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Hindu, Sikh and Muslim wedding photography in Aberdeen, from the nikah and the signing to the walima that follows, with the care a once-in-a-lifetime day deserves.
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An award winning, London based Asian wedding photographer, Kaushik Bathia has spent more than twenty five years photographing Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Gujarati and Tamil weddings in Aberdeen and across Scotland. We plan our movements so the couple never feels managed, staying near enough to catch everything and far enough to let the day belong to you. We photograph every Asian wedding tradition in Aberdeen, from the Hindu mandap and pheras to the Sikh Anand Karaj, the Muslim nikah and the Tamil muhurtham, across multi day celebrations. Twenty-five years in, we still prepare for each wedding as though it were our first, learning your family's particular customs before we lift a camera. A second photographer for the busiest days, a female photographer where needed and beautiful fine art albums are all part of what we offer, and we travel throughout Scotland for your wedding.
Serving Aberdeen
Aberdeen is the granite city, with grand venues. We photograph Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Gujarati and Tamil weddings throughout Dyce, Cults and Bridge of Don and the surrounding towns. From the kanyadaan to the saptapadi, or the first laav to the last, the ceremony tells its own story and we follow it.
We keep our kit discreet and our footsteps light, so the record of your day is made of real moments rather than everyone looking at a lens. We balance documentary coverage with a few quiet portraits, so your album holds both energy and elegance. We move quietly through the day, capturing the real moments rather than staging them.
Wherever your venues sit across Aberdeen and the towns beyond it, we plan the route with care. Aberdeen is the granite city, with grand venues, and we know it, Glasgow and Edinburgh alike. Local wedding venues we know near Aberdeen include Norwood Hall Hotel, Thainstone House Hotel and Logie Country House.
Aberdeen is known as the Granite City for its distinctive granite architecture, with grand buildings lining Union Street in the city centre. Aberdeen railway station is around a ten minute walk from Union Street and Broad Street in the city centre. We often take couples to Duthie Park by the River Dee, 44 acres of parkland with the David Welch Winter Gardens for a few quiet portraits, and Marischal College on Broad Street, one of the largest granite buildings in the world is a lovely backdrop nearby.
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What we offer
Beautifully bound albums and fine prints, designed around your favourite images.
The dhol, the dancing and the groom's joyful arrival, photographed with all of its energy.
When two cultures share a single celebration, we photograph both with equal weight and let the day tell its own blended story.
Every tradition
We learn the sequence of your particular ceremony beforehand, so whether it is Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Gujarati or Tamil, we anticipate each ritual rather than chase it. The joining of hands, the knotting of the couple's garments and their first shared steps carry a marriage forward, and we document each stage as it comes. For Tamil and South Indian families, the muhurtham and the tying of the thali are the sacred centre of the ceremony.
The farewell, when the bride leaves her family, is the most tender moment of many Asian weddings. We capture the groom's arrival in procession, on a horse, in a car or on foot, surrounded by dancing family. The dhol and dancing of the baraat are pure joy, and we capture every bit of the energy.

The whole celebration
The mehndi gathering is where the whole family finally lands in one place, and we photograph the reunions, the cups of chai and the henna drying across a dozen hands. Multi-day celebrations ask a lot of a family, so on the early events we stay light on our feet, reading the room rather than rearranging it for a picture.
From the baraat to the last guest, we follow the whole day at its own pace. We know the order and timing of each tradition's wedding day, so we are always in position.
Why choose us
Decades of weddings mean we read the day instinctively and never miss the moments that matter. Handling several hundred guests, a moving baraat and a tight auspicious window all at once is second nature after a thousand weddings behind the lens.
Much of our work takes us well beyond London, and the venues of Scotland are journeys we make gladly and often. We photograph across Dyce, Cults and Bridge of Don regularly, and returning to the county for a wedding feels less like travel and more like familiar ground.

Where we travel
Early muhurat timings often mean an early departure, and we build that into our planning so we are set up and ready before the first guest arrives. We cover the whole of the UK for Asian weddings, so distance never stands in the way.
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It varies with how many events you have, but multi-day Asian weddings typically produce several hundred finished images once we have edited the full collection. We select and refine every frame rather than handing over everything, so what you receive is the genuine story of your days.
Shortly after the day you will have a preview of highlights to enjoy, and your full edited gallery arrives once each event has been given proper attention. Multi-day Asian weddings produce a great many photographs, so we allow the time needed to bring every one up to a consistent finish.
We photograph Hindu, Sikh, Gujarati, Muslim and Tamil weddings, and we have done so for more than 25 years across over a thousand celebrations. Each faith has its own rhythm and rituals, so we adapt our documentary approach to suit whichever tradition your family follows.
Absolutely, and they are a real highlight for us. The mehndi, sangeet and garba overflow with colour, music and family spirit, setting the scene for everything to come. We photograph them in an easy, watchful style, so the joy, the dancing and the laughter feel entirely genuine.
Absolutely. Fusion weddings are a pleasure to photograph precisely because of their variety. Combining a Hindu ceremony with a register office service, or uniting Sikh and Muslim families, we treat every custom with respect and plan the schedule so neither half of your celebration is short-changed.
Absolutely. A second photographer joins us for larger Asian weddings in Aberdeen, so nothing is lost when two things happen at once. Big guest lists are covered in full, and the baraat and the preparations are captured at the same time.
Wholeheartedly. A mixed-faith wedding weaves two sets of customs together, and we give each the care and respect it merits. We talk with both families beforehand to understand what matters most on either side, then shape the day so neither feels their traditions were passed over.
More in Aberdeen
The same team, experience and care across every wedding and service we cover in Aberdeen. For weddings of every tradition in Aberdeen, see our wedding photographer in Aberdeen page. Browse our Asian wedding photography page, the wedding photography overview, all areas we serve, or nearby Glasgow and Edinburgh. We also photograph Asian weddings across Scotland, including Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee.
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