California Photographer, Alyn Stafford

While the majority of my wedding photography in California are “traditional” wedding ceremonies, I do cater to ethnic wedding ceremonies as well. From Chinese to Persian, Sikh or Hindi, to Kyrgze, I have photographed them all. In a later blog (after my December weddings) I will write more about ethnic wedding photography. However, in this blog, I wanted to share images from a Sikh wedding I had photographed in Orange County, California.

Just a few tips when it comes to photographing cultural weddings:

1.Inform your photographer about the culture of the ceremony. They may not have photographed a cultural wedding in the past and especially one form your culture. You want to inform your wedding photographer so they know what to expect.

2.Ask them if they have any issues with photographing the culture. If they seem hesitant, you may want to seek a photographer more comfortable photographing your cultural event or one who has the past experience doing cultural weddings.

3. Be up front with your wedding photographer about what they should expect as far as how much time is involved, cultural norms and customs and any cultural norms that they may need to adhere to while working with you, your family, or your wedding site if it’s a cultural church.

4. Give them a list of all of the cultural events/ceremony events that will be taking place. Some cultural weddings have a lot of neat events that happen during the wedding. If a photographer is not informed or not familiar, they may miss some great photo opportunities.

The bottome line is, communicate with your photographer and make sure they feel comfortable with what is expected of them and that you feel comfortable with working with the photographer.

Wedding photography Southern California, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, Catalina Island, Riverside, Orange County, Palm Springs, Ethnic Weddings, Destination Weddings. Cultural Weddings, Hindi, Sikh, Persian, Chinese