8 Best Women Candid Wedding Photographers in Mumbai you must try
If weddings at home is on cards in Mumbai then searching a perfect candid women photographers to capture the beautiful bride’s moments or the groom’s attire should no longer be a problem. We have compiled a list of 8 women photographers who have done a fabulous wedding photography in their inimitable, ‘candid’ style. Each is successful in her stead and has a unique story behind it all.
Ankita Asthana at WeddingNama
Ankita is an Architecture graduate and a post-graduate in photography from the prestigious NID. It was her sheer interest that led her to professionally learn photography before she went commercial in 2009 and co-founded WeddingNama later. She loves creating beautiful surreal visuals to be long remembered which would’ve rather been easily forgotten. Photography to her is the means of communicating with this universe, expressing what cannot be expressed in mere words, connecting with people’s emotions and dreams. And weddings are just the place for that! Her unique style is to create something new, something different; rather than just being there, she likes to make things happen and then be the storyteller. She ensures that every story is captured in the most unique manner possible. Understanding the couple and becoming friends with them before the shoot is the ‘key’. The photograph should be able to bring out the personality of the couple.
Photography categories : Weddings, documentary photography and people portraits
Contact Number: 098198 06450
Wedding Photography Packages start at 1.5 Lakhs INR
Website: www.weddingnama.in , www.ankita-asthana.com
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Monisha at The Photo Diary
Monisha is a college dropout who found her calling in candid photography. An invite to a friend’s wedding resulted in her capturing some great shots and made her think of taking up photography seriously. She started The Photo Diary and it’s been more than four years now that she’s been covering weddings, fashion shows and the likes.
She strives hard to get the element of ‘Fun’ in all her photographs. Rather than forcing trendy poses on not so comfortable Indian couples, she believes in making them enjoy the shoot so that the pictures reflect that in the end.
Photography categories: Wedding photography, videography, fashion photography, etc
Wedding Photography Packages start at 1.5 lakh INR
Contact Number: 098208 91659
Website: www.thephotodiary.net
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Shruti JM at Fotografia9
Shruti, an MBA in Financial services was working in the mutual funds market when she realized that she wasn’t happy with her job. One fine day she quit and after thinking things through she got intrigued by photography. She started clicking pictures now and then until she realized the need to get professional training. That led her to assist a well renowned fashion photographer in order to hone her skills in photography. After an internship that lasted a year, Shruti got asked to cover a wedding. And that was the beginning. After having founded fotografia9 in 2011, there’s never been a dull moment in her life.
She feels that photography is about Emotional highs. While at the shoot she is constantly on her toes and focuses completely on capturing candid emotions.
Recent motherhood has now inspired her to start focusing on Infant/Kids Photography and that’s her pet project apart from weddings.
Photography categories: Weddings, Infant/kids, couple shoots
Wedding Photography Packages start at 1.25 Lakhs INR per day
Contact Number: 091674 60298
Website: www.fotografia9.com
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Shreya Sen Photography
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After training to be a psychologist from Canada Shreya came back to work in that field and eventually started feeling an inclination to pursue something more creative. After a bit of soul searching she was lucky to train with celebrity/ fashion photographer R. Burman. But her desire to work with real people and families and to create a difference to peoples’ lives pushed her to start SSP in 2009. She started off with pioneering maternity photography and eventually started photographing weddings and children. She says, “It’s been a long and extremely fulfilling journey”.
What sets SSP apart from competition is that she strives to shoot images that are timeless, moments that clients would want to keep coming back to and at the same time keep her editing style simple, soft and classic.
Photography categories: Weddings, maternity, Infants/kids
Wedding Photography Packages start at 1Lakh INR
Contact Number: 099204 98808
Website: www.shreyasenphotography.com
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Neha Brackstone Photography
Neha is a Mumbaikar, who went to England after her schooling and finished her graduation and Masters there. She started working there at a children’s day care centre there. It was there that she started taking pictures of children and got involved in candid photography. Soon she started getting requests from friends to cover weddings or to take pictures of families. It was in 2011 that she went commercial and has never looked back.
For Neha, photography is about communicating and connecting with the families involved in the shoot. Once she’s part of the wedding, she connects with the family personally and that works really well for her. Also, capturing ‘in between’ moments that are emotional is her forte. For instance, she would love to capture the bride’s mother getting teary eyed on seeing the bride ready for the ceremony.
Photography categories: Wedding, family, couples, etc
Wedding Photography Packages start at 85 thousand INR
Contact Number: +919819925225
Website: www.nehabrackstone.com
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Barnali Kalita at Burn Pixels
Barnali is an MBA who had a career switch in 2010. Post which she moved to Mumbai and joined an advertising production house where she learn the nuances of filmmaking. That’s when she picked up her first DSLR camera and started off as a street/ travel photographer. Gradually she started shooting people quite a bit and progressed to wedding photography. It was the next natural step forward since it’s all about capturing the moment and people with real emotions. She founded Burn Pixels in 2012.
She believes in bringing out the story behind every wedding she covers. Her work is natural, free of any gimmicks. Also the compositions are clean and easy on the eye. A lot depends on the post processing of photographs that she believes in doing herself.
Photography categories: Weddings and a little bit of documentary photography
Wedding Photography Packages start at 1 lakh INR per day
Contact Number: 099670 51408
Website: www.burnpixels.in
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Meenakshi Jain at The ‘We Do’ Moments
Meenakshi is a BTech in software technology who nursed a passion for photography throughout her college years. It was at her best friend’s wedding in 2010 when she got hold of a camera and went about clicking pictures while balancing high heels and ‘sari’. The pictures turned out quite good and she was quite amused with the entire experience. This was also a time when candid photography was just taking off in India and it turned out to be the game changer for this techie woman! The ‘We Do’ moments is her baby and she went commercial with it a few years ago.
She feels that ‘wedding photography should not be treated like a documentation of a lifetime event but it should rather be focusing on moments’. Creating the “Wow or Aww” moments is what she strives for.
Photography Categories: Weddings, maternity shoots,
Wedding Photography Packages start at 30 Thousand INR
Contact Number: 97692 42320
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Keerthi at One Fine Day
Keerthi was working in a corporate set up after pursuing her MBA from UK. But, an innate desire to do something bigger lead her to photography, thanks to a friend who involved her in a few projects. She realized her calling and co-founded One Fine Day as a collective for fellow photographers, film makers and artists. Over the last 4 years, they have shot more than 280 projects across 7 countries.
As a photographer she believes it essential to always understand the bride and groom’s personality before photographing them. She does not believe in competition but doing the best that she can coz in the end everything else falls in place!
Photography Categories: Weddings, couple shoots, portraits and wildlife
Wedding Photography Packages start at 35 Thousand INR
Contact Number: +91 9676619858
Website: www.onefineday.co.in
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