Divya Nair
In her sixth entry Divya Nair discusses the embarrassing things conventional wedding photographers and videographers ask newly weds to do and wonders whether or not she is ready to let them invade her privacy. Illustration by Uttam Ghosh
Two weeks ago, Papa asked me if I had decided who the wedding photographer was going to be.
Although the choice was an obvious one, let me tell you why making the decision was difficult for me.
When I was young, I remember watching wedding videos and albums of random Keralite neighbours and cousins, because we thought it was a great way to while away time in the afternoons and also introduce each other to our extended families.
I never remembered the names of people who featured in those videos, but as a first-timer it was exciting to watch the bride’s sari change colours, the groom’s smiling face appear on her henna-dyed palms, and the backdrop change to locations in Paris and Switzerland while the bride and groom held hands.
Not to mention, there would be plenty of colourful flowers, butterflies and a lot of sky, grass and birds, enough to give old Bollywood filmmakers a complex.
As I grew up, I got bored of these gimmicks and began to hate the videographers and disapproved of what they did as part of their job... following you everywhere you went, from the dressing room to the food area, with a powerful flash-light that made you go blind in seconds.
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Don't miss Divya's previous columns:
Wedding sari under 5k? You must be joking!
No buffet dinners please, we're Indians!
'I'm finally getting married and you're all invited'
'Have you bought enough gold?'
'Arranged marriage seemed like a box of lies waiting to explode'
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