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We are so fortunate to be surrounded day in and day out with so much positive energy, so much anticipation and excitement, and so much love and caring. It is rather ironic, and gratifyingly so, to put together a demo with a song about no more happy endings.

Weddings can be somewhat of uncertain events with so many details to plan and not enough time to go around. As it all starts to come together and the big day approaches, the stress level often rises and we wonder if everything will come together the way it has been dreamed about for years (well at least for the brides…) I view this piece as being very inspirational- a celebration of so many happy endings.

When we set out to create this compilation of our work this past summer, we really weren’t sure what to expect. What we ended up with was much more than we could have imagined.

Welcome to StillMotion!

Welcome to StillMotion - the Demo from StillMotion on Vimeo.

A link to the HD version on Vimeo.

We first heard about Griffen over a year ago when Amy + Alex’s highlights were featured on Weddingbee. Our first exposure to her very affectionate personality was through one of her many blog comments:

“If you were anywhere in my time zone I would hire you for my wedding, my trash the dress, my milestone birthdays, my future children’s milestone birthdays, and I’d even have it in my will that you should film my funeral. Okay, so that was a little morbid and creepy. I’m just so head over heels in love with your work.”

I emailed her saying that while we were a little iffy about the funeral part, we would certainly love to fly out and be a part of her wedding.

Griffen and Curtis had a very intimate celebration at V. Sattui winery in St. Helena. Their ceremony was outside in a gorgeous stone courtyard while their reception was in a very rustic wine cellar. Their wedding was contemporary with a very unique vintage vibe in there (even down to the tunes at the reception).

Thanks to Augie Chang (their awesome photographer) who was a blast to work with, as well as Lisa from BVWeddings, for all of her help in coordinating the event (which is oh so important with an SDE).

Enjoy their SDE, and good luck making it through their vows.

Griffen + Curtis Same-Day Edit, St. Helena, CA from StillMotion on Vimeo.

Amina and I are totally stuck in editing world right now, trying to get all the weddings out the door in the next few months. You may remember the amazing TTD movie that Patrick posted from NYC with Frances and James. I wanted to post some of the pictures as I just finished them up and I think they’re pretty swell…! Let me know what you think of them; I’d love to hear.

  
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It was quite the treat to be involved in Darshan and Raina’s day this past summer. I don’t think I have ever seen so much happen in what feels like an extremely short 15 hours. They celebrated many Indian traditions, all of which were both fascinating to view and inspiring to shoot. Traditions such as the Bharat in which Darshan rode in on a horse while his family danced around him, or the Vhadu Agamana in which Raina entered the ceremony site and was separated from Darshan by only a thin sheet held between them. When the sheet was dropped, they viewed each other for the first time and placed (or in their case, threw) rice on each other’s head signifying that they will stay together through thick and thin.

Here is a trailer to give you an idea of exactly what we were up to.

Darshan + Raina Columbus, OH Wedding Trailer from StillMotion on Vimeo.

When we got a call from Bee we were super excited. We’ve been HUGE fans of Weddingbee for quite some time now and consider ourselves extremely lucky to have had some of our amazing brides as Bees themselves!

The history behind StillMotion is somewhat long and not overly interesting so we’ll just tell you about us now. We are a company consisting of 5 people: John, Amina, Patrick, Konrad, and Jessica. John and Amina are the photographers here at StillMotion, with Patrick and Konrad doing the cinematography. Jessica is our wonderfully amazing Studio Manager. When we started this company over 4 years ago, we did so with a very clear goal - to make wedding imagery less boring!! We noticed that a lot of wedding photography was so drab… don’t get me wrong, we love classical wedding photography, but the fake smiles and awkward kisses can be cringeworthy! We also noticed that wedding “video” was just straight out cheese. Bad love-heart effects, unprocessed colours, AWFUL audio and zero story. So we set out to produce imagery for our couples that we believe are refined, edgy, and sophisticated, yet timeless.

We are so lucky that our brides have embraced “us”, and allowed us to create some of our most amazing works. We feel that wedding photography and cinematography should be more than just images, it should be work of art, and the experience all along the way. We work with a small number of couples each year, hand crafting and tailoring their art specifically for them. Getting to know our brides in a very personal way, we are able to tell their story.

With all that said, we look forward to sharing our stories and pieces with you. We feel very lucky to have been selected to join this group.

Thanks again for having us, and cheers to possibly one of the most progressive blogs in the industry today!

Angela + James Day After Shoot // Behind the Scenes from StillMotion on Vimeo

When Frances first called and said she wanted us to come all the way to NY to do a TTD with her, we were very flattered. When she then said she wanted to go from Coney Island to Times Square, we got sooo excited about the shoot. This is our first TTD where the couple, Frances and James, were married quite some time ago.

At the start they seemed to be a little apprehensive as to exactly what John was going to ask them to do. As the day went on and they started settling into our antics; we kept getting larger and larger crowds wherever we went. From the moment we walked into Times Square, there must have been a good dozen camera shooting us and the couple at all times and much larger crowds formed wherever we stopped.

It was an adventurous day to say the least.

-Patrick

Frances + James TTD - Times Square + Coney Island from StillMotion on Vimeo.

Frances + James TTD - Times Square + Coney Island from StillMotion on Vimeo.
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