January 25th, 2010 by edit1media

I have so much to say about Anna & Joe’s wedding….it was beautiful, elegant, full of bling, grand, stunning….what other adjectives can I come up with?? It was a long, fun day and after we showed the Same Day Edit, Anna told me “hiring you was one of the best things we did!” which is one of those phrases that just makes my year. Thanks to Heather Sharpe who referred us! Tonight was Heather’s last wedding as a planner since she is going to work on her other business…but we are grateful that she recommended us to this amazing couple!

For those who might ask about Anna’s wedding dress….it’s a one of a kind custom made just for her, so you won’t see it anywhere else.

It is always great to work alongside wedding vendors who we’ve known for years and have come to see as friends. Tania from Azzura Photography had the great idea of bringing a Venetian mask with feathers that matched the wedding for some fun photos…and as always was FABULOUS to work with!! Aria Floral did an unbelievable job creating stunning bouquets for the ladies and grand, breathtaking arrangements for the ceremony and reception with tons of yellow, cream and white flowers with feathers! The Michael Benson Band and The Wedding DJs were there to entertain the guests (and I must say they did a lot of entertaining ME while I was editing and they came in to take a break!). And of course the Fairmont Olympic Hotel and St. James Cathedral are a combination that is hard to beat.

I hope you enjoy their Same Day Edit and please feel free to leave comments! Oh…and keep an eye out for the Super 8mm film which will be coming later after it is back from processing.

Catholic, Cinematography, Fairmont, Same Day Edit, St. James Cathedral, Super 8mm, 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

October 4th, 2009 by edit1media

Last weekend we had the pleasure of filming Natalie & Jeremiah’s wedding. Natalie got dressed with her mom, sister & grandmother’s help in a beautiful suite at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Natalie’s beautiful wedding gown was accented with some FUN blue shoes…I was in love with them the second I saw them! So cute! When she was finishing getting dressed, her Dad entered the room and saw his little girl for the first time that day as a stunning bride…it was a very emotional and touching moment without a dry eye in the room!

Jeremiah didn’t see Natalie until the wedding ceremony and I’d say he was pretty blown away by the sight of his gorgeous bride walking down the aisle at St. James Cathedral. After the Wedding Mass, the newleyweds took photos with Sean Flanigan then headed back to the Fairmont for their reception in the lush Garden Room. One of our previous couples, Juliette and Mark were there as guests and I was so excited to see they are expecting! I wish I had more time to talk with them, but it was a pretty busy night for our team!

Natalie requested Ave Maria as the music for their Same Day Edit because it has special meaning for them and both of their families. I think it fit the romantic, spiritual feeling of the day.

Catholic, Cinematography, Fairmont, High Definition, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Seattle, St. James Cathedral, 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

September 28th, 2009 by edit1media

We met Jackie and her mom at the Seattle Wedding Show last January and they fell in love with our work right away. In fact they weathered (pun intended) a three hour drive in a horrible storm to come meet us and book Jackie’s wedding video with us! Now THAT is dedication! Jackie was super excited to have a Same Day Edit and well….she was just super excited all day on her wedding day! I had so much fun working with her! I hope you enjoy her video!

Catholic, Cinematography, High Definition, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Video Clips, Wedding Show, wedding videographer

September 14th, 2009 by edit1media

This is the much anticipated reception edit to add on to Diane & Fred’s super fun Same Day Edit. It was a small reception with only about 60 guests but with Darrell Christel’s (aka DJ Daddy Cool) help they rocked Herban Feast’s SoDo Park! Most of the dancing footage was shot with our fabulous new Canon 5D Mark II camera so we got some shots without using any extra lighting. This was an amazing party!

Michelle Engvall and her lovely assistants (Married & More with Michelle) planned and executed this amazing event. We really love working with Michelle. She takes care of every detail while still being one of the sweetest people you will ever meet! Lucky for me, I also worked with her again this past weekend, but more on that wedding later on! Steven Moore Designs transformed this large, rustic yet urban space into something warm and intimate for a small wedding and reception. The decor was so well thought out with intricate details that just keeps your eyes moving all around the long family-style table. It’s like every time you look at the table, you see something new. Amazing!

Canon 5D Mark II, Cinematography, Herban Feast, High Definition, Same Day Edit, Seattle, SoDo, Video Clips, wedding videographer

September 11th, 2009 by edit1media

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! : )

Cinematography, Destination Weddings, High Definition, Newcastle, non denominational, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Seattle, Video Clips

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?

Catholic, Cinematography, Filipino, High Definition, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Seattle, St. James Cathedral, Video Clips

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!

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

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