Studio A is one of India’s finest premium wedding photography & filmmaking team. Having done weddings that happened under a tree to weddings that were set on coasts of Greece, our team of experts specializes in understanding your dreams & capturing memories, creatively.
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TOODLE aims to redefine kids photography with artistic pictures that capture the magic of childhood as it is. Our strength lies in our team of passionate photographers, who hold a flair for capturing those little moments and expressions of your child.
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I believe in the magic of the universe and abide to it more than anything else. Right from the moment I left my safe software career to pursue my dream of becoming a photographer; there has been endless dots that have connected themselves to lead to what I am today. An entrepreneur by choice and a wanderer by nature, I have been fortunate enough to find a purpose in my passion and make many like-minded friends along the way. I haven’t travelled across the whole of Tamil Nadu yet, I haven’t documented all of India’s priceless heritage sites and I haven’t been on a road trip to every part of the world. But I want to. If you are one who nods with the same intensity, then let’s catch up. I love collaborating and creating memories. Proud to be a memory maker!
Therukoothu is an ancient folk dance art form, almost 2000 years old, which originated in South India. Koothu (as it is widely called) as a form of entertainment reached its peak hundreds of years ago in Tamil Nadu as mentioned in the Sangam texts about the development of iyal (literature), isai (music) and natagam…
A lot has changed over the time. But nothing has hampered the celebration spirit of Indian weddings. All the people coming together, the rituals, the blessings – everything about Indian weddings are so exciting. But it all comes with the challenge for the wedding photographer to capture it all, cutting through the chaos. Can technology…
I have a strong inclination towards everything that is culturally Indian. As many of you know I have a special love for Bharatanatyam. I have been wanting to create something unique for a Bharatnatyam dancer because I always felt these Bharatnatyam dancers through their body language and meticulous movements, carry the soul of this 2000-year-old…
“What’s there in Pollachi?” That’s a common question I’ve been asked by many (including photographers) when I quote Pollachi as one of my all-time favorite destinations. Even those who adore the place are lured because of the green trees, the tourist spots and the climate that serves as the icing. But from what I’ve heard,…
Not many know about this historic small town on the Betwa River in Madhya Pradesh. Founded by the Bundela Kings of the Bundelkhand region, the majestic city of Orchha is often referred to unexplored or untouched. It was our longtime dream to do a shoot in this place, and it came true with the lovely…
That sight of people carrying flower bouquets on to the stage, and some one from the back collecting it and keeping it aside. BOUQUETS! Everyone knows it’s of no use but still they tend to give this. For me, it’s like telling me on my face, ‘I don’t know much about you but yes, since…
From the moment two people decide to get married, there are endless dreams that they start building together. One of them is the idea to capture the precious memories of their big day in photos. Undoubtedly, wedding photography has boomed as an Industry that is rapidly growing now. Yet after all these years, there are…
Yohoo! Yes, the Sony A9 video just got featured in Fstoppers. Have been following Fstoppers since inception, and it is a great source of knowledge and inspiration to me, like it is to many around the world. Every now and then, when we pull out some soulful work, have wondered if it would get lucky…
A lot of the times when I post pictures, the first question many would ask are in the lines of ‘what lens was used? ‘, ‘where were the lights placed?’. Nothing wrong in asking but thats not where you start to make a picture. It starts with the idea you have in mind. Previsualizing…
So many have done it so many times. Yet, I have always wanted to get one that I had in mind. Yes, I am talking about the famous flare shot in namma Marina. I had a particular shot that I had tried in vain for a long time. This time around got fortunate with 80%…
Earlier in the day at the Jagmandir Mahal, Udaipur, we were shooting under the bright sun and in the garden. Then later in the evening, we were shooting under the blissful moon lit space. Totally a contrasting experience it is, and that is how it is. As a wedding photographer one has to be ready…
Round the year, we shoot weddings. And that means, “a food feast” (kalyaana saapadu) all the time! There is not a cuisine that we haven’t tried. Might sound exotic, but trust me, it really isn’t so helpful to the waistline or our health. A lot of our teammates put on weight in the first few…
If you are someone who is lazy to read the entire post here is the spoiler: Do we really need one – NO. Am I going to buy one – YES! Should you buy one – that is something you have to ask yourself. May be this post might help you in some way. Photography…
“I really want to do this, but then…” That’s how excuses come as hurdles to most of our pursuits. We all want to do so much in our life, but then end up with reasons like ‘I don’t have time’ ‘I find it hard to balance work and life’ and so on. Take a minute…
“I want to get into wedding photography so that I can be famous and make a name for myself” That’s what a guy I met in Udaipur four years back told to me. I encouraged his idea to startup but strongly disagreed with the intent behind it. Many people are crazy about starting up because…
I had this question asked recently, “I am now on the verge of starting on my own in wedding photography. But I am so stressed out. I wanted to hear from you about how was it when you started up years back. Were you stressed out too? How did you overcome the stress?” Yes, 7…
As much as one gets to shoot a variety of moments when the bride gets ready, it is equally challenging too for there are so many elements and people scattered around the dressing room. So as a photographer, it is important that you must focus on what to ‘omit’ like the way you look…
As a photographer, what excites me most is the power of photography to document memories through the pictures I shoot. When I look back at the weddings/travel I shoot, I don’t just see pictures but so much happiness relived in each. What becomes a picture, stays as a memory forever. In that context, this new…
What can I do when my client asks me about the camera I use and starts interrogating in an irritating way? It happens. Trust me, every wedding photographer faces this crisis at some point of their career where some tricky clients step in with questions like, “You say you use a Sony A7RII. But why…
“GETTING READY” is one of the most important sessions in a wedding for it kickstarts the whole mood of the wedding. Trust me, it does. If it is planned well, everything ahead goes on smooth and peaceful. But if it is rushed and haphazard, then chances are that the wedding might also be so too.…
Happy to throwback a video we made for Schools of Equality – an activity-based programme that engages students in discussions of equality. Their vision is to empower the students to think rationally, treat each other with respect, embrace the world holistically and evolve as sensible human beings with better thoughts. The biggest impact of BIG Short Films…
Just in case you guys haven’t watched it yet, RUBI TEACHER is one of our latest Big short films which talks about how a teacher can change the life of students. In a time when schools are turning students into mark making machines, meet Rubi Teacher, a Maths teacher from Tiruchengode Girls Govt.High.Sec.School who is creating a…
The Birdman was where it all started, the journey of BIG Short Films. Today we are past 16 films since the inception last year, and everything took shape from the inspiration we derived from this first film. Many of you’d have watched this film already, but trust me, the three minutes is going to infuse…
Big stories often have humble beginnings. “Surfing Dreams” is one such inspiring story of a common man named Murthy Megavan, who is now an inspiration for so many surfers across India. From a simple fisherman from Kovalam village to a professional surfer who rules the waves today, his journey in starting his own Surfing school (Surfing…
An exclusive editing console for Lightroom? Yup, that’s Loupedeck for you – a crowdfunded project in Indiegogo. Sounded really exciting when I saw its video online and I got lucky to try it out too. Over the week, multiple people tried their hands on it at our studio. From the looks, it is sleek, fun…
Holding a Sony Alpha a9 in my hand now, and sincerely short of words for the moment! The 693 point focus points – 20fps – silent shooting – 2.2x battery capacity than the previous Sony full frame cameras – first of its kind sensor – and more in this mean gadget excites me crazyyy. A lot like…
In this #1000daycontentchallenge, I have been sharing a lot of my thoughts/ideas/experience to you. Now, I’d like to ask you this question. “What do you want to talk/converse/know more about?” Photography tips, life experiences, business thoughts… whatever it is that you like to discuss more, let me know. It’ll only take a minute for you.…
It was Kasimedu, the first time when I went to the CWC(Chennai Weekend clickers) photo walk years back. The memory is etched green, the way a group of people came together for nothing but the love of photography. It is fascinating how the collective energy motivates you, an inch deeper, to explore the world through…
It always gets interesting when an outdoor shoot is planned with the ‘city’ as the theme. There is so much you plan and compose around the nativity of the places. Down the memory lane if you see, say 50 years, these pictures will not only bear the lovely moments in a unique way, but also…
Now that’s a famous question a lot of us have faced and debated when starting an own business. I mean it can be so tempting on both the sides, but unfortunately, there can be only one identity for your business when it comes to naming. Whatever you decide, you have to stick with it for…
Trust me, this BIG Short Films short film will change the way you see your job/business. But before that, let us talk about the issue in place. There are so many people around us, doing so many jobs/businesses. I get to meet a lot of them every day… we all get to. On an average…
That’s a tricky question a lot of us ask ourselves. Personally, I love what I do and I like experimenting with photography. I pick and play with what I find inspiring around. Over the five years, I honestly haven’t figured out my style yet. But I do find a lot of people recognizing my pics…
“People don’t hire me!” “I have no projects in hand!” “There is too much competition!” “I am unable to close down my enquiries!” – I meet so many photographers who complain so, with an exclamatory mark in the end. The biggest reason for this, I believe, is the failure to ‘differentiate’. Clearly, there are so…
“Minimalism is not the lack of something. It is just the perfect amount of something” – Nicholas Burroughs. I agree to this so much. Minimalism is one of the most interesting techniques in wedding photography, and to attain it, one has to understand minimalism with an open mind. A quick search on Google tells you…
So much is talked about Inspiration. If you take a second and think, nothing is really original. Our thoughts and actions are an accumulated response of what we see, hear and learn from. Most of the times what you create is a cumulative output of what information you feed your brain with. Why do you…
As a professional wedding photography team, we constantly work on tuning the workflow activities. Backing up the images is one of the most critical workflow processes. In this post I am going to share what has worked for us, and you can take some pointers out of this and tune to your business. First up,…
That’s one question that a lot of us have when we get started with something on our own, especially in wedding photography. Looking back from where I started Studio A, it was a two-member team, an editor and myself. In 5 years, it is a family of 25 members. From my experience, here are the…
I hardly have any space to move. What do I do and how do I come up with good shots?!” This has become a common call-out message in a wedding photographer’s life today. ‘Why does the client hire so many photographers to cover one event?’ is a different debate altogether. We’ll talk about it later.…
This is not just the excerpt of a book but very much my current state of mind. After a couple of weeks of vacation and of doing nothing this is how I feel. I just can’t wait to get back to work. Sounding rage? Nah, I am saying this with composure. Talking about vacations, either…
“Oh come on, how can BJP select this person for the Presidential candidate? And OH! The India-Pakistan match seems to be fixed. How unfair!?” That’s my friend’s father fuming about the news he was following. Sitting at my friend’s place 1000s of miles away from India, I was both surprised and not surprised looking at…
It is always good to look at the brighter side of life. No wonder why using the lamps for portraits is a nice idea. Every time when you are shooting an event in a hotel, it is wise to look out for the lamps there. Now that’s a wise way to spend the waiting time.…
It is funny how every journalist who calls me these days for an interview opens the conversation. “What’s the new trend in photography today?”. Of course, the immediate reaction would be a cliched interval of silence to gather what can I possibly say? I mean every day something new comes up in terms of gadgets…
One of the sweet things about what we do is that we do not limit ourselves to wedding photography. We work on things that excite us and things that sustain the excitement. One such project for us is MadRasana. If you don’t know about this already, Madrasana is an initiative by Mahesh and Sean Roldan to…
“I am a natural light photographer”. This is what I said to myself and avoided using any external lights. But to be honest with you, on the top of my mind (not even a layer down) I knew how lights could add a totally new dimension to the pictures. I’ve secretly admired the ones I…
It is ironical that most of the clients find us through the couple pictures we’ve shared on Social media, yet, some wouldn’t want their pictures to go online. Some people find it affecting their privacy and yes we have to respect that in the first place. Almost all the wedding photographers face this tricky situation…
All you wedding photographers out there! How many of you are guilty of picking up your camera only on the shoot days and on the other days it is just picking up some dust. You may want to reconsider this habit, because while shooting a wedding or an event you are very receptive to things…
Have you ever wondered how they pull out these shots where the subject is sharp and everything around it is blurred and fuzzy? For those who know how to do it, three cheers. To those who want to learn about it, here is a quick write up on how to play around with slow shutter…
It’s ironical how you have to request for someone’s friendship. I mean on Facebook . To all those have sent me a request and wondering why I haven’t accepted it yet, I am truly sorry for it just piles up and I have a tough time in figuring out who’s who. On the other hand, what…
Since when did Being perfect = Fair skin + Athletic body + Branded apparel? That’s how it is today when the brands/cine stars are bombarding the TV and the print media with their product advertisements. They have no idea about how these model-benchmark-standards are rooting into the minds of the youngsters and starts making them…
Now that’s a fair question that many of the clients/ wedding photographers face when it comes to couple shoot. Pre or post wedding shoot, both have its own pros and cons. My vote goes for shooting the couple before the wedding. Here’s why I’d say so: It’s a good way to become friends with the…
AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE KEPT WAITING FOR HOURS BEFORE THE WEDDING? As a wedding photographer, one will nod fast to this question for it is an issue faced often. “Please be there by 5 AM” would’ve been our instruction. But the bride and groom would arrive fashionably late leaving the…
This is something that I have already spoken about many times but want to reiterate for my 1000 days content challenge. Few realizations in life are just like that, drives us positively every time we look back. I was an IT engineer and I quit to become a photographer. I could’ve very well been a…
Albums have their own beauty. No matter how digital we age, the pleasure of holding an album physically and turning over the memories is a blissful feeling. For the very same reason, I don’t really stop with delivering the digital files to the clients but do albums that they can carry for the lifetime. Almost…
No wonder why everyone is going crazy about outdoor shoots. It is one good opportunity for the clients to get some nice shots done in a calm mindset unlike the wedding day that passes like a storm. And the photographer also has a lot of time & space to exhibit his creativity. So as a…
With a little imagination and planning, shooting into the Sun can be so much fun. As someone who rises early every day, fresh mornings are personally my favorite windows of time to photograph. I experiment a lot with the Sun. And in this post, I am going to keep it simple and give you some…
Why Vienna? Well, that’s a question I had in mind before I visited the place and if you ask me now, I’d ask you back, “Come on! Why not Vienna?!”. The capital city of Austria certainly cast a spell that’s hard to forget. With its rich palaces, cobblestone lanes and classy Kaffeehausers (coffee houses), Vienna…
I’m in Cleveland watching scores of people celebrating Mother’s Day with cards and gifts. I sit down and ruminate about what a monumental role my mom has played in making me become who I am today. I love my mom to bits and salute her for living a life that showed me… …to love unconditionally…
Feedback is important! Asking someone feedback means that you are confident enough to have your work critiqued. More important, it means you’re willing to make changes to the way you work or live to get one step closer to excellence. Before you ask for an opinion, be sure to have carefully thought out these eight…
Every now and then there is a message in my inbox from someone who wants their work to be reviewed. I’m one of those people who take every profile review sincerely, because, at one point of time, I too was seeking a professional opinion of my profile. But over a period of time I realize…
It can! Here’s the story of how I made this discovery. I still remember how I felt when I got my first box of business cards as a photographer in 2010. It’s a very special feeling when you have your new identity printed. Seven years ago, the cost to print a card with special effects was higher and…
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