I recently did my pre-wedding and wedding shoots with S M Photography and their team, and they did an amazing job 🌊. The photos are super clear and of great quality. They handled everything calmly and made the shoots easy 😊.
Soujanya Hegde
Wedding photography · Sirsi, Uttara Kannada
Capture your life
Capture your life
in pictures.
Where every frame tells a story.
The look between the two of you before anyone notices. Your grandmother's hands during the Nandi. The moment the music finally takes over the hall. We photograph and film weddings across Uttara Kannada and the rest of Karnataka, and we stay close enough to catch all of it.
Our approach
Your moments.
Your moments.
Our frames.
A wedding day does not wait for anyone. Rituals run early, the family arrives late, and the best expression of the whole morning lasts about two seconds. After eight years of weddings across Uttara Kannada and Karnataka, we know where to stand before that happens.
We are a small team of photographers, videographers and editors. One of us is on the traditional coverage your family will expect, one is working candid, and the films are cut by the same people who shot them — so nothing gets lost between the camera and the album.
We will customize your package the way you want it.
See services and packages
Occasions
What we capture
From a two-hour Nandi to a week of celebration — we cover the whole calendar, or whichever part of it you need.
Featured services
Four ways we cover a day
Photography
Traditional coverage your family will want framed, and candid work for the moments nobody posed for.
Videography
The full ceremony recorded properly — rituals, speeches and blessings, start to finish.
Cinematic films & reels
A short film cut to music, plus teasers and reels you can share the same week.
Drone coverage
The mandap from above, the procession down the road, the venue in its setting.
Wedding · Pre-wedding · Candid · Engagement · Fashion
Every frame tells a story
How it works
From first call to finished album
01
Tell us the dates
Call or message with your event dates and venue. We confirm whether we're free before anything else.
02
Build the package
Pick a package as it is, or change it. Add drone, drop the cinematic film, split coverage across two days.
03
The day itself
We arrive before the family does, work through the rituals, and stay until the last function closes.
04
Edit and deliver
Every soft copy, the edited films, and your premium album — with you choosing the photographs that go in it.
AI photo sharing
Make your event photo sharing faster and smarter
Three hundred guests, two thousand photographs, and one uncle who wants his copies by Tuesday. Instead of scrolling through all of it, guests scan a QR code at the venue and face recognition brings up the frames they appear in.
Available for weddings, receptions and larger events.
- 1We put a QR code on the tables and at the entrance.
- 2Guests scan it and the event gallery opens on their phone.
- 3They take a selfie, and their own photographs come up.
- 4They download what they want, in full quality.
Where to find us
Based in Sirsi,
Sirsi, Uttara Kannada,
Karnataka – 581336 Open in Google Maps
Based in Sirsi,
working across Karnataka
Our base is in Bilepal, near Vanalli. Most of our work is within Uttara Kannada — Sirsi, Siddapur, Yellapur, Banavasi and the villages around them — and we travel across the rest of Karnataka whenever a family asks us to.
Bilepal, Post-Vanalli,Sirsi, Uttara Kannada,
Karnataka – 581336 Open in Google Maps
What couples say
5.0 rating, 31 Google reviews
I had the absolute pleasure of working with Mr. Sumukh & the team, and I couldn't be more happier with the results. From the moment we started, they made us feel completely at ease and brought such a calm, creative energy to the shoot.
Vinay Gayatri
S M Photography did an amazing job. They captured beautiful moments and delivered stunning photos. Highly recommended.
Swati Hegde
The exceptional quality of their photos and the genuine friendliness of their entire team aren't just a one-time thing with S M Photography.
Maitri Bhat
Good photographer. His talent, professionalism and dedication are really great 👍. A pleasant experience with SM Photography.
Pinku Priya
The photos speak for themselves — pure magic! Thank you, SM Photography team, for capturing our memories so beautifully.
Ashiwini Hegde
Wonderful experience with the SM Photography team. You really engage people patiently. We are thankful to you for the best photography.
Shilpa Hegde
I'm so glad that I stumbled across SM Photography. I can't say enough about how professional SM Photography is and the quality of work he provides.
Shrikrishna Hegde
A memory worth keeping
After years, memories last with images.
Your photos were treasured... even if, over the years, you had lost them.
Because some moments are too precious to disappear. A photograph brings back the people, the laughter, the emotions, and the little details that time slowly takes away.
Years from now, when everything has changed, these images will still take you back to the moments that mattered — exactly as they felt, exactly as you remember them.
About
Eight years of
Eight years of
other people's
best days.
We are SM Photography — a team of photographers, videographers and editors working out of Sirsi, Uttara Kannada. We photograph weddings, engagements, pre-weddings and the celebrations around them, across Uttara Kannada and the rest of Karnataka.
What we're actually doing all day
Mostly waiting, and knowing what to wait for. A wedding has maybe forty moments worth keeping and several hundred that aren't, and the difference between a good album and an ordinary one is whether somebody was in position when the forty happened.
So we learn the order of your rituals beforehand. We find out which aunt travelled furthest and which grandparent will only be there for the morning. We are committed to delivering high-quality results, but the work that actually decides the outcome happens quietly, before anyone raises a camera.
Every wedding and celebration has its own emotions, people and unforgettable moments. Our goal is to preserve them in photographs and films you can treasure for years.
Capture your life in pictures.
Our philosophy
Where every frame tells a story
A photograph earns its place when you can still feel something looking at it ten years later. That rules out a lot of technically correct pictures of people standing in rows.
We work for the other kind. Quietly, without running the day, so the moments happen on their own — and we're already there when they do.
- Genuine emotion, not posed reaction
- The rituals, in the right order
- Family, including the ones who hate cameras
- Natural expressions
- The celebration as it actually ran
- The light and feel of the day
What you get
What makes your memories complete
Five things that turn a day of shooting into something you can hold, watch and pass around.
Photography
Traditional frames for the family, candid frames for you.
Videography
The ceremony recorded in full, plus a cinematic cut.
Creative films
Teasers and reels, short enough to actually be watched.
Complete coverage
Engagement through reception, without handing you to a different team halfway.
Customized packages
Every package on the services page can be rebuilt around your event.
Safely preserved
Every file is backed up and kept safe on our end, so even years later — if you ever lose your own copies — the memory itself is never lost.
A memory worth keeping
Your photos become memories. Your memories become stories.
Have a look at what we've kept for other families.
Services & packages
Pick a package.
Pick a package.
Then change it.
The packages below are the ones families ask for most often. None of them is fixed. Add drone, drop the cinematic film, split coverage across two venues — we will customize your package the way you want it, wherever in Karnataka your event is.
01
Photography
Traditional coverage for the frames your family will want on the wall, and candid work running alongside it for everything else.
- Traditional Photography
- Candid Photography
- Engagement Photography
- Pre-Wedding Photography
- Post-Wedding Photography
- Wedding Photography
- Haldi / Mehendi Photography
- Sangeeth & Dance Photography
- Nandi Coverage
- Reception Photography
- Portrait Photography
02
Videography
The full ceremony recorded end to end, and a cinematic cut for the version you'll actually rewatch.
- Traditional Videography
- Cinematic Videography
- Engagement Videography
- Pre-Wedding Videography
- Wedding Videography
- Haldi / Mehendi Videography
- Reception Videography
- Cinematic Videos
- Teasers & Reels
03
Event services
Add-ons for bigger functions and for relatives who couldn't travel.
- Drone Coverage
- LED Wall
- YouTube Live
- Facebook Live
- AI Photo Sharing
- Premium Photo Albums
- Photo Frames
Wedding packages
Wedding coverage
Six packages, from traditional-only to full coverage with both-side Nandi and drone. Every one of them includes all soft copies from the event.
Engagement & wedding
Package 6
For families holding the engagement and the wedding with the same team, so the whole run is covered in one style.
Engagement to reception
Package 7
Complete coverage from engagement to reception, with every major function photographed and filmed.
Pre-wedding
Pre-wedding shoots
A day out with the two of you and a camera, somewhere that suits you — and the reels ready before the invitations go out.
Before you book
Questions we get asked
Custom package
Your event. Your requirements. Your package.
Don't see exactly what you need? Tell us what the days look like and we'll price it around them.
The portfolio
Our work
Thirty photographs from weddings, pre-weddings, engagements, candid coverage and fashion sittings across Sirsi, Uttara Kannada and the rest of Karnataka. Tap any frame to open it full size.
Photography gallery
Your turn
Like what you see?
Tell us your dates and we'll tell you straight away whether we're free.
Contact
Let's capture your story
Planning a wedding, engagement or pre-wedding shoot anywhere in Karnataka? Send us the dates first — availability is the one thing we can't customize. Everything after that, we can.
Reach us directly
WhatsApp is usually fastest. During a shoot we may not pick up the phone, but messages get answered the same evening.
- Phone9481275174
- WhatsAppMessage us on WhatsApp
- Emailsumukhab22@gmail.com
- Instagram@sm_photography__
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Studio
Bilepal, Post-Vanalli, Sirsi,
Uttara Kannada, Karnataka – 581336 Open in Google Maps
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