<div><em><strong>The Microsoft Lumia 730 helped Prachi and Ankit make their Big Day even more special, writes Manish Kumar Pathak</strong></em></div><div> </div><div>The big fat Indian wedding has always hogged headlines and when the arrangement is coupled with a device that seeps in close and personal, the combination has also the ingredients to emerge victorious. The Lumia 730 did just that recently at the wedding of Ankit Agarwal and Prachi Bansal in Delhi, which Microsoft is calling 'India's first selfie wedding'.</div><div> </div><div>Delhi-based wedding photographer Vijay Tonk or Think Tonk as he wishes to be called and Microsoft scripted the #SelfieShaadi concept, the first ever selfie wedding in India. #SelfieShaadi was conceptualised as an online contest that invited entries by soon-to-be-married couples to win a chance to play the protagonists in India's first ever Selfie wedding. The competition was won by the NCR-based couple Ankit and Prachi. Ankit Agarwal, employed at Landmark Group in United Arab Emirates, and his wife Prachi, a Fashion Designer, who tied the nuptial knot recently are excited about starring in the country's first-of-its-kind #SelfieShaadi and are sharing their experience with their friends and family members on social media platforms.<br> </div><div><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/selfie2-lrg.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 380px;"></div><div><br>The virtual world is evolving and the trends of clicking pictures and instantly sharing it with friends and family transpired when Tonk decided to weave in selfies to wedding photography and ditched his DSLR to use the Lumia 730 to document the first ever wedding in selfies. The Lumia 730 which comes equipped with a wide angle 5 MP front camera became Tonk's companion to shoot the wedding.</div><div> </div><div>Mobile phones the world over campaign extensively for their 'unique' features, and particularly for their cameras. This unique experiment will surely prove to be a major shot in the arm for Lumia 730, launched last year at an MRP of Rs. 15,299, and which comes with a selfie app. This smartphone also has a 6.7-megapixel rear camera with LED flash.</div><div> </div><div>According to Tonk, "I have always loved experimenting and trying something new with wedding photography. Capturing an entire wedding through selfies was an idea that I had been contemplating for some time considering the selfie trend but couldn't find the right device to do justice to the ambitious idea. Fortunately, the Lumia 730 had all the features packed into one device that could turn my dream project into reality. Shooting with the Lumia 730 was a completely different experience."</div>
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