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Thursday, June 9, 2011

What’s your budget?

I always get asked how does one budget a wedding.

What’s more important?

What must you spend on?

For me I would spend on things I can keep and reuse. So it would be on gold, sarees and the memories of the actual day. Which means the bulk of my money would go on these items. I’d want to spend on photos coz I’m vain, I love good photos of myself, I love photos of moments, happiness, laughter and quirky moments. I would want video so I can rewind and play that funny moment in a wedding a gazillion times.

At my brother’s wedding, we re-winded and watched this kid drop a spoon into the curry bowl and deny it to her dad a gazillion times. It was such a priceless moment. We laughed our heads off. At a friends brothers wedding, I told him to look out for the moment his brother playfully bounced the thali just before the tying the thali. The family sat down and watch the video for that moment. ;p

These are memories that I’m never going to forget so it helps to have them captured and ready to be seen anytime in the future.

But that’s me.

The priority for a wedding would depend on what works for you. I sometimes get emails from people telling me they regretted not spending on photography and videography but sadly by then it would have been too late. You can’t turn back time and get married again just for photos.

Another way to budget it is, see how much you’re spending for the decor and other items. For example if your decor budget itself is RM 30 000 and makes up 50 percent of your spending, your photography and videography budget should at least be 15 percent of the total cost.

But how do you judge if you’re paying for quality and creativity. It all lies in the final product. Most people can’t tell the difference between a good photo and an average photo. So here’s an idea of how to tell the difference.

This was a photo I took in 2005 with a mobile phone. Both are photos of a brightly lit chariot but both taken with different devices and at different skill levels. Compare the same location with the current photo I shot in 2010. That’s the difference a good photographer can bring to your wedding. Chose a vendor based on the quality of their work and not the price. If you must choose by price then work out a budget and see if you’re putting the proper budget for photography and videography. At the end of the day you decide what kind of memories you want to remember your special day.

So how do you decide on your budget?

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

A Johor love story

Guna Sundari and Dev Indran’s wedding took place in Johor. I only managed to meet her on her wedding day as none of us were free to meet before the date in KL or JB. So till then all our communications were via email, sms and phone calls. So it was definitely a moment for me to meet the petite doe eyed bride as she was getting ready at her house.

I arrived in JB and headed straight to my usual hotel to check in before refreshing to head to their place. I was to meet her brother-in-law who would be directing me to her place in Ulu Tiram.

As usual people were amazed to see a lady photographer; I must say it has its perk as they’re usually quite welcoming to the photo requests. Right after I rushed to the wedding hall in Skudai. The wedding decorators Shankara had done an amazing job, as the decor was superbly stunning. The peacock kolam was huge and such a sight to behold. The simple hall had been transformed into a lovely place.

I absolutely loved the dancing musicians on the pillars and all the ganesha motifs near the stage and entrance. The world is definitely small, it turned out I knew the priest who would be conducting their wedding as he had been with a temple around my place before.

I met Dev, the groom as he arrived at the hall and we had a brief chat before the ceremony began.

My only problem with them, is I had to keep reminding her and her husband to smile! So throughout the ceremony I was grinning at them to get out a smile from them! ;p

I loved the addition of the OM behind the main dais (manavarai) as it gave such a beautiful background and has inspired a future Wedding Ideas post.

As I had mentioned in an earlier post – I had a moment’s panic attack when at the most crucial moment I couldn’t see the couple. I remember looking at Sundari and seeing the same look on her face but it all turned out well and I must say I loved the shot and the one’s that followed after.