January 3rd, 2011 by edit1media

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We are getting tons of request for weddings in Hawaii right now and since I’m FREEZING cold and am dying for a trip back to the islands (where I grew up!), I thought I would post Elisa & Kevin’s Wedding Movie. It makes me feel a bit warmer already!

Since this is 15 minutes long, you might need to press play, then pause and let it buffer all the way before pressing play again. Enjoy!

Destination Weddings, Hawaii, High Definition, Outdoor Wedding, Travel, Video Clips

October 21st, 2010 by edit1media

One day the lovely Ellen Peterson from Serenity Weddings called and said one of the bridesmaids from Thao & Josh’s wedding was getting married and all she cared about was having Ellen as her coordinator, that the wedding was in Hawaii, and that Edit1Media was there to capture the day!! We LOVED working with Thao & Josh and their friends were just so much fun so of course we were thrilled to do Jeanine & Josh’s wedding!

Many of you know that I grew up in Hawaii (on the island of Oahu) and that we are fortunate enough to shoot about 3-4 wedding videos in Hawaii per year. I think a lot of our destination wedding clients hire us because we TRULY understand the islands and try to put that flavor in each video while also customizing the overall video to their tastes. I really believe that Hawaii is the most beautiful place in the world and I’m always so inspired when we are there…I think this video really reflects that. Jeanine & Josh will be showing this video to all their family and friends back here in Seattle tomorrow night who weren’t able to make it to Maui last week.

If you are having a destination wedding, please give us a call! We LOVE to travel and are able to create a customized proposal that includes travel expenses so it’s easy peasy for you! It’s an amazing way to capture the essence of your wedding and the destination for your own enjoyment and also to share with others.

Cinematography, Destination Weddings, Hawaii, Outdoor Wedding, Seattle, Travel, Video Clips, wedding videographer

August 13th, 2010 by edit1media

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How do you have a destination wedding in the Seattle area without going too far? You go to the San Juan Islands, like Billie Sue & Bobby did! This adorable couple was referred to us by the amazingly talented Jesse and Travis from True Colors Events. They are VERY busy Microsoft people so we didn’t have a chance to meet with them before the wedding. And to make matters more complicated, we already had another wedding booked that day. But luckily we have a pool of incredible talent so we flew up Terry & Joe from New Orleans to shoot while Chris did the Same Day Edit.

The week of Billie Sue & Bobby’s wedding was gorgeous with clear blue skies and temperatures in the low 80′s. Perfect summer weather. So you can only imagine the disappointment when there was rain on Saturday morning since this was an outdoor wedding. But Jesse and Travis along with the staff from Roche Harbor turned what could have been a disaster into a beautiful, intimate tented outdoor wedding. As you’ll see from their Same Day Edit, the rain actually became a character in the story of their wedding day.

I love how the darker light gives the video a bit more of a vintage feel and how the colors in the garden and flowers from Susie Wampler just pop. I can’t wait to see what the talented Joey Hong got for photographs! Of course later in the evening Sean Wheatley from Seattle Parties made sure the celebration continued and there are some lovely speeches from friends and family that I can’t wait to incorporate into their final edit.

Cinematography, Destination Weddings, High Definition, non denominational, Outdoor Wedding, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Travel, Video Clips, wedding videographer, Weddings

July 29th, 2010 by edit1media

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March 2010 was quite a month for us! We had three weddings in Hawaii (Maui and Oahu) spread across three separate weekends so Chris and I just decided to stay for the month. I know, I know…it’s rough, but SOMEONE had to do it! I actually grew up on Oahu, so I am deeply in love with the islands and know them very well. We have several clients per year (usually people that live in Seattle but are getting married in Hawaii) that love our work, trust our knowledge of the islands and our ability to include that “flavor” in their video, and love the fact that when they come back home to Seattle, we are local to them….so they send us there to capture their day! Did I mention that Chris and I met in Hawaii and flew back there to get married? So we also have an understanding of what is involved in planning a destination wedding too!

I couldn’t have been more thrilled when Kristen & Michael approached us about filming their wedding in Honolulu. We were honored to have filmed Michael’s cousin’s wedding a few years ago (Liz & Aaron) where Michael was one of the Lion Dancers! We also filmed an event at the Asian-American Museum in Seattle honoring his grandparents, Ping and Ruby Chow. They are truly an amazing family and we were so thrilled to capture another important event for them!

This sweet couple was married at Central Union Church in Waikiki…now I have you tell you…EVERY time I drove by that church I had the urge to film there. Seriously! It’s so beautiful…and now I know that it’s even more beautiful on the inside! We saw lots of familiar smiling faces, received many warm hugs, and saw Liz & Aaron’s sweet little baby boy. It was like a family reunion and we were treated like part of the “ohana”. The reception was at the prestigious Oahu Country Club in Nuuanu Valley just off the Pali Highway and Eddie from Renai Photography documented the day with stills.

Kristen & Michael wanted a very traditional, grand yet romantic feel to their video and chose music that had lots of meaning to them. Our wedding videographer friend James helped us film that day and in return we helped him film a wedding here in Seattle a few months later. Love that! The first song in this video was their Same Day Edit which wowed all their guests at the reception, and then the second song was added in later to complete their Highlight video. I hope you love it!

If you are a bride or groom getting married in Hawaii, please don’t hesitate to call or email us. We are so at home in the islands and would love to talk to you!

Christian Ceremony, Destination Weddings, Hawaii, High Definition, Real Weddings, Same Day Edit, Seattle, Travel, Video Clips

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 23rd, 2009 by edit1media

Here is an example of a series of :30 commercials we created for a corporate client last year.

Cinematography, Corporate, High Definition, Travel

June 10th, 2009 by edit1media

I just got back some Super 8mm movie film and was so excited to see what we got on it! The fun and mysterious thing about shooting on motion picture film is that you really have no idea how it will turn out until you get it back from development. But the rewards can be huge! It is such a completely different feel than our usual High Definition wedding videos….it’s shaky and grainy but the colors are gorgeous and there is just a nostalgic, vintage — comfortable — feel to it.

This particular wedding was in West Palm Beach, Florida and since we were heading out that way, Chris and I decided to take a short 4-day cruise to the Bahamas prior to Dalia & Mitchell’s wedding. Motion picture film is not supposed to go through xray machines and I had no problem at SeaTac having a hand check. It was actually quite entertaining to chat with the TSA guy about how he grew up shooting Super8 and he was curious what we were doing with it. But when we got to the cruise ship, it was a whole different ball game! The guy there forced us to xray the film even though there were “DO NOT XRAY” stickers all over it! Then on the way home it got xrayed again at the airport in Miami! I was really stressed that the film would be ruined. So I wound up waiting a long time while until I finished shooting some rolls at a few other weddings before sending it in for processing.

Unfortunately, some of the film was damaged from the xray exposure (and probably some user error too!) but I had enough to put together a cute littler opener for Dalia & Mitchell. I love it because it shows just enough of a glimpse in to their day that you want to see more…and yet it doesn’t ruin the surprise of the rest of their video. Yes, that’s me getting all artsy on you! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this and if you like it enough to add in a little bit of  Super8 to your wedding video, send me an email!

Destination Weddings, Jewish, Real Weddings, Super 8mm, Travel, Video Clips

April 2nd, 2009 by edit1media

Well, we are back from shooting Bessie & Alvin’s wedding in Honolulu and taking some time off with the family to relax. We have never spent much time together as a family in Hawaii (which is where I grew up) so it was a great experience to take all three boys and spend time with my parents and siblings and Chris’ Dad (they all still live there). We did tons of boogie boarding and beach bumming and now we are refreshed and ready to take on the world again!

The last few months have been a complete blur with a ton of travel for corporate shoots (7 cities in 3 weeks during February!!) with every spare second dedicated to editing weddings and running the business. I’m proud to say we are NOT experiencing the recession at all and in fact are thriving and may need to hire more staff!

Anyway, the real reason for this post is to show off Chris’ new hobby.

I wish I could say we videotaped a lot of stuff, but the truth is we didn’t. We were just having fun being together. Maybe on our next trip we’ll be better about that! Anyway, got to get back to editing….I have TONS of stuff to work on and a wedding this weekend!

By the way, if you want to follow us on Twitter, we are @edit1media or look us up on Facebook!

Hawaii, Personal Life, Travel

September 22nd, 2008 by edit1media

I love my job! My favorite thing in the world is visit my hometown in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. So of course we were totally excited to fly to Hawaii to film Ruth & Brian’s wedding this past Saturday in Honolulu!

Ruth and her bridesmaids got ready at the incredible Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki. The second I walked into her room my breath was taken away by the gorgeous view of Diamond Head which was framed perfectly behing Ruth as she ran up to give me a big hug. She looked amazing, the room was incredible, the weather couldn’t have been more perfect and the bridesmaids were stunning (including Christie, whose wedding we did just a few weeks ago!). I met Ruth’s photographer, Chrissy Lambert and then got to work!

Brian and Ruth were both very nervous and they were just so sweet! As they saw each other for the first time that day, they shared tears of happiness and it was amazing to see their nerves instantly vanish! Shortly after that we all headed to Christ United Methodist Church in Makiki for an emotional ceremony. Then back to the Halekulani for the reception! It was a fun, emotional and simply beautiful day.

Here is their Same Day Edit that was shown at the reception. Enjoy!

wedding video + High Definition Wedding + Hawaii + Halekulani + Waikiki + Hawaiian Wedding

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

June 29th, 2008 by edit1media

Here is a snippet of Laurel & Andrew’s fabulous wedding just south of Cancun, Mexico. Chris and I had such an amazing time in Mexico! Laurel was just a cool cucumber on the morning of her wedding (thanks to the A/C in her room! LOL!). You could see she was content and ready to get married! Hanging out with the girls was so much fun and the guys were a kick in the pants! The scenery…well, let’s just say paradise doesn’t even begin to describe it! The Villa Sol y Luna is on a deserted sandy beach that reminds me a lot of one of my favorite beaches in Hawaii (Bellows beach). Laurel & Andrew treated us liked guests and we just really enjoyed every second of it. Crazily enough we wound up coming back home on the same flight as them and sat in the row right across from them! That was an interesting (albiet exhausting) adventure too! Thanks again for asking us to capture your gorgeous day! I think this video wraps it up well!

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Christian Ceremony, Cinematography, Destination Weddings, Mexico, Real Weddings, Travel, Video Clips, Weddings