Tehan and Mandeera’s story is definitely incredibly romantic! They first met on New Year’s eve in 2007 at a mutual friend’s NYE party in Sri Lanka.
Tehan spotted Mandeera from across the room and thought she was absolutely beautiful. They chatted away through out the evening, sharing each other’s stories and dreams. Whilst the two were in Sri Lanka for their holidays they kept in contact and met up for dates, they describe it as “We were both feeling something special, we couldn’t explain it. We were just feeling so happy being together”.
Just as they were getting to know each other and enjoying each other’s company it was time for them to leave Sri Lanka and return home, Mandeera was to go to Toronto, Canada and Tehan to Brisbane, Australia.
Knowing that they had never felt like this about anyone before they agreed to embark on a long distance relationship.
After a while the distance just became too much to handle so they ended the relationship.
Two years passed and they ended up finding each other again in Sri Lanka, sparks flew and they both realised this was something very special. They made a commitment to see each other as much as possible despite the long distance.
Mandeera came to see Tehan in Brisbane later that year after rekindling in Sri Lanka, and Tehan flew to Toronto in September.
They met up once again in Sri Lanka whilst visiting family and friends, on December 26th 2010 they got engaged.
Mandeera and Tehan contacted me to shoot an engagement session and photography for them. They flew me to Queensland and we drove from Brisbane to Kirra Beach. I was so amazed at it’s beautiful white sand and crystal clear blue ocean - so much nicer than Sydney beaches.
Tehan and Mandeera were such a delight to hang out with and work with. I loved the fact that they were more than willingly to do something unique for their engagement session and splashing about in the water in a cocktail dress was definitely something I was interested in capturing! Haha.
Here is a selection of photos from their session:
