That’s right…Dina surprised her groom, Chris, with a fantastic helicopter ride before their wedding ceremony at the Golf Club at Newcastle! The couple and their families are from Vancouver, British Columbia and decided to have a destination wedding here in Seattle. So what better way to see the area than by air?? The chopper landed on the 10th tee and took the couple and Chris (our Chris that is…not to be confused with the groom Chris!) over Seattle and the Space Needle. I’d say that is a pretty cool way to start of your wedding, don’t you agree?

While Dina and Chris were taking their whirlwind tour above the city, I was busy getting some gorgeous detail shots of Dina’s dress, jewelery, etc….she had so much beautiful eye candy and it was really nice to have an extended amount of quite time to get everything captured. The ceremony was short but very sweet and since there were only about 50 guests, the reception was held in the tent. The Same Day Edit was a hit and later in the evening Dina told me she knew it would be amazing, but it was even MORE incredible than she dreamed it could be. That was like music to my ears. Did I mention how much we love filming weddings for awesome people like this??

We also enjoyed working with the extremely talented Joey Hong from JKHPhotography. Just a few weeks ago with worked with his brother John Hong at another wedding. These guys are simply some of the most amazing photographers on the planet. Not only do they take insane photos that are pieces of art, they are really nice, the utmost professionals and so easy to work with. It’s really a pleasure working with them!

This wedding was a great example of how we try to go the extra mile for our clients. I got an email from Dina just before midnight on Tuesday (the night before the wedding) about the helicopter. So first thing the next morning I made arrangements to get a second Canon 5D Mark II (which takes GORGEOUS video footage…more about that in another post!) along with an extra wide lens and a gyroscope to make sure we could get some incredible aerial shots.  We picked up all the gear on the way to the wedding and it was really worth it! The footage turned out great and we used it in their Same Day Edit….man, was it cool! I think every wedding should have a helicopter! : )

Hope everyone enjoys!

–Julie, Edit 1 Media Studio Manager

Behind the scenes video for a Beauty.com photoshoot with celebrity makeup artist Tina Turnbow and hairstylist Stacie Bowie.

Now they have expanded by adding the Drawing Room right next to the restaurant. This hip spot is perfect for rehearsal dinners, small weddings and other events. Chihuly art lines the walls along with a state of the art A/V system (which would be perfect to show your Same Day Edit or Love Story created by us!) Here is a video from their opening night. Dale Chihuly was there to cut the ribbon for “A Dinner and A Movie” with SIFF and director Ang Lee.

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One of the most unique things Spa Agio has to offer is vinotherapy …wine baths. They have this amazing bubble bath that is mixed with wine and it smells unbelievable! I just wish this video had smellivision, but since it doesn’t you’ll just have to go and experience it for yourself!

This weekend Spa Agio will be one of the awesome vendors at the CRAVEShow at the Seattle Convention Center. This is the video we put together for the show. I hope you enjoy it and that it makes you want to drop everything you are doing and make an appointment for a massage or facial!

By popular demand, here is the concept video we did for Aegis Living’s Annual Leadership Meeting. The theme of the meeting was Overcoming Extreme Adversity and after several days of emotional speakers and activities, this was a welcome humor break. It’s a tad bit campy, but it fit the people and the meeting well! We had so much fun filming and editing this piece! I hope you love it!

On Thursday and Friday (25th & 26th) we filmed at three locations for a short concept video for the Aegis Living Annual Leadership Meeting. Then we had a wedding with a Same Day Edit on Saturday (more about that below!).

Then Sunday through Wednesday the Edit 1 Media team went to work at the meeting! Chris and Brian shot tons of video and I wound up creating a total of 7 videos for the conference. That’s right…SEVEN videos in 3-1/2 days! There was about 50 hours worth of footage from two cameras, not including the “Amazing Race” where 7 teams of people each had a video camera and I had to edit their footage. I didn’t sleep much and hardly ever left the hotel room, but the execs were thrilled with the results.

This is truly a remarkable company and we love working with them. They are creative, loving, loyal people and they really understand the impact of good videography. We are truly honored to be working with them so much! As a major side bonus we get to see some amazing speakers and be inspired by great people.

Here is the video from the Amazing Race. All this footage was shot on tiny little Panasonic 320 3CCD cameras by a team member. The teams didn’t know about the race and some people had never met each other before, so it was a cool experience for them! They had several areas throughout Seattle that they needed to go to and take a group video. Then the last stop was a place called FareStart which helps the homeless learn skills to work in the restaurant industry. The teams had to help scrub the place (and it was a real mess!) as a sort of community service. Even the CEO got in there and mopped floors! Like I said, they are an amazing group of people!

Now this is the highlight video that we put together for the very end of the Awards Banquet. It has footage of speakers, the Amazing Race, cleaning at FareStart, and when they went to a totally cool private theater called The Big Picture and saw the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. But the coolest part is at the end of the movie Christoper Gardner himself came out onto the stage! Everyone was blown away!

KOMO4 News was also there to capture the moment and you can see their video here.

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In addition to working on all of our weddings for our super patient couples, we have two really cool corporate projects we are working on right now. The first is for LCT Magazine’s annual trade show in Las Vegas. We are putting together a photo montage that will loop on a HUGE screen during their awards banquet cocktail hour. We are mixing photos of the nominees along with some fun photos from various events they’ve held over the last year. While this will be playig there will be Cirque du Soleil performers doing acrobats from the ceiling. I wish we could be there to see it, and while we were invited, we have another project….

The Aegis Assisted Living’s annual Executive Director meeting. This is an awe-inspiring company and we will be creating a Concept Video, two Same Day Edits and filming a ton of speakers over several days. This meeting is unbelievably inspirational for the ED’s who learn new concepts to take back to their communities and we are really proud to be a part of it. Two super fun things that will take place are the Aegis Prom in which we are creating a Photo Montage of employee’s high school photos, and two days of an Amazing Race through Seattle. We are supplying 7 cameras for each team to use and then we’ll put together a presentation of the teams to be shown the following day. That should be an interesting, fun (and a bit stressful) video to create!

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