The Music of the Night

I was chatting the other day with a couple who stopped by to talk about the photography for their upcoming wedding, when we started talking about the music for the night. Is there going to be a band? DJ? Ipod?

I always like to know this partly because I just love music and I like to know what I'm going to be listening to that night, but mainly, it offers great insight into the couple's personality. It also helps me think about the tone of day, and in planning the manner in which I will shoot the wedding so I capture the tone and mood the couple has worked so hard to create.

All of this reminded me of a great little bit I had heard on NPR about a month ago. It was a fun piece about a reporter having to put together a mix CD for his niece's wedding and the challenges of picking just the right songs. He talks about the challenges of finding just the right song, and also plays a few examples. It also reminded me of staying up with my friend John at 1am the night before his wedding as we tried to print cool covers for his mix CD at Kinkos. He ended up giving those CDs away as part of a gift basket for the guests. A very nice touch for sure.

There is a small recap in print on the link, but its well worth it to listen to and hear the report. Its only about 2 or 3 minutes. You'll see the "listen here" icon under the headline "Wedding Day Blues". Click here to get to the story