Embedded Wedding Photography in India by Documentary photography Nishant Ratnakar

My Style and Philosophy
My Wedding work is of contemporary style. I follow an embedded journalistic approach to the weddings that I document. I bring in ideas from photojournalism, street photography, documentary photography, portraiture and fine-arts, into my work. I meet the couple well in advance before their wedding day. I get to know them, and preferably get to know their immediate family members and close friends. This allows me to break the ice between the photographer, camera, and the people being photographed. This ensures me to capture intimacy and candid moments in every wedding fiesta with an insider perspective.

Links that I am sharing with you with respect to my wedding photography.

If you have reached this page, I assume that you have seem my work and you appreciate it. Just in case you are unaware of my works, the below links should familiarize you with it.

• A brief about my style towards covering Indian Weddings – Wedding Photography by an Embedded Photojournalist 

• A portfolio of images from the Weddings that I’ve covered. – Embedded Weddings Portfolio

• A preview of a recent wedding I covered in Bangalore. – Mr & Mrs Iyer and A day in Vaishnavi & Tejus’s lives

• A brief about me and my background in Photography –  Who am I?

The charges and the deliverable couples receive:

• Every Wedding is unique, but there is a criterion to evaluate and price each one of them. It is usually based on the going rate per day.
• I charge 40,000 Indian rupees per day. The day is generally classified as 8 working hours in a day.
• For half a day (evening) it would be 20,000 Indian rupees. It is generally classified as 4 working hours a day. (This is usually events like Mehendi, Sangeet, Evening Receptions, Cocktail & Dinner, Engagement)
• I bring in 5 years of photojournalism and documentary photography experience in capturing the candid moments, and a sense of aesthetics in post processing of images. I handle post processing myself and do not delegate the task to any third-party. This lets me keep a complete creative control over the project.
• I give a DVD of processed images as deliverable. Each of the images are usually of 21 megapixel high quality JPEG files. (oh…. If it is of any significance to you, I use a Canon 5D Mark 2 camera).
• For every ‘Full-day Wedding’ as described above, the output is a minimum of 400 images in a DVD. (I say ‘minimum’ because if there are great Images beyond it, I gain nothing by denying you your memories )
• For every ‘Half-day Wedding’ as described above, the output is a minimum of 200 images in a DVD. (I say ‘minimum’ because if there are great images beyond it, I gain nothing by denying you the images. )
• The delivery date is usually takes 2 weeks from the date of completion of the Wedding events.
• I take 50% payment as advance to book and confirm the dates.
• The remaining 50% payment be made on the day of delivery of the images.
• Any additional need like Coffee Table book, Digital Photo Montage files, Audio sideshows, and Prints, are all charged extra.
• I travel to all locations across India to cover Wedding assignments. The Travel and Accommodation costs are extra costs to borne by the clients. The only exception is if the Wedding is in Bangalore city (My Home Base).

You can use the Contact Form page to get in touch with me.