Cultures
We film the ceremony in front of us — not a template with different fabric.
Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Nigerian, Chinese, Sikh, same-sex, destination. If your ceremony isn’t on this list, we still adapt — we’re always two people, wireless audio is standard, and we stay out of the aisle. These notes are from days we have already filmed.
Multi-day · London & UK
A mandap is a small floor, not a stage. Guests sit close. We stand left of the priest for faces, fire and hands, and keep a second camera on the room — we don’t walk the inner square during the pheras.
Sangeet, ceremony and reception sound completely different. A dhol will clip any unprotected microphone. We hide wireless mics where dress and sherwani allow, put a recorder by the priest, and quote by day — not as one long 12-hour block.
Chuppah · UK houses
A chuppah is a small room of its own. One of us stays on faces under the cloth; the other holds the room and the parents. We don’t stand in the processional. The glass, the ketubah, the circling — those need to be seen, not crowded.
Hora and dancing will shake a single camera. We keep wireless audio on the couple and a backup on the celebrant. Mikaila & John’s Cliveden film is the house, the terrace, and a rite that needed quiet feet.
Church · house · hymn
The aisle is for the couple. One of us is on faces and hands; the other holds the room. Hymns in a stone nave will drown a camera mic, so wireless mics go under lapels and a recorder sits on the lectern. We don’t walk the processional.
Country houses and listed churches fail in different ways: wind on a Scottish lawn, no bulky tripods in a chapel, a PA that was never meant for film. Catherine & Frank at North Berwick is the coastal version of that — solved with wireless audio, not luck.
Hindu · Sikh · Chinese · mixed
Park Lane ballrooms, Kew glasshouses, a tea ceremony in a suite with one window. Mixed light, tight load-in, a dhol that will clip the mix. We’re always two people, because the day has two centres at once — the couple, and the family around them.
We have a longer note on mandap light, tea ceremonies and multi-day coverage. If your weekend is three rites, a Short collection is usually too little.
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