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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

We believe your wedding pictures should be personal, unscripted and timeless.

When we speak to brides, they say the most challenging task is finding a photographer who actually makes your wedding personal and not someone who tries to create a set of prerequisite moments from a template. We at Creative Chisel believe in capturing beautiful moments from your wedding in a purely unobtrusive manner that are unscripted, and real. Being a Candid wedding Photographer from Bangalore with over 10 years of experience, our photography priority has always been capturing real moments of your day. Here are a small sample of our work from the last 10 years just to give you an insight of our style of work.

Thank you for seeing the sample pictures, and i hope they are in sync with the style of photography you are looking for. Our approach is mostly photojournalistic and focus is on what is the most important aspect of a wedding – The moments. Recreating emotions is not possible and we strongly believe capturing these moments should take an upper hand than posed imagery.

Frequently asked questions

Could you explain how you work? What is your approach and style in wedding photography?

Photographing your important day as it unfolds naturally without much interference from us is our way of working.A typical wedding day begins from the getting ready pictures of the bride, prep and the decor. While we are candid through the events, we do need some posed portraits of the couple so that they are part of the wedding story. We do not stop you in between any important ritual to look into the camera- we love to improvise, hence looking for interesting lighting, backgrounds and unique aesthetics that is personal for you. We try to shoot in as much naturally lit conditions possible. We also do not over edit our images, We keep our pictures real and unscripted.

You are based out of?

We are wedding photographers in Bangalore, India. 

How many photographers will be present for the wedding?

We have 2 photographers covering the wedding ceremony, while the smaller events are covered by 1 photographer. Unless it is a wedding of a larger gathering (1000+), we stick to the same. GROUP PICTURES ARE INCLUDED IN OUR DELIVERABLES and IT IS A PART OF OUR WEDDING STORY. (The answer is in BOLD CAPS because that is one of the most common question asked, specially by the parents and senior citizens.)

I hired a so called candid photographer at my sister’s wedding who outrightly rejected taking any group pictures and asked us to hire another person for it. Do you work like this too?

NO. Like we answered above, we believe documenting rituals, taking group pictures is a part of your wedding story. Hence, we do make sure that is a part of our deliverable.

We recently hired a candid photographer for my brother’s wedding who gave us all the 8000 RAW images from wedding the very next day and asked us to select so he can edit and make an album. Is that how you work?

Like how no chef at a restaurant asks you to go get your own vegetables and ingredients to prepare your meal, we will never provide you RAW images and overwhelm you with the choice. We are artists and let us do this job what you have paid for. PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM WHICH SO CALLED “CANDY” PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANIES RECENTLY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING.

So, you never provide RAW images to the client ?

Since we provide a sufficiently larger set of pictures, it pretty much sums up the entire wedding story, so requesting for RAW would make no value add. The RAW images we shoot are images that store a lot of bitmap information which will look good only after editing, so there is absolutely no point of them for viewing. Only if your intention is strictly for archiving, we provide RAW images after 6 months of us delivering our pictures and videos to you.

I have a team/family/uncle that has taken responsibility for providing traditional photo and video. Can you provide me only the Candid photography?

Unfortunately, the system of hiring multiple vendors for any wedding is not in benefit of the Bride and Groom, hence we have stopped taking up projects where there are other traditional teams. Each vendor has a certain different way of working – Some might use a lot of artificial lighting, Some might impose of constantly ask you to look into the camera. Such instances lead to each person trying to get the best frame possible eventually leading to each one of us in the other’s frame. We like things to be in our control on your most important day, not end up in chaos.

I am a hobby photographer getting married. May i know your gear which you use for shooting wedding?

We use Sony A73 mirrorless cameras, for both photos and videos. We use primes and multiple lenses ranging from 24mm f1.4 GM to 85 f1.8. We use Mavic 2 pro for drones and Ronin for gimbal work. We use primarily Lightroom for our post production work.

How is your album design workflow and process of selection of the pictures for it?

We leave the choice of pictures to be printed into the Photobook to the client. Our default Album size is a 12inch by 15inch which can accommodate around 160-180 pictures.
So once we deliver the pictures to you, the selection is from your end. Once you upload us back the images selected, typical design time and print is around 4 weeks. The album is then personally delivered to an address provided, anywhere across India.

We do not want albums in the package right now, can we make a choice of Albums after the wedding as well?

Yes, you are most welcome to.

Do you take up weddings outside your city?

Of course! We have been part of weddings across the globe and we would be happy to travel to the destination of your wedding. For weddings outside Bangalore, travel and accommodation would be additionally charged. For accommodation, we ask that you reserve a room for us in the hotel where all the other guests are staying. All travel expenses are reimbursed after the wedding. We have travelled and provided candid photography and wedding films in Delhi, Mumbai, Srinagar, Chennai and other places across India. We have been part of some beautiful weddings in Singapore and Malaysia as well. 

We would love to meet you but we are outside India at the moment. Is there an alternative for that?

Most of our clients are based outside India who plan coming back to India to get married. We make sure we get to speak to the clients over Whatsapp or Zoom, take in most of the details and plan the package. We have been doing this for 10 years now and has been a very smooth and transparent process.