Photo Booths!

For the last several years, the popularity of photo booths have been on the rise. They are so much fun at a wedding reception for the guests, as well as the bride and groom.  Locally, I know of several DJs that have them - JAMM Entertainment, Feel the Beat, Total Entertainment, Amerson Events - and more I am sure.  Some photographers even supply them - Gresham Photography, The Foto Atelier - off the top of my head.  It gives the wedding guests something to do when the band takes a break or if they just need a break from dancing.  

But what I love more than photo booths are the PROPS!!!  Signs, chalkboards, mustaches, silly hats, yes, YES, please!

Here is fun wedding photo taken from The Wedding Chicks!  Photo credit goes to True Photography.

Karly + Garrett: The Sonnet House

On a beautiful Saturday in June, Karly exchanged wedding vows with her best friend, Garrett.  The Sonnet House was the gorgeous backdrop for this gorgeous bride.  Surrounded by their family and friends, the couple enjoyed perfect ceremony music by Cahaba River Strings and lively reception music by Total Entertainment.  

 

My favorite moment was when the bride's dog came up to the bridal suite to say hi.  He was in his tux!!!!  You can check out the photos from the day from Jessica Wright by clicking here.  

 

 

Other vendors to thank: The White Room, Mr. Burch Formal Wear, Fish Market, Dreamcakes, and Gloria Tipton (flowers).

Mandy + Brandon: The Sonnet House

It's that time of year again - beautiful Spring weddings!  We are so fortunate that we get to do what we really love to do.  A wedding day is such a special time!  We love when we are contracted to film for the entire day.  That allows us to be able to capture when the bride and groom seeing each other and the photo session that comes directly after (and if you know anything about me, you know that this is my absolute FAVORITE time).  I believe the new, hip term is a Bridal Elegance video.  

 

With all of that said, here is our latest sneak peak taken directly from that moment.  We shadowed David Shirk with Unplugged Photography for the day - both of us were extremely happy with what we captured.  David is so fun to work with, so animated, he really puts the couple at ease while in front of the camera.  And his pictures are "wicked awesome", a term he would use!!!

 

It really turned out to be a beautiful day, a little windy, but beautiful!  We worked with M. Elizabeth again as the wedding planner and Carlos with Total Entertainment kept everyone on the dance floor!

 

Other related vendors:

Venue: Sonnet House

Dress: The White Room

Cake: Barb's Cakes

DJ: Total Entertainment

 

Adams-Murphy: North Shelby Baptist/The Club

We had the wonderful pleasure of being the videographers for Brittany and John's wedding.  What an amazing couple!  Truly!  We first got to know the couple while doing their "Love Story."  Theirs was not a traditional love story, but a fun-filled day at Oak Mountain.  Brittany and John decided to bring their mountain bikes and canoe to the Park so that we could add that footage into the piece for the rehearsal dinner.  That evolved into a spoof of American Gladiators!  They were such good sports with everything.  It was so much fun to film.  Here is the video from that day, which then was shown at the rehearsal dinner and reception both!

Now onto the wedding day!  After Brittany and John saw each other for the 1st time, we were able to go outside (thankfully the rain stopped) to capture some really great moments with both of them.  John's dad is the pastor at North Shelby Baptist - it really is a beautiful church.  And what a gem...the courtyard!  Special thanks to Blue Moon Photography for putting up with us all day!  Take a look at this sneak peak of the courtyard footage!

After a standing-room only ceremony, the couple drove off in a 2010 Camero to The Club, where all 400 (+) guests were there to welcome the bride and groom.  Now this was a traditional Baptist reception with no alcohol.  That statement is important because I (after 100s of weddings) have never seen a crowd have THAT much fun dancing without having something to drink.  Kudos to Carlos with Total Entertainment for getting people out on the dance floor.  We got great footage!