i've been thinking about songs for our wedding video.. the key here is something that's not trendy. those songs tend to get annoying after a while, especially if you're exposed to it all the time. the best songs are the ones that are at least a couple of years old that you still love listening to on a road trip or will sing (off key) to while cleaning the bathroom..
these are definitely some of my favourite picks (approval/rejection by kiwi still pending..):
atif aslam - tu jaane na (ajab prem ki ghazab aahani)
colbie caillat - realize
shreya ghoshal and rahat fateh ali khan - teri ore (singh is kinng)
train - hey, soul sister
kailash kher - dilruba
plain white ts - hey there delilah
shreya ghoshal and sonu nigam - koi tumsa nahin (krrish)
michael bublé - haven't met you yet
falguni pathak - o piya
sixpence none the richer - there she goes
rahat fateh ali khan and suzanne - surili akhiyon wale (veer)
the fray - never say never
i wish i paid more attention to the gap ads and the wanna-be gap ads.. they usually have good songs that would totally be appropriate for wedding videos.
Showing posts with label videography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label videography. Show all posts
May 8, 2010
April 11, 2010
first look
a lot of blogs talk about the "first look" prior to the wedding. despite it being unlucky for the bride and groom to see each other before the wedding, nowadays some meet prior to the wedding to ease those jitters as well as share a very private moment before you take that big step in your life. an alternative i've read is where they blindfold the bride and groom. instead of a "first look", they only get a first touch. they can talk to each other prior to, again to ease jitters, while keeping the excitement of the first look to happen while the bride walks down the aisle.
i would have loved to do the blind fold idea.. unfortunately there isn't time to do this. and i'm sure the parental units would have a fit at the idea.
a more recent tradition in india (and making its way to north america) is the bride greets the groom with a haar after the mother of the bride welcomes the groom to the wedding. i suppose you could call it a first look, indian style. it's still a rather public moment and sometimes involves the interaction of other family members. (the groom would be lifted by brothers and friends making it difficult for the bride to place the haar around the groom without help from her brothers to lift her.)
kiwi suggested we do that. i suggested we don't. :) to be honest, i really like the idea of anxiousness and anticipation. when i walk to the mandap, a large cloth is held in front of kiwi to prevent us from seeing one another. after i sit, my hand is put in kiwi's, while the cloth is still held up between us. a blessing is done, and then the cloth comes down (which is when we're officially married).
since kiwi won't be able to see me while i walk down the aisle, he'll get to experience that feeling of anxiousness while he waits for me. then there's that feeling of anticipation when all he can do is feel my hand in his. at this point, even though he still can't see my face, you can imagine the wave of emotions simply brought on by touch.
i personally consider that to be the intimate moment that's just between you two right in the middle of a chaotic indian wedding. i'm definitely looking forward to it!
pics from dinofa photography, still motion
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i would have loved to do the blind fold idea.. unfortunately there isn't time to do this. and i'm sure the parental units would have a fit at the idea.
a more recent tradition in india (and making its way to north america) is the bride greets the groom with a haar after the mother of the bride welcomes the groom to the wedding. i suppose you could call it a first look, indian style. it's still a rather public moment and sometimes involves the interaction of other family members. (the groom would be lifted by brothers and friends making it difficult for the bride to place the haar around the groom without help from her brothers to lift her.)
kiwi suggested we do that. i suggested we don't. :) to be honest, i really like the idea of anxiousness and anticipation. when i walk to the mandap, a large cloth is held in front of kiwi to prevent us from seeing one another. after i sit, my hand is put in kiwi's, while the cloth is still held up between us. a blessing is done, and then the cloth comes down (which is when we're officially married).
since kiwi won't be able to see me while i walk down the aisle, he'll get to experience that feeling of anxiousness while he waits for me. then there's that feeling of anticipation when all he can do is feel my hand in his. at this point, even though he still can't see my face, you can imagine the wave of emotions simply brought on by touch.
i personally consider that to be the intimate moment that's just between you two right in the middle of a chaotic indian wedding. i'm definitely looking forward to it!
pics from dinofa photography, still motion
November 3, 2009
wrestlemania - the wedding edition
one criteria i go by with any vendor i've met is comfort level - do i like them? do i enjoy working with them? will they help make my experience more fun than exhausting?
so far i've found a decor person i like who can also supply a mandap i think will create the setting i'm looking for. he also seems to be the only decor person i've met that really understands how much i want to be involved in the decor process. i don't want people to present me with ideas and i just accept one of them. i want to bounce ideas back and forth and figure out together what will work and what won't. this is the part i enjoy most!
anyway, this level of comfort with vendors is really only felt by me right now. which kind of makes sense since i'm the only one here. the kiwi is in another town (country), so he wouldn't be working with them as much as i would. if i were to book most vendors without the kiwi having met them, it's not a huge deal. he's probably never going to meet most of them anyway and will only see the final product.
but there's always that exception..
photos and videos - those are the vendors i need him to meet before i book. those are the vendors he's going to be spending his entire day with.. he'll spend more hours with them on our wedding day than with me! sad.. but true :P anyway, because of this one reason, it's crucial that he's comfortable with them. if he's not, it's going to show in the final product - the one thing we'll be keeping for the next 50+ years.
our game plan currently is scour the web, check out their portfolio (preferably blog), then contact them if we like what we see. get as much information via email and then set up an appointment for me to meet them. once i've met a few of each that fit the budget and i like, we'll have to figure out a way to get the kiwi down here to meet them and see if he's comfortable with any of them. after he's satisfied with the negotiations, then we'll BOOK!
*sigh* i almost feel like it's a tag-team wrestling match where i tire out the opponent then tag kiwi in to finish the job.
so far i've found a decor person i like who can also supply a mandap i think will create the setting i'm looking for. he also seems to be the only decor person i've met that really understands how much i want to be involved in the decor process. i don't want people to present me with ideas and i just accept one of them. i want to bounce ideas back and forth and figure out together what will work and what won't. this is the part i enjoy most!
anyway, this level of comfort with vendors is really only felt by me right now. which kind of makes sense since i'm the only one here. the kiwi is in another town (country), so he wouldn't be working with them as much as i would. if i were to book most vendors without the kiwi having met them, it's not a huge deal. he's probably never going to meet most of them anyway and will only see the final product.
but there's always that exception..
photos and videos - those are the vendors i need him to meet before i book. those are the vendors he's going to be spending his entire day with.. he'll spend more hours with them on our wedding day than with me! sad.. but true :P anyway, because of this one reason, it's crucial that he's comfortable with them. if he's not, it's going to show in the final product - the one thing we'll be keeping for the next 50+ years.
our game plan currently is scour the web, check out their portfolio (preferably blog), then contact them if we like what we see. get as much information via email and then set up an appointment for me to meet them. once i've met a few of each that fit the budget and i like, we'll have to figure out a way to get the kiwi down here to meet them and see if he's comfortable with any of them. after he's satisfied with the negotiations, then we'll BOOK!
*sigh* i almost feel like it's a tag-team wrestling match where i tire out the opponent then tag kiwi in to finish the job.
October 29, 2009
retro wedding videos
agh, videography is starting to be a pain in the neck! it's hard to find a good videographer. their style is either too 1980's indian or too 1980's italian. i did find a website over lunch today of two videographers, who were twins.. with mullets. oh i kid you not. i really should have checked out the gallery for signs of barbequed road kill or genesis as the background music. sadly i didn't have time :( i asked one of the photographers i met if they know any videographers they'd recommend. he said, "as far as videographers go.... i get the question a lot and i can't say that i have really worked with any that i would recommend. kinda sad, but it's the truth!"
fantastic.. this will be a challenge.
fantastic.. this will be a challenge.
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