Featured on Wedding Sutra A while back we received a request from the editors of WeddingSutra.com about the possibility of doing an interview to be featured on their site.

And recently our interview with them was finally posted to their site! Have a look at it here:
Interview with Wedding Sutra

In the past, I've interviewed people for a magazine I used to run...let me tell you, it's rather different being on the other end of the questions. Vasu over at Wedding Sutra definitely had some interesting questions which I think many brides are curious about so I'm glad we got the chance to talk about them. Our interview was done on the heels of another photographer friend of our's who had just been featured there (Seshu, who's based out of the East Coast). I found it interesting to compare our interviews. I think we got fairly similar questions and, not surprisingly, we've got our own takes on the art & creativity of wedding photography.

On another funny coincidence, a previous bride of our's was also featured on Wedding Sutra at almost the same time as us. Funny how that works...the Indian community is obviously a small world. Parveen was married in August of 2007 and you can have a look at her "Real Brides" feature on Wedding Sutra here. Photos courtesy Samay Studio, of course :)

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  Enhanced website features: Our Albums The feature which has always needed the MOST work on our site has been the albums section. Afterall, wedding albums are how most of our clients end up seeing their work for posterity. We used to have a few sample layouts, but really nothing spectacular; definitely not anything which reflects the latest direction we've taken our wedding albums. While the online view still doesn't do these layouts justice we hope these new galleries of a few demo albums give everyone a better idea of what sets our work apart.

Check out the albums when you have a moment:
http://www.samaystudio.com/album.shtml

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  Enhanced website features: Our Portfolio To be honest, we've been meaning to completely revamp our site for quite a long time. We've been making updates along the way, but they were just small changes. Our portfolio section would occassionally have problems with some browsers and the photos themselves just didn't look as crisp and clean as possible.

Well, since we now use Lightroom and there are some great utilities built-in, we've been able to provide a very consistent and much more impressive overview of our portfolio. You'll now find 6 sections in the portfolio area - 5 for some recent weddings and 1 for a lot of the Engagement Portraits we've been doing.

Check it all out when you get a chance!
http://www.samaystudio.com/portfolio.shtml

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  Notice something? Well, if you've stopped by our site recently, you've probably noticed that we've upgraded the site to a brand new look and feel. In addition to a new look, we've vastly improved the portfolio & albums sections to reflect our latest work. We'll post a bit more on the changes since we've satisfied a lot of the requests we've received from prospective clients.

Check out the main site here:
http://www.samaystudio.com/

And as with any website update, we'd definitely appreciate your thoughts on the changes as well as letting us know about any problems you might be having with the site. We may have some bugs here and there and your feedback is the only way we'll get rid of 'em all. Thanks for visiting!

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  Vivah 2008 Bridal Faire: Thanks for stopping by! If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, then you probably saw us at the Vivah Bridal Faire yesterday. Thanks to everyone that stopped by. We had the chance to talk to several dozen brides and it's always a great time when we get the opportunity to show off our work.

We'll be posting more about the Couples Portrait Session once we've had a chance to get in touch with the winning couple.

If you stopped by and want to get in touch with us, you can drop us a line at info@samaystudio.com or give us a call at 650-386-6808.

Thanks!

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  Multi-Cultural Affairs Articles in American newspapers about the meshing of cultures is nothing new. In fact, the New York Times tends to have at least one of those every few months (keeps the readership interested I suppose). Just noticed an article in the Washington Post which hits on many points that we see every weekend while we're covering wedding events.

Two Cultures, Slowly Uniting In Matrimony

For so much of this cultural meshing, it's basically just a part of life. the callout of a wedding aisle where the bride enters is basically a part of the culture here along with so many elements that never see the light of day in India. The non-Indian horse trainer? Check. The bridesmaids in matching attire? Check. Etc, etc. So nothing really new here for a wedding photographer, but definitely something interesting to track regardless.

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  Where Did Time Fly? Wow, it's been two and half weeks since we posted...where the heck did we lose track of time?! With lots of coverage and lots of travel it's actually been a bit tough setting aside time for this blog. We promise to be more diligent with it if you promise to keep coming back :)

We've got lots of recent work to show off so expect a few posts pretty quickly. Hope you enjoy.

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  Thank You Can't help but smile at a recent email we received from a recent couple, Deepa & Neel (photos to come)...this is why I still love covering weddings...

...I really appreciate how you handled everything at all the events -your prompt attendance, gathering family and friends together, and most importantly - just simply being there every step of the way to capture all the special moments and now working on telling our story through pictures and video. We definitely appreciate your work and your efforts in putting it all together for us.

We are grateful to have had you as our photographer. You probably didn't realize this but you made our experience run smoothly and made it memorable for both of us....

Congrats guys and Thank You!

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  Hello World! Check us out...we're on the interwebs :)

This blog has been a loooong time coming so look out for a bunch of posts pretty quickly. We're already in the midst of wedding season so there's a lot to talk about. Check back shortly.

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