Experimenting on my best friend's wedding

Above: the bride's hands on her mehndi, while she waited to go outside after signing her nikah
It was one of my best friend's wedding this past weekend. And a fun one at that. Armed with a determination to experiment with my brand new camera and get her some good giftable pics, I was right in the middle of it many times , but I didn't care, and the best thing was, my best friend would pose for me anytime, anyway, and let me be as crazy as I wanted to and do anything. I mean she's my friend for a reason, right?
Weddings are generally so staged and routine, look so much the same with the same kind of venue settings, that I appreciated anew the challenge to just get some different shots.
Now, since this was my first real time with a DSLR, I certainly didn't get the hang of it. And there is a lot of work to be done now...!