Before this
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Explore Maternity PhotographyBaby shower and Dohale Jevan coverage in Ghorpadi — and a straight answer about lawn functions and the sky.
Indoors, or a lawn
That is not pessimism. It is that a Dohale Jevan has a date, guests are invited, and the function happens whatever the sky does.
Where there is a covered alternative, everything is straightforward and a change of location half an hour beforehand is a minor inconvenience.
Where there is not, a wet afternoon turns a planned function into an improvised one, and the coverage suffers along with everything else.
It is worth asking the venue what happens if the lawn is unusable, and asking it when booking rather than the week before.
Indoor functions have none of this and are entirely predictable, which is worth remembering when the lawn is only marginally more appealing.
Either way, tell us which it is so we arrive prepared for that room rather than the other one.
Where a function is held partly outdoors and partly indoors, it is worth knowing which part is which in advance.
The two spaces will have quite different light, and moving between them repeatedly is the situation that produces inconsistent-looking sets.
Told the layout beforehand, the coverage is planned so the ritual and the group photographs happen in one of them rather than being split across both.
It is also worth noting when the decorated space will look its best.
Outdoor decorations under high sun photograph poorly and the same decorations an hour or two later look considerably better.
Where the timing is flexible at all, that is worth knowing.
Getting ready
If the function is on a lawn, ask the venue what happens if it is unusable — and ask when booking rather than the week before.
Tell us which space is being used so we arrive prepared for it.
Send a group photograph list, since those move to early in the function.
Planning it
Whether the function is indoors or outdoors, and what the fallback is.
The booking window, and when the room will be ready.
And how much of the function you want covered.
Recent work
A selection of recent photographs. Each one is tagged with the kind of shoot it came from — tell us what you are planning and we will show you the work closest to it.
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Portraits that hold the anticipation of the wait.
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After the birth
Gentle, unhurried sessions in the first few weeks.
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The naming
Barsa, cradle, annaprashan and mundan — the small ceremonies, covered properly.
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How the session itself works is covered in full on the main baby shower photography page.
Then ask the venue what happens if it is unusable, and ask at booking rather than the week before.
No. It photographs predictably, which on a fixed date is worth a good deal.
Yes, so you do not have to explain it.
Ghorpadi, Koregaon Park, Mundhwa, Hadapsar, Magarpatta City, Wadgaon Sheri and Viman Nagar.
Yes, and home functions photograph well.
As long as you book. Tell us the window.
Yes, and best before the meal starts.
Ask us first. Most sessions are far less exposed than they seem, and overcast weather usually improves them rather than spoiling anything.
Frequently the better answer. Shifting a session by a couple of hours often solves a light problem that moving the date would not.
Not at all. Controlled light is identical whatever the day, which is why matched sets and catalogues belong there.
Send us the date and what you have in mind, and you get a clear quote for the coverage you actually need.
Ask the venue that at booking. It is the question nobody asks until the week before.