One of the classic moments of a wedding is for the groom when he sees his bride walk down the isle with her father. We did one wedding where the groom got distracted just prior to this moment and, being nervous, didn’t realize his bride was walking down the isle until she was nearly there. The bride, of course, had trouble comprehending why her busband-to-be was pre-occupied with something else.
The groom, in moments leading up to the bride walking down the isle, often finds himself just standing at the altar “killing time.” During this time he is often inclined to carry on a conversation with his best man or the officiant in a muffled manner. DON’T DO IT!!!! Remember, you are wearing a quality UHF wireless diversity microphone that even picks up whispers. While in the released video we probably would not want to use the groom’s audio at this moment, there are times when it may be an advantage. Anything the groom says at this point will distract from the video if we were to use it so please, no talking while waiting for the bride to walk the isle.
One of the extremely common surprises of a wedding day comes when it is time to place the rings. Probably zero percent of couples getting married practice placing the rings on each other prior to the ceremony. Consequently, it is quite common to actually struggle at the altar getting a ring to slide to its final position on the finger.
This is probably the classic wedding day milestone of all time. What all too few people think about, however, is what the dad might be experiencing during that time. In doing wedding videography we see it all too often. That is, when the bride glances to the dad half-way down the isle and catches his eye. The video is exceptionally powerful in capturing this as the dad struggles to maintain his composure. With the video capturing 1,800 frames per minute we see various peoples’ composures either momentarily change or struggle to keep from changing.
Up until that point various people have been around you all the day for the entire day. Now suddenly alone in your car you realize that nobody is waiting for you or expecting you to do something. It is striking when that moment arrives.