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Housewarmings, Satyanarayan pujas, shop openings and family functions across Yerawada — the occasions where the whole street turns up.
A different kind of event
These are community occasions, not corporate ones.
Most event photography is written for conferences. In Yerawada the events that actually get photographed are griha pravesh, pujas and openings.
They have no run sheet and no organiser. There is a priest, a rough time, a great many relatives and neighbours, and an order that everyone present understands without it being written down anywhere. You cannot ask for a schedule because there is not one.
What you can do is arrive early, work out who matters, and stay for the part after the ritual — the meal, the neighbours arriving in waves, the house full of people. That stretch is usually longer than the ceremony and it is where the photographs people keep come from.
For openings, the same applies with one addition: the shopfront and the first customers are worth photographing deliberately, because they will be used later and nobody thinks of them on the day.
Griha pravesh, Satyanarayan puja, housewarmings and family functions are what event photography actually means in a settled neighbourhood. They have no run sheet and no organiser — there is a priest, a rough time, and a great many relatives who all understand the order without it being written anywhere.
You cannot ask for a schedule because there is not one. What you can do is arrive early, work out who matters, and stay for the part after the ritual.
That stretch — the meal, the neighbours arriving in waves, the house full of people — is usually longer than the ceremony and it is where the photographs people keep come from.
Family and community occasions are what event photography actually means here, and they run on knowledge rather than schedules. Finding the two or three people who know what happens next is the job.
The part after the ritual is usually longer than the ritual and it is where the photographs people keep come from — the meal, the neighbours arriving, the house full of people.
For openings, the shopfront and the first customers are worth photographing deliberately. They get used later and nobody thinks of them on the day.
Getting ready
A function organised by the family
There will not be a schedule and that is fine. Tell us roughly when it starts and who is coordinating, and we work it out alongside them.
If it is a house ceremony, decide which room the ritual happens in and whether the meal is elsewhere. That is most of what we need.
Point out anyone who must be photographed — the eldest relative, whoever is hosting, the priest. It is the detail most easily missed.
Planning it
Working without a run sheet
Who knows what happens next, because at a family function that is a person rather than a document.
Whether the occasion is primarily a ritual or primarily a gathering, since they are covered differently.
And how long you want us there. These occasions frequently run longer than planned and it is worth agreeing the window.
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Do you cover griha pravesh and Satyanarayan puja?
Yes — house ceremonies, pujas, openings and family functions. Tell us roughly when it starts and we will plan an arrival that catches the preparation.
There is no fixed schedule for ours.
There rarely is, and that is fine. We arrive early, work out the order from the family and the priest, and stay through the part after the ritual.
It is a shop opening rather than a house.
Also covered. Worth telling us if you want the shopfront and first customers photographed properly — those are the images you will use later.
Which areas around Yerawada do you cover?
Yerawada, Kalyani Nagar, Koregaon Park, Wadgaon Sheri, Viman Nagar, Vishrantwadi, Tingre Nagar and Dhanori, and events across Pune.
There is no fixed schedule.
There rarely is, and that is fine. We work the order out with the family on the day.
How long do you stay?
As long as you book. These occasions often overrun so agree the window in advance.
Can you photograph the meal and the guests?
Yes, and it is usually where the better frames are.
Do you cover festival gatherings?
Yes. Tell us the occasion and roughly how many people.
Can you photograph a shop opening?
Yes, and the shopfront and first customers are worth doing deliberately.
Do you photograph the priest and the ritual?
Yes, if the family is comfortable with it.
Can you work without a schedule?
Yes. We work the order out with the family on the day.
Can you photograph a Ganpati or Navratri gathering?
Yes. Tell us the occasion and roughly when it starts.
Do you photograph housewarming pujas?
Yes, and the part after the ritual is usually where the better frames are.
How many photographs do we receive?
The selected, edited set rather than a fixed number.
It is a family gathering rather than a formal event.
Those are the ones we photograph most here. Tell us who is coordinating and roughly when things begin.
Several generations will be there.
Then a frame of all of them together is worth arranging. It takes a few minutes and it rarely happens by itself.
Can you photograph the cooking as well?
Yes, and it is worth it. At a family gathering the kitchen is where half the occasion actually happens.
Tell us roughly when
A rough time and an address is enough. We work the order out with the family on the day.