Indian traditional wedding are vibrant, colorful, lavish, comprising of pre-wedding & post-wedding ceremonies like engagement, mehandi, sangeet, tilak, haldi and roka ceremonies, which just keeps the photographers, cinematographers, on their toes, capturing the unique crucial & candid moments. Here importance is given to every detail, to each and every guest, food-specialties, food courts, the serving of food, decors, the sets, the lights etc. The Food forms an important part, so n extra thought is given while shooting for wedding food photography.
The entire atmosphere is full of fun and joyful excitement throughout during the traditional rituals like engagement, haldi, sangeet, mehandi, tilak and during other ceremonies. All this is captured during shoots, and is quiet visible in throughout the video films, or photographs.
Shooting for any Indian traditional wedding is not just of the couple, but it also comprises of the entire families from both sides, friends, who are the part of an amazing journey of the couple as together.
The latest trends is that the pre-wedding photography is getting more popular. It actually is done some weeks prior to the wedding day. Its mostly done for shopping, for togetherness, to get to know each other, and also to experiment new angles, trying new attires, trying jewelry items, and getting acustomed to camera, if the couple is camera shy so that they feel more comfortable & relaxed on the real wedding day and during its lengthy ritual process.
Pre-Wedding Shoots
Pre-wedding shoots are often done some weeks prior to the real wedding day. Pre-wedding shoots allow the couple to spend time & know each other, before you let know others that they are tying the knot. Pre-wedding captures the love & affection between the couples, spending celebration times together, the special feeling of being in a relationship. A photographer has to take into account the location of the shoot, the dresses or the attires of the couple for pre-wedding, and also the best time to shoot for pre-wedding sessions. A traditional scene can be shot ae, ot an heritage site, or a simple playfull enjoyfull scene can be done in local parks,, backyards, in a nearby street or in garden area. Regarding choosing the attires, the couple can choose some 4-5 outfits for a day’s shoot. Best would be if they do their homework of trying their outfits before the shoot, so that. there is no mess & confusion on the day of pre-wedding shoots.
