August 31st, 2009 by edit1media

On Saturday morning I woke up to the sound of rain and thought “Oh no…not today!!”. I knew that Jemima and Winston had set aside lots of time to take photos outside with Winnie Forbes and I could hardly wait to film their wedding and get some beautiful shots for their Same Day Edit. Thankfully by noon the skies cleared up and it turned out to be a beautiful late summer day…just in time for a sweet First Glance by the fountain at the Bellevue Club Hotel.

We LOVE to shoot at St. James…lucky for our clients the coordinators there love us too because we are able to create beautiful videos for our couples while still respecting their guidelines. It’s such a beautiful cathedral and Father Ryan is so warm and welcoming. Some of his words got me choked up this time, especially when I glanced over at Chris and though how lucky I am to be able to work alongside my husband and capture these amazing moments for our clients.

After the ceremony I jumped into the van (a.k.a. the edit-mobile) and started editing while Chris and Garrett filmed the newlyweds at Kerry Park and Parson’s Garden. By that time we were hungry and thirsty. There was a kid with a lemonade stand near Kerry Park who was awfully happy when Chris went over and ordered three lemonades, three bottles of water, and three Twizzlers. That totally hit the spot!

With the photo session complete, we all headed to Salty’s on Alki for the reception. What else can you say about the view of Seattle at Salty’s other than “WOW!”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been there, but I still just LOVE the view. And it’s so cool to be there long enough to see the light change from daylight to sunset then into night when all the lights come on. It’s simply stunning and the guests really enjoy snapping tons of pictures of the skyline. As if the skyline and scrumptious food wasn’t enough, the guests also got to enjoy a photo booth, the Same Day Edit and a First Dance with some special “Rock the Reception” style dancing! I was OUTSIDE in the edit-mobile making DVD copies and could hear the hooting and hollering! It was great!

As we got ready to leave I made sure to find Winston and Jemima to say goodnight. Winston said “We knew the Same Day Edit was going to be amazing, but that just totally blew us out of the water! Thank you sooo much for such an amazing video!” and as I walked back to the car I over heard another guest telling Chris how cool it was to see everything they missed that day and how much Winston & Jemima would treasure the video in the future. It’s so neat to me to think that as much as they love their video now, it will only appreciate in value and importance in their family history. How cool is that?

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August 16th, 2009 by edit1media

We just got back from a great wedding at Sander’s Mansion ….what a beautiful location! The mansion is located on 32 acres of gorgeous property that used to belong to the family who started Smith Brother’s Dairy (we get our milk delivered from them!). The bridal suite is a large vintage room with amazing natural light streaming in the windows and overlooking a quaint little lake with an old wooden rowboat that is reminiscent of a Claude Monet painting and a nearby wooden bench swing. There is a beautiful manicured lawn and garden area for an outdoor wedding ceremony and reception tent in one of the other lawns. The place is just so romantic!

Keesha and her mom Tana (who is co-owner of the famous Maltby Cafe) hired us quite a while ago and they were so excited to have a Same Day Edit shown at the reception. I really enjoyed getting to know them both prior to the wedding, but today we also got to meet Derek who is a true gentleman, and their ADORABLE little daughter!! She is seriously one of the most precious little girls EVER with a head full of super curly blonde hair and a “independent” personality to go along with it. She had a special dedication during the wedding ceremony and also participated (OK, took over) the sand ceremony.

Chris and Humberto (our intern/assistant) worked so hard and we all got some incredible footage. The Same Day Edit was a smashing hit and tons of people asked us for cards after it was shown, including the officiant who said he needs corporate video done for his website. (gotta love that!) It was such a great day!

This was our first time working with Brooke Hendricks from Hendricks Kim Photography and wedding coordinator Laura Gately in addition to DJ Chris Jones from Energetic Events. Whenever we work with a whole group of vendors we’ve never worked with before, we just aren’t sure how things will turn out, but they were all really professional and easy to work with. Laura was really flexible when it came to timing the showing of the Same Day Edit! It was a real pleasure working with all these fabulous vendors!

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August 11th, 2009 by edit1media

Jenn and Thuy were married this past weekend on the rooftop of the posh Bell Harbor Conference Center which is located on the waterfront in downtown Seattle. We were fortunate to work with our friend and internationally acclaimed photographer John Hong and the beautiful and talented Wendi Hroncich from Ethereal Events.

Jenn has to be one of the sweetest, most soft-spoken brides we have met and you can instantly tell that Thuy completely adores her. I love how this video depicts Thuy’s nervous anticipation before seeing Jenn for the first time that day, and the emotion on her father’s face as he walks her down the aisle. It was a beautiful ceremony and thankfully the rain held out just long enough for the nuptials. Thuy picked the song because he is a movie buff and thought that this Hans Zimmer composed score was very epic sounding and would go well with their epic day. Yes, Thuy has always wanted to be in his own movie =)

I hope you enjoy their Same Day Edit! Please feel free to leave comments for Jenn & Thuy!

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August 3rd, 2009 by edit1media

One day, about a year ago, a young lady named Rachel walked in to 24 Hour Fitness to see about signing up for a membership. When she arrived back home later in the day, she told her parents that she had met the man she was going to marry. His name was Austin, and yesterday they were married in a beautiful ceremony at the Golf Club at Newcastle. There are so many amazing places in Seattle to have a wedding, but The Golf Club at Newcastle has been considered one of THE best places for many years. The tent is beautiful, the food is great, the staff is awesome, the view and sunsets just can’t be beat and we truly enjoy filming weddings there!

To add to the serendipity, this past weekend also happened to be SeaFair….in Seattle it is a BIG weekend full of Hydroplane races and the Blue Angels flying over Lake Washington. When Austin’s mother married his step-dad, it was also SeaFair weekend with the Blue Angels flying overhead. How cool is that?

As Rachel was getting dressed yesterday, Austin had a small package delivered to her. It was a book that he had been writing in since they met. He would write down his thoughts and feelings about their relationship and had left some special place for their wedding day. As Rachel read the entry for that day, there wasn’t a dry eye in the place and the bridesmaids asked if he had a brother! It was just so sweet and set the tone for the entire day.

I hope you enjoy watching this celebratory Same Day Edit as much as I enjoyed putting it together! I can’t get the song out of my head…it just makes me smile!  Congratulations Rachel and Austin, and thank you Suzi for asking us to capture the day and for welcoming us like a member of your family. You are wonderful!

P.S. for those of you who want to know the techy stuff, about 75% of this video was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II with Canon 24mm, 50mm and 70-200mm lenses.

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