I only second shot one Indian wedding but we did formals before the main crowd came in on the first day(Thursday).
The groom arrives with his entourage and friends, singing and dancing to drums, I was hoping to see him on a white horse, but he came in a Hummer. Here you can use a second shooter also, as you may want to get wide angle of the groups but also close-ups (from within the crowd) of the groom and his friends.
During the actual ceremony, the main entrance was crowded by the video guy with tripod and the main photographer, crowd could not see the ceremony, but did not seem to mind. Older women were available near the \'windows\' to provide items needed for the ceremony and these ladies provided a spot for me every time
Since the main shooter had access to the front of the \'ceremonial tent\', I used a 70-200 most of the time and shot through the windows. At one point the pundit (priest) said \"no photographs, this is sacred\" and I was about to move away when the father of the bride told us to continue as the photographs are very important to the family.
After the ceremony, friends and relatives presented gifts to the newlyweds and each presenter expects a picture with the B&G, this went on for a long time
We got group shots and B&G images without the crowd following us, as this was determined beforehand, also there was an interval of about three hours between the ceremony and the reception (an hour away).
Be prepared for very long days, we left around midnight on Thursday, 2:30am on Sunday, after starting at 7:00am for the bride\'s preparation shots.
It was very fascinating, I think you will really enjoy this one.
Nov 05, 2009 at 06:16 PM
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