fred put together a beautiful wedding at Ganaynat Andrawis (Andrawis Nile Garden) with the help of their friends and family, especially Sherifa’s mother! With the efficiency of a drill sergeant she kept the various vendors in order and made sure everything was perfect. Their friends woke up early in the morning to make the floral arrangements for the wedding and prepare the decorations. I found them at the garden at 10 AM. Then we went back to the hotel where one of Sherifa’s friends did her hair and another her makeup. Music was complements of a talented violinist attending the wedding and various iPods

Sherifa’s brother officiated the marriage ceremony and Fredrik’s sister put on a skit with caveman outfits! Oh, and one of Fred’s relatives I believe ending things nicely by nearly setting fire to the garden with a hot air balloon contraption he brought. The guests were from literally just about everywhere. Sherifa herself was half Egyptian while Fred was half Swedish and half Venezuelan. Guests came from Australia, the UK, China, the US and elsewhere. It was an exceptionally warm and intimate wedding with a really great crowd of close friend and family who knew how to party.

Thank you Sherifa and Fredrik for having me there and best of luck to you both.

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 | 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!