January 5th, 2010 by edit1media

We are so lucky to work with some of the most amazing couples on the planet combined with the most talented people in the wedding industry! When Michelle Engvall from Married and More with Michelle referred Allison & James to us for their wedding at the Annie Wright School, I was SO excited! I’ve driven past that gorgeous school numerous times but have never been inside…and now to film a WEDDING there?? Get out!! Have I told you how much I love historic buildings???

When Allison and her mom came to meet with us, I was doubly excited! They are very serene, calm, strong women who have this great spark in their eyes that draws you to them. And while Allison is a beautiful and sophisticated young lady, she also has a whimsical and fun charm that is contagious! I imagine that these are some of the traits that attracted James to Allison when they met at Harvard University where they were both attending school.

Using a combination of High Definition and Super 8mm motion movie film felt very right for this couple since they embraced both modern whimsy and historical style into their wedding. This highlight is shot completely in film which gives it an ageless, artistic feel but they will also be receiving a longer edit in all High Definition so they get the best of both worlds!

If you would like to see some of the details and decor from Steven Moore Designs and the fabulous photos taken by Gabriel Boone Photography, check out the wedding in the current issue of Seattle Metropolitan Bride & Groom.

Annie Wright, Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, Real Weddings, Super 8mm, Tacoma, Video Clips, wedding videographer, Weddings

October 18th, 2009 by edit1media

From the moment I walked in to the Penthouse Suite in the Coeur d’Alene Resort and saw the red patent leather Valentino d’Orsay pumps, I KNEW this was going to be a day to remember! The suite was filled with gorgeous women getting ready for Lindsey & Tommy’s wedding….including a bridesmaid whose wedding we are filming next year, and of course Lindsey’s mom, who Chris used to work with many years ago. The connections to this wedding were many and it really made for a fun day!

Chris, Garrett and I had such a great time working with Gabriel and Boone who are very talented brothers that do amazing photography. We had a chance to work with them a few weeks ago at another wedding at the Annie Wright School, so it was great to work with them again. Everyone had a blast during the photo session and both Chris and Garrett got some great shots…I especially love Chris’ idea to get the creative golf cart shots! Fun!

Being a destination wedding with over 500 guests and two HUGE screens to show the Same Day Edit, I was really excited about this one! The entire day was shot with our DSLR HD cameras and we had a few guests comment that it looked like movie film. It was fun and emotional and just a great representation of their day. I’m pretty sure there were 500 teary eyes in that room by the time the video was finished!

This was an extra fun wedding because four of our former and current brides were there! It was great to catch up with each one of them and I think it is a real testament to the company that we have worked so hard to build…brides and grooms referring us to their friends is the best kind of compliment we can receive. We truly love each one of our clients and I just can’t tell you how much it meant to us to be with these fabulous ladies (and gentlemen!). It was the best “end of the season” pick-me-up that I could have ever asked for! To top it off, at the end of the evening the Maid of Honor and her fiancee came up to us and said they need to hire us for their wedding in San Diego. I’m so excited to continue working with such an amazing group of people! Have I told you lately how much I love doing weddings?

Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, Destination Weddings, High Definition, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Travel, Video Clips, wedding videographer

September 29th, 2009 by edit1media

At the beginning of August I got a phone call from Rachael’s mom who REALLY wanted us to do a video for her daughter…more specifically she especially wanted a Same Day Edit. It was already a busy day for us, but luckily Garrett, Wes and Andrew were able to head up to Hidden Meadows a few weeks ago and put together an awesome video for their family and guests to enjoy at the reception. Garrett did a great job putting together a video that really showed how joyful Rachael and Mike were that day! We are so lucky to have such amazing people join our team to help shoot and do Same Day Edits on those weekends where we have extra demand (can you say Saturday’s in August??).

Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, Hidden Meadows, Same Day Edit, Video Clips, wedding videographer, Weddings

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!

Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, High Definition, Same Day Edit, Seattle, Video Clips, wedding videographer, Weddings

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.

Add new tag, Christian Ceremony, High Definition, Newcastle, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Seattle, Video Clips, wedding videographer

April 5th, 2009 by edit1media

Chris and I did this gorgeous Same Day Edit for Marni & Doug’s wedding at the Harbor Club in downtown Seattle yesterday. Unfortunately we had some technical difficulties at the time since we were shooting and editing on-site in High Definition, so we had to use an alternative method for playing back the video. That lead to another problem, but this has a happy ending since Michael Benson from the aptly named Michael Benson Band came to our rescue when he had the right adapter that we needed! The guests didn’t even notice the behind the scenes technical drama and there was a standing ovation with plenty of tears in people’s eyes when the video was completed!

We will be adding in some reception footage in the next few days and updating this post with the new video, so be sure to check back again!

Mike Rohrbach was the officiant today and we have a long history with him from way back when Matthew (our second son) was finishing up his second battle with cancer when he was 3-1/2 years old. Such a small world! Mike did an incredible job and I highly recommend him as a wedding officiant! He is a great man with a big heart and a great smile!

We haven’t worked with photographer John Nolte since 2002!! Where does the time go?? Anyway, it was fun to catch up with him and his wife/photography partner, Barb. They are a super nice couple! Hopefully we’ll have the pleasure of working with them more often in the future.

To Marni & Doug — thank you for asking us to capture your wedding day! We had a great time with you and your wedding party and I know you will treasure your video for many years to come!

Venue – Harbor Club Seattle
Officiant – Mike Rorhbach
Photographer – John Nolte
Band – Michael Benson Band

Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, High Definition, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Seattle, Video Clips, wedding videographer

March 29th, 2009 by edit1media

Yesterday the Edit 1 Media team (Chris, Andrew and yours truly) had the honor of filming Bessie & Alvin’s wedding at the Kahala Hotel which is right outside of Honolulu. Alvin’s family is from Kailua but he and Bessie live in Seattle, so it was a semi destination wedding and the best of both worlds to have us filming their day.

The day was absolutely gorgeous…sunny and mild with some wonderful trade winds. Bessie looked amazing and was just so much fun to be around all day! Alvin was cool, calm and collected and seemed to be walking on air. It was a very busy day with preparations, Chinese games and a First Glance, a Chinese Tea Ceremony and then of course the Ceremony and Reception. We did a Same Day Edit using the same song that played during their wedding procession so it’s obviously a song that means a lot to them!

I have to say that the funniest part of the day is a toss-up between the “Rock the Reception” first dance and the crazy pictures people were taking in the Photo Booth. Bessie and her Maid of Honor took some super silly photos with Andrew that I’m sure won’t ever see the light of day. Thanks for making us take those, Bessie!

– Laura

Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, Destination Weddings, Hawaii, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Video Clips

March 2nd, 2009 by edit1media

I am actually now in Dallas, Texas getting ready for a corporate shoot here tomorrow, but I wanted to post this Same Day Edit we did yesterday so Giordanna & Natanael’s friends and family in Brazil can watch part of the wedding. I need to do some more color correction for the final DVD because I was sitting in the back of our van in the pouring rain doing this edit!

You might remember that last year we did a wedding for Maiara and Tiago at Hidden Meadows. Well their wedding coordinator’s daughter became engaged and hired us to do their video too! It was great to see some familiar faces at this wedding. The Brazilian people are so sweet and even though there is a bit of a language barrier at times, we are beginning to feel like a part of the family!

When I walked into Giordanna’s room she gave me a HUGE hug and you could just see the excitement in her face! She wasn’t nervous at all and she had such a great time all day long! Natanael was a sharp-dressed man in his white and black tux and he seemed to have a smile on his face the entire day. This song has special meaning for them so it was used for their Same Day Edit.

We also worked with the cute and talented Barbie Hull who also had Eliza Truitt with her. Chris and I had such a great time working with this dynamic duo of wedding photography!

Enjoy!

Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, Hidden Meadows, High Definition, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Video Clips

November 5th, 2008 by edit1media

Here is a Same Day Edit at Bastyr Chapel and Inglewood Country Club. Brooke and Brandon booked us almost three years ago! They have been together for YEARS but wanted to finish grad school before getting married…yet they knew early on that we were the ones to capture their day.

This wedding included Full Coverage, a Same Day Edit AND a short Concept Video all in one with totally different moods. The Same Day Edit is sweet and touching whereas the Concept Video will be completely hysterical! This was such a great group of people to work with! I have to also give a big thanks to our friend Chip Goolsby who flew up from the L.A. area to help us out. An even bigger thank you goes out to Tania at Azzura Photography for putting up with all the craziness!

I’m testing out a new video host…hopefully this will be even better quality and a little larger for your enjoyment, but please let me know if you have problems with it.

Bastyr, Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, High Definition, Inglewood, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Video Clips, Weddings

November 3rd, 2008 by edit1media

Marissa & Ali were a blast to work with! Having a really good wedding video was a very high priority to them, which of course is a delight for us!

They had a unique way of combining their Filipino and Persian wedding traditions during the ceremony. Usually these traditions can take quite some time, but they combined the Filipino cord & veil along with the Persian shawl, sugar cones and honey all during one song. We got some gorgeous shots of the traditional Persian spread…it really is beautiful and you can tell that a lot of love and work went in to creating it.

We had the most amazing weather on the day of their wedding. There is something about the sunshine in Seattle during late October that is just stunning! Please enjoy their Same Day Edit and feel free to leave comments for Marissa & Ali!

The amazing vendors for this wedding were:

Venue: Golf Club at Newcastle
Coordinator: A Sharpe Occasion
Photographer: Courtney Lynn Photography
DJ: Darrell Christal
Florist:

Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, Filipino, High Definition, Newcastle, Persian, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Video Clips, Weddings