Here is the Same Day Edit we did yesterday for Aspasia and Petros. It is hard to find such a joyful couple with a family who are excellent dancers. I liked Petro’s bachelor pad, that place was amazing! Kelsey and I also loved the ceremony, the singing was beautiful. We got to work with George Sillas who made the day run smoothly, capturing some great pictures. Their guests also seemed to enjoy this video, we noticed a few crowds around the laptop we had playing near the gift table. It was everything but the “Fat” in My Big Fat Greek Wedding! Enjoy!
Charles Lauren Films was picked by local brides like you as the best vendor of wedding videography for 2008 in the Los Angeles region!!! Thank you all brides who voted for us- we truly appreciate the nod!
It has been our goal to always maintain the highest professional standard and creativity in wedding videography since we began just 5 years ago. Our company is growing thanks to brides like you who know the best when they see it! Anybody think we should have a party? Strictly business of course-
This was pretty neat. The wedding was shot at Rancho Las Lomas and Redd Street Band were the musical talents for the evening- serenading the guests while they ate dinner and the like- pretty awesome.
This is a common statement that you will hear at weddings if you happen to find a ball and chain lying around at your reception location. This ball and chain was actually on a table for the cigar maker who was making fresh rolled cigars at the wedding for all of the guests who wanted one.
Disclaimer: Smoking can kill you- but it’s so Cuban! It reminds us of Andy Garcia and the movie Lost City. So we’ll let it slide, besides it made for a great party.
I was reading in one of my favorite magazines, The Economist, that 2008 is the United Nation’s International Year of the Potato! Potatoes are great, especially if they are served during the reception and we are hungry from running around all day. Rosemary potatoes, garlic potatoes, they have Twice Baked Potatoes at Anaheim Hills Golf Course that are very good. I’ll bet some of you even had a Mr. Potato Head toy!
Here is the article:
IT IS the world’s fourth-most-important food crop, after maize, wheat and rice. It provides more calories, more quickly, using less land and in a wider range of climates than any other plant. It is, of course, the potato.
The United Nations has declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato (see article). It hopes that greater awareness of the merits of potatoes will contribute to the achievement of its Millennium Development Goals, by helping to alleviate poverty, improve food security and promote economic development. It is always the international year of this or month of that. But the potato’s unusual history (see article) means it is well worth celebrating by readers of The Economist—because the potato is intertwined with economic development, trade liberalisation and globalisation.
Unlikely though it seems, the potato promoted economic development by underpinning the industrial revolution in England in the 19th century. It provided a cheap source of calories and was easy to cultivate, so it liberated workers from the land. Potatoes became popular in the north of England, as people there specialised in livestock farming and domestic industry, while farmers in the south (where the soil was more suitable) concentrated on wheat production. By a happy accident, this concentrated industrial activity in the regions where coal was readily available, and a potato-driven population boom provided ample workers for the new factories. Friedrich Engels even declared that the potato was the equal of iron for its “historically revolutionary role”.
The potato promoted free trade by contributing to the abolition of Britain’s Corn Laws—the cause which prompted the founding of The Economist in 1843. The Corn Laws restricted imports of grain into the United Kingdom in order to protect domestic wheat producers. Landowners supported the laws, since cheap imported grain would reduce their income, but industrialists opposed them because imports would drive down the cost of food, allowing people to spend more on manufactured goods. Ultimately it was not the eloquence of the arguments against the Corn Laws that led to their abolition—and more’s the pity. It was the tragedy of the Irish potato famine of 1845, in which 1m Irish perished when the potato crop on which they subsisted succumbed to blight. The need to import grain to relieve the situation in Ireland forced the government, which was dominated by landowners who backed the Corn Laws, to reverse its position.
This paved the way for liberalisation in other areas, and free trade became British policy. As the Duke of Wellington complained at the time, “rotten potatoes have done it all.”
Read the Full Article from
The Economist
When Mark and Tiffany decided to have their recessional be to the song “Bittersweet Symphony” we thought it was only fitting to create this…
This is one of the many weddings we have done at the Japanese Gardens. It’s an awesome place to shoot at! We are their official wedding videography vendors, so we are at the gardens quite a lot- but we never get tired of it. There is always something exciting going on and as an alumni of the University from the Film program it’s always exciting to go back to where we began.
If you are having your wedding at the Japanese Gardens at Cal State Long Beach and would like to see more samples of our work done there- please contact us on the phone at 888-544-3399 or email us at love@charleslauren.com and we’d be happy to show you more of this wonderful location and the awesome weddings that have taken place there!
But for now please enjoy the following clip of Aaron and Jennifer – United in Love…
Check out this wedding with Evan and Elena - at Shutter's on the Beach! This one is epic - New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles.
Evan and Elena are the epitome of class, friendship, love and passion. Even though they live in New York, they chose to have their wedding near their families in Santa Monica – at the very best place in Santa Monica, Shutters on the Beach! Enjoy this highlight reel – enjoy the sun, sand, clear skies and warmth – for all of our friends still feeling the Winter’s Chill!
Cheers – David and Kelsey
Well what can be said when Jack Sparrow calls? Not much… just watch the clip and you’ll understand.