Monday, May 28, 2012 at 9:24AM Happy Memorial Day! In honor of our servicemen and women we're doing a blog post. Who would like to see a wedding held in the countryside of Julian, CA? This one has some gorgeous decorations and lots of smiling faces. Music is by Drew Barefoot, licensed from withetiquette.com. Enjoy!
Monday, April 30, 2012 at 9:15PM Hello blog readers! We apologize for the lack of posts lately. Why are we lagging so much? First, we're frantically working to get finished with all the weddings from 2011 before the 2012 season gets REALLY busy. Second, we have a new policy now for blog posts. We are making a transition into using music that we either have licensed or permission to use. We get requests from couples quite frequently to use music that we don't legally have the rights to use. While we respect the couple's wishes to use quality music for their wedding film, we also respect the right of the recording artist who works hard to make a living. It's a tricky situation, but the law is clear. So from now on we won't be blogging videos with unlicensed music tracks. Don't fret though! Some great artists such as Ben Rector, Lovelight, Drew Barefoot, Amy Seeley, and many others have all made their music available for licensing. The films we create with licensed music will have the same amount of emotion, style, and relevance that we have been producing for the past 4 years. We'll be posting some new stuff soon!
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 9:26AM Hello friends! We had one wedding to film in January and it happened this past weekend! We showed up a bit early and captured some of Jane and her girls doing a yoga session...something different right? That's not all that was different! They chose a song by Foster the People called "I Would Do Anthing for You" and it makes you want to dance. So this edit called for a lot of quick cuts and dancing! Jane and Ryan held their wedding at the San Diego Children's Museum - such a cool spot for a wedding! Jane and her sister did all the wedding design, which turned out wonderful, and we're very pleased with how their Same Day Premiere turned out! Here's what we showed to their guests that night.
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 9:04PM Ending the night with a simple, honest, and elegant wedding we shot last year. Tyler and Minglie wanted a very small wedding with just their immediate family a few close friends. We flew up to San Francisco and met up with them while they were getting ready in the city. Not long after that we headed down to city hall for their intimate ceremony. San Fran has the most amazing city hall I've ever been in! Really high ceilings with sweeping arches. We capped the night off at the Wayfare Tavern for a delicious meal. A few of their friends and family gave some heartfelt speeches around the dinner table, a very wise decision which added a lot to their film. We sat, ate, drank, and laughed with everyone - we truly felt like part of the family!
Before the wedding I sat down with them and caught their story on film. They told me their wonderfully hilarious and charming story of how they met and eventually decided to get married. They instantly became some of my favorite people I've ever worked with. By the way, they custom design and build gorgeous furniture and other beautiful creations - their company is called KillStress Designs. Sometimes you meet people who inspire you, and these are those types of people. I think by the time the film is over you will love them too! May I present to you, Tyler and Minglie!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 4:37PM Happy New Year! We rang in the new year in Palm Springs, and what better way to do it than by celebrating a marriage? The weather was amazing - 80 degrees in late December! You gotta love Southern California. This wedding was a little different for Matt and I, we brought our wives along with us and made a mini-vacation out of it. After eating breakfast they headed off to do some shopping while we started to shoot. Erin's bridesmaids let us know how excited Erin was when she booked with us. Always nice to hear things like that! There were lots of tears even during the preparations. The joy was evident and everyone was having a great time together. We found out the ceremony was planned to start at 6:30 PM, which made me a little nervous. I was hoping there would be some lighting so we weren't shooting in complete darkness. Thankfully, the lighting was beautiful and provided plenty of light for everyone! Some guests were blowing bubbles as Erin walked down the aisle and made for some pretty sweet imagery. I loved how the light played off the lens as the bubbles were backlit - they ended up looking like fire flies guiding her down the aisle. We showed this right before midnight and it sounded like all the guests enjoyed it - lots of hooting and hollering! Thanks to everyone who reads the blog and watches the videos and here's to a joyful 2012!