This past Saturday we worked some of our favorite vendors to create a beautiful day for Whitney and Billy. Anita Kanellis with AK Brides planned Whitney's wedding of her dreams. Lighting was provided by Andy Tolar with Design Productions, making Vestavia Hills Country Club a beautiful shade of pink! A couple of weeks ago, we did a photo shoot with Southern Bride Magazine where Rob Ingram was the photographer. It was nice seeing him again at the wedding. Another friend, Laura Eason had the very large task of doing makeup Whitney, her mom, and all of the bridemaids! Everyone looked beautiful! Amazing band, Az-Izz, had everyone dancing so much that no one wanted to leave! The day couldn't have been more perfect!
In 2009, we met the most amazing family - the Forsythe's! Molly was a bridesmaid for one of our weddings (Adrienne and Luke Remmert). Beautiful both inside and out. When Molly got engaged, she immediately called us for her wedding and we of course, were very honored. During her wedding festivities we met her sister Michelle. A few months later when Michelle got engaged she called us too! Sure an honor, but we also knew what amazing parties this family could throw and were very excited!
Michelle's wedding was going to be quite different than her sister so we wanted to do something different for her. The Same Day Edit (SDE) is not something we do often, but we were excited to do it for Michelle. A SDE is where you film the wedding day festivities up until a point and then you quickly edit together a piece to show at the reception. It is very neat in that you (and your guests) can be able to see part of your wedding day even before you leave for the honeymoon!
In her hometown of Florence, Michelle and Rob were married in a small church that her grandmother attended. It was just a cute, little country church. After the ceremony, the guests traveled to Turtle Point Country Club for the reception. They were met with beautiful music from a string quartet, a 12 tier bride's cake, and wonderful food from the club. The short reception ended with the bride and groom exiting while Michelle was throwing the bouquet.
Great day, right? Sure, but it was FAR from over!
We then hop the shuttle back to the hotel to begin the editing process. Because of the uniqueness of the entire wedding, we actually had a couple of hours before the After Party (reception #2) started. Alene Gamel and her team from I Do, I Do, had flawlessly coordinated the entire weekend of festivities. We knew that the After Party was going to be something else! (I am sure that Alene blogged about the wedding in detail so go read hers. I just know it was beautiful!)
Old Hollywood was the theme with white furniture, pink lights everywhere and monograms galore! Gorgeous! So after the cutting of groom's cake, the dances, and partying down from the most amazing band, we showed the SDE. It was a huge hit and Michelle is still getting texts about it! Check it out!
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Video from our Same Day Edit for Rob and Michelle on March 26, 2011. The video starts with the day beginning and ends with the 1st reception. The SDE was shown at the 2nd reception, aka The After Party!
What a difference a week makes! No rain, beautiful clouds, great day! Jim and LeeAnn picked a beautiful March day to be married in an elegant black tie affair at Canterbury United Methodist Church. We were delighted to work aside Brandon and Stacy Gresham of Gresham Photography. Their images always look incredible.
Guests walked into the Vestavia Hills Country Club to romantic lanterns hung from everywhere they could be! Rustic and old English! I was right behind an excited LeeAnn when the club allowed her to sneak a peak of the ballroom before whisking the couple away for dinner. Nationwide Coverage started the evening playing like they were a lounge jazz dinner ensemble. Very classy. I had not seen this side of them and was very impressed! Of course as the evening progressed, their energy level only increased and kept the guests on the dance floor for the entire (exhausting) night!!! Nationwide Coverage entertained like no one else could have!!! (I have free demos if you are still looking for a band)
It was a night to remember for all involved! I can't wait to see the edited footage!
Friday night after filming an event, we were eating dinner and both John and I got a email saying this:
"You've now filmed a PACE Award-winning event! Congrats & THANKS! :)"
Now for you loyal blog stalkers, you will remember that last summer we went to Carmel, Indiana to film a wedding for an industry friend. (You can find out all of the details and see a clip of the wedding here or here.) It was quite the extravaganza! Everything was beautiful! Well, they submitted that wedding and ended up winning several PACE awards! Bob is super excited about it and so are we! Here is Bob's post about the awards banquet.
Monday morning, after a very long wedding weekend, our bride's mom emailed us this very nice thank you note. It never gets old receiving them!
Take a look at what she said.
"Angela and John - Thank you so much for being a part of our special day. You both are true professionals. I absolutely cannot wait to see the finished product. There are so many things I know I missed but will be able to see and appreciate on the video. Angela, I feel like I have known you forever--you are a special person. I appreciated your calming effect on the whole day. It was the one of the happiest days of my life!"
For some brides, the possibility of torrential rains of her wedding day would cause major concern. But for our bride, Kathleen, nothing could damper her beautiful spirit on her wedding day. As gorgeous as she is on the outside, she is just as beautiful on the inside. We were so lucky that she choose us to capture her wedding day. I just fell in love with her, her wonderful mom, her family and friends.
Among all of the great footage that we captured, there was a point during the day that I was just talking to Kathleen. I asked her what she was most excited about that day. Her response was priceless. "The cake!" Go Barb's cakes! And don't worry, we have that on camera!
Vendors for this magical day:
B & A Catering
David Boyd Photography
Mr. Burch Tuxes
Barb's Cakes
The White Room - Loved, Loved her dress!!!!!! Classic beauty!
GoPro - Matt Jones Art Gallery
The latest behind the scenes for Southern Bride Magazine. Great vendors for this Mexican inspired shoot. Designer/Planner Extraordinaire - Alene Gamel with I Do, I Do. Photographer - Jessica Messer. Florist - J Ross Railey with Norton's, just to name a few! Watch the video and you will see for yourself what a great job this team did!
It's fun, it's upbeat, ENJOY!
As every year, we had some absolutely amazing clients! Our brides and grooms keep us creative; they keep us striving to deliver better and better work. We love to get calls from siblings who are getting married. It is such a wonderful compliment. Best friends are great too when they call! We just love all of our clients!
Along with a healthy number of weddings and events, we had several major events that occured in 2010. The first one came from a contact that we met at WEVA in 2009. We were asked to come to Indiana to film a celebrity Platinum wedding in the Spring! Way cool!!! It was our only weekend off that we had, so I feel that it was meant to be! The design team in charge of the wedding was fabulous! I love details, and details were everywhere! It was a long day, but so much fun. Here is a clip taken from that day. Edited by IndyVisual. (Update: They are submitting the video for some local awards, so we will see if our handy work wins)
Soon after we arrived back from Indy we were once again honored to film for another videographer. Brett Culp is a celebrity videographer who has made quite a name for himself. He contacted us one day asking for a couple of shooters for an in-town celebrity wedding. I tried to play it cool. Tried. I think I might have squealed. Yeah, pretty sure I was a moron. Oh well, it was an awesome wedding! Huge, crazy, fun. The only problem is that I wasn't hip enough to know the celebrity guests. Oh well. I did get to interview Gayle King. That's something, right???
Through the year, this little boy that we have keeps getting bigger and bigger. There is nothing baby about him anymore. My heart is filled with pride when we remembers to say thank you (without being prompted) or when he gives the biggest hugs to his grandparents. Sure, we have things we still have to work on each day, but I do hope that we are raising one amazing kid. And that he is not still living with us when he is 30. Just saying...
For wedding film making as a whole, we are seeing some different trending. I first noticed it in 2009, but in 2010 it happened a lot! Brides were calling us first, before the photographer, before the venue. Everyone always thinks that videography is one of the last things you book, well we are seeing that is not the case anymore. Way cool!!!
We also found that brides were changing their dates in order for us to be available for their wedding. What a HUGE compliment! We were so honored that they wanted to do this.
The year ended with a big surprise for us. We were awarded the Bride's Choice Award for 2010 by the Perfect Wedding Guide!!!! There is an entire blog post about that too!!! Hee hee!!!! I love it!!!
John and I were having a nice birthday/new year's eve dinner the other night and talking about the past year and what 2011 holds for us. There are so many changes that we want to make and like everyone else, the beginning of a brand new year gives us hope that we can achieve all that we want for us personally and our clients.
2011 is going to be a big year; one for the books! We have several exciting things in store and I can't wait to start the ride!
We won!!!! I can't believe it!!!! We were awarded the Bride's Choice Award for 2010 by the Perfect Wedding Guide!
