On December 6th we where honored with covering the wedding of Lindsay Wheeler and Mark Cairns.

Their wedding was a Christmas themed wedding held at the USC Rutledge Chapel. The coordinating, design and planning was done by Melanie Murphy with By Invitation Only and as usual she did a fantastic job.

A awesome reception followed at the Hilton Garden Inn located off of Harbison Blvd where everyone was partying until Mark and Lindsay departed to their room around 11:30.

We worked alongside Kathy Moore of Kathy Moore Photography for the very first time. We had heard many good things about her work and we were excited to finally meet and work with her.

Congratulations Lindsay and Mark!!

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We have been very fortunate to have nearly perfect weather for every wedding we have done this year. There have been threats of rain and of course hot hot hot days; but we fortunately have never had solid rain on a wedding day.

Well, on November 29th that changed.  Ella Nixon and Matt Firtko’s wedding was scheduled to be held out in the front drive at The Millstone at Adams Pond in Columbia, SC. We monitored the weather all week long and it started to not look good early on in the week but we continued to hope for the best. Despite our hopes it rained all day long.

When we arrived at the Millstone we were happy to see everyone in good spirits and that the rain didn’t put a damper on any of the activities. As the day continued, Robin Cannon, the wedding planner, made all necessary adjustments to the plans which initially included outdoor activities and everything went off without a hitch for what turned out to be a beautiful wedding.

Since it was raining, we knew that we had to do whatever we could to include the rain since this was a part of their day. We were also happy that our good friends Clark and Becki Berry of Clark Berry Photography were the still photographers for the day and we had a good time making the best of the situation.

Congratulations Ella and Matt!

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Wedding at The Millstone at Adams Pond

Below is the opening segment running all the way through the end of the wedding ceremony for Paullette and Jeff’s wedding. It was a simple yet beautiful ceremony held at the Westin at Hilton Head Island. A reception followed also at the Westin.

Amanda Rose Wedding Planners planned and provided day of organization for the wedding and they did a fantastic job.  We also enjoyed working with the photography team from Blue Nalu photography.

Congratulations Paulette and Jeff.

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On 11.22.08 we had the privilege of working with Mande Brazell and Jonathan Bower on their special day. We had met them a few months prior just to get to know them a little better. It was apparent that they were meant to be together and that they were going to be a lot of fun!

The wedding ceremony was held at Asbury United Methodist Church in Columbia and the reception followed at Seawell’s. There was a quick dinner and then the party started and everyone had a blast. One of the many highlights of the evening was when Jonathan, his dad, and Mande’s dad got up on stage to sing “My Girl”.

The whole evening was great fun and the Tony Howard Band did a great job at keeping the party going… Honestly though, I think it would have kept going even if there was no music!! LOL

Here is the trailer we created for Mande and Jonathan.

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Congratulations guys, and we hope that your second reception back home is just as much fun as the one here.

We recently received a request from a bride to see a “normal wedding video”. We were not quite sure what she meant so she explained that she understood everything didn’t go perfectly at every wedding and she would like to see a video that is just a normal product from us and not something that showcases the best of the best of what we have produced under ideal circumstances.

If you are a follower of our blog you know that we post video clips quite frequently.  In fact we post clips from just about every project we work on and hope that it shows our consistency in providing the highest quality of wedding videos no matter the place or circumstances.  When we received her request we immediately understood the validity of it as there are many wedding video sites that shows their best of clips on the site but when you actually receive your full product from that company it will not be a representation of what you saw in their “demo clip”.

With that, we introduce the first COMPLETE  WEDDING VIDEO ever posted to our wedding video blog.  When we received the bride’s request mentioned above, we were in the middle of editing this particular video and I couldn’t help but feel that this wedding fit the bill perfectly for what she was asking. Let me explain why. 

We found out early on that the church in this video had some strict regulations but were relieved to find that the church coordinator allowed us a small amount of leeway that we initially thought we may not have.  Even with this leeway we still had prohibitive restrictions placed on us. No shooting from the ground level or altar/choir loft and any of the processional shots had to be from the very cramped foyer area.  With these restrictions in mind, Marianna and I came up with a camera placement and shooting plan and pulled it off with the utmost precision.

Because of these restrictions, it did prevent us from doing some things that we normally would like to do from an artistic standpoint.  However, even with the abscence of some of our “Best Of” shots you will still see that the quality of our work and beauty of the wedding shines brightly in the video.

In addition to their MAIN WEDDING MOVIE which is featured below, on the actual DVD they also received some documentary style clips of their ceremony showcasing the original music and reactions, a 10 minute montage of dancing and the band from the reception, and some clips of well wishes from their family and friends.

Below is some additional info about this wedding:
The Couple – Elizabeth Skarupa and Donald Wynn
Ceremony Location  – Central United Methodist Church
Reception Location – Florence Country Club
Wedding Planner – Melanie Murphy - By Invitation Only
       You can see Melanie’s Blog post about this wedding by CLICKING HERE.

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Here is the introductory segment to Trevor and Jessica’s Wedding which was held at Charleston Harbor Resort in Charleston, SC.

Trevor and Jessica chose to see each other before the wedding and this segment showcases how we handled that for them.

The clip ends abruptly after Jessica’s entrance into the ceremony. Sorry that we couldn’t let it run longer but we have a few other segments that will be posted very shortly and we needed to conserve our bandwidth that is alloted to us for hosting our videos.

Stay tuned for the other clips that are soon to follow!!

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Wade and Cantey were married on 09.20.08 at San Souci Farms in Sumter, SC.

The ceremony was held right by the overlook and it was an absolutely fantastic day and we had a great time filming the wedding. (BTW. It was also Marianna’s Birthday )

The photographers were our great friends, Clark and Becki Berry of Clark Berry photography and they have produced an awesome slideshow of the day. You can see the slideshow by clicking below the video.

WEDDING PREVIEW VIDEO:

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WEDDING PICTURE SLIDE SHOW:

produced by SC wedding photographer Clark and Becki Berry

Staci and Frank were married atThe Cathedral of St. John the Baptist catholic church in Charleston, SC. The exterior and interior of the church are second to none and we enjoyed every second we got to film there.

Staci and Frank’s reception followed at the Francis Marion in downtown Charleston where one of our favorite bands, The Mighty Kicks, kept the party going into the evening.

The clip below is Staci and Frank’s wedding movie opener all they way through the vows at the ceremony. Staci and Frank chose to have their coverage time start at the beginning of the ceremony with no preperations filming. In this piece you can see how we still unraveled the story in a natural and unique way even though we were missing that important preperations piece of the story.

In our last post, Hope and Tripp’s wedding video ending segment, we showed our unique way of blending parts of the ceremony over the entire video in order to maximize interest and maintain the emotional value of each segment of the wedding day. In this segment you can see some more of our signature style blending techniques.

If you have any questoins about the below wedding video segment or about our editing style in general please send us an email via our contact form or feel free to leave a comment on this post.

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Thanks to Nathan and Mell Bell of Richard Bell Photography for providing us with the above thumbnail picture and also for allowing us to use their photos for the Staci and Frank’s Case and Disc Artwork.

COMPARISON CLIP:

I also had Marianna cut a documentary version of the priest message.   The below clip is a straight documentary cut between all of the available cameras that we had at the wedding.  This clip is right at 7 minutes long and if you watch it you will immediately see that the priest point is all but lost because of the length of the message and overemphasis of some points. 

As you compare it to the version above (which his message was condensed to 2.5 minutes)  you will find that you dont miss anything but with the careful editing of the sermon his message is actually enhanced and more emotional.

Please realize that THE BELOW CLIP IS NOT OUR NORMAL STYLE.  This clip is provided for cross referencing with the clip above to showcase the drastic difference in what we do with our wedding videos.

Here is another wedding movie segment!! 

This particular segment shows a few various techniques that we incorporate into our wedding movies.
The first is ceremony blending.  Let face it.. Most of the time wedding ceremony messages by the preacher are not the most entertaining things in the world. Being in the postion that we are (listening over and over to many messages) we have noticed that many of them carry a powerful meaning but it is often lost because of length or other distractions.  In our editing we always try to maximize the meaning and emotional value of EVERY segment of your wedding day.

One way that we do this is ceremony message and prayer blending.  We have found that if careful attention is given to each prayer and segment of the message by the preacher that often you can enhance the impact of the entire message.  While storyboarding (planning the assembly) for Hope and Tripp’s wedding movie I imediately identified two sections of the message that I felt would create a stellar ending to the movie, so I sectioned those off and saved them for the end.  As you watch this piece you can immediately see how the blending of music, spoken word and visuals creates a very emotional piece.  On the flipside, if we had shown these segments exactly how they happened it would not have been as interesting or impactful because these portions would have been lost in the middle of a 35 minute long wedding ceremony.

By blending these segements of each video we do, not only does it make those portions of the message stand out but it also allows us to trim the actual ceremony portion of the video down to something that maintains maximum emotional interest.  For instance, in documentary (as it happened) form,  Hope and Tripp’s wedding ceremony alone would have been 35 minutes.  With the various blending techniques we used we trimmed the ceremony portion to 6 minutes (Processional, brides entrance, a short message, vows, ring exchange and the kiss).  However, the entire 35 minute ceremony is still contained over the entire length of the video.

If you have any questions about our editing style in general or for this video in particular feel free to leave a reply by clicking the link below the video, OR, you can also send us an email by using our contact us form.

AND HERE IS THE SEGMENT!!

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Krista and Malik were married on 08.30.08 at the Mitchell House and Gardens in Lexington, SC.

There wedding was held in the Gazebo right by the house and even though the weather was threatening off an on everything held off for a gorgeous ceremony.

The reception followed in the Pavillion area, also at the Mitchell House, where Sound Quest DJ’s keep the party going until 11:30 when Krista and Malik departed via horse drawn carriage.

The photographers for the wedding were Richard and Brantley Freeman of All Dressed Up Photography and we enjoyed working alongside them all night long. You can see some of the still images they captured by visiting their blog.

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