A boutique South Asian wedding production studio with a curated teamblack iris studios
WHY BLACK IRISPhotographs and films composed with intention. A curated archive that will withstand the test of time.
Our team is small, hand-picked, and trained to a single creative standard — so a three-day, multi-city celebration arrives in your inbox as one cohesive collection, not three different cameras' interpretations of your day.
❋ a studio, not a solo actYou're hiring a creative director and a vetted team, not just a lone shooter who burns out by the second event. Every gallery is colorized and signed off by our creative lead, so three days across multiple cameras read as one body of work with a single voice.
❋ An editorial eye. A cinematic hand.Our photography draws from the language of fashion editorial — composition, restraint, light treated like a subject. Our films are built like short cinema: deliberate pacing, scored sound design, and color grading that holds up on a screen larger than a phone.
❋ Built for the world of desi weddingsThree days, five outfits, two cities, a baraat that runs forty minutes long — already on the schedule. We recognize the joota chupai, the pheras, the var mala, the rukhsati without being prompted, and we plan coverage the way a film production plans a shoot, with detailed call sheets built from your timeline. Our color science is calibrated for burgundy lehngas, rich mehndi, and brown skin — the way it should have been all along.
Photography and Films
built for the archive.
real wedding archives
Because truly covering a wedding day is so much more than a few posts on Instagram.
A NOTE TO PLANNERS
here's what working with us looks like for you.
We've been at enough weddings to know the difference between a vendor who makes the day and a vendor who quietly costs the planner an hour of damage control. We try hard to be the first kind. We know that we are all on the same team, and the number one goal is to give our couples the wedding day (and the photographic archives of it) that they dreamed of.
A few things you can count on:
Your timeline is read before the wedding, not during it. We build internal call sheets from your final schedule, with photo and video notes for the entire team — so everyone knows exactly where to be, and when.
We're easy to have on the floor. Because the planning is done before we arrive, the day itself stays light. Your couple gets to be present, not micromanaged.
The details get the love they deserve. Every choice you and your couple agonized over — the florals, the stationery, the favors — shows up in the gallery.
Every vendor gets tagged, every time. And the work is yours to use for your own marketing, free of charge. Vendors who take pride in what they make deserve to show it off — we just want to make that easy.
the experience
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An unlimited digital gallery, sneak peeks, every frame edited and colorized in the Black Iris signature style. Built around an editorial eye and a documentary instinct: the portrait you'll frame above your bed and the in-between moment you didn't know was happening.
Add-ons available: second photographer, pre-wedding session, drone, content creator, curated album, raw content.
Starting at $2,800 for 6 hours of coverage.
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A curated coverage experience and a cinematic highlight film. Every wedding story gets its own unique narrative, curated music selection, and deliberate color grading that holds up on a screen larger than a phone. Production is coordinated by a dedicated team lead, so the day flows the way it's meant to and our couples can stay present.
Add-ons available: second videographer, drone, documentary film, speeches and dance edits, teaser, next-day edit, raw footage, motion album, content creator.
Starting at $3,400 for 6 hours of coverage.
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The way Black Iris was built to work. One team on the floor — not two crews competing for the same shot. One creative direction, one color science, one editing voice across every photograph and every minute of film. The photos you print in a coffee table book and the film your families rewatch on anniversaries belong to the same wedding, because they were captured by the same eye.
Starting at $5,700 for 6 hours of combined coverage.
what they said after
“You guys made our wedding photo and video experience so comfortable, engaging, and fun. We are forever grateful to have met and worked with you guys for our big day and all of our events. Your team did a beautiful job with capturing our vibes, ideas, and inspo pictures. We are so in love with our sneak peeks - we look at them daily! I am so glad I stumbled upon you guys a year ago when we first started looking for vendors. We are both super big photo and video people and we have absolutely no regrets choosing your team. The gallery was beautiful and everyone was obsessed, including us! We have family members saying they look at the photos daily because they are that good! We cannot wait to relive our wedding through yall’s lens and creativity! Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts!”
priya & matthew“Got me crying in the OR 🥹 I can’t believe that’s us, you and your team did such a stunning job. I’m so amazed like literally have no words. I’m so happy we went with you, you were one of our best decisions. Love love the video and the photos 🥰 Oh my gosh I can’t stop watching 🥹 MashAllah your work is absolutely incredible ”
Tayyibah & Jarar
“Black Iris was great! The best part about them was how communicative they were about their process and it helped both of us plan better for how our wedding would be photographed. We felt secure throughout the process and everything was done in a timely manner. They were easy to work with and helped our vision come to life.
The end results were amazing and both us and our families are very happy with their work!”
sabah & awais