A FAIRY TALE CREATED BY RIMLY BEZBARUAH AND JP BRANDANO PHOTOGRAPHY

One of the things that amazed me when I first started reading other blogs was the amount of really talented poets and poetesses that were out there. From all over the earth these ladies and gentlemen are writing beautiful poems for all of us to read, feel and enjoy. Their ability to transform words into imagery literally amazes me.  Alpana Jaiswal, Tameka Mullins, Sweepy Jean, Sulekha Rawat, Roy Durham, Rimly Bezbaruah and many others are all wonderful writers from India to Utah with stories to tell. They entertain us, they make us think and they touch our emotions. But most of all they make us feel!!

I have been thinking for awhile how much I would love to collaborate with one of these talented people. To combine one of my images with their words would be such an honor for me. I hesitated asking because I thought that it would be too much to ask of them. Then last week, I read a poem written by a lovely talented writer named Rimly Bezbaruah. Her blog, titled ; "Journey, I write when my soul cries." http://networkedblogs.com/gZcKv  is one of my favorite blogs and I look forward to this talented lady's imagery, eagerly anticipating her next

creation. On impulse after reading it, I wrote her that collaborating on something might be interesting. I fully expected a polite thank you, yes that would be nice and then nothing lol. I could see her sitting there thinking, "Go take your little pictures and leave me alone':) But that is not what happened. Instead Rimly expressed a genuine interest in working together. 

It was determined that I would supply an image and Rimly would try and write words to match it. She explained that it would take some time to finish it and I understood completely, guessing a few weeks at least. So naturally in a few days, on Easter, Rimly sent me her creation. I felt like a kid again who had just found the most beautiful Easter egg of all time. I was so honored to have Rimly's words attached to an image of mine, it was a dream come true.  The fact that she was able to convey in her words, exactly what I saw when I made this image, a fairy tale come to life, is amazing. It's a true testament to this women's talent, heart and soul. I will be forever thankful that she honored us with her talent.

The image I choose for her to be inspired by  was one of a bride and groom whom we had the pleasure of photographing and is one of our most asked about images. Wendy and Antonio are a truly lovely couple in many ways. When we met them, we knew the were special and after spending some time with them, we felt like old friends. We were very excited to photograph their wedding day and eagerly anticipated it. When the day arrived it was a perfect wedding day almost like a fairy tale. These two physically and spiritually beautiful people had a storybook glow around them as if Disney was producing this day. She the fairy princess and he the charming prince were ready to ride off into the sunset together to a life filled with love and joy.

The ceremony was held outdoors under a trellis at sunset and presided over by Wendy's father. This was a wonderful day!! As the day turned into night, I happened to look out at the trellis. I saw that in the dark of night it was lit by tiny little lights that gave the area a wonderful look. I knew I had to make an image of the two of them under the trellis with the twinkling lights surrounding them. I wanted to use a lighting technique that we had just started developing. It involves lighting the couple with a  flashlight. This would allow the twinkling lights to be seen and give us the ability to cast a light on just Wendy and Antonio.

I love this technique because I think the lighting is reminiscent of the light used in the movies of the 1930s and 1940s. After we saw the finished image, we were pretty happy; feeling we had captured the image we were looking for. A fairy tale image! When the then married couple picked it for their album and told us how much they loved this image, well we could not have been happier.

Now to see one of our favorite images accompanied by the wonderful words written by Rimly, we feel so honored to be able to do what we do and meet the people we meet. We hope you enjoy this first time collaboration between us and Rimly. By the way Wendy, and Antonio are very, very close to welcoming their first child into the world. This will be one lucky child; to be born into a family filled with love.

Now read and enjoy the imagery of a  " A Mid Summer Night " created by a talented poetess Rimly Bezbaruah

A MID SUMMER NIGHT

Written by Rimly Bezbaruah

A mid summer’s night... 

Above the sky like a cape 

Is adorned with thousands 

Of twinkling gems... 

The moon looks down 

As pure and white 

Like never before... 

The forest is alive tonight.

 Silky winged fairies 

Light the forest night 

With their tiny wands 

Every bush and shrub 

Glow with a magical sheen

 With tiny lanterns Hung by elves... 

The air is filled 

With the sweet scent 

Of blossoms that 

Dance to the 

Sway of the trees

 Every creature 

Every living being 

Await in awe... 

She glides towards him

 Her Antonio

Handsome and regal 

She is Wendy 

In her gossamer gown 

Beautiful almost ethereal 

Their eyes meet... 

The moment is electrifying 

A hush descends... 

Only the tinkle of bells 

As they are gently 

Caressed by the faint breeze 

And in the distance 

The strings of a harp 

Strum this magical night 

He takes her in his arms 

And as his lips descend 

On her upturned mouth 

The world is enraptured 

As it witnesses 

Another union... 

Another coming together of one

In mind, body and soul 

Of two lovers