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Leslie and Charles had the loveliest of days.  It was full of beautiful details from the flowers to the dress to the tuxes.  Everything was exquisite and classic.  But at the ceremony Leslie and Charles chose a not so classic reading by Bob Marley.  We love personal touches like this.  It’s such a wonderful way to let your guests in on how you two feel about each other with a different reading than the “classic” Corinthians verse.  Leslie’s friend read this quote with such heart that we just had to make it part of the film.  So honest, lovely, and real.  Just like Leslie & Charles.

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In our opinion, Jessica & Steven have a true Hollywood romantic comedy romance.  They are like Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack in Serendipity, creating a relationship in an impossible situation.  It was truly meant to be.  Steven was on holiday in Vegas when he walked into a club and locked eyes with a beautiful brunette across the room.  With one wave of her arm, their lives were never the same.  Steven turned down a job in Abu Dhabi and moved to another continent to be with Jessica.  It was no wonder that they couldn’t stop holding each other on the wedding day.  Congrats Jessica & Steven…your love is truly serendipitous and we hope that you enjoy your happily ever after.

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This was our final wedding of the season and in it we found one of our favorite moments. I don’t want to give it away, you’ll just have to watch to know what I am talking about, but this moment that I am referring to is exactly the kind of spontaneous, authentic, and revealing moment that we believe we are meant to capture. It’s the kind of moment that you need a film to capture. This moment speaks volumes about Christopher and Stephanie. It shows how connected they are, how down to earth. It shows what a complement they are to one another. It shows the humor and love in their relationship. It is a moment when they let go of everything, forgot what a big day it was, forgot that there were people watching them and recording them. In this moment it was just them, and from our point of view, there is nothing as beautiful as two people just simply being themselves with one another.

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After we finished cutting them film, Ian and I were feeling tingly… that’s what happens after we finishing cutting a film because we fall in love with our couple all over again, especially Ed & Kandice.  In our tingly state we started trying to figure out what to say about Ed and Kandice in the blog post and we kept coming back to the same idea… we didn’t want to write a blog post.  This is a conclusion we have reached countless times, and I’ll tell you why.  The films speak for themselves.  They express more than words could ever hope to communicate.  But we always write blog posts, we always seek to say something about the day and our couple… Yet, there was something about this film.  We just didn’t think a blog post would say something that the film could not say better.  But I will say this, Ed & Kandice are so rad.  A couple weeks before the wedding we got together with the intention of having a short meeting to finally meet in person and talk a little about their story and their background.  3 whole hours later we felt like we had new wonderful friends.  It felt like going on the best first date that you couldn’t wait to tell you girlfriends about!  I would be embarrassed to say that but I know Ed & Kandice felt the same way.
So there you have it.  Forgot reading about Ed and Kandice.  Just watch them and you’ll get it!

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Happy August everyone!!  Where has this summer gone?!  Ian and I are in the middle of our busiest time of our season and are crossing the coasts for our weddings, quite literally.  And you know what that means?  Lots and lots emotional wedding films coming your way!  But in the midst of this busy time, we are so thrilled and delighted to see Joey & Anabel’s wedding featured over on Style Me Pretty California.  We absolutely loved this wedding full of family, love, tears, and happiness.  The feature also showcases some amazing images by Sara and Rocky Photography with beautiful stylings by Jill LaFleur.  Check that out on your way down to see our film.  Enjoy!!

 

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Don’t you just love a nautical affair?  We do.  So we were ecstatic when Virginia & James, who are good friends of our past couple Kelsay & Mike, contacted us to do their wedding at the Balboa Yacht Club in Newport Beach, CA.  Virginia & James had the most wonderfully detailed nautical wedding.  I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a bride do so many details by herself.  So kudos to Virginia for all her personal touches.  We loved being able to film these details, but most importantly we loved filming James & Virginia’s experience on this day.  They could not have been more comfortable with the day.  Then again, why would you be anything but comfortable when committing to your best friend?  While Virginia was getting ready she mentioned that she wasn’t nervous at all.  James couldn’t have been more relaxed with his great group of friends while he got ready. So when it came time to say “I do!” they were excited for their future.  They partied hard into the night surrounded by their family and friends, who were fantastic dancers!  Congrats Virginia & James!  We were so honored to film such an exquisite day.

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Our final wedding of the year!  We could not be more thankful to finish our busy and eventful season with Ian and Melissa.  I have known Melissa for years.  Back in my previous life as an actor, Melissa and I did summer stock up in scenic Coeur d’Alene, ID.  Summers at CDA were amazing.  I made some wonderful (and talented) friends up there and Melissa was one of them.  I looked up to Melissa so much with her talent, her professionalism, and her gut busting humor.  She’s basically awesomely brilliant in a tiny package.  So when Melissa got engaged to Ian I was over the moon for her.  I hadn’t met Ian, but I had a hunch that he was a good guy just based on his name.  Then when we met each other over Skype a little over a year ago, my suspicions that he was cool were confirmed.  (I mean how can you not love a guy whose love of Christmas goes so far that he decorates his bike with Christmas lights and hangs it on the wall?)

Their wedding day was particularly special.  The thrill of this union spread beyond Ian and Melissa.  It should be mentioned that Ian and Melissa’s parents have known each other for forever.  Seriously.  They live just blocks a part from one another up in Washington.  Despite their parents’ decades of friendship, Ian and Melissa had never met each other.  It was one fateful day at Sea Fair in Seattle where they met.  So on the wedding day it felt like family reunion.  Even I felt like part of the family!  The love and support that Ian and Melissa had coming at them from their friends and family was overwhelming.  It even reached as far as London when Melissa Facetimed with a friend of hers who is performing in Chicago on the West End while she was getting into her dress.

The love that Ian and Melissa have for each other was undeniable.  I think the words spoken at the end of their film say it all.  We were so honored to document this day from start to finish.

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Oh Kelsay & Michael…where do we begin?!  There are some couples that we just completely feel a friendship with and Kelsay and Mike are one of those couples.  It felt like I was hanging out with my best friends from college while Kelsay was getting ready and Ian felt like he was just chilling with the guys.  So needless to say we were emotional when they delivered their amazing personal vows and laughed with them as the night went on.  We wished we could have stayed and partied with them all night, but alas we could not (due to our double header weekend).  We had such a fun time on this wedding and even more fun editing it.  Congratulations Kelsay & Michael.  Thanks for making us remember why we love our jobs so much!

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Weddings can be a lot of things.  They can focus on the details, the party, the extravagance, or the experience.  But one thing that all weddings have in common is that they are all ultimately about two people coming together.  On the day of Chris and Serein’s wedding I didn’t notice it, but looking back over their footage and editing their film, what I saw was two people who were already together.  When they are holding one another and looking each other in the eye, it’s as if the world around them disappears.  They have an unbreakable bond that we should all be so lucky to have.  We, as artists, have always believed that the details of the wedding do not matter near as much as the love that is experienced on the wedding day.  No matter what the day looks like, or what goes right (or wrong), as long as love is the reason, the wedding day will be perfect.  Watch this film and tell me this day wasn’t perfect.

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Giggles.  That’s the noun I would use to describe Sean & Dawn’s wedding day.  It was full of giggles.  And the giggles came from every direction.  Everyone was just so giddy for Sean & Dawn.  Every single person there was just elated for them.  It was so nice to giggle with them again at the Green Gables Estate after their Balboa Park engagement session earlier in the year.  We absolutely loved filming and photographing them on their wedding day (a huge thanks to Ginnie of Roots Photography for second shooting with us!).  I am going to go out on a limb and say that Dawn has never looked more beautiful than she did on this day.  Drop.  Dead.  Gorgeous.  And Sean did not disappoint in his awesome bow tie completed with his ear to ear day long grin.  We are still so so happy for these two!!

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