Instant is now the latest buzzword of couples, even the ones at the altar — who don't waste a minute in sharing pictures and real-time updates of their wedding day. The earlier trend of visiting a photo studio after the wedding is passe. Cedric Da Costa, Master of Ceremonies, says, No sooner we are home from the wedding, pictures of the couple, families and guests are uploaded and tagged. It makes everyone feel nice.
DONE FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS BACK HOME
When Elton John married his longtime partner, David Furnish last year, fans were given a detailed update of the run-up to the big moment. From the moment they signed legal papers, everything was captured and posted on social media, and updated real time.
Diana Braganza, who tied the knot this year, had a special handle created on social media, where the couple shared live pictures with family and friends. We didn't want to put all our pictures on social media where there are so many other people. We wanted it to be a little private. She goes on to add how this helped those who couldn't come to the wedding as well. My brother, who lives abroad, couldn't make it for my wedding, so he got to witness the wedding, as it happened, quite literally by following these updates over social network.
COMING TOGETHER ON THE SAME PAGE
When Vere Dias, 30, a business analyst, decided to get hitched in Goa, he created a special page online, which he ensured stayed updated. Talking about the benifits of such a scenario. First of all, you are on people's phones and with notifications going out all the time, everyone gets to know what she or he has missed. For instance, updates on various routes to the wedding venue, or the actual time when the bridal entourage will enter the hall, helps people stay connected. He adds, Instead of calling 10 people to get information about the wedding, it's better to come to one source. Cedric agrees, It comes in handy, if someone wants direction to the place, etc. All these live interactions help immensely.
CATCHING WHAT THE PHOTOG MISSED
Having guests take pictures of the wedding and sharing it online is like getting access to all those moments which the photog has missed. Sometimes' there's such a lot happening all at once, that it gets hard to capture all those moments, says Sean from Old Goa, adding, We had guests post pictures of us and themselves, where they tagged us. It gives a different perception of what they saw at the wedding. Ashlesh Kamat, a wedding photographer, informs how the concept of live updates of weddings, is common at NRI and destination weddings. First of all, there's such a lot to shoot at these weddings, because of the scenic wedding locales. Apart from that, there's family and friends back home who want to know more about what's happening at the wedding, so a lot of times, these pictures are shared real time for them.
BLAME IT ON THE NETWORK!
But not all couples have it easy on D-day. Slow connectivity and network issues come in the way of them sharing selfies, and cute wedding moments. Francisca S narrates how, she along with her friends couldn't share any selfies they clicked at their friend's wedding because 'the network was so slow'. Vere had a similar experience on his big day. We couldn't have that many real updates as we would have liked to because of the internet connectivity which was not good. So, a word of advice is ensure the place from where you are making all those updates has got good connectivity, and for that a recce of the venue will definitely be of assistance.
BDST: 1805 HRS, APR 20, 2015
Edited by: Sharmina Islam, Lifestyle Editor
