Slough and the Thames Valley
Ditton Manor is already in our portfolio.
Moazam and Zoya's Muslim wedding there is on this site in full, which is a better answer than telling you we cover the area.
A wedding here is rarely one postcode
The Nikkah in Slough, the reception at a Thames Valley country house, and a drive in between that nobody budgets enough time for.
That is the usual shape, and it is why the planning matters more than the equipment. We have covered Ditton Manor and know how the light moves through it. We work the Heathrow hotels twenty minutes away. The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire houses that Slough families use for the evening are the same ones we have been photographing for years.
Slough has one of the highest South Asian populations of any town in the country, and the weddings run the full range: Nikkah and Walima, Anand Karaj, Vivaah, and an increasing number of fusion days where two traditions share an afternoon. All of them are in this studio's twenty-five years.
We are based in London and travel out, which for Slough means arriving early rather than the night before unless your morning starts before dawn. We will tell you which at the enquiry stage rather than discovering it together on the day.
Covering a Slough wedding
What the day actually asks for.
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Ditton Manor and the Thames Valley houses
Venues we have worked. Knowing where the sun lands at four o'clock in October is the sort of thing that only comes from having stood there.
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The mosque, agreed beforehand
What is permitted during the Ijab-Qabul varies. We speak to whoever runs the room ahead of the day and turn up already knowing.
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Two venues, one convoy
Slough to a Berkshire or Buckinghamshire venue is common. The journey is covered rather than treated as a break.
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Segregated receptions
Where the women's side needs covering in full, a female photographer is arranged as part of the crew rather than found at the last minute.
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Windsor and the river
For couples who want portraits away from the venue, the area gives you more than a hotel car park. It costs twenty minutes and is worth planning for.
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Both cameras, one team
Photography and film as a single unit, positioned together, so neither is in the other's frame during the parts that happen once.
Coverage
The same shapes of coverage as anywhere else we work.
One day
- Around ten hours
- Photography, film, or both
- Crew travels the night before if the start is early
- Digital delivery
Full day
- Around fourteen hours
- Both sides covered at the same time
- Album and feature film
- Documentary edit as well as highlights
Multi-event
- Mehndi, Haldi, Sangeet, the day, the reception
- Across more than one venue if that is how it falls
- One team throughout
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
Work in the area, already published
Two weddings you can look at before you speak to us.
Moazam and Zoya, Ditton Manor
A Muslim wedding at Ditton Manor, in the portfolio in full. The venue is on our list because we have worked it, not because we found it on a directory.
The Heathrow side
Tanuj and Tanisha's Hindu wedding at the Radisson Blu, London Heathrow, twenty minutes from Slough and a completely different kind of room.
Twenty-five years of both traditions
Nikkah and Walima, Anand Karaj and Vivaah. Slough weddings are not one tradition and a crew that only knows one is a gamble.
Questions
Before you ask.
Have you worked at Ditton Manor?
Yes. Moazam and Zoya's wedding there is published on this site. It is why this page exists rather than being a template.
Do you charge extra for travel to Slough?
It is built into the quote rather than added afterwards. Slough is close enough that travel is rarely the deciding factor.
Can you cover a Nikkah in Slough and a reception in Buckinghamshire?
Yes, and it is the most common shape here. Give us both addresses at the enquiry stage so the timings account for the drive rather than assuming it away.
Would a local photographer be better?
If your whole wedding is one room on one day and the budget is tight, a good local photographer is a sensible choice, and we would rather say that than win a booking badly. If you are running two venues and two traditions, experience of that matters more than the distance.
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.