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This is the Universal Radio Networks Turn It Up Podcast, and today we have some tea to share with you.
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As I sat down with Mehek from Sage Shots and Hannah from ShopiHana, you can probably find them on Instagram.
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I mean, you can find them on Instagram, but you've probably seen them on Instagram from their viral videos as wedding content creators right here in Edmonton.
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I talk to them about what it's like working in the South Asian wedding industry and also what it's like being on the inside as a bride and a vendor at this, you know, in this huge industry that we have.
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This is Rabia, you're turning it up on the Universal Radio Network.
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Let's get into our conversation and some tea on the wedding industry.
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Yo C2, the Universal Radio Network.
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This is Ravia and I have Mehek and Hannah in the studio today.
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And this is a bit more of the conversation I've had with everyone about the South Asian wedding scene across North America and in Edmonton.
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And what's really interesting is both of these talented women are like in the wedding scene in Edmonton with a very special perspective as content creators and a photographer.
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And they have this cool background that I thought would be so interesting to bring his perspective to the conversation.
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So I'm gonna say hi to Mehek and hi to Hannah.
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Hello.
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How are you guys doing today?
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Good.
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We're excited to be here, I think.
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Yeah, super excited.
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Okay.
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So as you are insiders into the sweating industry, but I've seen it like grow over the past few years, the past 10 years.
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A ad of content creators has been really exciting and sometimes contentious as a photographer and content creator, and a content creator.
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And also you do photography too, right?
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Yeah.
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So, like, how has that been as entering the space as a content creator?
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Because sometimes it's been a little bit contentious.
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I feel like you can answer this one first.
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I feel like you have a good idea.
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I feel like yeah, I feel like I came like up three years ago.
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It was super new.
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Even when I started, I was like, I was like, oh, what is this?
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It's just like a new addition to like the
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wedding industry and other things people are paying for.
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But then I think as I started doing it and like, you know, just filming, I was like, wow, this is really cool.
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I think because you get so many videos, you just get your entire wedding week on an iPhone.
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So you can just flip through literally the next day.
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So I think that's pretty cool.
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And it's different from like traditional photo and video services.
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I agree.
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I think I think people have labeled it to be like you said, contentious.
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Like a lot of people are like, oh, I would never do that.
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It's if you don't want to do it, then you're not gonna book it, right?
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So it's like it's fine.
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But a lot of brides that message us, they they're usually interested in wanting that content right away.
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A lot of them want to post on their own Instagrams or they're have family who are in different countries who want to see our Instagram stories right away.
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Um, so that's actually a pretty big one.
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That way, then their family, I get a lot of followers from family like within the first day, and they're like, Yeah, we're from Australia, like we're we can't come, like we really want to watch this.
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So I feel like it's really good for those those people.
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So it's really exciting.
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And then even from like uh the photographer lens, like, how do you find it different as a skill?
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And also um, when you're in the space of like a shoot, a wedding shoot, how how do you like find yourself positioning yourself differently?
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Because that's been a conversation I've heard is like, oh no, photographers are like, there's too many people behind the cameras, and what does that mean?
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So, like, I guess I'm gonna know your thoughts on that.
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I feel like being so I've done wedding photography, like actual proper week-long wedding photography as well.
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And I find that like for me, I don't really get annoyed that much.
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So I think for me, it's like everyone is here for a reason.
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Everyone is doing their own work, and we're all we all have our gear and gadgets and things that we're we're doing.
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So it I shouldn't be a big deal.
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Um, but I find that sometimes when I am doing content creation, I'm like, oh, like I want to pose them this way.
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But then I have
to obviously like I wait my turn and I wait till they're done, and then I'm like, okay, now it's my turn, and I'll go and pose them.
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And then the photographer's like, oh, that's actually a good pose.
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Boom, then they take the picture.
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So I feel like it's like we all have our own ideas, but you just have to be very mindful of like when someone's shooting, when like a photographer is shooting when a especially videography, like, you need to be out of the videographer's way because they're around all angles, like 360 basically.
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So yeah, what do you think?
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Same honestly, like video, iPhone video, especially is completely different from like photography.
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Photography is edited, it's so nice.
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Um, and I always tell photographers and videographers, as soon as I like see them for the first time, like, please, like if I'm ever in your way, please let me know.
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I'm gonna stand behind you.
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You can be in my way, I don't want to be in yours.
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Yeah, we can always crop them out, like always.
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Like half of our, we shot a wedding recently um where there was three of us, three three content creators, and we all were in each other's way.
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Like half my videos, like I'm in, I'm in her shot, she's in my shot, we're like our hair's in somebody's shot.
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But it's like we can easily edit that out.
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But with videography, it's like you have to be very careful.
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Yeah, exactly.
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And like I do think there's like space for both.
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And at the end of the day, we're hired by the couple, so you know, we're providing services for them.
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So I think as long as everyone works together, it's like perfect.
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Yeah, it's almost like you have to have a team effort everywhere.
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But there is a little bit of like a I guess like a shock hierarchy, like the videographer will might get like the most access to the shot, and then there's like the photographer, and then the content creators, you kind of just step in to capture the moments.
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Yeah.
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And I find, and I find that's a good thing.
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I know a lot of people want to capture the actual foot, like the photo shoe and stuff, which which is fine.
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But I feel like the photographer, videographer, like they're really good at doing that.
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And we are really good at that BTS where it's like a little hand detail or like them looking at each
other for a moment.
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Like that's kind of what we're there for.
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We're not there to create a two-minute video based off of your wedding photo shoot, which is what the what the videographer is there for.
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But we're there for like those small, cute, fun moments that like the videographers obviously they have huge gear, so they're turned this way.
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We can have our back this way, we capture something else.
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Exactly.
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Yeah.
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For those little moments with like the cousins or like the grandma.
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Exactly.
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Um, you are finding that even like brides and couples are looking for that intimate kind of look at a wedding.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, like candid moments.
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Yeah, candid moments.
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That's actually exactly what we want.
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Like, yeah, we love it when they cry, we love it when they laugh.
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Like, please crying is our favorite thing.
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You should see is our favorite thing.
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We shot a wedding how many weeks ago?
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We're just looking at each other, we're like, when are they gonna start crying?
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So we can get like all the fun content.
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Our eyes are literally moving like this to see if anyone's ever cried.
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And then meanwhile, we're also trying to suck in our tears.
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We're like looking at each other, like, don't look at each other, don't look at each other, we're gonna start crying.
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Oh my gosh, so you were a recent bride this summer.
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Um, did you have a content creator at your wedding?
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I did not, unfortunately.
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I actually forgot to hire one.
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Yeah, okay.
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Being a bride is a lot.
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Yeah, I forgot.
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But you were like, I wanted, but you you were thinking about it.
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I thought about it after.
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As a person who does it, I feel like I'm like, oh, like I shouldn't have done it.
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Like, yeah, like I should have, right?
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But I know like I thought I could capture like during my Mendy, I wanted all the content of like my decor because I I did it really well.
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I think I have two videos.
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Oh, yeah.
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I did I gave it to my friends.
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I was like, Can you guys do this for me?
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And they're like, Oh, we don't know how to do it, like you.
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And I'm like, uh I guess like that's a lesson.
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Hey, like that you if you have a vision, especially if you have a vision.
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Yeah, if you have a vision and you know you want it, then just go for it.
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If you don't want it and you think, oh, like you know what, I would it it won't affect me later, then then don't.
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Yeah, that's what I think.
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Yeah.
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How did you feel as uh as a bad in a serious and like the pressure to um you know add on more events and like have more people and like you being in industry and having an insider look on that?
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How what was that process look like?
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It was interesting.
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I I I remember during the wedding that we shot, these guys dealt with my I I thought I was going crazy that week because it was like I had how many more weeks left?
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Like two weeks before my wedding, and I was like, I think I was going insane.
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I um I I cut out a reception.
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We didn't do a reception, I didn't have a Judah ceremony.
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A lot of things got canceled, not just because of the decor, but because my husband's also like, I don't want to do it.
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And so we cut out a lot of stuff.
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But it was weird being on the other side, seeing how much work goes into making a wedding.
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I we just show up.
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Yeah, we we we show up, we bring our gear and we make the bride's week a good time, but we don't see what they go through when we're gone, right?
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At at home, when they're dealing with their family the weeks before.
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That's that's the part that it's like if you don't need to have a wedding, don't do it.
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I'm so sorry.
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Like, I that's my recommendation.
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If you have money and you want to go to Maldives and spend a month in a hut, please, please.
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That's your recommendation.
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That's my recommendation.
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Um, I'm gonna keep that warning because I'm gonna read it next year.
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Honestly, it is fun.
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I feel like when you're with your family, it's more, it's it's that's the that's the best part.
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The family is the best part, everything else is just it's there.
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It's there, yeah, and like getting people together.
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And then there's like so do you so I want to go back to the question of like, did you like find yourself feeling the pressure of doing more?
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Um, or was it because like your partner was also like down to do less that you were like, oh, here we're good.
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I wouldn't say pressure of doing more, I would say pressure of comparison a little bit.
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Where from from not just my clients, but you know, when you're we're online, I feel like our for you pages look a lot different than other people's.
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Obviously, we we cater to our clientele, but then we also on our for you pages see other people's weddings.
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And I think shooting other people's weddings before my wedding, I'm like, oh, I should.
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What if I add this?
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Or oh, should I do this?
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Or oh my God, I didn't even think about that.
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Like small stuff like that.
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I think that was that was it for me.
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Where I'm like, oh, like why am I even thinking like that?
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I should even be thinking about adding something when I'm already done planning.
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When you're done planning, when you're happy with eating.
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Exactly.
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And then looking at it, be like, oh, I should have done that, or why didn't I do that?
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Or after and then after my wedding, all the weddings I've shot since then, I'm like, oh I should have done that.
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That was such a good idea.
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And then I'm like, then I take myself five steps back and I'm like, you need to calm down.
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Like it's not that deep.
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You know what?
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Like, I'm in the wedding planning phase where my for you page is all just like events, performances, jewelry.
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And I'm like, okay, this is like a world you like dive.
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I feel like I've dived into right now.
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And I'm like, what is this even like what do I really want from this?
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Or am I just doing things to go through the motion?
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Like priesting that out has been really difficult.
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Yeah, like do you have any tips for any other brides that are like about this?
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I think do your own thing.
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Whatever you want to do, whatever you find beautiful in life, you do it.
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If you think you want to do a color combination that nobody has seen before, it's being seen somewhere.
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Like, I look, I'm serious.
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Like on Pinterest, on Instagram, it's you just have to do what you like.
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Like, I like the color rust, and I went with rust for my wedding.
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And I know so many people are like, oh, that's the trending color of the season.
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Okay, I don't care.
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Like that was that's a color I liked.
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I wanted to wear rust and it looked good.
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And so just you gotta do what you like, add things that you want.
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I love like chai, like iced chives.
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And so I had an iced chai bar at my Mendhi, and I drank four of them on my Mendhi with my Mendhi with my hands like mummified and like that mex tape or whatever.
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I had four of them, and you know, just what I wanted to do, I did.
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And I feel like that's the most important part.
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You gotta do what you want, get the vendors you want.
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If you have a dream for a vendor and you want to book them, don't let anybody else just book them.
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I hired my photographer from Toronto and I was like, this is who I want.
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I don't care who tells me no, like I'm doing it.
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Good.
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Yeah.
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So just like try to stick true to what you want.
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True to what you want.
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Delete Instagram before your wedding.
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Maybe, maybe I would I would suggest a little, not delete, but a little uh deactivation of that Instagram for two months before your wedding and maybe a month after your wedding.
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Because you already have everything booked at that point, and then you start getting new ideas.
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Yeah, that's actually really good advice.
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That happened with my cousin with her wedding outfits because she got it like two years early, and this was like back in 2024.
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Like she got her wedding out, and she's like, Oh, thinking about it after for a while, and because she saw so much on Instagram, and I'm like, Yeah, no, like I just gotta get rid of this outfit.
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Yeah, and maybe like will make sense.
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Just just until you're done your wedding.
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It's done.
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Because you need to you need to be confident with what you like.
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You can't be confident with other people's choices that they didn't I agree, right?
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I think comparison is like the biggest thing that controls our wedding industry.
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Oh, yeah.
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You know, like that's like the reason why, like, fuck grab hardties or like this is happening now, or like, you know, it's like that's true.
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I think deactivating your Instagram is a big thing.
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Yeah, you know, like let's say you get an outfit and you see it on someone else, and then you're just gonna be like, oh my god, like that happened to me actually, yeah for my engagement.
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My engagement, I I wore my outfit, and then a few weeks later, a bride wore it in Mexico, and she looked stunning.
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Like, oh my gosh.
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Like, I still look at her pictures, she's so beautiful.
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And I was like, Oh, that's my outfit.
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And I remember I was like, that's so weird.
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But then if I didn't have Instagram, I would have never seen that.
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Yeah, and I would have never felt that.
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Oh, we're wearing the same outfit.
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I would have never felt that.
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So that's so true.
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Yeah.
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Um, I'm curious, Nahek, then your experience because you've done weddings for a couple years now.
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Um, do you ever find yourself feeling like each wedding is like a new journey, or does it feel like you're going through the same motions?
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Because as a wedding guest, sometimes I feel like I'm a bit detached.
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I'm not like maybe seeing everything.
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So sometimes I'm like, I'm sure.
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I'm like, this is are we just going through his emotions?
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You're like, how do you how do you experience that as a content creator?
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Because you're capturing more intimate pieces of a of a wedding, I think.
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Yeah, I feel like I mean for Punjabi wedding weeks, I do think the format is like all the same.
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You know, everyone's crying at the Doli, everyone's having fun at the Jago.
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It's like that part I would say is very similar.
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But I do think that every client that I've had, like each wedding has been different.
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And I have like, I have a completely different experience for each wedding and like things that I remember, what I liked, what I didn't like.
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And you know, like us doing so many weddings too.
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It's like we look and we're like, okay, like we like, it's just like subconsciously, we're like, I want this for my wedding, or like, I don't want this for my wedding.
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Sometimes I leave and I'm like, I don't want a wedding in general.
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I'm like, oh me and her had that time, but after one, I don't know what event it was, she's like, I'm done, I'm not doing this.
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And I was like, Okay, we need to take a step back.
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Let's actually think about this.
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Yeah, so it's like completely like different scenarios each time, and like I think every wedding has been so beautiful.
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It just like everything, every family is different.
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There's so many different things to capture.
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It's like it does change, vendors change, like every nothing's the same.
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It's like the format's the same, but every week is different.
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Every week has different characters, yeah.
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Each family is different.
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I think that's what makes the wedding.
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I think the family, right?
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Like you would say, like this this summer alone, I we dealt with how many families, 16, 17 families.
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Each family is so different, and that's what creates the wedding.
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Yeah, you're not some weddings are not people, they're not gonna cry at their dully because they don't have that relationship with their parents.
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Some people are gonna sob because they're so close to their parents.
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So it's like that is interesting to see and fun to see, right?
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They're already moved out, they've already moved out and they're already married.
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Yeah, whatever bye.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So I think that's that's the most unique part for me.
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Yeah, yeah, truly is, yeah.
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Okay.
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So the wedding where you said, I don't want to do this anymore.
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What do you like?
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What kind of things like happened for you to say something?
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Like we kind of had some, we kind of had some intimate talks while we were waiting for the bride to be ready.
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Do you remember at the moment that we sat there?
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Oh, we for a bit.
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Yeah, we had we had like some talks, and I feel like it it wasn't the fact that like it was the bride's wedding that was making us feel like that.
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I think it was like we were just chatting and then we we
started talking about weddings, and we're just like, oh, like this is like you know, we get tired too sometimes, right?
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Like how many, so it was just like, oh, like I can't imagine being the bride, and then it was like, I don't want to do this, I'm really gonna do get married.
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Because honestly, sometimes looking at the bride, like I got stressed out because it just seems like such a big thing.
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Like, you know, the spotlights on you, like even posing for pictures, it's hard to be in front of a camera.
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Like doing that every day for like a certain amount of time is difficult.
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Dealing with family members is difficult.
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It's like so many things that like we were just sitting there.
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We were waiting, we were waiting for I think three or four hours.
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Yeah, and we were just like cackling, like we got a sushi in hand, and then um, and we were just like just chopping.
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Sympathizing with her brain because we were like, yeah, exactly.
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So top on you, like emotionally and physically.
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Yeah, and she actually she killed her wedding.
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I don't know how she did it.
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She had nine events and she was incredible.
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Yeah, the wedding you saw Sayan, she was incredible.
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Like she she looked good every day.
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Like, if I had nine events, I would look like I was dying, like my under eye, like I would just not look okay.
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Every day she looked fresh, she was happy.
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We came every time we saw her, we were like, Wow, like her outfit and her everything.
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She was just so incredible.
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And like, I don't know, just I think that wedding was like we were both like, oh my god, like and then and then after her wedding, I'm like, how am I gonna get married?
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Like, I'm already stressed out thinking about it.
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But and like honestly, after doing her wedding, it was like I think nine events.
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Yes.
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Any like the next wedding that I did, it was like five events, which is a normal wedding week.
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It felt so short for me.
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It's like it just flew by.
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I was like, Yeah, it's so easy peasy.
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It's in perspective, right?
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Like have a 15-day wedding if you want it.
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People have probably done that.
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Yeah, like we'll we'll probably see that because I feel like you you see things like I've also seen like things extend, but also things like not doing a reception is also a thing I've noticed.
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So yeah, I'm doing a few weddings where they're like, we're just gonna do a big dog go and not do a big reception.
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Only thing I would say was is don't make feel don't make anyone feel bad if they're doing too much or if they're doing too less.
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That is my biggest pet peeve with this community like community that we have.
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When someone is doing too much, it's too much in everybody's eyes.
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When someone's doing too less, it's too less.
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I don't think that's fair.
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I think everyone's allowed to celebrate their wedding as much as they want.
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If they want to have a 20-day wedding, yeah, I'm not paying for it.
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I'm not attending.
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That's not my problem.
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The bride wants to do it, the bride is happy with it.
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So I just I think that's the only thing that irks me sometimes when I read comments on people's like when they comment, not just on like I don't think anyone's commented on ours, but like if I go on TikTok and I see on like other content creators posts, like, oh, this is too much, the bride's doing too much.
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It's like like it's not that deep.
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It's not you, you're not the bride.
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Everyone has an opinion of I feel like that's what makes him very contentious.
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But so personal.
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Yes, yeah.
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The personal are the people that are getting married, family, and there's like so much moralic you're saying behind the scenes that you have no idea about.
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So if they're doing a court marriage that's half a day, or if like a you know, 20-day trip wedding in two different countries, like that's exactly that is what people are gonna do.
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Yeah, so it comes back to comparison.
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Yeah, I'm telling you, um what I've noticed comparison is like the biggest thing.
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I think it's fine if someone wants a small wedding or if like no wedding or big wedding.
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I think it's like it depends on you, even like trying to be unique for each wedding.
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Like, yeah, I agree with Hannah.
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Focus on like what you truly want rather than being, you know, like I want to be like completely different.
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You know, it's hard to be completely different when you know there's like such a
big industry, and like I think it's better to focus on yourself.
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Yeah, and Pinterest has everything.
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Yeah, like if I swear to God, if you go on there and you're like unique color themes for weddings, if they're if they're already on there, that means it's happened before.
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Yeah, right.
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Okay, uh I just want to say this for my end.
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I've been because I'm in the white wedding, like searching for things process.
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Sometimes I'll find things.
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I'm like, is this AI?
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I was looking at hairstyle.
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Oh god.
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Yeah, that's so intriguing.
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And I was like, is this a real hairstyle that's actually done by someone?
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Or I turn off the AI settings on Pinterest.
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Okay, I need to learn how to do this.
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You turn off the AI settings so it's like no AI generated image on Pinterest.
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I can do that.
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AI generated image.
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Yeah, because then you'll send it to your decor vendor and they're gonna be like, This is the are you stupid?
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Like this is not, yeah, like this is not it.
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Like, what is this?
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Do you know what's my hair?
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Oh yeah, there's so much of that now.
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Where like you see, like all these like even outfits and stuff are all AI now, and you're just like, What is this?
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Like, I don't even need to make sure that this is right.
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Videos, content creation.
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I've seen some AI content creation videos, and it's like everything.
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Yeah, like I've seen some on TikTok.
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Yeah, I've seen that.
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I've also seen where people are making using AI to create their wedding posters.
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Oh yeah.
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Oh yeah, which dude let's just get a subscription to Canva at$11 and let's make it on there.
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Like, I'm so sorry.
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I can't.
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I I can't immediately tell if someone has an AI poster and I'm like not a good one.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And it's just like, you know, you can just tell, and it's like so bulky and like has all these things on it, and it's like, you know, it's easier on Canva.
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It's so much fun using Canva.
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Oh, I do it.
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We're Canva girls.
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I love like Canva is our best friend.
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Stress relief, I'll make like a wedding poster on Canva.
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Yeah, I love that.
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Yeah, it's always it's too good.
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Yeah, yeah.
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It's been such a joy having you all in the studio thinking.
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Um, any last dates you want to like talk about, like before we wrap up our conversation?
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Wednesday's content creation.
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What does your winter look like?
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I guess that's my question.
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Oh, relaxation.
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It'll just be the small like events, um, like engagements, nikas, rokas, like just like one-day eight-hour events that happen in the winter that are indoors.
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I guess some of those last minute.
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But other than that, we're planning on doing it.
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Personally, I don't take anything until like June.
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Yeah, like full break time.
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Yeah, yeah.
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We gotta work our regular jobs in the winter.
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That's what we're doing.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And like fresh brains for like wedding tickets.
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Yes, next yeah.
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Yeah, amazing.
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Thank you so much for coming.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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Thank you for having us.
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That was my conversation with Hannah from Shop by Hannah and Mehek from Sage Shots.
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And I learned so much about what to do when you're worried about planning a wedding and how to really prioritize, and some information on like the wedding industry itself and what it's like to be a bride.
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If you are looking for more content on the South Asian weddings, we have our South Asian wedding series up and ready and posted for you wherever you find your podcast.
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