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The full story of your celebration.

Your wedding is a tapestry of traditions, families coming together, and spontaneous joy. I offer experienced, calm direction for multi-day cultural celebrations, handling everything from massive family portraits to dimly lit receptions.

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What's included

  • Engagements, ceremonies, receptions and multi-day events
  • Candid storytelling plus family and group portraits
  • A private online gallery of professionally edited photos
01Chapter

The welcome

Drums on the lawn, everyone in their best, the day just getting started.

Guests in colorful Indian attire gather on a palace lawn as drummers in red turbans play.
Five young cousins in festive outfits pose together in a garden.
A couple in formal Indian attire poses beneath carved stone arches at dusk.
02Chapter

The baraat

Garlands, lights, and a vintage car carrying the groom through the crowd.

A groom rides a flower-covered vintage car through a lively baraat procession at night.
A crowd dances beneath a glowing sign during the baraat procession.
Guests seated among white carved pavilions in a palace courtyard at night.
The palace grounds glow with warm lights under a dark night sky.
A bride and groom stand on lit palace steps beneath a white archway at night.
03Chapter

The reception

A ceiling of flowers, a room full of purple light, and a dance floor waiting.

A vast reception hall glows purple beneath a ceiling of hanging flowers and chandeliers.
Rows of lounge seating under a canopy of hanging flowers and glowing orbs.
The reception stage lit in blue and pink beneath cascading floral decor.
The couple walks in through a glowing archway as dancers hold illuminated orbs.
A bride in a gold lehenga and a groom in a black suit dance close on a glittering stage.
A couple stands beside a monogrammed ice sculpture as confetti falls around them.
Four women in embroidered outfits smile together at the reception.
A guest dances with his arms raised in front of a sparkling LED wall.
Children dance through stage fog in purple light on the dance floor.
More ways to work together

Other sessions

Five graduates in purple and gold stoles sit on a stone wall beside Sather Tower at UC Berkeley.

Graduation

Campus portraits with friends & family

A woman with long dark hair smiles over her shoulder in Central Park, autumn trees behind her.

Portraits & Headshots

Headshots, personal portraits, couples & family

A big group of friends crowds together laughing on a rooftop at night.

Events

Birthdays, formals, parties and corporate nights.

Let's capture your memories

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