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Showers and Dohale Jevan in Kharadi flats, clubhouses and function rooms — usually organised by friends and colleagues, because the aunts are in another state.
Who is actually in the room
The people throwing this are your friends, not your family.
A traditional Dohale Jevan is run by the older women in the family. Here it is often assembled by four colleagues and a group chat.
That is worth knowing before we photograph it, because the room is a different room. The elders blessing the mother-to-be may be joining on a screen propped against a vase, and the women doing the practical work are neighbours and workmates who learned the sequence a week ago.
None of that makes it less of an occasion — usually the opposite. But it does mean the photographs that matter are not always the ones a traditional running order would predict, and it is worth spending five minutes before the event working out whose presence you most want recorded.
Practically, these are almost always at a flat or a society clubhouse rather than a hall, so the working space is small and the light is whatever the room has. Both are normal and neither is a problem.
It is worth saying that a shower run by friends is not a lesser version of one run by aunts. It is a different occasion with a different warmth, and photographing it as though something is missing does the day a disservice.
The people in that room chose to be there and organised it themselves, which is its own thing entirely. The photographs that matter afterwards are almost always of them rather than of the decorations.
Because so many of these are organised by friends, the person who knows the plan is often not the person it is for. Tell us who is running the day and we will take our cues from them.
It is also worth deciding beforehand how formal you want it to look. Some couples want the traditions documented carefully; others want the room and the people. Both work and they are shot differently.
If relatives are sending things from home, put them together somewhere. They are frequently the only physical presence family has at the occasion.
Getting ready
When friends are doing the organising
Write down the order of the ritual and give it to whoever is running it. When the people organising learned the sequence a week ago, having it written removes most of the hesitation on the day.
Decide who is standing in for the relatives who cannot be there. Somebody usually is, and they should know in advance rather than being volunteered mid-function.
Put anything with meaning somewhere we can photograph it early — a saree sent from home, jewellery, something posted by family. Once the room fills those details are gone.
Planning it
Planning the morning
What time things genuinely start, which is rarely the time on the invitation. We would rather arrive well before and photograph the preparation.
Whether family are joining remotely, and if you want that photographed. Many families do, because it is an honest record of how the occasion actually ran.
And who among the guests has been the support network. At a shower organised by friends, those are the people the photographs should centre on.
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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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How the session itself works is covered in full on the main baby shower & dohale jevan photography page.
- 1st Floor, Behind G S Mahanagar Co-op Bank Ltd, Sai Nagari, Mathura Nagar, Wadgaon Sheri, Pune, Maharashtra 411014
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Our shower is in a society clubhouse. Do you cover those?
Yes — clubhouses, flats and function rooms are the usual settings here. Tell us the venue and roughly when things start and we will plan the arrival.
Some family are joining on a video call. Can they be in the photographs?
We can photograph the moment as it happens, screen included, which is an honest record of how these events actually run now. Tell us in advance so we are positioned for it.
Do you know the Dohale Jevan sequence?
Yes. Knowing what comes next is what lets us be in the right place rather than reacting, which matters more when the people running it are improvising.
Which areas near Kharadi do you cover?
Kharadi, Wadgaon Sheri, Viman Nagar, Keshav Nagar, Mundhwa, Chandan Nagar and Kalyani Nagar are closest, and we cover functions across Pune.
Our shower is being organised by friends rather than family. Does that change anything?
Only in who the photographs should centre on. Tell us who has done the organising and who has been closest to you this year.
Some family are joining by video call.
We can photograph that as it happens if you want it recorded. Tell us in advance so we are positioned rather than scrambling.
It is in a society clubhouse rather than a home.
Fine, and common. Tell us the venue and roughly when it starts and we will plan the arrival around the setup.
How many photographs do we get?
Enough to tell the morning properly rather than a target number. You receive the selected, edited set.
Can you photograph the food and decorations?
Yes, and best before the meal starts. Tell us if it matters and we will build ten minutes into the plan.
Do you cover Godh Bharai as well?
Yes. Tell us which traditions your family follows and roughly how the morning runs.
Should we tell guests a photographer is coming?
It helps, particularly for anyone who would rather be asked than surprised. A sentence in the group message is enough.
How long do you stay?
As long as you book us for. Tell us when it starts and roughly when it winds down and we will suggest a window.
Can you photograph at a restaurant or cafe?
Yes, though it is worth checking with the venue first. We will work to whatever they allow.
Most of our family cannot travel for it.
Then the set has to explain the day rather than only capture its mood. Tell us and it is covered more completely.
It will be mostly friends rather than relatives.
That is common here and it changes nothing except the group photograph list. Send whichever names matter.
Send us the date and venue
Tell us where it is, when it starts, and who you most want in the photographs.