Planetarium Lighting

We went to the planetarium tonight to decide on how to script the lighting for the ceremony. I’d been worried before-hand that we wouldn’t be able to get to full-dark with stars for very long, but my fears were quickly allayed. I’m not going to get into the details here, but we will have stars for about a third of the ceremony (based on events, not necessarily time).

The photographer also came last night to test a few things with the lighting. He’s probably not going to get many shots during the ceremony that turn out, but that’s okay — I’d rather keep the mood as much as possible, and re-stage the events for photos aferwards. He will take 2-3 flash photos during the ceremony, so will at least have a couple “real” pictures.

One funny note: Jonathan, the planetarium director, mentioned that he’d had a call today from another woman asking if they did weddings at the planetarium. He told her to call back in a week, and he’ll let her know if she wants to do it there or not. (Have I mentioned that we are the first wedding at the planetarium??)