I am a designer in the profession since the last 25 years, so designing is my strong forte. Designing of photobooks, photoshows and websites are done in-house under my direct supervision and many a times by myself.

I get my photobooks printed on Kodak photo paper (mostly Luminous) and get them printed by Kodak certified printers only. They are all UV-coated and bound in high quality full-flat format to enhance the longevity of the photobooks.

I shoot only in RAW format. That helps me to capture unprocessed and uncompressed photographs from the camera. This is little technical, but just to make things simple, RAW image file sizes are 15-25 MB while the Hi-res JPEG files are 5-8 MB. So, lots of additional information about the exposure, white-balance etc are stored in RAW files which can be recovered and adjusted later on, during post-processing without compromising with the image quality.

Most of all, I do the photography myself. This means, when people hire me, I am there personally to get them the best possible photographs. That’s why I accept only single assignment on a particular wedding day.

Both are important in my humble opinion. The pre and post-wedding photographs of the couple are mostly posed. I carry my lights and backdrops to capture some of these posed photographs - even in outdoors.

Posed photography does not necessarily mean to click pictures of the subjects (bride, groom or guests) as they pose. I share my concept behind the shot, tell a story to generate the required emotion and suggest them how to pose accordingly. The main advantage of these kinds of directed posed photography is that I can plan a shot, use the light sources the way I want and use my creativity to create stunning photographs.

Candid photographs are to remind and regenerate the emotions attached, while the directed posed photographs are for framing, using in calendars and to wow everyone!