Indian Wedding Photographer in Connecticut

Surya Garigipati Photography & Films photographs Indian weddings across Connecticut, from Greenwich, Stamford and Norwalk on the Fairfield County shoreline to Danbury, New Haven and Hartford. The New Jersey studio has photographed more than 400 South Asian celebrations since 2013 and is rated 4.9 on Google; Fairfield County is within the travel every collection includes.

At a glance

Studio	Surya Garigipati Photography & Films LLC, Flemington, New Jersey
Covers	Fairfield County (Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Danbury), New Haven, Hartford and the shoreline
From the studio	About two hours to Stamford; Hartford is further
Travel	Fairfield County is within the 90 miles of New Jersey included in every collection; the rest of the state is included in the Wedding Weekend collection or quoted per event
Traditions	Hindu, Sikh, South Indian, Gujarati, Muslim and fusion weddings
Experience	Weddings since 2013; more than 400 South Asian celebrations
Reviews	4.9 on Google from 38 public reviews: read every one
Pricing	By event, not by the hour: packages and prices

Connecticut weddings

Connecticut is part of the Tri-State area we work in through the year, and its Indian weddings have a particular look: the Long Island Sound behind a lawn ceremony in Greenwich or Westport, a country club or estate with the mandap under old trees, and a hotel ballroom in Stamford or Hartford for a reception of four hundred. Many couples planning a Connecticut wedding have family in New York and New Jersey, so the weekend is often split, with the mehndi in Queens or Edison and the wedding on the shoreline. One team covers all of it.

Where in Connecticut

• Greenwich, Stamford and Darien: the hotel ballrooms and waterfront clubs closest to New York, an hour from Manhattan and within the travel every collection includes.
• Norwalk, Westport and Fairfield: the shoreline estates and beaches for a ceremony by the water.
• Danbury and the hills: inns and estates in the north-west corner, close to the New York line.
• New Haven and Hartford: the university city’s halls and the capital’s hotel ballrooms, and the community temples that serve the families of the central valley.

We walk any venue we have not worked in before the day to see where the mandap goes, which way the light falls at the hour of your ceremony and where the baraat can run. Our guide to outdoor Indian wedding venues covers what an estate has to allow for a mandap, a havan and a baraat; the same questions apply on the Sound.

Ceremonies: at the venue, at the temple

Connecticut families hold the ceremony at the venue with their own priest, at a community temple or mandir close to home, or back in New York or New Jersey with the reception in Connecticut. Where the ceremony is in a temple, we confirm the rules on flash, positions and dress before the day; where it is on a lawn, we ask that the mandap faces so the couple are not looking into the sun, and plan the ceremony for the softer light of late afternoon where the muhurtham allows. Our Hindu wedding, Sikh wedding, South Indian wedding and Muslim wedding pages go through the ceremonies.

Portraits on the Sound

The shoreline is the portrait location: the beaches and harbours of Greenwich, Westport and Fairfield, the lighthouse at Stamford’s Cove Island, the Yale courtyards in New Haven and the river parks of Hartford. The Sound faces south, so the water catches the light for most of the afternoon and the last hour before sunset is the one to keep. Town beaches and parks often require a permit or a resident’s pass for professional photography; we check every location and arrange it before the day.

Travel from New Jersey

Fairfield County sits within the 90 miles of New Jersey that every collection includes, so there is no travel charge for a Greenwich, Stamford or Norwalk wedding. For New Haven, Hartford and the east of the state, travel is included in the Wedding Weekend collection and quoted per event for the others, itemised in the written proposal. For a multi-day weekend the team stays nearby, so the haldi and the sangeet are covered without a drive down I-95 at dawn. The rest of the region is on our pages for Westchester, New York City and Indian wedding photographers across the USA.

Photographs and film from one team

Cinematography has been in-house since 2016, so photographers and cinematographers work from one shot list and one timeline. Couples receive a four-to-six-minute highlight film and a twenty-to-thirty-minute feature film with the vows and speeches in full; a licensed drone, where the venue and the law allow, earns its place on the shoreline. Watch real weddings on the films page, then check your date; Surya replies personally within 24 hours.

What couples wrote on Google

"Surya did a great job capturing our wedding festivities. Him and his team were with us for five days of festivities along with our engagement and pre wedding shoot. We were very happy with the results." — Yerusa Dewan

"We had Surya Garigipati & company do photography for our son’s wedding. Very impressive and honest work. They are very punctual, professional and courteous." — L Narayana Gajula

Questions Connecticut couples ask us