shelly + joe - montecito country club santa barbara wedding

Wow.

Loved everything about this wedding! Got to work with coordinator Jackie Blackwell for the first time and she was excellent to work with! She was on top of things yet flexible! Also worked with photographer Tara Rochelle for the first time and she was incredible!

Gorgeous bride had a real classy retro look going so I went with a desaturated filtering to match the style and feel of the day.

When they told me the song they wanted for their Cinema Reale, I got really giddy. That's because they wanted to use Bif Naked's cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters". If you had never heard the song before, you may be tempted at first to think "A Metallica cover? For a wedding song?". While the lyrics may not be your typical wedding love song, it doesn't matter in this case and I think you'll agree when you watch the clip. It worked perfectly.

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nicole + phil - hummingbird nest ranch wedding

Busy weekend!

Right after finished Vito & Funni's wedding, I jetted over to Simi Valley to begin editing Nicole and Phil's Cinema Reale.

Nicole was another last minute bride who signed with me mere weeks before her wedding began. I am so glad she found me because it was such a unique and beautiful wedding.

B&G wanted Phil Vassar's "Last Day of My Life" for their Cinema Reale. Its always a challenge to use country songs because the lyrics are always so specific and almost like a short story so it is hard to match with footage of the day. I think I did pretty well with it and they loved it!

vito + funni - langham hotel almansor court wedding

Vito and Funni are good friends with Ian and SainVie who I did in June of this year and are the second couple in a trio of Indonesian weddings I signed at the same time. They are all friends from the same church and they all came to visit me at one time. All of them are such tremendous people and Vito and Funni are no exception. They are very special people who love God and each other very much.

I chose Mat Kearney's "Breathe in, Breathe Out" for their Cinema Reale.

annie + ron - trump golf course wedding

Another one of those Friday weddings! Annie called me just weeks prior to her wedding and didn't officially sign with me until 2 days before! I have to say that I am REALLY glad she did because it was an amazing day to say the least.

The beautiful bride is Korean but the handsome groom is Chinese so it started out with traditional Chinese tea ceremony before moving to the scenic ceremony lawn of the Trump for their American ceremony.

It was coordinated by the couple's good friend Nhu who really took care of us and made sure we had everything we needed. Photography was handled wonderfully by Annette and Andrew from Triple Cord . They were phenomenal to work along side.

We had a technical problem that prevented us from showing it at the time we wanted, but we sorted it out and showed it and received an incredible response.

Bride chose the song "When I See You Smile" by Uncle Sam.

wife's bday! linkin park irvine concert

My incredibly crazy fun weekend ended with a date with my wife on Sunday. She is a big Linkin Park fan so I surprised her with tickets for her birthday. I loved the look on her face when we kept walking down closer and closer until we were smack dab in the middle 5th row orchestra seats! You can see that even with my cheapo camera (that don't allow the good cams) how close we were.

One of the highlights was when Chris Cornell joined LP onstage to sing "Crawling".

kaley + chris- engagement shoot

Chris and Kaley are one of my 2009 couples who not only signed on with me for video but Kaley is the first bride to decide to book me for photo for their wedding! I could not be more excited as they are not only beautiful couple, they are so sweet and easy going. They totally put me at ease!

We did part one of their engagement session today in Pasadena primarily at my good friend Danielle Biel's studio. As you can see from the pics, they are an incredibly photogenic and the chemistry is amazing between them.

ashley + ryan - tustin ranch golf club wedding

Well my blog vistors, its been awhile since I posted clips, but now you have 3 to check out to make up for my absense!


Rounding out my incredible weekend was Ryan and Ashley's wedding. The couple found out about me through attending Casey & Katie's wedding I did in April. I am so glad they hired me because I would have hated to miss this one. It was an impeccable day in every sense and perfect way to end my incredibly busy weekend.

Ryan and Ashley are not only a beautiful couple, they have personalities to match. Just very sweet and easy going. They had their prep and first sight at the Ritz in Dana Point and then had their ceremony and reception at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club.

Got to work with Tiffany Hudson once again from TRGC for it seems like the 30th time in the past several months. She's great and even had sandwiches made for us when she realized we had not been fed. :)

Song is Lifehouse's "Everything" which starts out real slow before picking up the tempo. Perfect CR song!

sheryl + marvin - the dana san diego wedding

The second wedding of my triple-header featured sheryl and marvin, two of the sweetest people you could ever hope to meet.

I had never shot at the Dana before and it is a phenomenal venue. The layout was all situated around beautiful San Diego Harbor with the ceremony being right on the lawn facing the shore. There was so much personality to this wedding and you could see the couple's quirky influence on everything. The color scheme the shoes, everything was so unique and beautiful. One of the highlights of the day was the couple's "rock the reception" routine instead of a traditional first dance. (see clip below)

The whole day was coordinated beautifully by the couples good friend Rommel Hipolito. He made everything go very smoothly and was a pleasure to work with. He truly cared about making the event as special as possible.

The couple has been together since high school so I used the song "Better" by Tom Baxter for their Cinema Reale. I thought the song was perfect for them because it talks about how their love has changed over the years, and has only gotten better. The clip is supplemented by the words a poem that was written by one of their young guests and read during the ceremony. It was an incredible original poem and had to be included in the video.

Their Cinema Reale:



Their incredible routine:

matt + wendy- the inn at rancho santa fe wedding

I had been off for 2 weeks prior to this weekend and, as usual, could not wait to get back into swing of things again. I guess there is no better way then to do it then in back to back to back style! First up on this Friday-Saturday-Sunday triple header, was Matt & Wendy's wedding.

It was held at the Rancho Sante Fe Inn on a flawless San Diego afternoon. The weather was perfect and everyone was just in the mood. Everyone was relaxed but excited. It was a wonderful experience.

Matt and Wendy are an incredibly sweet and loving couple and the day was full of emotion. It was officiated by a family member so that always makes it more personal and unique.

They decided on using Graham Colton's "Best Days" for their Cinema Reale. I had never heard the song before and loved it for this type of clip. It worked perfectly!

HELLO! ..from the road

I know you regulars check my blog on Mondays to see the new clips so i am sorry to disappoint. All I have to offer you is a few pics from our family vacation/reunion in MT. We just finished the weekend festivities with my Mom's family up here and are headed to Las Vegas for a couple of days with the kids. More pics to come soon! :)