Good afternoon blog world!  Today we present to you Jessi and Mike.  These two were a joy to spend the day with and we are so grateful that they chose us to document this special day in their lives.  What started off as a relaxing, laid back day quickly changed once the ceremony started.  The covenant of marriage is heavy and deep, and it carries lots of emotions.  Jessi seemed surprised that she was getting emotional during her vows, but it was awesome to be there and see how real everyone was.  The toasts were so great and from the heart, we wish the video was longer so we could put them all in!  We wish Jessi and Mike all the best in their journey through life together!  

Cinematographer: Aqua Vivus  Photographer: Micah and Megan Dahlberg  DJ: Visions Entertainment  Florist: Fleurish of Orange County  Venue: Brookside Equestrian  Cake: Pouls Bakery  Ice Cream Sandwich Truck: Coolhaus  Caterer: La Finestra  Hair and Make-up: Noel Bartlett

After we received the very first email from Conchita we knew that fun was in store for us.  We just had so much fun saying her name, we knew the wedding would be a blast!  She sent us the playlist for songs they were using and we were excited to see they chose the soundtrack to "Fantastic Mr. Fox" for the ceremony processional. They left the music selection for the Same Day Premiere up to us, so after much deliberation we decided on a song by Fanfarlo called "Finish Line".  It has that whimsical feeling they were going for and it's a pretty catchy tune.  Conchita also asked if we could put the vows in there at some point, so I needed a music track that had an instrumental break.  It worked out perfectly!  These two lovebirds are totally sweet and have a great sense of humor!  We were giggling throughout the day at the little jokes and remarks being made by Conchita and her family.  This Same Day Premiere was powered by fish tacos and some amazing chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting.  So good!  Onto the video!

Cinematography: Aqua Vivus  DJ: Daniel Peterson  Event Planning: Kasey Shephard  Photography: Unveiled  Catering: Casa Del Taco  Baker: Cupcake Love  Photobooth: Classy Event Group  Make-up: Melissa Rae Co.  Florist: Classic Creations  Venue: Spanish Village Art Center

Get ready for a lot of blog posts!  We have been so busy with everything else, the blog needs a little attention.  Allow me to present Vanessa and Bobby!  These two are some of the most chill people we have had the pleasure of working with.  I think we can all agree that Vanessa was a stunning bride and Bobby is a lucky man!  Thanks for being so great you guys!  As Vanessa's dad would say, "LOL!"

Well this is exciting! Our friends Josh and Marci just had their wedding featured on The Wedding Chicks Wedding Blog.  The Love Story/ Same Day Premiere we made for them is on there as well, thanks Wedding Chicks! There's all kinds of pictures and good stuff, so go check it out and leave a comment! Special thanks to Rico from STUDIOcastillero for standing out in the rain with us, taking sweet pics, and manning the "A" camera to make this happen.  

Josh and Marci on The Wedding Chicks

Good morning!  I don't usually chat about editing on here but this film is a good example of how we go about editing.  Sometimes couples choose music that they want us to use, and other times they leave it up to us.  In Miki and Ashley's case, they left it up to us.  We usually will pick something based off of the music that was played at the wedding (walking down the aisle, first dance, etc).  Miki walked down the aisle to a string quartet version of "Falling Slowly", a song that has some personal meaning to me as well.  The great thing about that song is there are 4 different versions of it (acoustic w/vocals, string quartet instrumental, piano instrumental, and full band w/vocals).  We were able to construct our own music track using all those versions of the song.  

After the music track was laid down, we laid segments of the ceremony and toasts around it to see which fit the best and still told Miki and Ashley's story.  Halfway through the edit, I watched it play back and it didn't seem to really "work".  So we scrapped it and started from scratch, tried some different things, and it ended up working so much better!  We hope you enjoy it, congratulations to Miki and Ashley!