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The Wedding of Titi and Ibrahim – (Long Overdue O)

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Ok, the bride harassed me into making this post. She sent me a bb message saying my wedding is not on your website !!!!!.

So I had to quickly reap myself out of my lazy couch and dig into the archives to pull out this one.

To Titi and Ibrahim Aliyu, your wedding was one of the most Xsightn I ever shot (then you would expect me to say that wouldn’t you ?) and I mean it from the bottom of my heart.

The wedding was different, there wasn’t any time wasting, the church was not conventional as it was outside, to add to that, it rained on the day and that added a bit of drama to the whole experience. Was scared of getting my equipments wet while at the same time conscious of the fact that i had to get “the” shot, every time.

It was truly a honor to shoot such an awesome wedding. Ibrahim is the nicest dude you could ever expect to meet, he was very quiet, very shy initially but as the day unravelled, all date shyness quickly vanished into thin air.

Titi on the other hand was the ultimate playful bride, she couldn’t stop making jokes all day.

Here are some pictures from their Nigerian wedding and I hope you can see live the whole wedding via this timeless images.

@TITI.. Oya I don post the images now o, make I rest jor…. Lots of love from @xsightn

My name is Kayode and I shoot Nigeria weddings.

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God is Great

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Nothing as good as waking up in the morning and the very first call you receive is from a total stranger who really likes your work.

Because of my online presence I am fortunate to receive numerous emails from fans and buddying photographers who simply want to say nice work or just rub minds.

I missed a call on my phone this morning and decided to call back, the person on the other side introduced himself as a pastor and that he was calling from Ondo state.

He wanted me to know he had been on my website for the past 6 hours eating through my blog posts. He couldn’t stop showering me with praises and I felt really honored.

He went on to ask me to drop the call so he could call back (So that I wouldn’t finish my credit, I think, which was really thoughtful of him). He called back and spent the next 15mins praying for me, I mean it was really strange and I have had the shivers all day. It was really intense prayers o, the type that combines english with yoruba.

I am only a photographer and to be getting the sort of attention I get at times is really nothing short of amazing.

I was just wanted to use this blog post not to talk photography but to thank God for my life, my family and my business and to bless all you guys out there. I pray all your heart’s desire will be met in Jesus name, Amen.

My name is Kayode, I am a leading wedding photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Because a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s something I like from my collections, it’s a Nigerian bride getting ready.

Tags: 2012, bless, nigeria, ondo, photo, photographer, pray, Wedding
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Happy New Wedding Year !!!

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Happy New Year everybody!!!!

2011 was a pretty impressive year for our wedding photography business as we continue to win our way into the hearts of many Nigerian brides. We want to say a big thank you to everyone that was part of the whole Xsightn experience and we promise to continue to exceed your expectations.

For 2012, I am praying to shoot in new markets such as Kenya, Angola and the middle east, so if you know someone getting married in those locations be sure to reach out to me.

One of the most symbolic things that happened to me personally in 2011, was the acquisition of my Nikon D3s camera. For me this is the perfect fusion of form and performance. This camera already has began to take my photography to a whole new level, I am treading in paths, I would never have dreamt of in the past thanks to the amazing craftsmanship of the great guys in Nikon. These days I am just as comfortable shooting at iso 6400 as I am at iso 200. I really cannot wait to open the 2012 wedding season shooting with this wonderful camera.

One of my mentors, Steve Jobs also passed away after a very long fight with cancer, he was an inspiration and I “gulped up” every single word he uttered. Steve Jobs is regarded by many as the man who has made the biggest impact on technology in the last decade or so.

I promise to try my very best to keep this blog as recent as possible so you all stay tuned.

And because a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a picture from a Nigerian wedding album I am currently working on.

Happy new year everybody !!!.

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The Ondo Wedding of Olamide and Muyiwa

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Its quite easy to actually forget you own a blog

It’s took my friend and fellow Nigerian professional photographer, Leye Olumide to remind me that I had not posted anything in a while.

I had to quickly dig into my collection to find something to share.

The wedding of Olamide and Muyiwa took place in Ondo state and as every Xsightn wedding usually is, it was a real treat to shoot.

Strangely I just delivered the couple’s albums just a week ago for onward delivery to their base in the UK.

I want to say a big thank you to you both, you guys were simply amazing and I wish you all the best together, forever.

PS: Muyiwa is such an amazing guy and for a guy he did know what he wanted when he contacted me, most guys don’t really care. I have never met a guy who was so concerned about details, he always wanted to clarify and even write everything down. (Little does he know how much his attention to detail has had an impact on me.)

Here are some of my images from the white wedding of Muyiwa and Olamide, because I always take soooooo many pictures, I really had to control myself to upload only a few, hope you guys like them.

My name is Kayode and I am the lead wedding photographer for Xsightn Photography.

You can contact me via bookings@xsightn.com for your next event.

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Tags: 2011, 2012, lagos, muyiwa, nigeria, nigerian, olumide, ondo, photographer, top, Wedding
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The Celebrity Wedding of Obiwon and Nkechi in Nigeria

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

On Saturday 22nd October 2011, Nigerian inspirational gospel musician, Obiora “Obiwon” Agu married his sweetheart, Nkechi Obioma Ezeife. The couple wed at the All Souls Church in Lekki followed by a thrilling and romantic reception at the Incubator in Victoria Island.

I was contacted by Namywedding.com to shoot this celebrity wedding and when I heard it was for Obiwon, I quickly accepted. Obiwon is a musician that I totally love listening to and the opportunity to meet with him and indeed shoot his wedding was one I just couldn’t resist. His anthem, “Obimo” still gives my goose bumps.

I fell in love with the whole wedding for a number of reasons.

One, I was shooting the wedding of an awesome talent that I truly admired, a true celebrity who could hold his own very well anywhere.

Two, I was the only official photographer on ground so I really didn’t need to “struggle” to get my shots, this is always very important for me and I actually don’t accept assignments when I am not the main shooter.

Thirdly, It was a night wedding, from church to the reception, it was wholly a night affair. Night weddings are not too common in Nigeria and the opportunity to shoot my first was to tempting to ignore. Shooting night weddings does post a lot of challenges to the photographer but if you are able to step over those challenges you should get pictures that truly stand out. I struggled a in the night but my Nikon D3s shone like a million stars when everything go very very dark.

I have worked with quite a number of Nigerian celebrities in the past and permit me to say Obiwon and his wife, Nkechi’s “head dey for house “. Both were quite down to earth and showed no signs of “forming” or being larger than life. On first meeting me, both were extremely friendly and even wanted to be sure I had something to eat and drink.

I got to sing back my favorite Obiwon song “Obimo” to the crooner while Nkechi and her chief bridesmaid were kind enough to breakdown the whole Igbo lyrics of the song to me, line after line.

Obiwon and Nkechi’s wedding was an amazing celebration of love! Nkechi was a beautiful glowing bride in her corseted lace dress accessorized with a stunning hair piece. Their wedding had a lovely springtime feel with lots of yellow flowers, lights and swaths. Obiwon and Nkechi’s love and joy was obvious to everyone in attendance all through the ceremony and reception including the special moment when the groom got on stage and sang a special song just for his bride!

This pictures have already been featured on Nigerian wedding website, Namywedding and also BellaNaija.

Specially thanks to Tito Abumere, my very talent second shooter who assisted in making this terrific images.

Here are a few pictures from the official wedding photographer of the wedding of Obiwon and Nkechi, hope you guys like it.