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Pre-wedding shoots in Bengaluru, Goa and Kerala
Élan Films plans pre-wedding shoots around how a couple is together, then picks the place. Most shoots run in and around Bengaluru, including Nandi Hills, Coorg and Mysuru, or in Goa and Kerala. Observed market bands run about ₹25,000–₹90,000 for a local half-day and from ₹1,00,000 for a destination shoot.
Pick the place last. Most couples start with where, which is why so many pre-wedding sets look the same. Start with what you want it to feel like and the list gets shorter, stranger and better.
Published · Last reviewed by the Élan Films studio team. How we check facts and price bands
The method
You will be given things to do, not poses to hold.
"Act natural" produces the least natural photographs ever taken. What works is having something to do: walk there, tell each other that, react to this. Movement solves self-consciousness, which is the whole reason this studio is built the way it is.
If you are forty minutes in and still being positioned by the shoulders, something has gone wrong. That applies to us as much as to anyone else you might hire. How long a shoot takes and how many outfits work are in the pre-wedding planning guide.
Where
Location guides
Each guide covers what it takes to shoot there: permissions, the hour the light works, when the crowd arrives, and what goes wrong if nobody planned for it. Bengaluru and the places a drive away come first.
Worth saying
Should every couple do a pre-wedding shoot?
No. If neither of you likes being photographed, a full-day production in an unfamiliar place is not where to find that out, and a bad experience before the wedding makes the wedding itself harder.
A short session close to home, doing something you would have done anyway, is often the better version of this. We will say so if we think it is, which is not the advice that maximises the invoice.
Questions couples ask
How much does a pre-wedding shoot cost?
A local half-day sits in a market band of roughly ₹25,000 to ₹90,000 depending on crew and whether location permissions are needed. A destination shoot runs from about ₹1,00,000 upward once crew travel and days on the ground are counted. The variable that moves it most is not the location. It is how many days the crew is away from home.
Where can we do a pre-wedding shoot from Bangalore?
Within the city and a morning's drive: Lalbagh, Cubbon Park, Nandi Hills, Hesaraghatta, Devanahalli Fort and the Manchanabele side. A longer trip opens up Mysuru, Coorg, Chikmagalur, Sakleshpur, Kabini and Hampi. Goa and Kerala are a short flight, and Sri Lanka is the shortest international option.
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