20,000 rupees really isn't a lot for weddings. I know very good photographers who charge 5000+ (dollars) for a one day event.
Not just anyone can be a photographer. You actually do have to have some talent and most photographers abhor weddings (bridezilla and all that. it's extremely stressful).
Photographers will generally spend (after the event), 40-60 hours editing photo's (if they're good). Make sure you find someone who is going to put that kind of work into your photo's. If the photo's turn out crappy, you're screwed-- because you do not have copyright to edit them yourself.
i went to zaidis today n didnt like it at all ....firstly they said that they have to confirm that whether they have those days available or not n then started calling different photographers that they r available or not ...they didnt have their own photographers n they hire free lance photographer so i didnt got them booked for my own shadi coz donno whom they r gona send at my wedding as every photographer in their panel was booked on my wedding days ..ive heared same about jimmmys that they also have free lance photographers is it really so?>
i m new in karachi n i dont know which studio to book for my wedding in december. i really need a gud photoshoot. i did contact Hakim & Sons, Dossani's Studio, Jimmy's, Studio 9 n Aj, but i m confused. plz help me out.
Well you arent gonna get good photo shoots with the first three you have mentioned. Jimmy’s used to be good, but netiher do i like their quality of work nor their attitude and professionalism. Therefore, from my recent experience there are only 4 good wedding photographers in khi, Studio 9, Munna Mushtaq, Rehan Dada, and Amean J. As far as I know, none of them have a website except Amean j, which is Amean J. Studio 9 is located on main zamzama blvd. rehan dada is in tauheed commerical area and i dont know where munna mushtaq is but definitely somewhere in khi. i got my mayon, mehndi and wedding covered by Rehan Dada and he did a great job specially with the bridal photoshoot. Rather, from all the pics I have seen, his team uses Photoshop the best.
It also really depends on your budget, if you’ve got a tight photog budget then u can go with the ones you’ve mentioned like Hakim Dossani’s and another decent one is Azi’s and they dont charge as much either. Also, there are other threads in this forum talking about the same topic. so search around. Good luck!
How much do Amean J, rehan dada Dossani's , mushtaq etc, how much do they charge for one day, as in just nikkah photos and the actual bride/groom photo shoot! Also Munna Mushtaq and Rehan Dada sound like bollywood gangsters :S Im scared to go to them :S lol so Amean J etc, how much do they charge?
^haha hilarious. Rehan Dada charges Rs.80k for the bridal shoot, Rs.85/pic for the event coverage and Rs.10k/day video coverage.
Amean J's rates are listed on the website, you can also email them (they are friendly), they get back to you within 24 hours.
I don't have Munna Mushtaq's rates. I threw out Studio 9s and Jimmy's rates since I decided to go with Rehan Dada. But they lower than Rehan Dada's, probably same as Amean J.
Dossanis, Azis, and Hakim Sons are comparably lower than the photographers mentioned above.
dosani charges rupees 25000 rupees per day wiv bridal shoot n video there phone no is 5835547,5372609
Azi minimum charges r i think 25000 to 30000 onwards....there no is 5377104
hakim sons have different packages a friend of mine told me she paid like around 80000 to 10000 last yr wiv photo shoot,event coverage n movie for 3 days u can call there they no is 5370311
studio 9 2 day package is around 69500 i think
digi clip 2 days package with video is 43950 rupees
stvalentines 2 days package is around 30000 ruppes n onwards
yea studio 9 has different packages i called there but i forgot the rates he was telling me so fast ..anyways st valentines also have difeerent packages RS 30000 is for one day n it can go upto any limit
can anyone show pictures taken by jimmy's, studio9 or st. valentine's?
Please I need to see them so I can decide on one of the above. Do you guys think if you call them up they can send samples of their work via e-mail?
^ I dont know if you saw my photoshoot, it was up in my thread a week ago. That was done by Rehan Dada, i loved it. Other than Amean J and Rehan Dada, Munna Mushtaq is really good in KHI, he's also a fashion photographer but does bridals. I have a friend who got her wedding pics done by Munna but I'm not posting her pics here cuz im sure she wouldnt like that.
In addition, I haven't seen Amean's full package and I wouldn't go with them until seeing a sample portfolio of one whole bridal shoot. I have seen Rehan's and Munna's full bridal shoots and while they are both excellent, I pick Rehan over Munna because Rehan's team has got awesome photoshop skills.
yeah I just checked out studio9's site and their work isn't that great and not worth the price :S
yeah sumorani your wedding pictures were beautiful mashallah
if you have rehan dada's contact information please let me know :)