Kushol Sarkar Photography

Our Story

As a WestBengal based wedding photographer I look at a lot of wedding photography and it’s can be very hard to see something you love and not want to replicate the image in your next wedding. However, I don’t think that is the right way to approach shooting the day. Everyday is different and each couple has made their own choices, placed emphasis on particular parts of the day and designed their wedding in the way they want to celebrate it – this is the challenge and joy for me, creating a bespoke set of images that represents their day.

If I went to shoot a wedding with a specific list of images in my mind I think I would fall into the trap of ‘imposing’ those shots upon the day, not seeing what is in front of me and trying to photograph that in the most compelling and interesting way. I’ve looked at the images of Joseph Radhik or Ankita Asthana and there are some fantastic, breath-taking images but I’m also aware of the way they work and the sheer scale of intervention and the amount of time the Bride and Groom are away from their guests is not how I want to shoot a day. It suits some couples for sure (maybe they don’t like their families) but I’m trying to tell the human story of the day not give the couple a fashion shoot. But it is each to their own – each couple, each photographer has their own ideas and it’s about the two finding each other and knowing that the photographer’s style is the type of photography they want.

That is why I think it is paramount to shoot in a style that you are happy with, know works for you and above all gives you the images you were striving for. I have been asked in the past ‘Can you do ‘these’ particular shots?’ or ‘I’ve seen these photographs and would like everything like this on my day’. If it is a style far removed from the naturalistic images I make I have to say ‘That’s not what I do.’ If you just want the job you obviously say ‘Yes’, if you want to build a business with a ‘House Style’ and work that is obviously your own with a signature look people will seek out you have to say ‘No’.

 ...