Words, Images and the Space Between

entry 53. Korean Wedding Ceremony.

I’ve been a busy photographer these days! I have 2 weddings this coming weekend and I photographed 2 weddings last weekend; one Friday and one Saturday! That means I have hundreds of photos to edit (now that I’ve gone and deleted all the bad pics from the bunch!) Today was dedicated to editing photos and ONLY editing photos… Early this morning I dove right into editing the first batch, which was a lovely Korean Wedding Ceremony.

I took the shots with a high ISO using available light. I did not like the flash in the smallish banquet room, and since they were not going to blow the prints up very big, I knew I could get away with the high ISO. Plus, my Canon 5DMark2 does a very good job at 1600 ISO. The resulting images are so lovely! The colors are vibrant and alive. They remind me of the color wheel, all primary colors are represented! Mostly red, which I personally love.

I was really struck by the simple beauty of that ceremony. There were lovely customs involving offering tea to both sets of parents, a game of catching dates to determine the size of their family, a lovely ceremony between the couple and even a play of the couple’s first night together! My favorite part of the evening was the bowing.To me, bowing shows a deep mutual respect, it is such a sacred motion. I especially was taken by the fact that the couple were required to be at eye level with one another at all times. This is a concept I can really get on board with. I’d like to be on the same level as my man, and he as me. There need not be a hierarchy - two equal partners contributing equally seems like a wonderful deal to me!

I will say that I know very little of the standard of equality in Eastern marriages; at a glance it seems that there would be a hierarchy given women’s rights issues? But I do not know. I have never studied up on it. To my naive eyes, witnessing the ceremony, the sacredness was all in the movements; expressing a desire to be on the same level, at the same time. And that, is a beautiful thing.

To love.

Be well,

Liz

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