MEMORY FILMING®
Leicester by Memory Filming

Leicester and the East Midlands

Asian Wedding Photographer Leicester

A Brentford studio travelling to Leicester for Sikh, Hindu, Muslim and Gujarati weddings, with photography and film from one crew.

12 weddings

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Asian wedding photographer Leicester couples can book from London

Memory Filming is based in Brentford, London, and travels to Leicester and Leicestershire for photography and film. The crew arrives the night before, so nobody is stuck on the M1 while the Milni or the Baraat is starting.

We do not have a Leicester office and we will not pretend otherwise. What we do have is twenty five years of Asian weddings. Khurram Iftikhar has filmed 9,700 weddings since 2000, including 3,300 Asian ceremonies across six traditions. Leicester is around 100 miles from the studio, and most of what a wedding needs is knowing what happens next in the ceremony, not living nearby.

Leicester is also a city where the community is large. At the 2021 census, 126,421 Leicester residents, 34.3 per cent of the city, described themselves as Indian, with a further 12,673 Pakistani and 7,055 Bangladeshi. A community that size usually means big families and a wedding that runs over several days, so we plan coverage event by event.

The calendar matters too. Belgrave Road, the Golden Mile, is where much of the jewellery and outfit shopping happens, and the council describes the Diwali celebrations there as one of the largest outside India. Check your wedding date against the Diwali dates before you fix it.

Gurdwara, mandir or masjid, and what we do in each

Each place of worship sets its own rules, so we agree ours with the people who run it weeks before the day.

  • 01

    Anand Karaj

    We clear photography and film conditions with the Granthi and the committee at your gurdwara, for example one such as Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib on East Park Road. Heads are covered and shoes are off. During the four laavan we keep to the side, with two operators so no pass is covered from one angle only. The Milni and the Doli happen outside, and we plan them as separate moments.

  • 02

    Hindu ceremonies

    A mandap fire, coloured drapes and a ceremony of several hours make some of the hardest light in wedding work. We light for it instead of fighting it, and we cover the Haldi at home as well as the ceremony itself.

  • 03

    Nikah and Walima

    The Nikah is shot on long lenses from the back of the room, with no flash and nobody asked to repeat it. We also have a service of female wedding photographer and videographer London.

  • 04

    Gujarati celebrations

    Garba and Jago nights are fast, loud and dark. We plan for movement and mixed light.

  • 05

    Home functions

    Mehndi, Pithi and Maiyaan happen in small rooms full of relatives. We work quietly so the house does not feel like a set.

  • 06

    Receptions

    At a large reception the entrances happen once and fast. We agree the stage list with the family beforehand so nobody important is left out because the queue ran long.

What the coverage looks like

We do not 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 send an itemised quote with nothing to decode.

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 couples book a London crew for Leicester

The ceremony knowledge travels. The postcode does not decide whether someone knows when the laavan are about to begin.

  • 9,700 weddings and 3,300 Asian ceremonies

    Twenty five years of watching what happens next.

  • Half the guests often come from London anyway

    Many Leicester weddings have one family travelling in.

  • You can watch full weddings first

    Our recent films are mostly London and the South East. Judge us on that work in the portfolio before you book.

  • Four awards

    Including one from Pakistan Achievement Awards International, 187 reviews on google and a 5 out of 5 rating from 18 reviews on Bridebook.

How a Leicester wedding runs with us

  1. 01

    Send your events

    List every function with its date, place and start time. We reply within one working day with availability, a crew size and a straight price.

  2. 02

    We call the venue and the place of worship

    Weeks ahead, never on the morning.

  3. 03

    The crew arrives the night before

    Wedding mornings start early, and traffic is not a risk worth taking.

  4. 04

    Travel is in the quote

    You will not find a mileage line on the final invoice.

  5. 05

    Both sides are covered

    Bridal and groom preparations happen at the same time in different places.

  6. 06

    The same crew turns up

    We do not pass Leicester weddings to a subcontractor.

Questions

Before you ask.

Do you photograph Asian weddings in Leicester?

Yes. We cover Sikh, Hindu, Muslim and Gujarati weddings in Leicester and Leicestershire with photography and film from one crew. The studio is in Brentford, so the crew travels up the night before.

Are you based in Leicester?

No. We are a London studio, and we would rather say so. If your wedding is a single day in one building and budget is tight, a local photographer whose work you like is a sensible choice. If the ceremony is complex or runs across several days, experience of that specific ceremony counts for more than the postcode.

Do you charge extra for travel to Leicester?

Travel is built into the quote at the start, not added afterwards. Tell us the venue and the number of events and the quote covers getting there.

Do you offer photography and videography together?

Yes, and most couples choose both. One crew follows one plan across the day, so the film and the photographs match.

Can you cover an Anand Karaj at a Leicester gurdwara?

Yes. We agree photography and film conditions with the Granthi and the committee well before the day, and we use two operators so the laavan are covered from more than one side.

Do you cover both the bride and groom preparations?

Yes. On a full day both sides are covered at once, with separate crew members at each location.

4 awards for our work, including from Pakistan Achievement Awards International. Rated 5 out of 5 from 18 reviews on Bridebook. See them.

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.

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