Destination Weddings

There's something about a destination wedding. Whenever we get one in, I know it's going to be particularly special from a film perspective, especially if it's in a tropical place like Mexico. I know that there will be some elements that a video camera in Philadelphia, PA for example, wouldn't be able to capture in the same way.

I think it has to do with the quality of the light first off. It's warmer, it humanizes a person more on film. It rims a person's face so perfectly if it's in just the right shots. The ability to use it to your advantage is there- you can make people silhouettes, or you can just admire the soft glow on a baby's face.


The other thing about tropical locations is you can find certain elements or art and value that are hard to find anywhere else. Like, certain works of antique art or sculpting on the wall that is tearing way. These things are hard to preserve, so it's admirable from a video perspective to get close ups of certain textures and things like that. Every once in a while, you'll scan the footage and find something you'd only see on the cover of a book.


It's just different. Different in a good way!

Wedding Transportation

We just had a wedding in Central Park this past weekend and discovered a great idea. This maybe a standard thing to do, but it had never occurred to me. There was a trolley that shuttled guests on a set route along the park stopping at three different parking lots. I realized that this approach can be implemented in most any city wedding where parking spaces are a limited commodity.

I suppose when planning a wedding you can map out some approved parking lots and perhaps even work out something with them. And then communicate your route and trolley schedule to your guests with a spiffy little handout that matches your wedding design pallet. Depending on the wedding size, you can go with one, two or more trolleys to decrease the wait time for your guests.

This way, you can have custom transportation that easily gets your guests where they want to be, when they want to be there, in an often challenging environment!