With my wife's cousin dying of Covid-19 last week, it really hit home, and my in-laws made the difficult decision not to attend my daughter's wedding next month. It's a good decision, frankly, regardless of the pandemic--they are each 89 years old, and M-I-L particularly vulnerable. Shouldn't have been a difficult decision, but they really have been looking forward to this for months. Anyway...
I haven't spoken to my daughter yet, but I wonder if you have any random thoughts about live streaming the wedding. I'm thinking Facebook--my mother-in-law has Facebook, and when my son was playing high school soccer one year, I livestreamed games on Facebook for one of the parents whose son (player's brother) was stationed overseas in the military. M-I-L happily watched games there on her iPad.
Daughter and fiancé have a wedding photographer and videographer, but I think they are doing the "normal" thing where they put together special albums and videos after the ceremony, and doubt that anybody will be livestreaming.
I just used my phone, connected to a Power Bank, and did all the video I wanted. I thought I could throw it in the corner somewhere, set it up well before the ceremony, and start it rolling. Nothing great, but give them the experience of being there.
Stupid idea? Or should I just draft somebody else (or hire somebody else) to do it? Any thoughts?
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