Album Layouts Galore!

I am in album heaven right now as I try to process through about 6 albums in the works. It seems all of my clients are picking their pics for their album at the same time! What joy!

I do not use any templates or software (besides photoshop) to create my album layouts simply because I find them way too restricting. Its always tough to find a template that looks exactly what I want the layout to look like. I have played around with YSI and Montage in the past only to find its easier for me to create the layouts from scratch! Of course now I have gotten pretty fast at getting layouts done.

Oh and just a quick note, I never limit the number of photos my clients can choose for their albums. I recommend keeping it at less than 5 pics per page, but I do have some rather ambitious brides who pick over 500 pics for a 32 page album. Keep in mind 500 pics in a 32 page album makes a very crowded album! I have thought about limiting the number of images, recently, but decided this is one of my key selling points. You pick the images you want in your album and we go back and forth an infinite number of times until you are happy.

Here are some of my fav layouts from the past few albums I am working on...

Arati+Raj: Slideshow Overview

So in the end this couple got over 1500 images on their wedding day. I hate making these slideshows longer than 5 minutes because people tend to get bored, so it was tough to pick just a few. But here are my favorite!

Arati & Raj Slideshow: http://www.sandhyastudio.com/Arati/Arati.mov

Congrats to Arati and Raj! I wish you love, happiness and joy in your marriage and Thank you for hiring us as your photographers!

I also want to send a heartfelt THANKS to my second shooters Nick Morozcov and Aarti Dhaliwal! You guys rock! We had a blast!

Arati+Raj: Arati Getting Ready!

So as you all know, this is an extremely busy time of the year for me. My sister is getting married in less than a month, I have been flying around the country promoting www.pinksutra.com and with all the holidays I was not looking to book any weddings this fall. But when Arati and Raj approached me I kind of could not say no. I found this couple very genuine and while everyone thinks they are interviewing the photographer when they have client consultations. I think the truth is we are interviewing you too. So I was thrilled they hired me!
And what a beautiful bride she made!

Arati+Raj: Wedding and Reception

Arati and Raj got married at the beautiful Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto. I am in love with the yellow in this hotel. Yellow is such a great reflector! The wedding was outdoor in their courtyard and followed by the reception in the grand ballroom.

Suman+Neal: Couple Portraits Session

Okay, this couple is so awesome, they actually brought a boombox to the beach for their couples portraits to get into the mood. We had such a blast, running through Baker Beach, Union Square, random parts of SF and we are not done yet! I will be doing a night-shoot and another session with these guys in the next few months! Aren't they hot!

Featured on Today's Bride "Real Weddings" Online

Here is a blurb about Anita and Randy on Today's Bride's online Real Weddings section:

http://www.aboutweddings.com/realweddings/realwed_disp.php?wed_id=71

pinksutra - South Asian Wedding Channel

Check out www.pinksutra.com

pinksutra inc releases the first South Asian Wedding Channel website built to bridge the gap between South Asian Brides and South Asian Vendors by providing a website that allows seemless planning tools and collaboration in planning a South Asian Wedding. pinksutra is built by South Asian Vendors who understand the complexity of this niche market while providing a website that is savvy enough for the modern bride.

Anju+Sriram: Couple Portrait Session

Okay... check out this hot couple. I am probably the happiest person in the world to see this couple tie-the Knot because Anju is my sister and Sriram has been with our family for so long, we feel like he has always been family.

We had a blast shooting this couple portrait session all around SF. and Thank you for climbing the tree Sriram! I can't say any other client has done that before.

Sandhya Photography Featured in Today's Bride

Check out the Summer 2009 issue of Today's Bride. My beautiful clients Anita & Randy have been featured in there! How exciting! Thank you Today's Bride!

About a month behind in updating my blog!

Where does the time go! Will update as soon as I take a breather here.

The Arora Family

I was thrilled when Rinku contacted me and asked me to take family portraits. She has the cutest kids and OH MY GOSH they are so well behaved. Rohan did all sorts of cartwheels and tricks for me and they smiled on queue! Loved them! Aren't they just darling











One of my previous clients shared this quote with me and I think its just perfect!

Neera+Nikki: Overview Slideshow!

Okay, here it is!
I have to say, this was one of the easiest weddings I have ever had to shoot, beautiful venue, gorgeous couple, so many colors, bright light... We felt like we were in a candy store! These guys got over 2400 pics for their wedding day! There were so many good ones, it was extremely difficult to pick a few for the slideshow....the best I could do in narrowing it down was close to 250 images. So this is a long slideshow. Approx 15 minutes! Enjoy!

I also want to give a heartfelt THANK YOU to my second shooters Tony Lau and Nancy Tsai! You guys truly are so wonderful to work with and you do great work! I love working with you!
http://www.sandhyastudio.com/Neera/Neera.mov

Neera+Nikki: Just Neera and Nikki

I knew Neera and Nikki's wedding day was going to be way too jam packed for us to slip away and get some intimate photos of them together. So we set aside some time a few days before their wedding to get pics of JUST Neera and Nikki being themselves.. Here they are... arent they a lovely couple?

Neera+Nikki: Reception

Neera and Nikki kicked off their reception at the Villa Montalvo in Saratoga with heartfelt speeches, Neera's amazing rendition of Frankie's Valli's "Your just too good to be true", Bitzy rocking the dance floor and finally a very sad vidaii! We had so much fun shooting this wedding, we were sad when it was over!

Neera+Nikki: Sikh Ceremony

Neera and Nikki got married at the Villa Montalvo in Saratoga. What a gorgeous site! So beautiful! They performed a Sikh Ceremony under a dome in the courtyard of the mansion. It was exquisite!




























Neera and Nikki got married at the Villa Montalvo in Saratoga. What a gorgeous site! So beautiful! They performed a Sikh Ceremony under a dome in the courtyard of the mansion. It was exquisite!

Neera+Nikki: Neera's Choori Ceremony

A fairly huge part of a Sikh wedding is the Choori Ceremony. This is when the Bride's uncle places special bangles on the bride. Neera had her choori ceremony at the Villa Montalvo Mansion right before the baraath came through...

Neera+Nikki: Baarath

This baarath had the backdrop from the movies... a very enthusiastic crowd, handsome groom on a white horse, the gorgeous Villa Montalvo as your destination, beautiful blue California sky's. Oh what fun!

Neera+Nikki: Neera Getting Ready

Here are my fav shots of Neera putting on her beautiful outfit as she gets ready for her wedding day. Isn't she stunning?

Ena+Chuong: Overview Slideshow!

And Finally here are my favorite shots from this fabulous wedding. Thank you Ena and Chuong for hiring us. We had a blast and hope you enjoy your honeymoon in Spain!

And a heartfelt Thank you to Nancy for doing an amazing job as my second shooter!

Here is the slideshow: (takes a few minutes to buffer)
http://www.sandhyastudio.com/Ena/Ena.mov

Ena+Chuong: Just Ena and Chuong

And here are my favorite shots of the beautiful couple. We had just a few minutes to get shots of these two together and we had to hide in the kitchen so no guests would see us!