Hello! It has been a little while since a post, we have been working around the clock to finish a lot of projects during September, we have many weddings coming up and are still holding up! This is a highlight reel from a great couple we did last year, Marissa and Roque. Let us know what you think of it
We are working on Bergt and Wendy’s wedding and thought this was a pretty funny clip from the toasts. When Bergt’s family moved from Germany to America, the first place they lived was Minnesota. This is what Bergt’s father had to say about that….
As some of you might know we do a lot of sweeping amazing shots that pull in and out and really move the medium of video into the realm of cinematic. Well those shots are accomplished by the use of a stedicam.
Which brings me to closet space. Now this is a rather odd topic since what on earth would a stedicam have to do with my closet space? Nothing really, except I have 5 boxes that have stedicams in them that take up all my closet space- that’s what!
Now I know some of my girlfriends complain about closet space and that their guys stuff is taking up too much room- one complaint was my friend’s husband seemed to have stored his entire bachelor pad in boxes shoved in the closet. He says you never know when you might need a beer hat again. I think there’s a word for that- does public storage ring any bells or maybe even the goodwill?
The epidemic of stedicams really came about when we found out the company that makes them was going out of business. Hence the extra purchase of 5 of them. He already owned 2- and was worried he might never get another chance to have one with the company on the rocks. He even keeps one off sight in case something drastic happened to the equipment. His desire for it is insatiable!
The thing is good solid metal so it wouldn’t ever really break or die off and you could probably get someone to reproduce it after seening what one looks like, if you needed another one. But David was scared that because the company was going out of business he might never have another chance to obtain one.
So our unopened stedicams sit waiting patiently in my closet. They sit there waiting for the day that will never come- since the original one hasn’t nor probably ever will break. I could be assuming things, but after 5 years of using the it, it’s still going strong.
Oh well, does anyone know the number of a contractor who can knock out a wall for me, so I can make a bigger closet?
This was the wedding of Ashley and Michael Hontz. We had been awaiting this wedding for some time, since Michael’s Mom had called us almost a year ago to book us for the date. She had been at another wedding we filmed and saw our work- and loved it- of course!
Their wedding was held at the Padua Hills Theatre and Dining Room in Claremont- which strangely we had never been to before- except once, which as it turned out, was the week before theirs. Teresa + Matthew’s wedding! We will post their same day edit soon. It’s a great venue. It is right at the base of the mountains in a wilderness area. Right off of Baseline/Mt. Baldy Road. That was pretty exciting, since it’s nestled in an olive grove. It also has some great scenic views of the valley below.
We filmed their wedding two days after we got back from our trip to the east coast (more on that later), so we were nicely rested and pretty much ready to head back into the season of weddings, as always!
We are really proud of the way the beginning and end of this wedding video turned out. The lighting, bubbles, the words people said and the genuine feeling of love came together to make something we still enjoy watching.
Take a quick look at the beginning of Michael and Ashley’s wedding video and let us know what you think. This wedding took place at the Padua Hills Theater in Claremont, California.
Congrats once again to the Hontz and Alten family!
We got back last week from a very fun and educational trip around New England and New York. We will be talking about some of the very interesting stories and places that we saw in the coming weeks. Kelsey and I have had 5 weddings since we got back so we have been tired and not very busy on the posting front!
In the picture above, we were in a gigantic book store in Boston and happened to come across a reference to Charles Lauren Films on the East Coast, very fun! Love when that happens!
This was a really fun wedding! Julie and Alan’s family worked night and day setting up the decorations at the ballroom of the Calamigos Equestrian Center in Burbank. There were smiles all around and we hope they enjoy their preview!
This was Jerrica and Roger’s wedding at the Japanese Gardens at CSULB. They had a lot of fun as you can see and it was just as fun for us filming them! This time it was my (Kelsey’s) turn to step up to the editing bench of same day edits. We had a little bit less time than normal, since the event venue closes down pretty much at the stroke of ten- and there was a lot going on to get it to fit within the time schedule. A good 20 minutes versus 45 may seem like a drop in the hat, but in the world of same day edits- believe me I was noticing the clock tick tock!
The Japanese Gardens is a great location for the smaller weddings, when a couple want a bit more intimacy. It can hold about 100 people- so it isn’t one of our big 200+ family weddings- which was different too! Locations really define the couple and every experience is always an amazing one. That’s why we love filming weddings- even if it turns out to be a venue we’ve been at one-hundred times, it’s always something new. From the waters of the Koi Pond to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion the life of wedding videography is always lovely!
Here is a Preview/Highlight Reel of this last Saturday’s wedding. Jennifer and Jeremy have an amazing family and group of friends. This wedding was different because all of the reception and dancing took place in the daylight under an atrium at the Sheraton Pasadena. This gave a lot of room and light for steadicam shots during the formal dances.
The church had great meaning for the families as well because Jennifer’s parents were married in the same church! The photo session with the great backgrounds took place at Caltech.
As I promised, I went back into our archives and got the Lightsaber battle that Anjulynn and her brother did at her sister’s wedding! We filmed Alex and Anjulynn’s wedding a few weeks ago. You really should watch this clip…
The night before her wedding, Randi’s father made everyone watch home movies since her birth. They soon discovered the close-knit relationships their family has in San Pedro. Brian, who Randi was marrying, went to pre-school with her and the two fathers had known each other for decades. This shows a little bit of their family history, Randi getting dressed, the ceremony setup and guest arrivals. Brian actually made the wooden archway where they were married. They brought it in their truck early in the morning to the grassy ceremony site. It was a very personal 7-7-07.
