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We are a boutique fine art studio focusing on high quality photography services. Whether it’s choosing the right suppliers, a great print paper or working with the most talented editors and stylists, quality is something we don’t compromise on. Investing in great wedding photography is a commitment to ensuring that you’ll have images lasting a very long time and images that will put a mark on a special day and be carried through to your future generations. We believe in timeless, classic, natural & refined imagery. We’re really committed to wedding photography and we love what we do. We believe that a good photo shouldn’t be distinguished by trends. It might be captured today, but just as well, it could have been captured 20 years ago or 20 years in the future. And that’s why we specialise in analogue film photography. It’s important for us to maintain exclusivity which is why we take on a limited number of weddings every year, and we prioritise weddings where we have a strong connection with our couples. Every single wedding we photograph will have the opportunity to be featured on our website, our blog or we submit to one of the local magazines and international online editorial publications.
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A hundred times over we would choose 30 amazing images over 100 average images. 30 images that really tell a story and that capture beautiful memories, heart-warming moments, the gentle and the sincere. It’s an honour to be chosen to photograph a couple whether it’s a wedding day, an engagement or anniversary celebration or just as well a honeymoon session with people who, like us, value quality, realness, simplicity, art and photography. We focus on details as much as we focus on an emotional connection between the two of you and an artistic composition. Our team of photographers is led by Maria Sundin and we are all dedicated to capturing photos that have beautiful light, and ultimately that tell an intimate, natural and genuine story - the way you feel and see it played out. On your wedding day we stay close to you at times and at times you won’t notice us, all to give you the best experience while feeling relaxed and enjoying your celebration.
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Analogue film is a specialised art form of photography. It’s the ancient expression of photography and it’s a beautiful way of enhancing your images. The colours and the feel of classic film photography is unbeatable. Your images will truly stand the test of time as we use the same technology used 50 years ago and we use vintage cameras that are no longer produced. We pride ourselves on specialising in analogue film & we define ourselves as hybrid photographers, using both digital cameras and analogue cameras as medium to capture your celebration. We are one of the few photographers in the UAE that use analogue film and as film is so rare nowadays, there are only a handful of professional labs left in the world. Our film lab, Carmencita film Lab, that scans and develops our film captures are based in Valencia Spain. No photoshop, no digital viewfinder - we craft our image in camera which slows us down to be sure that we capture our frames perfectly on the first try. With vintage cameras, things can go wrong. Therefore we try to capture digital back-ups to ensure we don’t miss part of your day should something go wrong. To add a film package, there is an additional film cost due to the high cost of photographing and developing on film.
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WEDDINGS The happiest day! We are mostly complimented on our attention to detail and our way of capturing the natural connection between the bride and groom as well as our quality. But, there is a method to the madness, time. The more time we spend with you on your day, the better our chances are of capturing natural spontaneous cute moments!
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1 10 hours of photography approx. 500 high res images Personalised online gallery for 1 year Additional lighting for evening set-up Second photographer full day Cotton Rag Wedding album 25x25cm A E D
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10 hours of photography approx. 500 high res images Personalised online gallery for 1 year Additional lighting for evening set-up Second photographer full day A E D
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3 10 hours of photography approx. 500 high res images Personalised online gallery for 1 year Additional lighting for evening set-up A E D
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* D I S C R E T I O N For Emirati weddings we employ privacy discretion clauses with our vendors. All Emirati wedding images are managed by female professionals.
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Extra hours of your main photographer Daytime A E D 1 5 0 0 / hour OR After 10pm A E D 2 0 0 0 / hour Add a second professional photographer trained in low light A E D 6 0 0 0 / full day
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If none of our pre-made packages work for your wedding day, please feel free to create your own custom wedding package at 1 5 0 0 A E D per hour. Minimum 4 hours + travel cost*.
* T R A V E L C O S T Abu Dhabi A ED 0, Dubai A ED 3 0 0 / Rest of UAE A ED 6 0 0 * N O T E Main photographer’s hours are charged extra after 10pm.
DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS At ever y wedding we work hard to capture as much of the details as possible to help tell the stor y of your day. We engage ourselves in ever y single par t of your day. We specialise in fine ar t photography and therefore photograph most of your day in daylight but we also carr y some off camera lighting equipment for evening photographs.
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This is the Wedding Artbook, a lay-flat album design made with artisan bookbinding methods and 12 colour pigment inks that are fully archival i.e. long lasting. All our covers are linen fabrics. The wedding artbook comes in two different papers. C OT TO N
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Each spread is printed on a beautiful 310 gsm archival acid free cotton rag paper, which is rated to last for 50+ years. P / 1 6
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Each spread is printed on 240 gsm clean white smooth matte paper.
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Cotton Rag Paper | 20 spreads/40 pages (max 35 spreads) 25x25cm, AED 4.000
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30x30cm, AED 4.500
Add 1 spread (2 pages) for AED 100
Classic Matte Paper | 20 spreads/40 pages (max 60 spreads) 25x25cm, AED 3.000
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30x30cm, AED 3.500
Add 1 spread (2 pages) for AED 100
Duplicates in any size available at -30% discount.
L ASTING QUALIT Y We so value the work of our album craftsmen. They create all ar tbooks in a handmade process that takes a minimum of 30 days. Using pigment inks rather than dye inks, we can also ensure a longer lasting end product. If you choose cotton rag paper, it ensures an even longer lasting album, no faded images for 50 years!
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After your wedding day, you’ll receive your first delivery of your wedding photos in your personal online gallery as well as your very first online wedding album draft. With the online tool you can comment on each page and easily suggest changes if you would like to change out/remove/add photos, pages or spreads. PA R E N T
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Albums aren’t just for couples anymore. You have an option to add the perfect gift to both your parents right after the wedding. Each parent album will be a copy of the bride and grooms album in any size and can be purchased at a 30% discount. C OV E R
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All our albums come with gold or silver imprint on the front cover, and an album care card. Both our artbooks also come with a matching linen box and cotton gloves. For the cover font, you can select Roman or English numerals. We also offer a custom calligraphy font for an additional fee of AED 1000, if you would like to make your album extra special.
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If you’d like to ensure that your front cover font is forever indented on your album, we offer custom embossing for your front cover for AED 500. This option is also available in gold or silver. C OV E R
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Maria Sundin Photography album covers are made in linen. If none of our album covers suit your taste, we can customise a colour that will match what you are looking for.
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Natural raw linen, Natural beige linen, Natural grey linen
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Lux sage linen, Colibri graphite linen, Colibri lagoon linen
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For each and every album design we use a professional design service to ensure every album is designed in a professional matter. Design changes are charged at AED 150 per round of changes (1 round of changes is included at no extra cost). *All our designers are female.
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KRAFT BOX - 5x7 (13x18c m)
25 press printed everyday prints A E D 9 0 0 CLAMSHELL BOX - 5x7 (13x18cm)
100 press printed everyday prints A E D 2 0 0 0 200 press printed everyday prints A E D 3 0 0 0 400 press printed everyday prints A E D 4 0 0 0 P / 20
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PREMIUM PRINTS - available in diverse sizes
5x7 (13x18) A E D 5 0 8x12 (20x30) A E D 1 5 0 DECKLED EDGE GICLEE PRINTS
5x7 (13x18) A E D 1 0 0 8x11 (20x28) A E D 2 0 0
*minimum order AED 2000 * S H I P P I N G Shipping fees to ship your items to you are not included and will be added to your final bill. * N O T E All costs subject to VAT charges of 5%
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Approx. 1-1,5 hour of photography approx. 50 high res images Personalised online gallery for 1 year Travel cost to Dubai, Abu Dhabi included A E D
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Approx. 1-1,5 hour of photography approx. 50 high res images Personalised online gallery for 1 year Travel cost to Dubai, Abu Dhabi included A E D
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* T R A V E L C O S T Abu Dhabi A ED 0, Dubai A ED 3 0 0 / Rest of UAE A ED 6 0 0
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FAQ
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Of course! We’re hybrid photographers and use both film & digital photography as our medium and you’ll always receive your images online in high resolution. All your photographs will be available for download in the gallery for 1 year. HOW
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We usually recommend you to add a second photographers if you’d like to ensure we capture your wedding in its entirety.
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Ask us to bring some sample albums to our meeting with you! Quality is really important to us and we’ve tried a number of album companies over the years to end up with a UK artisan producer that creates beautiful high end albums.
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We work with a range of wedding planners and stylists and once you have booked with us, you’ll receive our welcome package, which lists our favourite planners!
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We deliver around 30 images per hour so after a 10 hour wedding, you will be receiving around 350-500 images. The process to edit your photos after the wedding is set to approximately 8 weeks. This timeline is an approximate timeline as the editing process is so individual to each wedding. We work hard to ensure your images are top knotch before we release them.
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For par t of your day, we work with your planner to organise a time to photograph your wedding day setup so that all your details are captured in photographs.
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We value quality and a beautiful and a thought-through end product but we also believe in the importance of value for money. We stand behind our product 100% because we are highly trained and we use the best equipment & processes. We don’t charge ridiculous margins on our products but quality does come at a price. And because a lot of our work is film based, our prices will go up slightly with the use of film.
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Film is a specialisation wihtin photography (it’s got nothing to do with video) and it simply means that we photograph on analogue film rolls. Remember the old days before digital cameras came? That’s right, film rolls and lots of them. That’s what we all used to use. We use professional medium format film cameras that are no longer produced. One film roll contains 16 frames on our medium format camera so you can see that we use a lot of film at a wedding! On your day, you will constantly see us measuring the light and changing film in the camera. Once we have finished your wedding, we’ll ship all the film rolls off to our Film Lab, a professional lab that specialises in high quality film scanning. They scan the film rolls and we get the images back digitally. The real beauty is that we don’t need to edit these images, everything was already done in camera! We just adore the colors of film and we believe that sometimes you have to go back to the tried and tested ways of producing art. We live for film and we are passionate about the artistic process of film. All the images in this guide are shot on film cameras, analogue film rolls and shot in the UAE. However we haven’t left the digital world completely behind, we also use digital cameras to complement our film work.
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HEY BRIDES Let’s face it, this day is ALL about you. We don’t mind spending some extra time getting beautiful por traits of you in your getting ready room. While we might not have you lay down on a couch against a backdrop, we’d love to capture you in your element, raw and beautiful. So, do us a favour and plan some time for this. You won’t regret it!
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We always prefer to meet our future bridal couples face to face before taking a booking, so that we can get a feel for each other and show you all our beautiful products! We start with a consultation to find out more about you, what you like, how you met and what vision and inspiration you have for your wedding day. We show you all of our beautiful album products and print boxes and our fine art prints. Once you have decided which wedding collection to go for, we’ll secure your wedding booking by sending you a wedding agreement to fill in and sign, as well as booking fee invoice. A retainer / booking fee of 50% is due upon booking, in order to block your wedding date. With the busy lives nowadays and with the growing number of destination weddings, a physical meeting is not always possible so in this case a phone call is a good way to talk before you make a booking. To book your consultation, simply email us the date you have in mind and we’ll take it from there.
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