Dakor
Jaymil & Mahima
A Celebration in Light
Beneath the arches of a lakeside palace, where golden light met ancient stone, they began their forever — surrounded by the people, the laughter and the stories that made them who they are.
View Story→SHADES OF STORIES
Wedding photography and cinematography created around the moments, emotions and stories that make your celebration uniquely yours.
At Shades of Stories, we believe a wedding is not a single day — it is a collection of feelings. The nervous anticipation before the ceremony. The warmth in a father's eyes. The laughter that erupts without warning. The quiet moment between two people who know their world is about to change forever.
Our work is about preserving the atmosphere, the emotion and the story — so that years from now, when you look at your photographs and films, you don't just remember what happened. You feel it again.
A Curated Collection
Dakor
A Celebration in Light
Beneath the arches of a lakeside palace, where golden light met ancient stone, they began their forever — surrounded by the people, the laughter and the stories that made them who they are.
View Story→Anand
Somewhere Between Waves & Vows
Salt air, barefoot dances, and a love that felt like coming home. They chose the sea as their witness — and every frame holds the warmth of that afternoon sun.
View Story→Surat
Written in the Walls of Time
A heritage haveli. A thousand marigolds. Two souls who found poetry in every stolen glance. Their celebration was a love letter to tradition, reimagined with modern grace.
View Story→Ahmedabad
Monsoon Hearts
When the rain came, they danced. When the sun broke through, they kissed. Their backwater wedding was nature's own love poem — wild, beautiful and perfectly imperfect.
View Story→Moving Stories
Tithal Beach,Surat — Where the Ocean Met Their Story
The Photographs
Who We Are

At Shades of Stories, we approach every celebration as a narrative — not a checklist. We are not interested in posed perfection. We are interested in real emotion, authentic connection and the unscripted beauty that makes your wedding truly yours.
Our team brings together the disciplines of documentary photography, cinematic filmmaking and editorial art direction. The result is a body of work that feels less like conventional wedding media and more like a visual novel — intimate, alive and deeply personal.
We believe that the most powerful photographs are not the ones where everyone is looking at the camera. They are the ones where nobody is — the quiet glances, the unexpected tears, the chaotic joy, the still moments between the noise.
Every couple we work with becomes part of our story. And every story we tell is designed to be remembered — not just seen.
200+
Weddings Documented
50+
Films Created
8+
Years of Stories
What We Create
The laughter, the nervous hands, the stolen glances, the chaos, the quiet.
We approach every wedding as a story waiting to unfold. Our photography captures the raw, unscripted beauty of your celebration — the moments you planned for and the ones that surprised you.
Films built around movement, sound, emotion and everything words cannot quite explain.
Our cinematic wedding films are designed to move you. We weave together the sounds, the light, the laughter and the tears into a visual narrative that you will want to revisit again and again.
The moments nobody planned for.
The best photographs are the ones you never saw coming. We stay quiet, stay present and stay ready — so that every unscripted moment becomes part of your permanent collection.
Your story before the celebration begins.
Before the rituals, the guests and the grand celebration — there is your story. Pre-wedding sessions give us the space to create something intimate, personal and entirely yours.
Two people. One frame. A thousand feelings.
Whether it is an anniversary, an engagement or a regular afternoon — we create portraits that feel alive with the connection between you.

Where fashion meets feeling.
For couples who want their photographs to feel like the pages of a luxury magazine. Editorial sessions are designed, directed and crafted with an artistic vision.
Words From Our Couples
“It felt less like being photographed and more like having our story remembered exactly the way we lived it.”— Jaymil & Mahima, Dakor
Tell us about your story, your celebration and everything you're imagining. We would love to be part of it.