Pre Wedding Questions and Answers

 

How many pictures we will get from a pre wedding session ?
It depends on the package you choose from pre wedding price list located here , Usually from a couple shoot you end up getting between 30-40 high resolution all color corrected pictures.

How many photographers will be present on pre wedding shoot day ?
Pre wedding is shot by either Robin or Jaspreet depending upon availability on that date.We might also bring an assistance to help us with lights.

How long does it take to deliver pre wedding pictures ?
It takes 30-45 days from the day of the shoot.

Do we provide you with unedited images ?
The unedited images are not available for viewing before final delivery.This is very much like asking a resturant chef to provide all ingredients used in a dish.Images we provide you are handpicked from the best ones we had clicked.These pictures will showcase best of our work. 

For how long do we keep back up of client files ?
Once we deliver the pictures, we request client to do multiple back up’s.We keep them with us for 30-45 days from the day of delivery.

How do we decide on location/what dress to wear?
Once you book a pre wedding session with us, we will either meet you in person or have a telephonic discussion with you providing you alternatives of shoot locations, some of which will be free and some where a permission cost is involved,which needs to be taken care by the client.

What kind of shots we get from a pre wedding shoot?
Pre wedding is done to showcase love-bonding-emotions-chemistry between the couple, you get a mix of candid shots and some posed shots as seen here.

If couple shoot location is different from our orgin city ?
We operate from Pune(INDIA), and hence any shoot which is outside Pune, client needs to take care of our travel & stay from Pune.

We want these kind of shots, can you click for us ?
Yes, every person has a desire to have certain kind of pictures, hence you can share your sample “shot-list” & we can plan a shoot around that by adding our own creative elements.

Pictures on social media?
Once we done with pre wedding shoot,based on our schedule we can post some teaser pictures on our social media page FB/Instagram and tag the couple so that they can share it with friends and family.

What is payment schedule?
A retainer/advance fee which is 70% of the agreed amount is required to book your pre wedding slot .Balance amount needs to be paid on day of shoot.

Our images on other social media websites ?
We have contract with some other websites/publications  purely on barter basis where we use these images  for marketing purpose.

Who owns the copyright of images?
As per the law, photographers owns copyright of all the images he clicks, however we do pass on viewing/printing rights to clients,however the customer can’t sell these images further to a XYZ client.Details  of this is mentioned in our contract .

 

Wedding Questions and Answers

 

How many pictures will we get from a one day's wedding ?
 Indian wedding’s on certain day has crazy set of functions and on some day just 1 function, hence on a average you can get from 200-800 all color corrected images from our side.

How many photographers will be present on the wedding day ?
Depending upon the scale of wedding, we decide on team size from 2-6 wedding photographers.

How long does it take to deliver pre wedding pictures ?
It takes 60-90 days from the day of the shoot.

Do we provide you with unedited images ?
The unedited images are not available for viewing before final delivery.This is very much like asking a resturant chef to provide all ingredients used in a dish.Images we provide you are handpicked from the best ones we had clicked.These pictures will showcase best of our work. 

For how long do we keep back up of client files ?
Once we deliver the pictures, we request client to do multiple back up’s.We keep them with us for 60 days from the day of delivery.

How do we decide on location/what dress to wear?
Once you book a pre wedding session with us, we will either meet you in person or have a telephonic discussion with you providing you alternatives of shoot locations, some of which will be free and some where a permission cost is involved,which needs to be taken care by the client.

Pictures on social media?
Once we done with pre wedding shoot,based on our schedule we can post some teaser pictures on our social media page FB/Instagram and tag the couple so that they can share it with friends and family.

Who owns the copyright of images?
As per the law, photographers owns copyright of all the images he clicks, however we do pass on viewing/printing rights to clients,however the customer can’t sell these images further to a XYZ client.Details  of this is mentioned in our contract .

How soon can we book you for our wedding?
ASAP , we have had clients who booked us a year in advance to a week in advance based on our availability.

What is payment schedule?
A retainer/advance fee which is 70% of the agreed amount is required to book your pre wedding slot .Balance amount needs to be paid on day of shoot.

Can you hold a date for me?
With limited muhrut days in a month, we cant take risk of letting go a day,hence its totally on first come/first serve basis.

I need to cancel my wedding, is the retainer/advance fee refundable?
The retainer/advance fee are non-refundable.The retainer/advance fee guarantees that we will hold down the date exclusively for you and turn down all other enquiries for the same date.

General  QUESTIONS

 

Where is our office/studio located ?
 Our base in Pune(INDIA) and we operate from home as due to our nature of work, we are always on a move.

What kind of equipment do you shoot with ?
We are totally a gear addict, So we are always in search of new gear that can use to enhance our work.At the moment we prefer to shoot with Canon gear for both stills and video, sometime’s we also shoot with Sony.For Audio its Zoomh6n ,Sennheiser sets ,Aerial Photo we use Dji Phantom and few others too,For Stabilization, its Dji Ronin,Glidecam,Manfrotto Fluid head and Monopod,Edelkrone Sliders and loads more .

Can you shoot both photo and video at same time ?
Technically with my stills camera,I could switch between photo  & video,however while switching a lot many camera adjustments needs to be done and by than we will miss the shot,hence we avoid doing that,rather have a dedicated team who shots photos & video separately .

Are you willing to travel for work?
Absolutely! Not only we love to travel to new locations but the kick we get from going to new shooting places cant be expressed in words. 

 

Cinematic video’s

 

What's the difference between Cinematic Film & Traditional Video ?
This is an interesting question…

Across the industry there are several different opinions on the differences between the two terms,however here is my understanding explaining the difference

  • Cinematic Film – A project requiring a creative direction.A story that needs a vision/a script/some acting/scenes creation/planning/Q&A/nice music.Anything similar to a movie you see.Its also called cinematography.
  • Traditional Video – A project that’s documented with continuous,straightforward,liner method(hence require zero artistic input or development)

Now imagine below scenario

  • While a wedding is going on, a traditional video will put 2-3 cameras in one corner or on tripod and shoot the entire wedding with straight forward shots and when you get final product it will have everything that happened in your wedding uncut with some not so good music and approx 6-8hours of long footage
  • Now same wedding is shot by cinematographers with a pre planned story line,shot selection in mind,straight and unique angles and then delivered in HD quality with all unnecessary scenes cut and crisp editing with soothing songs that matches to occasion with a mix of interviews and all this in just 1 hour of footage.Wont you be happy seeing this ? .

What is your turnaround time for FILM ?
It depends from projects to projects basis and duration of wedding/months when we shooting the wedding.

As part of the contract we will agree upon anytime between 90-120 days from last date of the event/pending payment due.

Can you shoot in 4K?
While all our primary camera shoots in High Definition(HD 2k).Which is good to play in any of the latest devices,however if you wish to have footage in 4K, then we have to rent a lot of equipment and hence that will also increase the cost of production.

I want to use a song by XYX singer in my video,can I choose music I want?
We hate to say it..but generally no, unfortunately.In some case yes, but depends on kind of songs

Licensing is the key.Music is art and really artists want to be paid for their music.Some labels allows to use music for online usage and some dont and have to pay a fee.

That said, if you have a specific soundtrack in mind please let me know and I’m happy to look into its licensing or use options