The Eglinton Grand is one of the most photogenic rooms in Toronto, and filming a ceremony under its dome reminded me, again, why natural light changes everything. The dome overhead bounces a soft, even glow down onto the floor, the kind of light you cannot buy and cannot fake.
It is a former cinema, which somehow feels exactly right for what I do. The whole room is built to make you look up.
Under the dome
I worked the ceremony with two cameras and almost no added light. When a room gives you this much to begin with, your job is mostly to not get in its way. The acoustics do something to a vow, too: voices carry up into the dome and come back softer, and you can feel the whole room lean in to listen.