Preeyanka + Nikhil | Hindu Wedding Highlights Castlewood Country Club

Happy Friday everyone! We are super excited to share Preeyanka and Nikhil’s wedding highlights today on our blog! Their traditional Hindu wedding was one of our favorites over the summer since it took place outside on a gorgeous day under a magnificent tree. Nikhil’s grandfather was the Pandit for this wedding making it extra special for the couple and these guys simply have the best friends and family which made everything a blast!

I could go on and on about this wedding but I bet you probably just want to watch it for yourself so click on the link below to see this amazing Indian wedding video we made this summer! Enjoy!

 

Kinjal + Sandip | Half Moon Bay Indian Wedding Highlights

To say this wedding was fun is a total understatement! Kinjal and Sandip have to be some of the most outgoing and social people I have come across in a while! They know how to laugh, enjoy life, and party! Their two day event was spectacular and took place in one of our favorite wedding locales, Half Moon Bay. Both the bride and groom got ready for the big day at Hotel Oceano, which is a gorgeous venue right on the water. But it got better! All the guests were taken by bus to a private estate for the ceremony called Liquid Sky, which was approximately 20 minutes and perched upon a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  The views were some of the best I have ever seen so all the photos and the wedding film came out great!

After the ceremony we got some amazing shots on the cliff and then headed back to the hotel to prepare for the reception. The entire night was a huge party including a Flash Mob, heartfelt speeches, dances, cake cutting, and more! The night ended with dancing and even someone who opened up a champagne bottle and sprayed everyone on the dance floor. That part was not cool, but everything else was! Sit back and check out this beautiful Indian highlights video shot in Half Moon Bay, CA.

Karan + Rajan | Bay Area Sikh Highlights Video

Thousands of people watched Karan and Rajan’s Same Day Edit Highlights Reel we posted in April. We showed it at their reception in front of 800 guests and had amazing response from everyone. The portion that we had yet to include was the reception since we were showing it at the reception. Now that their feature film has been completed we have now created their final highlights reel!

Our highlights reels are a recap of the entire wedding day or multiple days in some cases. We included the most important, most touching, and most exciting shots to create a short film that is easy and fun to watch. We used a variety of songs that the bride and groom chose to reflect their personalities and style. I really like the mix of American and Indian music as it really expresses how we like to hold onto our roots but we also live in the US where we hear and grow to love a lot of American music.

Countless hours go into editing these highlights reels because we want them to be perfect. Every shot and every frame needs to mean something and carry the story forward. While we like the long form documentary as it shows the entire ceremony and reception, the reality is that it will be watched not as frequently as a short film such as this. That is why we create packages so our clients can have the best of both worlds when it comes to documenting an event like a “videographer”, but also creating a meaningful film like a “cinematographer”.

We hope you enjoy their highlights and if your internet is slow we recommend hitting “play” then “pause”, wait for it to load, then hit “play” again.

Karan + Rajan | Bay Area Sikh Wedding Highlights Film from Vijay Rakhra on Vimeo.

Sikh Wedding Same Day Edit

Last week was a fun one! We spent five days with our lucky couple and photographed and filmed all their events including the Bride’s Mehndi night, the Bride and Groom’s respective Maiyan ceremonies, the Bride’s Choora ceremony, as well as, both their Sangeet nights! The fourth day was the wedding at the San Jose Gurudwara, followed by their reception on the final day at the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland, CA. This was the most expansive project we have ever tackled. With so many events over so many days, with a lot of team members covering these events, it was no easy task. I am so excited that we pulled it off and have this amazing same day edit to show for it!

Each night we had to back up our memory cards and encode the video files for editing. We had to play close attention to organization as multiple cameras were used at multiple events. Each night we would rough cut some of our selections but the real editing was basically done Saturday night after the ceremony and was completed just an hour or so before we showed the edit live in front of about 700 guests on two projectors.

For the final highlights we will add the reception portion to this film and will also be doing a long form video of all the events and wedding ceremony and reception.

If you would like a same day edit of your Indian wedding in the San Francisco Bay Area give us a call! We really enjoy the satisfaction of sharing what we capture with our audience immediately after the event and it is great entertainment for your guests!

Sit back and enjoy our edit! We suggest you hit “play”, then “pause” to let it load and then hit “play” again if you have a slower internet connection.