Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · weddings, portraits and the city

Memories through the lens.

Documentary photography of people and of the city they live in, weddings, ceremonies, portraits and the streets in between. Nothing arranged: the planned and the unplanned, in the same honest light. From Sarajevo, across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A bride in a white hijab and a long white gown standing on the steps of a weathered stone doorway, holding a small bouquet.
The Galata Tower in Istanbul, its stone cone and arched windows warm against a pale evening sky.
The bride seen from behind, her hand on the groom's shoulder, the two of them talking under a tree.
Hagia Sophia's painted domes and gilded roundels seen from the gallery, lit gold.
Close frame of the couple's hands with wedding rings, resting on white lace.
The bride and groom walking away hand in hand down a path under dark copper beech trees.

Six frames from two worlds, a wedding in Sarajevo, and the city she travels to in order to learn. Sarajevo and Istanbul

availability

Tell me what you have in mind

Send the date, the place and roughly what you are after, a wedding, a portrait, or a day in the city. A written answer comes back: what is included, what it costs, and whether the date is still free.

  • A written answer, what's included and what it costs
  • No fee to ask, and no obligation to book
  • Cash or card, as we agree
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step 1

What are we shooting?

the promise

A bride and groom holding each other on the steps of an old stone building, lace curtains in the windows behind them.
At the door Sarajevo
The Istanbul skyline across the Golden Horn at dusk, ferries at the quays and gulls over the water.
The Golden Horn Istanbul

No stiff posing

No missed moments

No waiting months

No shoot too small

Who am I?


Irma Husić standing at the rail of a ferry, eyes closed and smiling, gulls in the air and the Istanbul skyline behind her.
Irma Husić, photographer, Sarajevo

the photographer

I'm Irma Husić. I live and work in Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I photograph people, the day they get married, the day they graduate, the ordinary afternoon they want to keep. I love catching memories through the lens: the look before the ceremony, a hand on a shoulder, the ten minutes nobody planned. Those are the pictures people come back to.

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Istanbul is where I go to learn. I travel there often and I love the city, the Orient is my inspiration and the place where I learned to look: light on old stone, the market at seven in the morning, a street that changes character in ten steps. Sarajevo is home, and everything I bring back from there ends up in the way I photograph here.

Your day, kept as it felt.

Everything I photograph

Every booking starts with a message and a call.


  1. 01

    Wedding day coverage

    half day or full day · one photographer · online gallery

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  2. 02

    Ceremonies

    a religious or civil ceremony, registry office or venue

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  3. 03

    Engagement & couples

    an hour or two, one place, and time enough to stop noticing the camera

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  4. 04

    Portrait sessions

    20 minutes or two hours · one location · one or two outfits

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  5. 05

    Graduation & final year

    mini, standard and plus packages · priced per person · several fit into one day

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  6. 06

    Family, friends & celebrations

    30 minutes to two hours · birthdays, gatherings, anniversaries

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  7. 07

    Restaurants, cafés & makers

    interiors, plates, the people: a set of frames you can run for a season

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  8. 08

    Products & property

    products on a set · apartments and interiors that are let

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  9. 09

    City & tourist sessions

    a walk through Sarajevo or your own city, an hour or two, no script

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  10. 10

    Fashion, content & social

    outfits, locations and a month of posts

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Recent work

A selection from weddings, ceremonies, portraits and the city. Names and dates only appear beside the photographs that are allowed to carry them.


A bride and groom holding each other on the steps of an old stone building with tall wooden doors.
At the door & Sarajevo
The Galata Tower lit at night, framed between two plane trees, with the city lights below.
Galata, after dark & Istanbul
A bride in a white hijab and a long white gown on the steps of a weathered stone doorway.
The door & Sarajevo
A chestnut cart with a maroon canopy and steam rising, in Taksim Square, people passing behind it.
Chestnuts in Taksim & Istanbul
Hagia Sophia's painted domes and gilded roundels seen from the gallery, lit warm gold.
Hagia Sophia, the domes & Istanbul
A close frame of the bride laughing, her fingers resting on the groom's jaw.
The laugh & Sarajevo
The couple kneeling in prayer on a patterned green carpet, seen from above.
The prayer & Sarajevo
The bride and groom kneeling on an ornate green carpet, looking up at the camera.
The ceremony & Sarajevo
A graduate in a green trouser suit holding a large bouquet and raising her diploma folder outside the faculty.
The diploma & Sarajevo
A graduate in a green trouser suit with an armful of lilies and roses, her diploma folder raised in the other hand.
The bouquet & Sarajevo
Three friends photographed close together on a Sarajevo street, the old post office behind them.
The three of them & Sarajevo

prices

What it costs

You are not paying for the camera. You are paying for the time, the shoot, the selection, the editing and the finished gallery. These are starting prices, below the established studios in Sarajevo.


the starting offer Twelve services with a starting price. Everything else is in the price book below.

Portrait mini 40 KM≈ €20 20–30 min · 10–15 frames
Portrait, 1 h the usual pick 70 KM≈ €36 1 h · 30–40 frames
Couple session 70 KM≈ €36 1 h · 30–40 frames
Graduation from 50 KM≈ €26 30 min · 20–30 frames
Family from 70 KM≈ €36 1 h · up to six people
Event, 2–4 h 120–220 KM≈ €61–112 a birthday or a celebration · 40–100 frames
Restaurant & content, 1,5 h 150 KM≈ €77 interior · plates · people · 20–40 frames
Business & content, 3 h 250 KM≈ €128 space · products · people
City session, 1 h 60 KM≈ €31 a walk through the city · 25–35 frames
Wedding half-day, 4 h 300 KM≈ €153 ceremony · couple · family · 150–250 frames
Wedding, 6 h 450 KM≈ €230 up to 250 frames · online gallery
Wedding full-day, 8 h 600 KM≈ €307 the whole day · one photographer · online gallery

Prices are in KM. The rate is fixed, 1 € = 1,95583 KM, so the euro figure is orientation only. Travel: up to 10 km included, 10–30 km +10 KM, 30–50 km +20 KM, over 50 km by agreement.

For orientation: prices in Bosnia and Herzegovina run very wide. Two hours of an event for 100 KM, five hours for 350 KM, twelve hours for 600 KM. In Sarajevo, three hours for 500 KM and six hours for 1.200 KM, and professional wedding packages go higher still. These sit below that, because the portfolio is still being built.

the price book, by category

Portraits and individual 30–130 KM
20–30 min, mini session30–40 KM
45–60 min50–70 KM
1–1,5 h70–100 KM
2 h100–130 KM
each extra hour40–60 KM
each extra location+20–30 KM

An example: 60 minutes and 20–30 finished frames for 60 KM is a perfectly reasonable place to begin.

Graduation, masters and finals 30–100 KM
Mini package40 KM20–30 min · the faculty or a location · 15–20 finished frames
Standard60 KM45–60 min · one or two locations · 30–40 finished frames
Plus80–100 KM1–1,5 h · the graduate, family and friends · 50–70 finished frames
Each extra 30 minutes+20–30 KM
Finals and school-leaving: mini30 KM15–20 min · one location · 10–15 photographs
Finals and school-leaving: standard50 KM30 min · 20–30 photographs
Finals and school-leaving: premium70 KM45–60 min · more locations, family and friends · 40 photographs and up

It is short and simple, so several of them fit into one day. The finals price is per person.

Couples 40–140 KM
Mini, 30 min40–50 KM
Standard, 1 h60–80 KM
1,5 h80–110 KM
2 h110–140 KM
Family and friends 50–140 KM
30 min50 KM
1 h70 KM
1,5 h90–110 KM
2 h120–140 KM
A larger group+10–20 KMa supplement for more people, or a shoot with more moving parts
Weddings 200–750 KM
Half day, 3 h200–250 KMarrival · the registry office or the ceremony · the couple · a short session · a few family frames · 150–250 finished photographs · online gallery
Half day, 4–5 h300–400 KMthe extended half day
Full day, 6–8 h450–600 KMafter we have talked it through
Full day, 8–10 h600–750 KMafter we have talked it through

Wedding photography, intimate & documentary coverage. One camera, one photographer, no assistant and no second shooter. A full day is only agreed after we have talked, and it is the one category I do not promise in advance.

Restaurants, cafés and venues 100–400 KM
A small café or restaurant100–150 KM1–1,5 h · interior · exterior · a few details · food and drink · 20–40 finished frames
A larger restaurant150–250 KM2–3 h · interior and exterior · food · staff · atmosphere · details · 40–80 photographs
A full content shoot250–400 KM3–4 h · the room, the food and the people · material for Instagram, Facebook and the web · 60–100 finished frames
City, street and landscape 50–120 KM
Individual city session, 1 h50–70 KM
Couple city session, 1–1,5 h70–100 KM
Tourist photography, 1,5–2 h80–120 KM
Landscape and nature, 2 h90–120 KM

If the photographs are used commercially, by a company, a tourist board or a hotel, the price is a different one. For private use the figure above stands.

Birthdays and events 60–400 KM
1 h60–80 KM
2 h100–140 KM
3 h150–200 KM
4 h200–280 KM
5 h250–350 KM
6 h300–400 KM

A small birthday, 2 h, 120 KM. The simplest offer on this page.

Property and Airbnb 80–180 KM
A small apartment80–120 KM
A larger apartment or a house120–180 KM
An apartment let short-term100–150 KM

Interior, exterior, the details, and a few lifestyle frames if the listing wants them.

Products 50–180 KM
10 products50–80 KM
20 products80–120 KM
30 products120–180 KM

If it needs real styling, added light or retouching, the price goes up.

Fashion, outfit and content 40–160 KM
30 min40–50 KM
1 h70–90 KM
2 h120–160 KM
Influencer and content package, 2 h150 KM50–70 photographs · more than one outfit and more than one location
Social media content 100–350 KM
Basic100 KM1 h · 20–30 photographs
Content180 KM2 h · 50–70 photographs · more than one outfit and location
Business content250–350 KM3–4 h · the space · products · staff · lifestyle · made for the feed
O-01half day · 4 h
The bride and groom kneeling on an ornate green carpet, looking up at the camera.

Wedding, half day

ceremony · the couple · family · 150–250 finished frames · online gallery

300 KMask for a date
O-02full day · 8 h
A bride and groom standing together on the steps of an old building with tall wooden doors.

Wedding, full day

intimate and documentary coverage · one camera, one photographer · after we have talked it through

600 KMfrom 450 KM for 6 h
O-031 h
A woman in a red and cream striped knit and a headscarf on a Sarajevo street, the old post office facade and a tram behind her.

Portrait

one hour · one location · 30–40 finished frames

70 KMmini session from 40 KM
O-04from 50 KM
A graduate in a green trouser suit holding a large bouquet and raising her diploma folder outside the faculty.

Graduation and finals

30 min · one location · 20–30 finished frames · priced per person

from 50 KMfinals from 30 KM
O-051 h
Three friends standing together on a Sarajevo street under strings of flags, the old post office behind them.

City session

an hour on foot · Sarajevo or your own city · 25–35 finished frames

60 KMcouples 70 KM
B-011,5 h
Strings of dried peppers, herbs and natural sponges hanging over spice jars at a market stall.

Restaurant & content

interior · exterior · plates and drinks · 20–40 finished frames

150 KMcontent day 250–400 KM

reviews

In their words

Weddings, portraits and the city, what people said afterwards.


“Eleventh visuals is highly creative and professional. I loved every second of our photoshoot, and the pictures turned out great, Irma let us behave like we were walking around the city with a friend.”

Dzemila & Abdurrahmanwedding · Sarajevo

“She has an eye for the moments you don't notice happening.”

Ildaportrait

“We forgot the camera was there within ten minutes.”

Admir & Seherzadawedding

“I walked down my own street and saw it for the first time.”

Dzanacity walk

“The graduation package is incredible value, I got a real portfolio out of it.”

Enagraduation

how it runs

From first message to finished gallery

Four steps, and the same person on every one of them.

  • One reply, from me, not an assistant
  • The gallery in 2–5 days, depending on the editing
  • If it rains, we move it inside
start with a message
  1. reply time

    You write

    Tell me the date, the place and what you have in mind. If the date is taken I will say so in the first line. The answer comes the same day, within 24 hours.

  2. a call, or a coffee

    We talk it through

    Half an hour, no hard sell. We work out what the day actually looks like and what you want back from it.

  3. the day itself

    I stay out of the way

    You will forget I am there for most of it. The only direction you get is where to stand when the light is worth it.

  4. delivery time

    Your gallery arrives

    In 2–5 days, depending on the editing. How many frames you get depends on the package. They arrive over Drive or WeTransfer, or on a USB stick if the files are large, and what you do with them is up to you.

the city that taught me

Istanbul is not a backdrop. It is the city I travel to in order to learn.

Twelve frames from a city I travel to often, made on ordinary days with no client waiting. They are here because they are the most honest thing I can show you about how I see. Sarajevo is home; Istanbul is the school.

Galata Tower rising over a dense stack of Istanbul rooftops under a heavy sky.
Above Karaköy Istanbul
Beds of yellow, red and blue tulips around a still pond in Emirgan Park.
Emirgan, in April Istanbul
A white cat mid-yawn on a stack of printed textiles at a street stall.
A resident of the Grand Bazaar Istanbul

on commission

The same eye, pointed at your hotel, your restaurant or your season, a set of frames you can run for months.

see the brand work
A white ornamental bridge over a canal of tulips in red, yellow and violet.
Emirgan Istanbul
A white ferris wheel standing against a limestone cliff at golden hour.
Antalya Türkiye
The Galata Tower seen through a narrow gap between buildings, a line of printed cotton hung across the street below it.
Galata, behind the washing Istanbul
A market stall with a portable record player, a gramophone horn and printed sleeve art.
A stall on the way to the Spice Bazaar Istanbul
Colourful mosaic lamps and feather dreamcatchers hanging close together in a bazaar shop.
Lamps at the Grand Bazaar Istanbul
Sunlit historic street facades in pale stone and yellow above the Galata shops.
The street above Galata Istanbul
Bougainvillea in full bloom spilling over a curved iron balcony with wooden shutters.
A balcony under bougainvillea Mediterranean

for businessesbrand work

Hotels, restaurants and makers

from 150 KMa small venue, 1–1,5 h · up to 400 KM for a full content day

I shoot on commission for places that need a season's worth of frames rather than one hero image: rooms, plates, hands at work, the street outside at the hour it looks best.

  • A small café or restaurant, 1–1,5 h, 100–150 KM, 20–40 finished frames
  • A larger restaurant, 2–3 h, 150–250 KM, 40–80 photographs
Strings of dried peppers, herbs and natural sponges hanging over spice jars at a market stall.
The Spice Bazaar, the working eye Istanbul

Before you send the form


How far do you travel?

Anywhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Kakanj, Tuzla, Mostar, Zenica, Banja Luka, Bihać, Travnik. Travel up to 10 km from Sarajevo is included in the price. From 10 to 30 km it is 10 KM more, from 30 to 50 km it is 20 KM more, and past 50 km we agree it, or 0,50 KM per kilometre after the first 10 to 15. I don't take bookings outside Bosnia and Herzegovina.

How quickly do you answer?

The same day, personally and in writing: whether the date is free, what is included and what it costs.

How far ahead should we book?

It depends on what it is. A portrait, a session or an event: at least a week ahead, and two is safer. A wedding: a month ahead.

Do we have to pose?

No. I photograph what happens. The only direction you get is where to stand when the light is worth it, and you can ignore that if you would rather.

What if it rains?

We move it inside, or to another place you suggest. Rain is not a reason to cancel a shoot.

How do the graduation and finals packages work?

For a graduation or a masters: mini 40 KM, standard 60 KM, plus 80–100 KM, and each extra 30 minutes 20–30 KM. For a final-year or school-leaving session the price is per person: mini 30 KM, standard 50 KM, premium 70 KM. They are short, so several fit into one day.

When do we see the pictures?

In 2–5 days, depending on how much there is to edit and how large the files are. The gallery arrives over WeTransfer or Google Drive. If the files are too big to send, I can put them on a USB stick and post it to an address.

What if we have to cancel?

If you cancel less than 24 hours before the shoot, the fee is 20 KM, plus the travel fee if the booking included one.

come and look

Tell me the date. I'll tell you if it's free.

The most useful first message is the date and the place. Everything else we can work out afterwards, on a call, with no obligation on either side.

basedSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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