Signature Frames Studio, Chennai

My engagement was in March of 2021, and the dates for the wedding was fixed for October 2021. Since March I was on a search spree to find a solid photographer that meets my requirements but also fits my budget. March through July, I’d have spoken to a minimum of 30 to 40 photographers. Most of them I had to let go cause they were charging a bomb for very minimal services. This went to a point where I thought maybe it’s this difficult to land a decent team for my budget and started reducing my requirements even further.

A random suggestion or ad on Instagram is what introduced me to Signature Frames, and thank god for that!!! All of the patience since March and constant effort to find a good team really did pay off, cause my family and I hit jackpot with Signature Frames!!!

What a solid, solid team! What professionalism!! What dedication to their art!! ♥️♥️

Kunnal and I had a call during early August. During which point we were confused with 2 or 3 other photographers. When I spoke to Kunnal, it felt like reconnecting with an old friend. The first thing that I told Kunnal was I have a budget. He was completely understanding of it and made me feel comfortable to progress with the conversation.

When I told him the budget, he said he and the team can work around it without any problem. Post this, I was expecting a negotiation around the services he can offer for the budget, cause that was what I was used to during the couple of months of search. So, I asked, “what are the services that you can offer for my budget”, in an almost shocked tone, Kunnal says “everything, ma’am”.

I couldn’t quite understand and I asked what he meant. He went ahead to explain that the whole team will be there from the first day morning until the next day evening and make sure both candid and traditional photography services are provided thought those 2 days. This is in addition to a pre-wedding shoot, mind you.

I was initially shocked about how this was possible. I was at a point where I might have to reduce my requirements cause the studios who provided quite bad quality of work were charging a LOT of money. I might have checked with Kunnal a couple more times even post that first call, cause I couldn’t believe that such good quality in a decent budget was possible. He was absolutely patient in answering my pestering and questions all throughout.

My partner and I wanted to visit the studio and meet Kunnal in person. When we went to the studio, we expressed our interest of having a indoor shoot, and the team readily agreed for the shoot to take place in that beauty of a studio they have!!! This was again surprising, cause the photographers whom we spoke to before wanted us to pay extra as the studio rent if it was to be an indoor shoot.

We were so happy with the comfortablity and the conversations, so we paid an advance and got them booked in August. So so glad that we did. I felt so glad after the discussion and so happy to have gotten a team after so many uncomfortable conversations with many photographers.

Post this, I proceeded to bombard Kunnal and team with a gazillion messages on how I need the pictures to be, sample pictures, sample audios, sample videos - just about everything!! The amount of patience Kunnal had to be open and receptive of my suggestions, questions and just constant chatter is astounding. Another example to show how professional, empathetic and solid this team is!!!!

We wanted to have a pre-wedding shoot to know the team a little bit and for them to know us a little bit. The shoot happened 2 weeks before the wedding, and boy, what an experience!!!

The entire team was SO involved in getting the right shots! What was supposed to be a 3 hour shoot, went for over 6 hours. The amount of effort and patience they had to get the shots right is absolutely commendable. It went to show how much of their personal time they were willing to give to ensure that the pictures came out beautifully. It could have been a very industrial process, where they could have said, 3 hours and the shoot is done. This reminded me of how Kunnal also did have an option to say, we might not be able to offer all the services for the budget, despite me having mentioned that it was told by another photography team. It was ONLY their passion and the commitment to their work that made them go the extra mile in every step of the way.

During the 2 entire days of the wedding, Signature Frames team became family and I cannot wait for them to achieve more and more success and go places!!!! I was conscious about my makeup and about posing. The entire team made me feel so comfortable, less self-conscious and very reassuring.

Honestly, I’m not a big fan of getting photographed, but these are just absolute gems to be photographed by. Mainly because, I didn’t even know where the cameras were. Absolutely genuine pictures. ♥️♥️

When we first spoke in july, I remember telling Kunnal, I can’t pose so, the pictures might be a little difficult. Be it pre-wedding or the wedding, I was really comfortable than I expected myself to be.

It felt like, the entire wasn’t there for at the venue for photography, it felt like they were there for the event as a part of our family, which I absolutely adore! ♥️♥️ I cannot miss but say this, they wore veshti for the wedding - my mom and I were recently looking at the pictures again and she said, “one of the best decisions that we made was to go ahead with these children. What a fantastic team. Ellam azhaga veshti kattittu vandhaanga. Chammathu team ♥️”

I have been telling Kunnal, I have a brother and so does my partner. There is no way that we’re going to look for another team of photographers EVER again for any of our events.

You guys, very honestly, deserve a lot, LOT more. This is in the most honest opinion of my family, friends and myself, solely for the passion that they have towards such tremendous work that they do. No matter how big you grow, which the entire team will, very soon, I really wish and hope that you stay connected to that passion that each of you have. The world has a weird way of commercialising and industrialising everything. Just make sure that your passion and commitment is your value proposition forever! ♥️♥️

My family and I really, really hope and wish for you guys to become humongous soon. You guys deserve it! Every bit of it!! Absolutely in love with your team and the work!! ♥️♥️♥️

Onwards and Upwards!!! ♥️

With tremendous amount of love, appreciation, adoration for the work,
Shakthi Kaashyap