Priya + Sandeep // Scottish Elopement
“We both just watched this at work and burst into tears like a couple of babies!! Omg, your work is INCREDIBLE!! ”
— Priya
Ping! A message dropped into the inbox. Priya and Sandeep were not sure where they were getting married, but they sure as hell were going to make it work. These two absolute beaut’s story is made for the movies…
During Sandeep’s 30 minute stop over in London on a flight from India to America, he turned on his phone, his dating app updated his location, and the two matched. Only speaking via the app a month later and after speaking every day for the two months after that, they decided on their first date, somewhere easy to get to, a nice halfway location, keeping it low key… they met in Miami for a week long cruise to Cuba!
They continued the theme of international dates travelling to seven different countries together until the big day when Sandeep popped the question after a skydive in California.
The couple then began their plans to wed in a temple in Malaysia, the location of one of their dates but as with many, many weddings in 2020 the ugly corona monster reared its head and put a stop to those plans.
When we (Myself and the awesome Photographer Bek from REAL PHOTO + FILM) spoke with Priya she hadn’t seen Sandeep who was still living out in Missouri in the US for months. The day she landed back in the UK after visiting Sandeep was the day Ol’ Trump put the travel ban into place.
Having spent lockdown apart and having had to cancel their original plans Priya began calling every council in England to find a place that would marry the couple. We awaited an update from Priya, but alas England did not come to their aid with specific rules around giving a month physical notice prior to the wedding.
So she worked higher up the map, crossing borders and ended up chatting with a lovely registrar in Stirling, Scotland who would accept online notice! Result! She gave notice that day to the registrar and booked myself and Bek in to shoot and 30 days later we met on a drizzly Scottish morning at 6am at their apartment where Sandeep had been quarantining for two weeks after flying in.
We spent a lovely morning walking around the beautiful town of Stirling, The castle, The Old bridge and the cobbled streets were the perfect setting. before their ceremony.
Having only four guests, a photographer and a videographer and a host of friends on zoom the ceremony was intimate, touching and had some top notch vows that were a joy to use in the creation of their wedding film.
We spent the following morning with the couple exploring the shores of Loch Lomond capturing some of the most breathtaking scenery the UK has to offer before Sandeep and Priya took off to climb Ben Nevis, these two would stop at nothing for an adventure.
It really was one of the highlights of a year that has been filled with very limited travel, and very few weddings, Priya and Sandeep are now (Finally!) happily married over in the US.
To check out more of Bek’s photography, be sure to check out her work here:
You can also check out the BBC article on them here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-54083764
If you’re not here looking for a wedding videographer, maybe this link will help you find the partner that will help you come back here when you do finally need a videographer, It’s the app they had their chance meet via and has a more in-depth write up on their story from the DilMil team: https://blog.dilmil.co/their-first-date-was-a-cruise-to-cuba-and-their-quarantine-wedding-was-in-scotland/
