It’s no longer a wedding celebration until it’s been whetted by Instagram, complete with hashtags, filters, Insta-stories, bookmarks, and screenshots. Welcome to new-age weddings, where festivities must be showcased on social media. Choosing a wedding vendor based on their Instagram following and pictures is a well-known strategy, one that helps figure out the style, inherent ethos of the brand, and ultimately, the quality of work. So we combed the ‘gram, and found five wedding photographers who are guaranteed to make your nuptials look dreamy.
Joseph Radhik
There’s no celebrity wedding that the self-taught Radhik has not been a part of, from Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas’s nuptials to Anushka Sharma-Virat Kohli ‘s Italian celebrations. He is the the first Indian and the 57th photographer on Sony’s Global Imaging Ambassador program, and has won the International Photography Awards 2015, Weddings category.
Badal Raja Company
With names like Laxmi Niwas Mittal, Hema Malini, KP Singh, and Prithvi Jindal on the roster, it’s hard not to be impressed by this company run by Jain brothers, Badal and Raja. Hailing from Jaipur, the duo provide a customised service exclusively for weddings. The firm does more than 35 weddings in a year, provides filmmaking services, and even creates coffee-table books that bring out the choicest moments of the celebrations.
DotDusk Studios
Founded by Delhi-based photography enthusiasts Lakhbir Singh and Sundeep Singh in 2011, DotDusk studios have won several accolades for their cinematic flair. Perfect for luxury destination weddings, they make short feature films, keeping it minimalist and classic.
The Wedding Salad
Founded by Aayushi Sachdeva and Kanishka Sonthalia, The Wedding Salad went from candid photography to larger-than-life weddings, save-the-dates, pre-bridal shoots, engagement photography, pre-and-post wedding shoots, traditional photography, as well as customisable albums. This collaborative photo venture has shot and created timeless memories for more than 75 weddings. They are perfect for intimate and effortless weddings.
Cupcake Productions
Cupcake Productions by husband-wife duo Shruti Khanna and Jayant Chhabra is perfect for destination weddings. Their imagery is simple and filled with promise, the kind of photography that is both candid and classic. The award-winning wedding photography and filmmaking studio have shot beautiful soirees all over the world, including Italy and Muscat. The most compelling in all of their work is the picturesque drone shots.
