Whilst out in Nairobi, Kenya for a Sikh Wedding Photography event we had the pleasure to photograph the Lifestyle Photography for Angad & Amrita. The shoot took place at the Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi, with great Interior settings and overlooking the National Park we were able to get some amazing shots.. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see any lions!

If you’re interested in booking us for a Lifestyle Photography shoot in Kenya, UK or anywhere we can get too please contact us through the website with your full requirements. Check out our Lifestyle Photography Gallery to view other works.

Vaisakhi, also spelled Baisakhi, is one of the most important dates in the Sikh calendar. It is the Sikh New Year festival and is celebrated on April 13 or 14. It also commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism was born as a collective faith.

History

Vaisakhi is a long established harvest festival in the Punjab. It had been celebrated long before it gained an added dimension for Sikhs.

In 1699 the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh, chose Vaisakhi as the occasion to transform the Sikhs into a family of soldier saints, known as the Khalsa Panth.

Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa in front of thousands at Anandpur Sahib.

During the Vaisakhi festival Guru Gobind Singh came out of a tent carrying a sword. He challenged any Sikh who was prepared to give his life to come into the tent. The Guru returned alone with his sword covered in blood. He then requested another volunteer and repeated the same action four times until five men disappeared into the tent. The crowd was very concerned until they saw five men return wearing turbans with the Guru.

These five men became known as the Panj Piare, or ‘Beloved Five’.

The men were then baptised into the Khalsa by the Guru. He sprinkled them with Amrit (‘immortalising nectar’: the Sikh term for holy water) and said prayers. This is the basis of the Sikh baptism ceremony.

Article courtesy of BBC

Bigday Photography covered the Album shoot for Manni Sandhu’s forthcoming album ‘MY TIME’ by Brown Boi Music. The album which features vocals from many great singers such as Jelly Manjitpuri, Lehmber Hussainpuri, late Kaka Bhainiawala and many more will be available on itunes from 23rd February 2012.

Below are some of our images from the shoot….

After the launch of our new website in September we got back in touch with the team at Flosites to put a bit of Christmas spirit to our website… Once again the team did a fantastic job, big thanks to Alina from Flosites for putting this together at such short notice

Following a busy summer shooting weddings we finally got some time to work on the Bigday Mobile! After putting some concepts together and getting feedback from the Bigday Photography Facebook Page it wasn’t difficult to choose the final design. However we changed the design slightly from the feedback we got and were pleased by the final completed project.

Thank you all for your feedback during the process…

The Concepts…

The Final Design…

The Completed Project…