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Sagar Digitals · wedding films, photographs and our own colour lab

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  1. A South Indian bride in jasmine and gold jewellery, smiling to herself

    01 / 05 Pellikuthuru the bride, in jasmine and gold

  2. Hands dusted with turmeric held open before a sacred fire

    02 / 05 Homam the sacred fire, hands in turmeric

  3. Water poured over the couple's joined hands

    03 / 05 Kanyadaanam her hand given, with water

  4. Jeelakarra-bellam on betel leaves, held in the hands of the bride and groom

    04 / 05 Jeelakarra-bellam cumin and jaggery, on betel leaves

  5. A bride and groom in rose garlands, laughing, the family behind them

    05 / 05 Shubham a happy ending, with the family

[stand-in footage]

From the contact sheet · roll 01 [stock stand-ins]

  1. Bride laughing as rice flies, family around; warm.
  2. Couple seated at the mandapam performing a rite, white and red.
  3. A couple covered in turmeric, laughing (haldi / mangala snanam).
  4. A grandmother blessing a smiling bride (tilak).
  5. Hands holding the jeelakarra-bellam paste on betel leaves.
  6. Nadaswaram musicians playing.
  7. Mehendi hands resting on gold silk.
  8. The family showering rice, the bride at the centre.
  9. The mangalsutra being tied with the family around.
  10. A couple in traditional dress in a green paddy field.
  11. A father and child, faces close, garland; tender.
  12. The groom placing mettelu (toe rings) on the bride's foot.

Every photograph

A bride and groom, foreheads touching, in soft light

01 · Films

Wedding films

Two films of one wedding: the whole ceremony, uncut, for the elders, and a highlight of about [x] minutes for everyone else to replay.

Watch the films

[stand-in footage]

Now showing · 4 films [stand-in footage]

  1. Talambralu the rice shower [04′12″] · [year]
  2. Jeelakarra-bellam cumin and jaggery, on betel leaves [03′47″] · [year]
  3. Homam hands joined at the sacred fire [05′02″] · [year]
  4. The blessing an elder blesses the bride [02′58″] · [year]
From a drone at golden hour: an open-air wedding venue, the mandap at the head of a red-carpet aisle between rows of chairs

02 · Drone

From above

Aerial video of the venue and the procession, where flying is allowed [to confirm].

Live stream & drone

[stand-in footage]

A couple walking hand in hand, close on their hands: he in a white dhoti and a maroon shirt, she in maroon silk with a gold and green border
The golden hour. [stand-in footage]

03 · Pre-wedding

Before the rush

One morning, one place you choose, before the wedding rush.

Pre-wedding shoots

A camera operator on a tripod filming an event in a hall
A camera filming an event. [stand-in footage]

04 · Live

For family far away

The muhurtham, live on a private link for relatives who can't come, in India or abroad. Platform [to confirm].

Live stream & drone

05 · Albums

The album you'll hold

The album that comes out when relatives visit. It needs no charger, no Wi-Fi and no password.

Albums Prints & frames

Album page: a couple in heavy garlands seated before a gilded shrine Album page: golden rice pouring over the bride's head Album page: a couple seated at the mandapam, performing a rite Album page: a couple covered in turmeric, laughing Album page: the groom close behind the bride, against dark stone Album page: a grandmother blessing a smiling bride
Album pages laid out with stock photographs. [stand-in]
A bride laughing as talambralu rice flies, her family around her
Talambralu, printed. [stock photograph, stand-in]
  1. Photograph
  2. Negative
  3. Developer
  4. Print

06 · The lab

Shot. Graded. Printed.

Every frame we shoot is graded and printed here, in our own colour lab.

The Lab Prints & frames