Hearing the word '2015 Floods' brings bad memories rushing to the minds of those who were in Chennai at that time. But for Pooja & Jason, it's the 'official' start of their love story. I say 'official', 'cause they'd already met while working in California earlier. And Jason's heroic efforts to ask her out for a coffee had bombed. Not once but thrice. :)
So Pooja was stuck in office due to heavy rains and sent out a distress email to colleagues asking if someone was going towards Mandavelli, so that she could also tag along. Jason, being the gentleman he is, responded to the email and volunteered to drop her, since his Aunt too lived in Mandavelli. But Jason really had no Aunt living in Mandavelli! :) Classic Move, Jason! Classic Move, Mate!! Pooja agreed, but hit the 'Reply All' button while responding to Jason's email. And we all know how dangerous that can be! Next day, everyone wanted to know details of their first drive!
Fast forward two years, Pooja & Jason tied the knot at a cozy church in Tirupattur, Vellore this December. Jason's parents and even his grandparents had gotten married in the same church! So the wedding was even more emotional. During makeup, Jason walked in to steal a glance at Pooja. Seeing her dressed in a stunning wedding gown, I think Jason's eyes welled up a little. During the entire ceremony, I think Jason couldn't believe he was getting married to Pooja and hence kept looking at her - a fact well documented :) The sincerity in their love towards each other was easy to perceive. How nice it feels to see couples committing to each other for life, especially in this day and age of failing relationships!
And yes, I ate some kickass Ambur Biryani and watched NatGeo in Tamil during my time in Tirupattur. Highly Recommended!
Photography: Elvin Jacob
Wedding Film: Studio F3
MUA: Suresh Menon
Wedding Dress Designer: Ashwin Thiyagarajan
Wedding Venue: CSI Christ Church, Tirupattur
Reception Venue: Nandhini Mahal, Tirupattur
”What can we say? We were extremely lucky to have found a great friend who also happened to be our wedding photographer! Elvin is an amazing photographer and wonderful soul.
The first thing that I would like to thank Elvin for was for sending in our wedding pictures right on time and really fast.It was such a beautiful surprise to receive them when we were still on our honeymoon, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. We sat down by the pool by the sunset and reminisced over a bottle of wine about our amazing day! Seeing all the photos brought huge smiles to our faces!! They couldn’t have been more perfect and we could not stop looking at them over and over again.
We feel extremely lucky to have found him. We were hunting for photographers throughout social media and finally landed up on Elvin's page! As soon as we spoke to Elvin over the phone and saw his work, we knew he was the only man for the job and we certainly were not disappointed.All of his photos in the portfolio was just so natural and effortless. Our wedding was at a small village church and we were worried about the background a lot. But Elvin's work put us at ease and the moment we saw the pictures we immediately knew he was a true artist and could transform the pictures to go beyond limits. Whenever we post our wedding pictures on Facebook, Instagram or pass them along to our friends we received an overwhelming praise "Mind Blowing", "This looks like a movie poster" and "Stunning!!". He could alter the images from being just traditional into something creative by perfectly capturing the mood and atmosphere.On the big day of our lives, Elvin was the member of our family. We felt completely at ease with him and our families and friends loved him, he blended in fantastically!! His attention to detail and ninja photography skills has made the entire album look like magic! Elvin gave us something we will cherish for the rest of our lives.” - Pooja & Jason
