Engagement Photography in Lohegaon, Pune

A date nobody actually chose

This date was not picked. It was the only one both families could make.

An engagement usually gets the date that survives two sets of travel, two sets of leave and whatever the calendar allowed.

Which is why so many of them land on awkward evenings, at short notice, with people arriving straight from a journey. Nobody is at their most relaxed, and the function tends to start late and run compressed.

The practical response is to get the essential frames early and not rely on the evening settling into a rhythm. The exchange, both sets of parents, the family groups — those first, while everyone is present and before anyone who travelled starts flagging.

The couple portraits are worth protecting too, and worth taking before the function rather than after. Half an hour beforehand produces something considered; the same half hour afterwards produces two tired people at the end of a long day.

An engagement usually gets the date that survives two sets of travel, two sets of leave and whatever the calendar allowed.

Which is why so many land on awkward evenings, at short notice, with people arriving straight from a journey.

The practical response is to get the essential frames early and not rely on the evening settling into a rhythm — the exchange, both sets of parents, the family groups.

Couple portraits are worth protecting too, and taking before the function. The same half hour afterwards produces two tired people at the end of a long day.

Because the date was set by availability rather than preference, it is worth asking whether anything can shift by even an hour.

Half an hour earlier is frequently the difference between photographing people who have arrived and people who are still arriving.

If nothing can move, we plan around it — but it is worth asking once.