I · Services
Under the sacred fire · Manchester · 2024

One practice.
Six specialisms.

Two at the centre — Hindu weddings, and the sports calendar of the BL postcodes. Four around them — events, landscape, product, family. Same kit, same patience, same approach to colour.

Booking 2026 & 2027Bolton & BL postcodesReplies within 2 days
2/6Tier I — primary
4/6Tier II — supporting
~14/yrWeddings taken each year
II · Primary specialisms

The two specialisms the practice is built around.

Weddings and sports take up most of the year, and each has its own dedicated page. The summary here is the elevator pitch; the deep page is the long answer.

01 · Tier I — Primary
Jaimala · garland exchange · Bolton · 2024
01Primary specialism

Weddings

Hindu wedding specialist — fluent in the schedule from Sagai through Vidaai, and at home in the Mandap. Christian, civil and western weddings welcome on the same calendar.

  • CeremoniesSagai · Pithi · Mehndi · Garba · Lagan · Vidaai
  • CoverageFull day · multi-day weddings · second shooter available
  • First editsWithin 4 weeks of the wedding
  • Booking2026 limited · 2027 open
  • LanguagesEnglish & Gujarati on the day
02 · Tier I — Primary
Sideline · BL2 rugby fixture · Bolton · 2025
02Primary specialism

Sports

Match-day, training, portraits and team sheets for the clubs, schools and athletes of Greater Manchester. Shot from the sideline; edited overnight; first proofs by the second morning.

  • SportsRugby · football · cricket · athletics · school games
  • CoverageMatch day · training · team & portrait sessions
  • First editsWithin 48 hours of full time
  • Season2026 fixture list open
  • TravelBolton · Salford · Wigan · BL & M postcodes
III · Supporting services

Four supporting services — same eye, smaller cadence.

Events, landscape, product and family work share the kit and the approach but a quieter rhythm. Some sit in the calendar between weddings; some are personal work shared as prints.

03 · Supporting

Events & Occasions

Galas, corporate evenings, milestone birthdays, christenings and engagements. Same eye as the wedding day, a smaller crew, a quieter footprint in the room.

Enquire
04 · Supporting

Landscape & Flora

A slow personal project — Greater Manchester walks and gardens, kept in season. Available as limited prints; commissions taken occasionally.

See the prints
05 · Supporting

Product

Studio and on-location product work for makers and small brands working out of the North West. Half-day, full-day, or per-lot pricing.

Brief a shoot
06 · Supporting

Maternity & Family

Slow sessions in your garden, at home, or in the studio. Bumps, newborns, school-age portraits. Prints designed to live in the hallway.

Book a session
IV · Across the practice

What's the same on every shoot, whatever it is.

A small practice has the luxury of consistency. The same hands edit every frame, the same kit goes to every job, the same promises hold across all six services.

A

Same eye on every frame.

I do not subcontract. The shoot and the edit are mine, end to end, on every assignment. A second shooter is brought in for larger weddings, briefed by me, edited by me.

Solo photographer + editSecond shooter on request
B

First edits in a fixed window.

Wedding first edits within four weeks, sports within forty-eight hours, everything else within ten working days. The window is part of the brief, not a hope.

Wedding · 4 weeksSports · 48 hours · Other · 10 days
C

Your files held, for as long as it takes.

Full-resolution masters and edits are archived to two drives and one off-site backup. Reprints, additional sizes and re-edits are available years later, at cost.

Archived indefinitelyReprints & re-edits at cost
V · What to expect

Three steps, no surprises.

Every service runs on the same three-step shape. Only the timings change.

  1. 01

    Enquire

    Send a date, a venue, and a sentence about the day. The form takes two minutes; I reply within two working days.

  2. 02

    Walk the day

    A short call to walk through the running order — key family, ceremonies, the moments you want held, anything you would rather not be photographed.

  3. 03

    Receive the gallery

    First edits within the window for that service. Full curated gallery online, on a keepsake drive, and as prints if you want them.

VI · Enquire

Tell me about the day.

Wedding, match day, christening, product line, family afternoon — the form is the same. Send the date, the venue, and a sentence about what you want held. I reply within two working days.