Denica and Martinson's Engagement Shoot at Univeristy of Toronto, Sunnyside Pavilion and Allan Gardens

March 17, 2022 in Engagements

Hi! Today I am happy to share the images from an e-shoot of one of my 2022 Wedding Clients! Denica and Martinson!

I got to do their engagement photos in the summer of last year and had so much fun touring the downtown areas with them. You know when you have a couple that is just so beautiful, you practically could pose them anywhere and the images look amazing! Well that is this couple! Also I loved that you could see how naturally in love they are, and that love definitely shines through in the images.

I am excited to get to cover their wedding this year, God willing! and look forward to blogging that when the times comes!

Locations:

Allan Gardens

University of Toronto

Sunnyside Pavillion

If you would like to book me for your 2022 or 2023 Wedding or Event then get in touch HERE!

A photo of a beautiful black couple dressed elegantly taken at Allan Gardens in Toronto. Photo was taken by Karimah Gheddai Photography

A photo of a beautiful black couple dressed elegantly taken at Allan Gardens in Toronto. Photo was taken by black female photographer Karimah Gheddai Photography

Until next time! I hope to see you back here, or even better, in person as we work together!

-Karimah

If you would like to book me for your 2022 or 2023 Wedding or Event then get in touch HERE!

Natania and Wiliston's 3 Location E-shoot at the Aga Khan Museum, Downtown Toronto and Rouge Park

January 13, 2022 in Engagements

Hey Everyone! Happy New Year! I am super excited for all the amazing things to come this year and proud to share some of the work I got a chance to be a part of in the past couple of years! My motto for this year is to “strive for progress and not perfection”. That said, I hope to consistently blog more of my shoots so as to showcase more of my work, and not wait too long in the hopes of “perfecting” each blog post (because I am definitely somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to showcasing my work).

This year I have decided to start off my blog posts with a double header! I will be blogging the wedding of Natania and Wiliston, but first, I realized I never blogged their e-shoot and my gosh I decided there is no way I am going to let any more time pass without me blogging this photoshoot of this stunning couple! I love to see black love, especially one rooted and grounded in faith.

It was such a pleasure to work with this lovely couple last year! They are truly amazing! From their e-shoot to their wedding it was all so beautiful, even through the ups and downs of the pandemic that had them rescheduling their wedding a couple of times.

For their e-shoot We took the photos at the Aga Khan Museum, Downtown Toronto (My fav spots here were union station and the Elephant Sculpture!) and finally at Rouge Park. There were 3 different looks and I love how the final outcome of the photos turned out!

Vendors:

M.U.A: HNA Beauty

Locations:

Downtown Toronto

Aga Khan Museum

Rouge Park

If you would like to book me for your 2022 or 2023 Wedding or Event then get in touch HERE!

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Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the fairmont royal york hotel in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the TD tower in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear standing in front of a unique door. This engagement shoot took place in Downtown Toronto and the photos were taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the TD Towers in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the - Tembo, Mother of Elephants - Sculpture in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear at the Toronto Chamber of commerce courtyard for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in casual wear at Rouge Park in Scarborough during sunset for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Thanks for taking the time to check out my latest blog! Hope you will return again or even better that we get work together this year!

-Karimah

Lavinia and Carl's Engagement Shoot

July 15, 2018 in Engagements

Hi Hi Hi Everyone! Welcome to another blog post on my website! Summer has been quite crazy so far! In between the numerous weddings and the ridiculous amounts of editing I have to do, I can't even believe that I managed to find some time to blog this e-shoot session, but I just had to find some way because it was just so gorgeous! So here goes!

Carl and Lavinia are one of my Summer 2018 Wedding clients, with their wedding being in August. However they booked me earlier this year (after Lavinia met with me last year!) and we have been planning their wedding photography for a while now including their e-shoots.

We had planned to have two e-shoots for Carl and Lavinia. One was originally supposed to be in the winter, however just when we were all set to do the shoot you cannot imagine what happened! On the day we were headed to get their winter e-shoot done at the Scarborough Bluffs their car slid on some ice and straight into a ditch literally just a minute away from the Bluffs! Thankfully everyone was okay (including the passengers in the car in front of them, whose car actually rolled over into the ditch first). Anyway It really goes to show you how we should be thankful for the life we are given, as unfortunate events can happen at anytime and I have to say Lavinia and Carl handled it so well. So after that, and in order to make up for the cancelled first shoot, I had my friend Bilqees of Zuhoor Designs create a beautiful floral bouquet for the rescheduled e-shoot. As usual Bilqees did not disappoint and created a most beautiful masterpiece of a bouquet!

After re-scheduling we decided that for the first shoot we would go to Guildwood Park in beautiful Scarborough and for the Second Shoot we settled on Osgoode Hall and Nathan Phillips Square in the downtown area of Toronto.

A little about Lavinia and Carl is that they are both lawyers who met in law school (hence why we chose Osgoode Hall for the second shoot lol). They are quite possibly one of the cutest and nicest couples ever and I can't wait to capture their wedding in a couple of weeks (God Willing)!

Enjoy the Photos and catch you at my next blog post!

Vendors:

E-Shoot 1 took place at Guildwood Park below are the vendors

Bouquet: Zuhoor Designs

Makeup Artist: 1st Shoot: Faces by Dom

E-Shoot 2 took place at Osgoode Hall and Nathan Phillips Square below are the vendors

Makeup Artist: 2nd Shoot: Eminent Allure

If you would like to book me for your 2019 wedding or e-shoot then get in touch HERE!

This Shoot was also featured in

MUNALUCHI BRIDE MAGAZINE!

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2nd E-shoot at Osgoode Hall

The day we had scheduled for this e-shoot, it was raining tons and we almost cancelled but am happy we stuck it out as the cloudy weather allowed for some gorgeous moody style portraits.

This couple is so fun they didn't mind goofing around to get in some "Black Panther" style shots

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Rania and Ekow's Engagement Shoot at Mint Room Studios!

March 02, 2018 in Engagements

Salut Everyone! It has been a while but this week I am happy to share images from this most stunning e-shoot that I got to do at a really lovely location back in January!

The week that I did this engagement shoot turned out to be one of the coldest weeks in Toronto's history, so even though we initally had plans to do this shoot outdoors, we were not about to freeze out in the frigid weather. My clients Rania and Ekow requested I suggest an indoor location and so I suggested the beautiful Mint Room Studios! I had heard about Mint Room Studios on a photography group on facebook and thought it might be cool to try out. I have to say I am already totally in love with this studio and you will know why once you see the photos!

We had the "Ballroom Studio" booked for this shoot (one of their 4 studios) and I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was so much natural light coming into the room though the large windows. I can now say that it has easily become one of my favourite studios ever!

It was a pleasure to work with these two for their e-shoot and I absolutely love how they coordinated amongst themselves with the African Print dress and accessories. Also the engagement ring Rania was rocking is my oh my just "out of the ordinary" stunning!

Location: Mint Room Studios

Rania's Dress: Beni Boo Styles

Rania's headtie, Ekow's Bowtie and pocketsquare: All made by talented Rania herself!

If you would like to book me for your 2018 engagement photos then get in touch HERE!

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Mint Room Studios Toronto Engagement Photography

Okay so that bring me to the end of this blog post! If you are getting married soon and are looking for an engagement photographer then do get in touch!

Until next time, A bientot!

-Karimah

If you would like to book me for your 2018 enagagement photos then get in touch HERE!

Angela and Andrew's Engagement Shoot at Osgoode Hall and Nathan Phillips Square

December 20, 2017 in Engagements

Hello Hello! Today's blog post is of an amazing engagement session I got the opportunity to do. A little backstory is that I had met Angela (the bride to be) through a mutual friend about a year earlier and since then she has come to be a big supporter of one of the projects I am currently working on (The BiaSHEara project). Angela got in touch with me about getting photos done for her recent engagement to her fiance Andrew, and I was super thrilled! The couple live in Ontario but will be getting married abroad in Kenya next year (how exciting!). They wanted to do their e-shoot in Toronto and so after a Skype consultation we decided on the beautiful grounds of Osgoode Hall and the adjacent Nathan Phillips Square (because of course we had to get the TORONTO Sign in one of the photos lol). These two are great locations since they are right beside each other and offer tons of variety with regards to the look of the photos. There are so many interesting backgrounds that they can really make the photos pop, as you will see!

The session happened in the last few hours of daylight and boy was it super cold on this day! I would like to say a special thank you to the couple for being real troopers and lasting for the entire 2 hour e-shoot session, in what was probably weather that was in the negative digits! Let me say though, that this couple came dressed to impress! I absolutely loved the stunning blue dress that Angela was rocking as well as her lovely updo! Andrew's look complemented Angela's look vey nicely and I also liked that the couple decided to go for a non-matchy look for their session, but rather one that was complimentary of each other!

One thing that I Ioved most about this shoot was taking the couple up on the overpass at Nathan Phillips square and having them end off the shoot by dancing to two songs of their choice which ended up being Monica's "Angel of Mine" and a Ugandan Song by Juliana Kanyomozi & Bushoke called Usiende Mbali (This was Andrew's pick). Not so many people seem to go up on the overpass at Nathan Phillip's Square for some reason and so we practically had the whole place to ourselves with all the amazing views of Old City Hall, City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. I love ending off my e-shoots with capturing a bit of dancing and this location was absolutely beautiful for it!

Thank you once again Angela and Andrew for having me capture this special time in your lives!

If you would like to book me for your enagagment shoot or 2018 wedding then get in touch HERE!

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To end off this blog post, I have to say I really enjoyed doing this e-shoot and I hope I get to do more amazing engagement sessions like this one in the New Year! Congratulations once again to the couple!