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Jen came to see me and my hair diva, Jennie B for a trial and the three of us had so much fun it hardly seemed like work. Jen is a cutie patootie and I think she looks like the love child of Isla Fisher and Lindsay Lohan. We rocked out her look with a stained red lip, false eyelashes, and a catted out black eyeliner. I will have a follow up post this week with her photos and a break down of all of the products that I used to “get the look”. Jennie B did an amazing job on the hair for Jen and her sister and videographer, Michael DiChiaro put together this cool highlights reel. Also, check out this hilarious save-the-date. I looove Jen and Brian's sense of humor!
going in blind // aaron + jess’ sde from stillmotion on Vimeo.
When Patrick and I were planning our wedding, we knew we wanted to keep it small. We knew we wanted to have only the closest, most loving people around us and to have nothing but an amazing time. Among our small group of guests were Aaron and Jess, close friends of ours who grew up in the same small town as Patrick. Actually, Aaron and Patrick have been friends their entire lives.
Patrick and I did a first meeting before the ceremony. Justin suggested to us how wonderful it might be for Patrick to walk up the mountain to meet me blindfolded, and to be able to do a shoot together without seeing each other, in part to prolong the anticipation, and to be able to have a very different and emotional experience.
This was probably the best part of the wedding for me. The anticipation, knowing that Patrick was behind me, touching my shoulders, without us being able to see each other… it almost killed me! But once the blindfold came off and I turned around, it was the most amazing thing to finally see each other.
Aaron was the person to walk blindfolded-Patrick up the mountain.
And now, it was Aaron and Jess' turn last weekend, and we thought we would pass the experience onto them. Only this time, they never actually saw each other. They stayed blindfolded the entire time, except to open gifts from each other back to back. By the end, Aaron knew the texture of Jess' dress, the feel of her veil, the tears on her face, but only put the fragments together when he finally saw her coming down the aisle.
Here is their wedding from Justin's and my perspective.
The idea of using the smashing pumpkins as a backdrop for an SDE has always beem very intriguing. “Tracks like “Disarm” and “Tonight, Tonight” carry so much energy and power that i could just sense how it would electrify a reception. Cyndi + Cory gave us that chance when they said:
one // they love the smashing pumpkins
two // we could do something wild and crazy for the SDE
We all have different processes for how we put together an SDE. Michael likes to play the song on repeat for a good several hours, to the detriment of the rest of the studio, as he lets everything sink in. Konrad likes to sing and dance to the song as he thinks of what he wants to do. I try to sit and listen and see how each couple would fit within the chords.
Being a same day edit, we were a little nervous that we had to find a way to get the quick segments in and completed, otherwise we would have to fill it in with other footage and the SDE wouldn’t have had nearly the same power.
One request before you watch Cyndi + Cory’s SDE. Let the full film load. Turn you speakers up. 
Mary Ana and Kevin were married at Villa Antonia on September 19, 2008. We posted the trailer recently, and now here is the highlights film!
The amazing flower arrangements were done by The Flower Studio. They crafted all the gorgeous pieces like the cross you see in the ceremony. The awesome lighting was done by ILIOS Lighting - they are the best in town! Bringing lighting into your venue will create a unique look for your wedding - this is something I wish more couples would do. The photography was done by Andy at Studio 563. Andy is always such a fun guy to work with, and his images are more then amazing! The whole event was put together by Keri Wootton at Leave The Details To Me, and wow what amazing job she did!
We came into the studio on Sunday, the day after Melinh and Cwell were married, and we sat down to watch their SDE again. Jess had come in for a couple hours that Sunday and it was her first chance to see their SDE. We are generally rather quiet when we share something like this, as we all get pulled into the story. At the end of the piece we looked up and Jess was completely silent, tears streaming down her face, as she started to laugh at just how much she was affected.
It makes me wonder how many others watch these pieces, knowing nothing of the couple, knowing very little about us as well, people whom we will probably never meet, and are completely moved by what they experience.
Thank you Melinh and Cwell for sharing your day with us, and in turn, letting us share it with so many others.
P.
This week I am thrilled to feature Darrell Aubert of Aubert Films for a behind the scenes look into some this amazing filmmaker's wedding work.
I first saw this clip a few weeks ago and immediately wanted to feature it on Weddingbee Pro. I love this clip. Darrell captured many absolutely beautiful moments but the one that moved me the most was the letter exchange sequence about three minutes into the piece. Darrell really shows such a sensitivity to the subtle but powerful emotions of the day.
We usually try to shoot one wedding per weekend - being that we work with so few couples every year that usually works out pretty well. Sometimes though, we have two couples on the same weekend that are both incredibely enthusiastic and we need to find a way to make it work. That was the scenario here. We had Joyce + Raymond to shoot in LA on Saturday and Carol + Bryan to shoot in NY on Sunday. to make for more of an adventure, both couples had same day edits.
In most cases this would never work, as there just wouldn’t be enough time to pull it all together and cover things properly. What made this weekend different was that Joyce + Raymond’s day ended rather early and Carol + Bryan’s started rather late. To be extra careful, we also had Ray Roman (from Ray Roman films) fly in for Sunday for some extra backup.
For Joyce’s sde we were really inspired by the location, and they gave us a blank canvas on which we could create. We knew that something a little zany would be very fitting for them, and so after many sketches and chatting, the concept for their SDE was born.
Thank you for all of your smiles. They are super infectious.
Stella + Chi // thank you for your friendship. I hope you enjoy this piece we made just for you.
Hi everyone! I’m officially married and back to my daily love affair with all things letterpress/paper and weddings. I am so thrilled to be back in the studio and back to blogging. We had an absolutely incredible wedding weekend and a fabulous honeymoon in Bar Harbor, Maine. I’ve been glowing with happiness ever since. Then, last Friday I was stunned into teary-eyed silence when I saw the video trailer the amazing team of Clark Walker Studio put together for us. I just had to share it with Weddingbee readers! Working with the amazingly talented Alisha Clark was nothing short of a spectacular experience. She and her husband, Luke Walker, are the owners of Lillie Studios based in the Capital Region of Upstate New York. As I work in the wedding industry myself, being a bride and having the opportunity to work with wedding professionals I admire (and supremely talented ones at that!) was a truly incredible experience. With that said, I’ll just let the video do the talking…
Seeing the San Jose Cathedral for the first time the day before the wedding, we knew right away that it definitely would be a highlight in itself. What we didn’t yet know was the fact that Angela and Joseph were going to see each other before the ceremony, and then walk to the church together. I especially love the flower girl’s miniature pink umbrella. She was just so happy to hold it.
And what a way to top of the night, and sde, with a very energetic Chinese dragons performance.
We came up with the concept for the opening the night before the SDE, but even as we started shooting the day of the wedding, we weren’t sure we would be able to pull it off.
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