Clark Berry Photography

Author: James Player
September 3, 2008

If you’ve been around our blog anytime recently it will come as no surprise that we work with SC Wedding photographers Clark and Becki from Clark Berry Photography a good bit.  

In July of 2007 we all met at a wedding.  It was immediately apparent that the way we work together was not typical of most photographers and videographers.   Not only did we enjoy the experience but we actually fed off of each other’s creativity.

After that wedding we met up with them and discussed some possible ways of working together more and possibly even integrating our services with one another.  

This year we have worked together at many weddings (with still more to come), and enjoy the opportunity of creating incredible visuals and stories with both photography and video.

Beyond work we have also become great friends with them.  Even though we worked together well that first time we met I can honestly say that we work together even better now and even plan creative ideas for jobs we are working together on way before the actual shoot.

Here is a promotional clip that we created for Clark and Becki out of a few of the shoots we have been together on.  We also have another video in the works that will present more wedding day material.


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August 30, 2008

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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Amy and Kilby’s Wedding

Author: James Player
August 28, 2008

Amy and Kilby were married earlier this year at the Legare Waring House in Charleston, SC. This location is incredibly spectacular and we really enjoyed filming there.

Marianna just finished up the edit on their wedding movie and is finalizing all of the bonus material and disc creation. We wanted to post a segment from their wedding movie and picked the opening and ceremony portion. This segment shows just how different our editing style is. Not only for our smaller trailers, like are posted frequently on the blog, but also for the complete wedding movies/videos.


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April & Eric 08.09.08

Author: jplayer
August 15, 2008

April and Eric were married on 08.09.08 at Second Calvary Baptist Church in Columbia, SC.

We spent most of the day with them while they got ready at the Marriot hotel in Columbia, SC and after the wedding we returned where the reception was held in a few of the ballrooms that had been joined.

Shannon of Shannon Baker Weddings and Events did most of the behind the scenes directing for the wedding, and she was wonderful to work with.

The music during the reception was provided by Sweet Dreams the band until 11:00 when April and Eric departed to their suite.

The photography was provided by our good friends Clark and Becki Berry of Clark Berry Photography and we had a great time feeding off of each others creativity throughout the day!!

Congratulations April and Eric!!


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Emily and Matt’s First Dance

Author: James Player
August 13, 2008

Earlier this year we filmed Emily and Matt’s wedding in Charleston, SC, and were astounded at the love, emotion and just all around fun had by everyone that attended.

Their wedding was a 100% destination wedding to Charleston, SC. I don’t think that I met one person that was from anywhere even remotely close to Charleston and that in and of itself was an amazing thing as this was no small wedding!! Even the photographer, Gene Higa, came all the way from California

Anyway.. Back to the love, emotion and fun!! :-) The entire time that we were around Emily and Matt it was overly appearant that this was definately the best day of their lives and they couldn’t wait to be married.

Anytime one of them talked about the other you could literally feel the sincerity deep down. They also did many sweet things for each other such as giving each other presents and notes. Matt even gave Emily a journal that he had been keeping the entire time that they were engaged!! Talk about emotional!!!

Their entire movie that we are creating shows the emotion of that day (actually days as we covered the rehearsal dinner too) and I would love to share the whole thing, but I picked their first dance segment.

Why…
Because Marianna edited the dances and when she was done I was blown away by what she had done. She edited the footage we had captured into a exact replica of the feeling of that moment and even though there are TONS of other segments from the movie that are great I just had to share it and I hope that anyone reading will join me in telling her what a good job she did!!

Good job Babe!!!! :-)

BTW.. Their wedding was at St. Luke’s Chapel at MUSC in Charleston, SC and the reception was held at Boone Hall Plantation at the Cotton Dock.


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Amy and Brent 07.26.08

Author: James Player
August 8, 2008

Amy and Brent were married on 07.26.08 at the River Center at Saluda Shoals park in Columbia ,SC.

The cereomony was held next to the gazebo ouside, where The Jackson Sisters String Quartet provided some awesome instrumentals for all of the guest.

The reception was at the River Center also where The Men of Distinction played until Amy and Brent departed at 7:00pm.

We were extatic to work alongside our good friends Clark and Becki of Clark Berry Photography and we. Stay tuned to Clarks Blog for some wedding day preview images. Speaking of wedding day photos, we are extremely excited about integrating the photos Clark and Becki captured along with the video captured from Amy and Brents love story session, Bridal photo session, and wedding day coverage into a extremely unique wedding video.

We also did a very thorough interview before the wedding day where Amy and Brent got to talk about how they met and grew to love each, and things that they are looking forward to. This footage will also be blended into their final wedding movie.

Below is the trailer we made for Amy and Brent


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July 27, 2008

Patrick Hogan and Fallon Koon’s spectacular wedding was held on 07.19.08 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church.  The reception followed at Spring Valley Country Club where Terry Lee and the GTs with EastCoast Entertainment kept the music and party going until 11:30.

The directing and design work was provided by  Craig Houston and his team of talented designers with White Tent Event and they did a phenomenal job at making everything as perfect as it could possibly be.  Even though Riverland Hills Baptist Church is very large it was transformed into a paradise of flowers and candles and had a much more intimate feel.  The careful attention to design and details at the reception was also no easy feat.  We had never seen Spring Valley Country Club look so nice.  Many elements such as ceiling lighting that drifted around, pin lighting in the flowers, on the cake, and on other details, floating candles, etc. turned the place into something that I never dreamed possible. 

Photography for the event was provided by Ralph Johnson Photographics, and we enjoyed working alongside Ralph and his assistant all day.

Below is their wedding trailer that showcases the tip of the iceberg of what we captured that day.
Congratulations Patrick and Fallon!!!


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June 24, 2008

We have been tirelessly working on Scott & Amanda’s wedding movie edit for around a month now, and its only a few hours away from being completed.  Even though its been one of our longer edits we are also sad to be delivering it.

Scott and Amanda chose to have extended coverage by us which included the rehersal dinner and almost the full wedding day.  The edit was extremely involved and pushed our creativity to new limits.  One of the very unique things was that we had over 40 minutes worth of toast audio from the rehearsal dinner.  We took all of these toasts and blended them in a way so that they made maximum impact in the given segment of the movie that they played in.

At the rehearsal dinner Scott gave a toast toward the end of the night sharing his gratitude to everyone that came and exclaming his joy of becoming a part of Amanda’s family.  As I storyboarded the movie and was listening to everyone’s toast, I immediately knew that Scott’s toast belonged right before Amanda’s Grand entrance at the church. 

Below is a short segment of pulled out of their wedding movie that showcases our careful attention to detail in music and visuals and also our very unique style of blending various events to make the most emotional wedding movie possible. (This segment is centered around Amanda’s Grand entrance that I mentioned above)

Sorry for the abrupt beginning and ending of this segment from their movie!!  I tried my best to include as much as I could but because of upload restrictions I was limited to what you see.

Feel free to browse our blog to see the introduction segment of Scott and Amanda’s movie. 

Their complete movie from beginning to end came to be one hour and twenty six minutes.  We also have had many questions about the introduction piece of their movie that we recently posted and one of the main ones has been “is this really a part of their wedding movie or just a small highlight piece??”  Yes it is their movie and the entire production has the same feel of excitement and emotion, we provide the highest quality possible for the complete wedding movie.  Although it is fairly standard in our industry to provide a high quality and polished three - five minute piece Marianna and I pride ourselves in providing a complete production that will leave you in tears time and time again.


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Jessica & Trevor’s Preview Video

Author: Marianna Player
June 17, 2008

Jessica & Trevor were married on May 31, 2008 in a lovely outdoor ceremony at Charleston Harbor Resort in Charleston, SC. We had such a nice time working with both of them and their families!

It was pretty warm that day, but Eddie L of Pro Wedding Entertainment did a great job keeping everyone entertained and on the dance floor well into the evening. He was a pleasure to work with!

We hope you enjoy their preview!


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June 8, 2008

Kelly and Bradley were married at Wintergreen Woods on May 25th.  We enjoyed spending their special day with them and loved all of the unique elements that they had around the entire location and throughout their ceremony.

We had the pleasure of working alongside Patty Hallman and her assistant Corey of Patty Hallman photography.

The reception was also at Wintergreen where Geoff from SoundQuest Dj’s kept the dance floor crowded until Kelly and Bradley departed via a bubble sendoff at 11:00pm.

Congratulations Kelly and Bradley!

 


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