Reena and Vineet // An Ivy Room Wedding Video
November 2, 2011
Reena and Vin were married during a morning ceremony and so their day began at sunrise. There is a tranquility at dawn, a stillness, felt no more immediately than in a city like Chicago, where moments of silence are rare, let alone extended periods when all you hear is the sound of the wind and crickets. Without a doubt Reena’s prep was the quietest bride prep I’ve ever experienced. It was peaceful, as was the venue prep at the Ivy Room. This was the aura of their wedding, at least as I experienced it, and it stuck with me throughout the day.
So when I sat down with their footage and began charting their film, this is what I kept coming back to. A quiet feeling of love and joy. After a while I found a song that spoke perfectly to that feeling as well, and then came the decision about the audio. Normally I try to find a piece from the ceremony or the reception to use as the backbone of the film, and that certainly was an option here (even though most of the ceremony was in another language there were parts in English and the entire reception was in English as well). But every piece of spoken audio I inserted felt out of place, almost to the point of distraction. The thing about Hindu and Sikh ceremonies is that the bride and groom say almost nothing audible, and putting in words from someone else kept pulling me away from the feeling I had on their day. So I began to strip their film down, removing everything that didn’t convey that feeling, until I finally realized that all I wanted was the ambient sound of their day to come through.
This is a film that I hope conveys the feeling not only of Reena and Vin, but of the day they were married. Enjoy.
Photography: Olivia Leigh Photographie | Venue: The Ivy Room | Coordinators: LOLA Events | Decor: Botanicals | Design: Art of Imagination | DJ: Swara Sagar


Be the first to comment