I feel like I’m a wedding bee right now. We are at peak wedding season and I hardly feel like I have the time to update our blog. Many of my brides have been telling me that they check this site often and a couple of you even told me you’re almost addicted to the blog! That gives me pressure to post good stuff. We just had a wedding at the Salish Lodge today and we have another wedding coming up next Saturday so I don’t have time to relax, but we are working on all your weddings!
I do want to report on a new toy I got! About a month ago I posted about getting an Ipod Nano so I could use it with the Nike Plus kit to motivate me to stay in shape. Well I totally fell in love with the thing and it has been motivating me to run! The first time I ran I couldn’t even run 1 mile before I felt sick. Now I’m running back to back 2+ mile runs and the great thing is I feel so much more energy.
The right side of this blog (if you scroll down) even shows my three most recent runs. It keeps track of my fastest mile, furthest run and a bunch of other stats. It really is terrific and I can’t recommend it enough. The cool thing is Apple just came out with the 3rd Generation Ipod Nano. For $150 and $200 dollars you can get an Ipod Nano with 4 gig and 8 gig memory respectively. The shape of the new Ipod Nano isn’t quite as sexy or easy to hold as generation 2, but it has a new killer video feature.
You can watch movies, podcasts and pretty much anything else on this tiny device. I wanted to test out whether I could get wedding videos on there and sure enough I can. I got the 1 hour video below of Angela and Kris’ wedding on my Ipod and it looks AWESOME. The crisp and clear resolution makes viewing video on such a tiny 2 inch screen almost enjoyable. It’s definitely a must have for brides with wedding videos. By the way I sold the old Ipod Nano through Craigslist for $85 and I got it for $100 so I dont feel too bad.
Well I better get back to work! Or sleep….
By the way, if you get the RED Ipod nano a small percentage of the profits go to help fight AIDS in Africa… I think it looks good too.
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Kris and Angela got married last year and recently celebrated their first year anniversary. Some of the images from their wedding have served as the “face” of our business for the past year. We normally don’t upload the entire wedding video online because of the size of the files, but Google allows unlimited time and file sizes so I’ve decided to test this feature out. The wedding video size is heavily compressed, but it’s pretty amazing that a one hour video can be placed online.
For any brides that view this video, know that your wedding videos are custom made. All kinds of factors play into how the final product will turn out. Every wedding video will be different because each wedding is unique. When I say unique I mean some are action packed, loud and full of emotion. Other weddings may be more subdued and relaxed. I provide the artistic style of the wedding video and try to create something that is emotional, true and beautiful. If your wedding wasn’t quite perfect, I do what I can to edit out the parts that weren’t so good and allow you to remember the beautiful moments. There are a lot of variables and it takes tremendous amount of focused energy out of me to create wedding videos. I try to place myself in the shoe of the bride, groom, mother of the bride, etc if that is at all possible. It’s pretty special to have a wedding video. Every time I create a finished product I get excited because I know it will mean so much to the bride. I even watch it 4 or 5 times!
When Rebekah and I got married we hired the best wedding videographer we could find. Guess what? He forgot to show! Can you believe that? How does someone forget to show up? I don’t know, but they had the nerve to say why didn’t you call us? My wife said, “Did you want me to stop the ceremony at the altar and call you guys?” I’m still bitter about it since you can’t recreate a wedding, but what can I do?
Before hiring a wedding videographer or cinematographer as some wedding videographers like to call themselves, check out a full video. Some videographers create a short 20 to 30 minute cinematic show of your wedding day and it’s beautiful on the surface, but it lacks depth. Other videographers create no emotion at all and give you two hours of boring material without any creativity. It’s a fine balance to create something worth watching.
Usually, I limit the message of the pastor, priest, officiant to no more than 5 minutes, but in Angela’s wedding the priest was the great uncle of the bride. He gave a very personalized and touching message so he got more coverage. I almost always limit the video to 1 hour max, because I want it to be watchable. If you want to see all 8 tapes worth from your wedding day I suggest purchasing the RAW footage DVD. It’s only $300 extra and no one else will want to watch it with you, but you will probably want it in the long run.
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Matt and My (pronounced “Me”) came to us originally to have us record their wedding reception at the top of Seattle’s tallest building, the 76 floor Columbia Tower Club in downtown Seattle. One thing lead to another and we ended up not only doing the video for their wedding reception, but we took wedding engagement pictures for them, photographed a 4 hour bridal portrait shoot and made not just one, but two full wedding albums!
The video clip above is part of the Love Story we created for My and Matt. Their story is unique in that they got married 3 or 4 years ago in California. At the time, they didn’t have a memorable video or album made so they decided to have a second reception here in Seattle with family and friends. You really wouldn’t be able to tell that they had been married for that long. Matt and My are still so sweet to each other and I loved editing this video. The video clips a bit long, but be sure to watch the interview as well as the highlights from Columbia Tower Club. Some of the scenic footage from the top of Columbia Tower is amazing, although this small clip wont do it any justice.
Jessica and David had a beautiful outdoor wedding ceremony at The Manor in Everett/Lynnwood, WA. Jessica and David chose Nora Jones’ “Come Away With Me” as their music video song and I think it fits perfectly with their wedding. Congratulations Jessica and David and thanks again for your patience.
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We love it when we receive praise from our wedding clients! Casey and Rob got married in the summer of 2006, in front of a white picket fenced church in Edmonds, WA. I hadn’t heard from them ever since I sent their wedding DVDs, but I received a letter yesterday and it said:
Dear Todd,
Rob and I were showing some of our friends our wedding video and it brought back such great memories of our wedding day. You really captured all the details. You were so professional and great to work with. We have recommended you to everyone we know who is getting married! Videography is such an important piece that is often overlooked. Thanks for doing such an amazing job with our DVD, it’s priceless.
Thank you again,
Rob and Casey Wilson
What I remember most about creating Casey and Rob’s wedding video was that Casey’s father had passed away before he could give his daughter away. In remembrance of him, they placed a lighted candle in the church sanctuary and I used that in their music video to represent him as well. I thought it would hold significance and I think Casey appreciated that. I am a bit of a perfectionist so I tend to spend a lot of time on details when I edit video, I am glad Casey noticed.
Currently, I’m behind schedule in editing some wedding videos and the fact I am having problems with one of my eyes isn’t helping, but this letter lifted my spirits. Thanks Casey!
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Andy and Jennifer got married at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle. Jennifer is so beautiful. She looks like a Korean model. And Andy has got to be one of the sweetest guys. He and the groomsmen performed one of the best skits I’ve seen at a wedding and it was so cool. You can see their wedding video clip by clicking on the picture below or HERE.
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Linda and Boo got married at the Chapel of Annie Wright School in Tacoma, WA. It was a perfect location for their wedding.
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Myhien originally contacted me from Chicago where she worked as a fashion designer. Ed and Myhien got married at the Space Needle last year. We had the opportunity to take their engagement pictures in downtown Seattle/Pike Place Market. They were such a fun couple to photograph and video. I don’t know if it’s because Ed is from Kentucky, but he was seriously one of the nicest grooms I’ve ever met. He was so polite and friendly. They now reside in Southern California, but I hope to see them again since Myhien referred me her cousin who is getting married in Seattle this summer!
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Getting letters like this make our day =)
Hi Todd,
We love the video! You and Rebekah have been so awesome and professional from day 1 and Bennett and I appreciate all the hard work and effort you’ve put in towards our wedding video, love story and photo montage! I’ve been bragging about you guys to friends and family. During my wedding planning months, I viewed so many (literally so many) wedding videos from samples I received from different (Seattle) wedding videographers and none of them compare to the work you do. I will continue to advertise and refer you to friends and family.
Bennett and I are looking forward to the raw footage as we know how crazy and funny we and our friends can be 
—-Rhona
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Here’s a wedding video clip from this summer at St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Renton, WA. Myra and Rob were referred to me by Pranika and Aaron whose wedding I did back back in 2005 before I got married! This clip is only about 4 minutes long, but I like the end where the vows kind of mix with the music so watch it until the end. Myra was such a beautiful bride and Rob was great too. I could really see how much they both love each other and their faith in God. I love the scene where Myra and the girls are praying before the ceremony started.
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