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Four days of henna, music, turmeric and vows, photographed to feel alive today and timeless in a hundred years.
letterAmrit tells me you’re planning an all-out fiesta: four days of family, music and dancing. I can’t wait.
It’s exactly the kind of celebration I love to photograph, because of how I shoot. I’m a bit of both: one moment I’m making a timeless portrait in beautiful light, the kind that will still feel stunning in a hundred years, and the next I’m in the middle of the dance floor catching the moments that feel completely of right now. Every gallery I deliver holds both.
Your celebration deserves both. Photographs you’ll frame and treasure, and photographs that put you right back on the dance floor every time you look at them.
With so much warmth,
Kate
How I’ll photograph your weekend
Timeless
Photographs that stand on their own. Beautiful light, classic composition and honest emotion, the kind of images we still look at from old Hollywood and think, that’s chic. A portrait of the two of you during your laavan, your families watching the sangeet. Images that will look just as beautiful decades from now.
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Photographs that work together. Ten frames of the baraat arriving, twenty from the last hour of the sangeet. No single image tells the whole story, but together they put you back in the room: the color, the motion, the noise. Artful, a little edgy, and unmistakably 2027.
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This is what a sequence feels like. All eighteen frames below are from one ceremony, seen from every angle our team covers: up close, from across the lawn, and from the rows where the families sat. Look at any one on its own and it’s a lovely photograph. Look at them together and you were there.
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frame-18With three photographers at your biggest events, every moment like this is seen close, wide and from the crowd.
Four celebrations, each with its own mood. Here’s how I’d cover every one.
Thursday, June 10
The calm before the celebration. The intricate lines of your henna, the women gathered around you, the music and the stories. It’s also where I first meet your family, so by Friday I’m a familiar face.
If you’d like, I’m happy to arrive early to photograph your outfit, jewelry and the setting, and for any portraits before guests arrive.
Friday, June 11
The all-out fiesta. Family performances, bhangra and giddha, and three hundred people who came to dance. With three of us, every performance is covered from the stage and from the crowd, up close and from across the room.
If you’d like, I’m happy to arrive early for portraits of the two of you and your families in your sangeet outfits, while everyone is fresh. Sunset is around 8:00, so if you’re up for it, I may borrow you for three minutes at golden hour.
Saturday, June 12
The messiest, happiest morning of the weekend. Turmeric, laughter, and everyone you love gathered close around you.
If you’d like, I’m happy to arrive early for portraits and family photos before the haldi begins.
Sunday, June 13
Your Anand Karaj. From the first moment of the morning, each of you has a photographer as you get ready, with a third among your families. Then all of us together for the baraat, the milni, your laavan and the celebration that follows. Our detail photographer documents the ceremony setting and the reception, and if Pelican Hill allows it, the baraat from above.
During the ceremony, my team follows the etiquette of the Anand Karaj: heads covered, shoes off, never standing in front of the Guru Granth Sahib, and only as close as your granthi is comfortable with.
At a celebration of three hundred, one camera can’t be everywhere. So each of us has a clear role, and together we cover everything while moving with the celebration.
All four days
I’m your constant all weekend: the quiet moments, the vows, the looks across the room. Close enough to catch everything, quiet enough that you forget I’m there.
Sangeet, Haldi and the wedding
You can only be with the people in front of you. While I stay close to you, my team works the room: one capturing the whole scene from afar, one with your guests. So every moment exists twice: up close, and as part of something bigger.
Sangeet and the wedding, at no additional cost
Amrit and her team are designing something stunning, and it deserves to be documented as beautifully as you are. So I include a fourth photographer, at no additional cost, whose full time and attention goes to the decor, florals and every detail, plus drone where it’s allowed. They come for a focused window, so the design is captured perfectly while I stay with you.
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detail-2Four days is a lot of time together. Here’s what it’s like to have me there.
Before the weekend, I learn the names of everyone in your families and how they fit together. With three hundred guests, it means family photos run smoothly and I can look out for the people who matter most to you all weekend.
When it’s time for portraits, I’ll guide you into poses that feel editorial and cool, but still completely like you. I’m good at making people feel comfortable and look comfortable together, and at finding incredible light and beautiful backdrops, even in the middle of a busy celebration.
Gathering everyone, dressed up and looking their best, takes real effort, so we make it count. A clear list, a calm rhythm, and everyone back to the party in minutes.
With a team at your biggest events, nothing is missed, and because we move with the celebration, it never feels interrupted. Over four days, your family will get to know us, and that’s when everyone relaxes and the best pictures happen.
Most of the time you won’t notice me. But if a moment deserves a quick “look over here,” I’ll say so, guided by what you’ve told me you want rather than what I assume.
Want a photo with a particular loved one, right in the moment? I won’t be far, so just give me a nod, and I’ll take care of it.
$27,000
Nineteen hours across four days, from your henna to your Anand Karaj.
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$2,500
Any time before the wedding, wherever you call home or somewhere you’ve always wanted to go. Travel anywhere in the continental US is included. It’s a chance for us to get to know each other, for you to get comfortable with my camera before June, and to make something more creative and edgy than a wedding day allows.
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$2,500
Any time after the wedding, put your favorite outfit from the weekend back on and let’s make something epic: the mountains of Montana, a skyscraper rooftop, wherever you dream up. Travel anywhere in the continental US is included. Gorgeous portraits, with none of the pressure of three hundred people waiting for you.
kateI was born and raised in Los Angeles, and I’ve been photographing weddings and celebrations since 2014.
I’ve been named to The Loverly List of the best wedding photographers in 2024, 2025 and 2026–2027.
I’m a warm, smiley person with a calm but positive energy, and the queen of “making it work.” Four days, three hundred guests, two venues: I’ll handle it, so you can simply enjoy it.
I love taking a client’s vision and expanding on it. If you have ideas or preferences, tell me, and I’ll bring them to life. And if you don’t, that’s not your job. Trust my eye, and I’ll make your wedding look epic.
A phone or video call with the two of you and Amrit, so I can hear all about your plans and answer any questions.
A signed agreement and retainer, and June 10 to 13 are officially yours.
Your family names, from you or from Amrit, a timeline built with Amrit, and walkthroughs of the Ritz-Carlton and Pelican Hill on my own time.
With warmth,
Kate
Kamal & Amrajan
Photography byKateson Photo
Planned and designed byAnaïs Events