PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES

Your wedding day will be among the most cherished memories of your life. Over time, however, even our most precious memories begin to fade. Our professional staff of photographers will help preserve those memories through picture-perfect photography. Regardless of how many years pass, each time you glance at your wedding album you will recall the day and be filled with its emotions, as though it were yesterday.

VIDEO SERVICES

Relive those wonderful wedding moments again and again through Raj Palace Weddings video taping services. Our videographers capture your occasion on film so that you can share your special day with those who attended your Wedding as well as those who didn't. It's the next best thing to being there.

ABOUT WEDDINNG PHOTOGRAPHY AND TRENDS

There are two primary approaches to wedding photography that are recognized today: Traditional and Photojournalistic. Traditional wedding photography provides for more classically posed images and a great deal of photographer control and interaction on the day of the wedding. Photojournalistic wedding photography takes its cue from editorial reporting styles and focuses more on candid and unposed images with little photographer interaction. These are two extremes and many of today's photographers will fall somewhere in the middle of these two styles.

A third style that is becoming more popular is a fashion-based approach. In contemporary/fashion-based wedding photography, photojournalistic images of the events of the day are combined with posed images that are inspired by editorial fashion photography.

A fourth style that is popular in Asian countries, especially in India, is wedding studio photography. Typically a studio is set up at site for couples and guests this is becoming popular in recent years, to do "glamour wedding shots". In attendance will be a hair stylist and make-up artist in addition to the photographer and the couple.

The term contemporary wedding photography is used to describe wedding photography that is not of a traditional nature. The emphasis in contemporary photography is to capture the story and atmosphere from the day, so the viewer has an appreciation of what the wedding was like, rather than a series of pre-determined poses. This term can be mistaken for meaning any photograph that is not posed or formal. The advent and advancement of digital cameras (and increased use of the internet) means that many people can offer their services as a wedding photographer, but contemporary wedding photography is more than taking informal photographs and involves the use of composition, lighting, and timing to capture photographs that have a strong visual appeal.

There is some uncertainty over what constitutes contemporary and how this differs from other forms of wedding photography

Photojournalism is easier to define, as the term infers the photography is by its nature similar to journalism, where the emphasis is upon reporting and recording events in a newsworthy manner, whereas contemporary may include an element of photojournalism but is not exclusively that style of photography.

However, the landscape of Wedding Photography has constantly evolved, it is a creative discipline and those proponents at the leading edge of the industry are constantly feeding new ideas into the photographic community. As a result trends will develop, mostly based around the core elements discussed. Some will be transitory while others will remain a traditional part.

A contemporary wedding photographer will usually provide some or all of the following:

• Indoor photography during the ceremony and reception.

• Outdoor photography ( on the day of the wedding and/or for engagement photos).

• Both posed and candid (photojournalistic) shots of the wedding couple and their guests at the religious or civil ceremony, and the reception that follows.

• Formal portraiture in the studio (for either the wedding and/or the engagement photos).

• Digital services, such as digital prints or slides shows.

• Albums