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The baraat is the loudest, brightest and most chaotic part of an Indian wedding, and it is also the part that is easiest to photograph badly. Good baraat photography is not about getting every dancer in the frame. It is about being in the right place when the groom reaches the ghodi, when the dhol

A bridal portrait is the one photograph in the wedding album where the bride is the only subject. No family groups, no rituals, no guests walking through the frame. Good bridal portrait photography takes about twenty quiet minutes, and most of what makes it work is decided before the camera comes out. Here is how

Most couples ask us, “Where should we shoot?” before they have answered a simpler question: what are the two of you like when nobody is watching? A pre-wedding shoot location is not a backdrop you pick from a list. It is the place where you will have to be yourselves for three or four hours,

An engagement is the first time both families stand on one stage and say it out loud: this is happening. The ring ceremony in an Indore home or banquet is usually shorter than the wedding, but it is crowded, emotional and over in an hour. Good engagement photography is about being ready for that one

Mehendi is the calm before the wedding storm. The bride sits for hours, the cousins sing, the aunties argue about whose design is better, and the artist works quietly on every line. It is a gentle function, and the photographs from it are some of the most personal in an album. Here is how we

A sangeet is the one night of the wedding where everyone performs. Cousins who have rehearsed for three weeks, parents who surprise everybody, and a couple who finally gets to dance without a pandit counting the minutes. It is also the hardest event to photograph well. The hall is dark, the stage lights keep changing

Ask any photographer who shoots weddings in Indore which ceremony is the most fun and the most difficult, and many will say haldi. The colour is wonderful, the family is relaxed and everyone is laughing. It is also the one function where turmeric hits the camera, the light is harsh at noon, and a perfect

A wedding day in Indore rarely runs on the clock the card prints. The baraat leaves late, the pandit’s muhurat sits right in the middle of lunch, and someone’s mama ji is always missing when the family photo is called. After years of shooting weddings across Indore, Ujjain and Bhopal, we can tell you that