Mint By Sajeda

09/12/2024

Italian wedding, anyone?

Last year I was privileged to shoot a handful of destination projects and by far the greatest undertaking for me was the wedding of Dan & Jasmin.

They were so hospitable and welcoming along with their families…it was a pleasure capturing their destination wedding reportage style…even if it meant some serious sweat management for me AND my cameras ☀️

05/12/2024

When you choose Mint, you’re choosing the real real. It’s about documenting the organic moments - the imperfect images that hold all the beauty. That make you remember how the sun was in your eyes, how wet and rainy it was…and of course, the rainbow at the end ☀️📸 🌈
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05/12/2024

More beautiful details from the Nikkah ceremony of H & Y 💫
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29/11/2024

Throwback to this beautiful wedding at the Bhaktivedanta Manor!

Caroline and Bhavin are one of my most favourite couples for their organisation, communication, genuine kindness and most importantly, the way they love each other innately ♥️ 

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27/11/2024

Beautiful details from the Nikkah ceremony of H & Y 💫
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25/11/2024

The many moments and menu items from Emma and Paul’s wedding. Let’s hear it for the party guests! 💫
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19/11/2024

Behind the scenes from the morning of Emma & Paul’s wedding ✨
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1. Get me to the Church ⛪️
2. Emma’s daughter and Maid of Honour
3. One of Emma’s beautiful bridesmaids prepares her dress
4. All the prep stations!

18/11/2024

Highlights from Emma & Paul’s Bank Holiday wedding ✨ St. Peter’s Church Marlow and Monkton Barn
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1. Giles and the famous Classic VW
2. Bridal prep BTS
3. Grandma and granddaughter having a hair-y moment
4. Bridesmaids look on as their friend the Bride gets ready to make her way to the alter
5. Bride’s expression when she sees her surprise car!
6. Let’s get you to the Church on time!

12/11/2024

How do you immortalise every laugh, every glance, every stolen look between the bride and groom? And why is this important?

It’s important because each different moment tells a different part of your story.

And you do it by hiring yourself an experienced reportage photographer!
To the happy couple, these images will be a reminder of each cherished moment, frame by frame.❤️

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Award-Winning UK & Destination Wedding Photographer

Voted the UK’s Most Trusted for Weddings & Best for Cultural reportage.

08/11/2024

What a city! 🌆

If you’ve never been to Poland, I highly recommend making Gdańsk your first stop.

Clean streets, polite people and the most beautiful fall colours I’ve ever seen 🍂🍁

Even in the October cold, the beach in Sopot had so many visitors and the old town is just gorgeous, filled with vendors and restaurants as far as the eye can see.

An excellent backdrop for a warm-hearted couples shoot ♥️

1.⁠ ⁠Mehdi & Paulina taking a little break at a cafe to warm up 🍵
2.⁠ ⁠Eye-candy view of the town from AmberSky (akin to the London Eye) 🎡
3.⁠ ⁠Check out that fall foliage - can you spot the purple pumpkin?
4.⁠ ⁠The couple strolling along the riverbank with a focus on the architecture in the background (love those clean lines)
5.⁠ ⁠⁠One of the many restaurants in the Old Town
6.⁠ ⁠⁠Amber jewellery being sold - a popular item as Gdańsk is apparently known for its amber production
7.⁠ ⁠⁠Metallic street performer! Very demure, very New York 😉
8.⁠ ⁠The beach at Sopot with birds above, well-timed birds

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Award-Winning UK & Destination Wedding Photographer

Voted the UK’s Most Trusted for Weddings & Best for Cultural reportage.

Are you a UK couple getting married in Gdansk, Poland? Then this can happen for you! Get in touch and let’s Mint your memories together!

06/11/2024

How do you immortalise every laugh, every glance, every stolen look between the bride and groom? And why is this important?

It’s important because each different moment tells a different part of your story.

And you do it by hiring yourself an experienced reportage photographer! 📸

It's never enough to take one or two photos and move on. It's about being there for every heartfelt moment, keenly observing and documenting a variety of expressions, and crafting a gallery that reflects the emotions felt in those moments. 💫

To the happy couple, these images will be a reminder of each cherished moment, frame by frame.❤️

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Award-Winning UK & Destination Wedding Photographer

Voted the UK’s Most Trusted for Weddings & Best for Cultural reportage.

Get in touch and let’s Mint your memories together!

05/11/2024

From Poland 🇵🇱 with love

Recently, motion blur has become a very popular trend for wedding photography and can be a clever tool for I highlighting the excitement of the day or, even better, the night 🌙

A classic example of nighttime photography is a Pithi ceremony - a time-honoured tradition of messing up the groom with shaving cream and other concoctions that are purposely difficult to get out - poor guys! 🪒

These kinds of ceremonies, often held at night, give me the chance to experiment with light and movement - adding depth to the story in a unique way.

When you book me for your wedding, you’ll get the full experience.

So whether you book photography alone or add-on a video service, you can relive every moment and every feeling year after year 👩🏽‍❤️‍👨🏽

1:⁠ ⁠Night-time Reception dinner for the couple
2-5: ⁠Messing up the groom - what a “Pithi”

02/11/2024

Happy weekend ♥️

Continuing on with black and whites, here’s a couple more images from my Poland series



By the way, how do you feel about the Black and Whites?

30/10/2024

It was a memorable pandemic wedding 💍

It was challenging to plan with all the restrictions, but that’s what made it unforgettable for all of us and the guests.

And having it celebrated during the fall season made it even more magical!🍁💑

Lately, I’ve been feeling the need to publicly express gratitude because no person reaches any new heights on their own, I certainly haven’t.

Case in point - when planning and Polish wedding, it was important to include some choice elements.

Enter on flowers 💐 and on henna 🪬 (yes there are Indians living in Gdańsk- who knew?)

Now I speak Hindi amongst other languages, but Popolsku? I don’t quite have a working knowledge of the Polish language just yet.

With the help of translate though, we managed to get the job done! So thank you again to you all for getting stuck in 🙏🏻

1. One of the most important moments - immediately after the Nikkah has been recited, there are always a lot of hugs! Especially between the parents - here, the two moms embrace and congratulate one another ♥️

2. The newlyweds finally get a moment to chill - this is one of my favourite parts because they get to relax in front of camera without worrying about onlookers!

3. A closeup of the brides bouquet during bridal prep. I’ll be honest, I’m a sucker for fresh flowers at weddings! They smell amazing and the greenery simply doesn’t compare to artificial (although saying that they’re a lot nicer nowadays than they used to be!)

29/10/2024

29/10/2024

They say blood is thicker than water…

Scientifically this is true, and of course when it comes to the proverbial meaning, family comes before anything.

Well, I can honestly say that when it comes to my family, I’ve been extremely blessed to be in such good company.

As a family, we are FAR from mushy or lovey-dovey - in fact if you didn’t know us, you may walk into a conversation half way and think we were mad at each other (that’s how loud we can be!).

But when it truly matters, that’s where we have each other’s backs.

So the next few posts are for my baby bro and his wifey - to wish them a happy 3rd anniversary and thank them for being my first official destination wedding back in covid times.

I hope I get to go back to Poland soon….

20/10/2024

A very happy upcoming wedding to my couple Z & M ♥️ Hope you’ve all enjoyed this series!
Wedding photography is not just simply being able to pose couples for pretty pictures. It’s actually so much more, including BTS (behind the scenes).

Details, décor, beadwork, catering, venue….you’ve spent so much time curating each piece of your big day!

So when all is said and done, I want to give you the memory of those details for years to come ♥️

🧁 Dessert table
💐 Flowers
🏩 Venue and Decor
💄 Makeup
🥻 Salwar suits
📸 Photography

19/10/2024

Reportage photography
It’s all about exercising your best observational skills. This is an especially important skill to have as a wedding photographer.

Why?

Believe it or not, wedding photography is not just simply being able to pose couples for pretty pictures. It’s actually so much more, including BTS (behind the scenes).

👰🏻‍♀️ For example - did you know that my favourite time to shoot is actually the bridal prep process? Or capturing details before guests arrive?

So if an event has a start time of 5 pm, I will always advise you to expect me and my team a couple of hours earlier in order to capture these details 🪷💍💒🍰

I also send you a questionnaire in order to highlight important details that you as a couple have taken the time to curate and implement on your big day

So when all is said and done, you will have the memory of those details for years to come ♥️

🧁 Dessert table
💐 Flowers
🏩 Venue and Decor
💄 Makeup
🥻 Salwar suits
📸 Photography