Real weddings, planning notes, and the things I wish every couple knew twelve months out.
Six hundred guests, a mandap built over water, and a bride who asked for exactly one thing: that her grandmother be in as many photographs as possible. Here's how the whole weekend unfolded.
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The Manhattan ballrooms, the waterfront piers, the Queens halls built for a baraat — and the light in each one.
Center City landmarks, the Cescaphe rooms, and the South Jersey ballrooms across the river — with the light in each.
Jeelakarra Bellam, Mangalya Dharanam, Talambralu, Oonjal, Kasi Yatra — the moments that happen once, and where we stand when they do.
The baraat, the Milni, the four Laavan, the langar and the doli — and how we work inside the gurdwara with respect.
Haldi to reception — the hours each event really needs, where the light falls, and the buffers that save the day.
The six things that set the number, how to compare two quotes that look nothing alike, and where the money actually goes.
Route, light, timing, the horse or the car, the Milni at the door — the twenty minutes that deserve planning.
DJ colour, LED walls, uplighting, the stage — and how we light the entrance, the speeches and the first dance so they look the way they felt.
Grounds for the baraat, a staircase that earns its place in every album — how a weekend there photographs.
Sweeping staircases, a great hall that photographs like a film set, grounds for the baraat — how a weekend there photographs.
Crystal, marble and a ballroom built for a stage entrance — how a multi-day weekend there photographs.
French-inspired gardens, an outdoor mandap that feels intended, golden-hour portraits — how a weekend there photographs.
A photographer’s honest guide — the ballrooms, the gardens, the baraat routes, and the light in each one.
Twelve questions that separate a photographer who knows your ceremony from one who is guessing.
Venues, the baraat, the muhurtham — and three days scheduled for the light.
The words every NJ and NYC photographer uses — explained honestly by one.
A Catholic ceremony in the morning and a Telugu muhurtham the next day — and what it takes to give both their own visual language.
A completely different brief to a wedding: less formality, more energy, and a guest of honour who knows exactly what she does and doesn't want.