A typical Indian wedding includes numerous rites, rituals and traditions. Hence, a lot of insight and tactfulness is needed by the photojournalist to capture all the splendour through brilliant wedding photography.
Capturing the never ending romantic fairy tale of an Indian wedding
An Indian wedding ceremony lasts for a minimum of four to seven days. Within these days various rituals are performed and they hold the same significance as the main event. Photography is a must to capture all the customs on all these eventful days. So if you hire a photographer you need to appoint him/her for the entire wedding session. Your photographer should be efficiently creative and alert. Also, he/she should be brimming with high energy levels and should display a lot of patience because an Indian wedding ceremony is a never ending fairy tale.
Though, Indian weddings display a lot of magnificence, glamour, emotions and spectacle, there are a few nitty-gritty details which need to be looked at during the photography session. Your photojournalist might feel lost without a coordinator hence, make sure to appoint one while doing a photo shoot. The rituals of the marriage depend on the region and religion in India. But most marriages have some common rituals like the engagement party, mehendi session (designs made on hands and legs of the women), sangeet (songs and dance), haldi (applying turmeric on the bride and the groom) and taking wedding vows around the sacred fire. As every ritual mentioned holds significance, it is extremely vital for your photographer to capture every minute detail.
Indian wedding photography is a grand affair in itself
Indian wedding involves not only the bonding of two people but it also involves the bonding of two families. As it is more of a family affair, your photojournalist should be able to place each and every member of the family, in the wedding photo album. There is a ritual attached to every small thing that the bride and groom does, like hiding of the groom’s shoes, bride and groom fishing the coin or ring from an opaque liquid, groom sitting on the horse with a garland of money bills, bride being carried on a wooden plank by the uncle, etc. These rituals again vary from region to region.
Apart from capturing the various rituals performed during the long wedding ceremony, your photojournalist should also be able to capture the laughter, tears and overwhelming emotions displayed by the bride and the other family members.
Indian wedding photography is more challenging and exciting because the photographer gets to weave an enchanting fairy tale within another fairy tale.
