I can't even begin to explain to you how excited I was to post this today. I spent a long time yesterday just formatting this blog and I couldn't be happier with the results! Although it took forever, it's in a much better place than it was previously and it just feels so much better to post on a medium that is visually appealing.
As for today's blog topic... I was brainstorming last night and several things came to mind. I debated on doing a "Why medicine?" post, but I figured that it might alienate people that come to my blog for pretty pictures and such. So, I decided that I would focus today's blog around photography (specifically wedding photography).
I might be ages away from even thinking about being married, but that doesn't stop me looking up wedding pictures. Aren't they just beautiful?
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I found this picture on Flickr creative commons, and I immediately fell in love! If you couldn't figure it out, this is a picture is taken right before an Indian wedding; the bride and groom sit on the decorated chairs while the ceremony is going on. To me, this picture symbolizes that moment before marriage- the last hurrah, if you will. That's gotta be one of the most important moments in these people's lives!
As cheesy as it is, I love the Bollywood wedding ideal. Is it way more extravagant than normal people weddings? Absolutely! In fact, one of my most favorite movies, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, has a wedding that is so destination and expensive that there's no way that anyone other than the bride and groom would sit through it! I wish I could show you a still from the movie, but unfortunately I couldn't find anything that wasn't copyrighted :(.
But, have no fear! I did a little research and found out that the filming of the wedding portion of the movie took place in Udaipur.
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How gorgeous, right? If I were to have a destination wedding it would have to be in a place somewhat like this. If you're interested, the palace shown in the picture is called the City Palace, and you can read more about it here.
I may be biased, but I find Indian destination weddings the best. There's no other culture that I know of that has such elaborate weddings and so many different rituals. Going to an Indian wedding is such a culturally inspiring event and if any of you guys ever get the chance to attend one, go! You'll definitely love it.
I also wanted to throw in a little bit about videographers. My friend and I love watching Indian wedding videos (shout out to S!) and our favorite videographer is a a company named SalShan. His vimeo can be found here and I highly recommend that any of you interested in wedding filmography look him up. His videos are absolutely gorgeous and I love his camera work.
Before I close up this post, I have to ask you guys how you feel about my little favorites gadget on the side of my blog. Tell me if you think it's tacky or if you like it!
Anyways, thanks for reading. I'll see you guys really soon!
Mal
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