The house owns no cameras, no instruments and no kitchen. For the evenings it arranges, it works with people whose work it has seen — and it is always looking for a few more.
I
The house arranges; you perform
The house brings you the evening and the guest; the work is yours, in your name, quoted by you in writing before the guest confirms. The house does not resell your work and takes nothing from it.
II
No commission, in either direction
You pay the house nothing to be asked. The house marks nothing up. If the house settles your figure on a guest’s behalf, it is passed on at exactly what you charged, on its own line.
III
The guest’s evening, the guest’s pictures
What is made at a guest’s evening belongs to the guest. It is sent to them by you; the house keeps no copy and posts nothing. Your portfolio may carry it only with their written consent.
IV
Quiet on the night
The house’s evenings are quiet by design. A photographer works the first hour and leaves; a musician plays one instrument; nobody asks a guest for a pose, a tag or a review.
Who the house is looking for
Photographers and videographersFor weddings, the circle, celebrations and arrivals. Discreet, fast, and gone before the evening settles.
MusiciansOne instrument, unamplified — for a silent evening, the circle, a proposal.
Florists and decoratorsA car dressed for a birthday or a wedding; lanterns and a table for the circle.
Chefs and caterersOne table under the sky; FSSAI registered; the house’s drivers do not drink and nor should the kitchen.
EveryoneGST registered or plainly below the threshold; your own insurance where your trade carries it; a rate card you will stand behind; a phone that answers.
How an evening is agreed
The house writes to you with the date, the place and what the guest has asked for. You reply with a figure in writing and what is inside it. The guest sees your figure beside the house’s own, separately, and confirms both or neither. On the night, the sarathi is the one person answerable for the whole evening; you answer to him for timing and to the guest for your work. The circle · A silent evening · Celebrations · Weddings.
The house has it.
The proprietor reads every one and replies in writing within a working day. Your reference is below; keep it to see where things stand on the status page.
Questions guests ask
Does Unlyra take a commission from photographers or florists?
No, in either direction. You quote the guest in writing in your own name; if the house settles your figure on the guest’s behalf, it is passed on at exactly what you charged, on its own line.
Who owns the photographs taken at a guest’s evening?
The guest. You send them to the guest; the house keeps no copy and posts nothing. Your portfolio may carry them only with the guest’s written consent.
How does the house choose whom to work with?
By seeing the work, meeting you once, and one evening done well. The house says plainly if it is not the right fit.