Sagar Digitals

Motion

Shot. Graded. Printed.

Every frame we shoot is graded and printed here, in our own colour lab. This is the room where your wedding becomes paper.

The life of a photograph

  1. hands holding the jeelakarra-bellam paste on betel leaves

    01

    Shot at the muhurtham.

    [10:42 am] · [camera and lens]

    Hands holding the jeelakarra-bellam paste on betel leaves. [placeholder photo]

  2. a loupe over negatives on a light box

    02

    Graded.

    [how we grade, to confirm]

    A loupe over negatives on a light box. [placeholder photo]

  3. a print surfacing in a developer tray under red light

    03

    Printed.

    [paper] · [size]

    A print surfacing in a developer tray under red light. [placeholder photo]

  4. a wall crowded with framed photographs in dim light

    04

    Bound or framed.

    [x] spreads · [frame]

    A wall crowded with framed photographs in dim light. [placeholder photo]

  5. 05

    Handed over at the counter.

    [ready in, to confirm]

Rub the frame.

As it came off the camera, then graded in our lab.

As shot
mehendi hands resting on gold silk
Graded in our lab

Illustration: the flat “as shot” look is simulated from a finished stock photograph, not a real camera file. [placeholder photo]

We grade for skin, then for silk.

mehendi hands resting on gold silk
Mehendi hands resting on gold silk. [placeholder photo]
bride with turmeric and jasmine, a gentle smile, yellow silk
Bride with turmeric and jasmine, a gentle smile, yellow silk. [placeholder photo]
close-up of the bride's temple jewellery, necklaces and jasmine on gold silk
Close-up of the bride's temple jewellery, necklaces and jasmine on gold silk. [placeholder photo]

The proof

  1. hands holding a brass kalasham of rice with mango leaves 01
  2. women of the family pouring rice from above; colourful 02
  3. golden rice pouring over the bride's head, frozen in motion 03
  4. the family showering rice, the bride at the centre 04
  5. bride laughing as rice flies, family around; warm 05 (ringed)
  6. groom in white and bride in yellow-gold silk laughing, seated 06
  7. jasmine garland detail at the ceremony 07
  8. nadaswaram musicians playing 08
  9. family gathered at the mandapam under a red canopy 09

Any frame can be printed at the counter.

Prints & frames →

Stock stand-ins from different weddings, set as a contact sheet. [placeholder photos]

Send a photo. We'll grade it and print it.

Call 86884 72919