Yes! It’s True!

Yes, I am leaving Sri Lanka, my home for the past 13 years. I now have 2 great grandsons (5 months and 20 months), whom I haven’t met and it’s time to meet them and be their Great Grammie!

My grandson and the youngest of my great grandsons!

When the idea came up for me to go, both Lipton and I were overwhelmed with sadness. After all, we’ve been together as photo partners, mentor and student, ‘mother and son’, and best friends for these 13 years. How would we manage without each other? And how would Lipton manage without 10-year-old Toby, our Rhodesian Ridgeback who we’ve had since he was 6 weeks old? Yes, I am taking Toby with me. There is no way I can leave him. No way.

And what about ShadeTree Productions?

We began our wedding photography venture 12 years ago. Our first wedding was in Bentota with an English/Sri Lankan/Australian couple. It was a two-day shoot and on the morning of the wedding I started shooting at 9AM. By 11PM that night I was knackered and I handed the camera over to Lipton and said, ‘I’m tired, you shoot.’ He had never shot an event before, but he didn’t hesitate and began shooting the dancing shots. Turns out his photos looked just like mine – we were totally in sync! The couple didn’t leave the reception until 2AM and Lipton shot that whole time. It was awesome. And we were off and running; ShadeTree Productions was born!

So, what about ShadeTree Productions now? It will still continue, stronger than ever. Lipton has teamed up with Jéshàñ D Nįthįyanandán, a fabulous photographer who recently returned from Melborne. They are calling themselves: ShadeTree Productions & J&M photography. The new office/studio will be in Borella. They will continue doing wedding photography and videography, portrait photography, events and even birthdays.

They have a full time photo editor and album designer. She’s fabulous! And, of course they have female photographers and videographers for the Muslim Weddings and Waleemas. They even have a hair and makeup artist in ShadeTree Productions & J&M photography – J&M Makeover Studio! So all is good to go!

Check out Lipton and Jéshàñ's fashion photo shoot at our new studio! Many thanks to Buddhi Batiks and Mondy for their fabulous outfits for the shoot.

Love the shoes!

Ooh la la!

Wow - the look!

To book your weddings, homecomings, waleemas, all your events; call Lipton at 0777.387735. Lipton and Jéshàñ will capture your moments!

As for me?
I’m going to live in San Francisco and I’ll do photography of some sort. Maybe start a ShadeTree Productions California. And I’ll visit my family and continue Lucy’s Buzz! Plus, I will always be part of ShadeTree Productions & J&M photography!

Check out our Sri Lankan wedding photography and videography, travel photography, portrait photography, female photographers, commercial photography on our new page at https://www.facebook.com/ShadeTree-JM-Photography-1550847388566974/ and at our website at: http://www.shadetreeSL.com

© ShadeTree Productions & J&M Photography

Super Sexy Sri Lanka Wedding! WOW!

I knew from the beginning that this wedding was going to be fun! The couple, Milan and Shenzie, and Lipton and I hit it right off. They wanted a fabulous pre-wedding video and Lipton was full of fabulous ideas. Theirs was a match made in Heaven and we fit right in!

Milan and Lipton put their heads together and came up with a fun script for the pre-wedding video, which was to be played as the couple and the retinue entered the hall. It was a 3-day shoot and the couple and the super wonderful retinue (which included one of our former brides!) had a blast doing it. But I’ll save more of the details on that for when I post the video on Lucy’sBuzz.

Lipton and Team ShadeTree left early for the getting-ready-shots. I arrived at the Jaiq Hilton later, in time to leave with the crew for the wedding ceremony at Scott’s Kirk. The priest right away informed Milan that all photos were to be taken from behind the 2^nd row. He wanted a more religious intimacy for the ceremony, so there were to be no ring photos, or close-ups of the couple. That’s okay, we could deal.

Back at the Jaiq, our video editor and I sat in the ballroom, while he edited the last bit of the pre-wedding video. Little by little the crowd filtered in, along with a photography crew! I was confused. How could there be another photographer there? And the crowd was on the oldish side and yet Shenzie told me their crowd was young…?

I called Lipton. “Do Milan and Shenzi have a band or a DJ?”

There was silence on the phone. “A DJ,” Lipton said.

“I think we’re in the wrong ballroom.” I went next door, where they had finally posted the announcement for whose wedding was happening. Yep. We had been in the wrong ballroom!

I couldn’t stop laughing!

The rest of the night went off without a hitch and for the whole night I couldn’t stop smiling! My cheeks hurt! Everyone was smiling!

The bride and groom were so so gorgeous and the retinue ladies were so so darn sexy. The groomsmen were so so awesome! They were a photographer’s dream!

Thanks to Team ShadeTree; with Tai and Taranga, Sampath, Ishan and Sidhara!! Great job, Team!

And thanks to Milan and Shenzi for choosing us to be part of their wedding experience!

Enjoy the photos! And share!

WOW!

Handsome groom!

Photographer photo bomb!

Sexy ladies!

Fun!

Video action!

Retinue photo bomb!

Peek-a-boo!

WOW!

First dance.

Dramatic!

Ring shot!

They love Lipton!

We love them!

Flash dance!!!

They wanted Lipton to dance!!!

Sexy couple, sexy car!

If your want to book your wedding shoot, give us a call at: 0777 387734.

Check out our Sri Lankan wedding photography, travel photography, portrait photography, female photographers, commercial photography at our website at: http://www.shadetreeSL.com

© ShadeTree Productions