Zaga Production

Zaga Production is a photo and video studio at Rheinstrasse 50 in Neuhausen am Rheinfall. Its menu is split into weddings, events and real estate, so weddings are one of several lines of work. The wedding page is headed "Hochzeitsfotograf Schweiz" (wedding photographer Switzerland) and claims "20 -jährigen Erfahrung in der Hochzeitsfotografie und der Hochzeitskinematographie" (20 years of experience in wedding photography and wedding cinematography). The contact box on the Rapperswil page puts it slightly differently, as the 20 years of professional experience of the team with videos and photos.

How they describe their work

The wedding page opens with the studio's own description: a unique and modern approach that combines classic and extravagant styles of wedding photography. It says the studio's history takes in fashion, event and marketing photography, and that Zaga Production holds "die Essenz jedes Moments in künstlerischer Form" (the essence of every moment in artistic form).

It goes on to promise that the photos will not only be beautiful but will also have "Zweck und Wirkung" (purpose and effect), and invites couples to combine their dreams and ideas with the studio's years of experience. The Rapperswil page adds that the studio will support couples professionally and competently in all their concerns.

That is the extent of the description. The site does not explain how a wedding day is covered, how many people come, or how photo and video are combined, so these are things to ask.

The portfolio

The wedding page is mostly a long list of galleries, each named after a couple and a place. It gives a clear picture of where the studio has worked:

• Zurich and its region: a wedding at the Baur au Lac, weddings in Rüschlikon and on Lake Zurich, weddings in Dübendorf, and several galleries from the Zurich civil registry office ("Zivilstandesamt Zürich").
• Around the base: two couples photographed at the Rhine Falls, a wedding in Schaffhausen and a civil ceremony at the Schaffhausen registry office.
• Elsewhere in Switzerland: Rapperswil, St. Gallen, Unterägeri, Zug, Lucerne, Langenthal, Würenlingen, the Aargau, Marina Lachen, Engelberg, Gstaad, Montreux, Lugano, and a civil ceremony in Flims.
• Abroad: several weddings in Vienna and one in Prague.

Some galleries are marked "Protected", so they need a password. The list also mixes in other work, such as 18th birthday shoots, pregnancy photos and an event in Zurich, which shows that the studio's portrait and event work sits alongside the weddings.

The Rapperswil gallery page shows what a single wedding page holds. It is short: a greeting to the couple, the line that the studio is a wedding photographer in Zurich for wedding photos throughout Switzerland ("in der ganzen Schweiz"), and a contact form. Related galleries shown on that page are dated 2022: Aleksandra and Bojan in June, Lea and Ilco's wedding in Montreux in August, Milanka and Erdem's wedding in Zurich in November and Andrea and Vedran's wedding in Engelberg later the same month. A couple who wants to judge current work should ask for recent full galleries, including a wedding film, since the pages name video work but do not show a film on the wedding page itself.

Registry office weddings

The number of civil ceremony galleries stands out. Zurich's civil registry office appears under several titles, and there are civil ceremonies in Dübendorf, Schaffhausen and Flims too. For a couple who plans a small civil wedding in Switzerland, perhaps with a larger celebration elsewhere or later, a photographer with a record of registry office shoots in Zurich is worth a look.

Contact

The phone number +41 76 503 45 22 appears at the top of every page, with the email address info@zagaproduction.ch and the address Rheinstrasse 50, 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the footer. The contact form asks for name, email, phone number and remarks, all as required fields. The wedding page closes with an invitation to book ("Buchen Sie uns jetzt").

What the site does not settle

The site publishes no prices and no packages for photography, video or both together. It does not state how many hours a wedding booking covers, how many images or what length of film a couple receives, delivery times, or whether albums are offered. It names no team members, so a couple does not know who will photograph and film their wedding, or whether one person or a team attends.

The site is in German, and it does not say which languages the team works in. The couple names in the galleries do not answer that question, so a couple who needs English should ask in the first message. Travel costs are not mentioned, although the portfolio shows the studio travels widely, including abroad.

Questions to ask before booking

Because the website leaves the service itself undescribed, a first message from abroad should cover the essentials in one go:

• the date and place of the wedding, and whether the studio is free;
• whether photos, video or both are wanted, and what each costs;
• how many hours of coverage the price includes, and what happens if the day runs longer;
• who attends on the day, and in which languages they can work;
• what is delivered (number of images, film length, online gallery, album) and when;
• travel costs, which matter more for a wedding in the mountains or abroad.

One more point is worth raising. The wedding page's own text says the studio has established itself among wedding photographers "in der Westschweiz" (in western Switzerland), while its address is in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and most of its galleries come from Zurich, Schaffhausen and the German-speaking regions. Asking which regions it works in most often clears that up.

Who it suits

Zaga Production suits couples in the Zurich, Schaffhausen and eastern Switzerland area who want photos and video from one studio, and especially couples marrying at a Zurich or Schaffhausen registry office, a setting the studio has photographed many times. The spread of the portfolio, from the Baur au Lac to Gstaad, Engelberg and Vienna, shows it will travel. Couples who want published prices, named photographers and a clear description of the wedding-day service before making contact will have to ask for all of it, since the site gives mainly galleries.