Wedding photography
Moments frozen in time.
Photography preserves the stillness, the expressions, the details, the glances that happen in seconds and are gone.
What a photograph holds
A photograph captures something film cannot: stillness. The exact moment the bride sees herself in the mirror. A father's face during Kanyadaan.
Film records motion and sound. Photography records intention and composition, and it is what ends up on your walls, in the album your parents keep in the front room, and in the frame your grandchildren will pick up in thirty years.
Twenty-five years in tells us couples come back to stills for different reasons than film. They want the detail the day was too fast to notice: the way the light caught the jewellery, the henna close up, the expression on an aunt's face three rows back. And they want it graded so a bright Mehndi and a dim prayer hall look like one body of work.
Most couples book both. Film lets you hear the vows again. Photography lets you see exactly how your partner looked at you while you said them.
What we photograph
A complete record of the day, in the order it happened.
- 01
Getting ready
The outfit, the jewellery, the henna, the last hour of quiet before it starts, and the family moments that only happen in that room.
- 02
Pre-ceremony
The Baraat arriving, the welcome at the door, the Mehndi, Haldi and Sangeet, and the guests gathering before anyone is watching.
- 03
The ceremony
The binding moments of your rite, the Ijab-Qabul, the laavan, the Saptapadi, the thali, and just as importantly, the faces of the people watching them.
- 04
Portraits
The couple, the families, and the environmental frames that put you in the place it happened. Quick, unfussy, and never at the cost of the day.
- 05
The reception
The entrance, the speeches, the first dance, and the dancefloor once the formalities are done and everyone stops posing.
- 06
Detail and décor
The flowers, the stationery, the tables, the fabric. Everything you spent months choosing and would otherwise only see in your own memory.
Coverage
Three shapes of coverage. Which one fits depends on how many events you are running and how many rooms need a camera at once.
Single day
- Around eight hours
- One photographer
- Roughly 500–700 edited images
- Digital delivery
- Four to six weeks
Full day
- Around twelve hours, getting ready to reception
- Two photographers
- Roughly 800–1,000 edited images
- Digital delivery and an album
- Four to six weeks
Multi-day
- Two to four days across all events
- Two to three photographers
- 2,000+ edited images
- Digital delivery, premium album and prints
- Six to eight weeks
The right choice when events run in parallel, a bride's and groom's Mehndi on the same morning needs two crews, not one.
We don't publish prices, because no two of these weddings are the same. Tell us the date, the venue and how many events you are running, and we will send an itemised quote with nothing to decode.
Twenty-five years in the room
Why us for the stills
Twenty-five years of knowing which second is the one.
We know your ceremony
We have photographed the Ijab-Qabul in East London prayer halls where it happens in seconds and the light is difficult. We know where to stand for the laavan without blocking the sangat. We know what the thali means. Not from reading about it, from 9,700 of them.
We know the technical problem
Temple light is not banquet-hall light. A mandap fire is not a window. We have shot in all of it across London, and we adjust exposure, white balance and position on the day, because there are no retakes on any of these moments.
We stay out of the way
Photography is presence, not direction. If your family asks us to stay back for a moment, we stay back. If your venue has restrictions, we already know them. You should never feel managed by your photographer.
How it runs
- 01Before
The conversation
Your ceremony, your events, your family, your venue, and anything specific you want us to make sure we get.
- 02Before the day
Preparation
We scout the venue if it is new to us, confirm photography restrictions, build the shot list around your tradition, and coordinate with your film crew if you have booked both.
- 03The day
Coverage
Early arrival to read the light and the room, then the whole day, getting ready, ceremony, reception, without ever running the day for you.
- 04After
Edit and delivery
We cull, grade every frame to one consistent look, retouch, and deliver by secure download, with the album if it is part of your coverage.
Questions
Before you ask.
How many photographs do we get?
Roughly 500–700 for a single day, 800–1,000 for a full day, and 2,000+ across a multi-day wedding. Those are edited images, the ones worth keeping, not the full card.
Can we share them online?
Yes. You own the files and can post, print, or send them to family however you like.
Should we book photography and film together?
Most couples do, because they preserve different things. If you book both with us, the crews are coordinated in advance so they position around each other instead of getting in each other's shots, which is the usual problem when the two are booked separately.
Are albums and prints included?
The single-day coverage is digital only. Full-day coverage includes an album, and multi-day includes a premium album and prints. We can add an album to any of them.
What if we want a different editing style?
We grade consistently across every image so the set holds together. If you want it warmer, cooler, more muted or more contrasty, tell us at the consultation and we will grade to that.
How long until we get them?
Four to six weeks, or six to eight for a multi-day wedding. If you need them sooner, ask. We can usually arrange a faster edit.
Do you shoot pre-wedding sessions?
Yes, as a separate session before the wedding. See the pre-wedding page for how those work.
Enquire
Is your datestill free?
Tell us the date and the venue and we will come back within one working day with availability, a crew size and a straight price.