And now for a ‘guest video’ if you like: I’ve digitized the wedding tape of Eric’s parents, Mary Ann and Grant Bergeron. Since I’ve been digitizing videos of my family’s important events, I thought it only natural to do the same for Eric’s family too!
Bergeron wedding from Meraki Mou on Vimeo.
I always enjoy looking at footage from the 70s, especially the early 70s, because good lord — the lapels! What’s not to love? They were all in style at the time, of course. (And yes I’m well aware that 30+ years from now when people look at pictures from my wedding, they will probably say the same things…)
I did some light optimization and editing on this, mainly on the footage inside the church. I was able to amp up the overall exposure and brighten the midtones so we can see a little more of what’s going on, but as with all film-to-VHS-to-digital, unfortunately a lot of the original “data” is lost. There’s not a lot you can do, but I did what I could. I think the first few minutes are significantly improved from the original! (I’ll post a comparison later.)
Eric’s parents were married on May 25, 1973 at St. Jerome Roman Catholic church in New Britain, CT. The reception was in Bristol at Georgette’s house (Grant’s sister).
