About Us
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory - Dr.Seuss
Photo Tantra completely believes in this quote by Dr.Seuss . It is this belief that made us become wedding photographers. We try to create memories for you by staying connected with the moments which matter to you the most and this connection is possible only when someone is invested in you entirely.
In today's age of Google when everything is just a search away, it is not difficult to find out about the person whom we are supposed to photograph. But what is not available on Google search is the person not the persona that he or she really is. We are interested in the person that you are and invested in your wedding like a friend.
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Phototantra Background
Phototantra was started and is headed by us (Vinayak Das and Snigdha Sheel) since early 2009. We are perhaps the first husband and wife photography team in India to start shooting Indian weddings in a photo-journalistic style. We started shooting weddings for the love of photography, travelling, meeting new people, getting to know their culture and food. For us weddings are a great way to learn about society, human behaviour and culture.
Phototantra Accolades and Recognition
We became the first wedding photographers from India whose images were featured in the People magazine (US edition March 2012). Our photo story of The Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar and former Miss India Neha Kapoor's wedding was featured as a multi page photo spread. Our work was subsequently published in the "Who" magazine in Australia. Our photos from the wedding were also showcased in Ellen Degeneres and Conan O'Brien show.
Phototantra in the Press
Our work on candid wedding photography has been featured in many magazines and publications including Vogue, Conde Nast, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Femina, Wedding Vows, Smart Photogrpahy, Indian Express, Bangalore Mirror, Brown Paper Bag, Wedding Sutra, Deccan Chronicle, The Telegraph, Maharani Weddings, South Asian Bride magazine to name a few.
Phototantra Style
We believe in capturing the memories and moments of your biggest day with love, empathy and understanding of your sensibilities. Whether you're in search of an unobtrusive, candid style, photojournalistic story telling or an alluring portrait in your bridal fineries, we are here to photograph all that which makes you happy on the day of your wedding. Let’s keep it simple, happy and let's make your wedding stress free .
Our photography style and wedding films are a mix of photojournalism, visual story telling and glamour.
Phototantra in Technology
Vinayak who is our CTO is a firm believer in Technology. We are working to bring exciting products using Machine Learning and Visual Recognition that will soon be rolled out for you to use. We are the first to evaluate new technologies and see if we can use it to solve your problems. Vinayak who is from a tech background is our resident technology expert and heads a motivated team of young technologists working on exciting products for you.
Extra information if you still reading
From a humble start in 2009, Photo Tantra now is a one stop solution for all your photography, wedding videography requirements no matter how small or how big is the wedding. In 2011 we started an offshoot Alpo Galpo Films which started making wedding films. We are equipped with the latest photographic gear, professional series lenses, light modifiers and a pool of talented photographers and cinematographers who are trained and mentored by us. The entire operations, quality control, deliveries and visual story telling at the editing stage is handled personally by us.
We have been nominated several times as the top wedding photographers in India by esteemed publications like Conde and Vogue India. Our weddings films have won awards at the Great Indian Wedding Awards 2015. We are also regarded as the top destination wedding photography team in India having shot weddings in all the top destination wedding venues is India. Our team has done wedding photography and films in Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Goa, Cochin and Mahabalipuram. We have also done work in Thailand, Dubai, Nepal, New Zealand, Scotland, Malayasia, Tanzania and Kenya.
Our clientele
PhotoTantra takes pride in being the wedding photographers for some of the leading industrialists, celebrities, entrepreneurs, academicians, NRIs, eminent lawyers and business houses in India.
Ballpark Figure
Photo Tantra offers various wedding photography packages and the charges start at Rs. 1,50,000/- per day and Cinematography Packages that start from Rs. 2,00,000/- a day.
Fun Facts
We live in New Delhi with our 3 dogs and 2 kids. As people we love to travel and get excited over just about anything. We both love dogs, our whole family has pledged their organs, We love food, movies, music, books but nothing beats a heartwarming conversation and a good laughter with friends. We love everything that makes up for white picket fences, a fire place and an old dog to cuddle with, good wine and horror movies. Strange combination but that is what makes it fun.