Monday, January 30, 2012

Melissa & Nathan January 28th, 2012


On January 28th 2012 we began our brand new Wedding Season with Melissa & Nathan's spectacular Wedding in Cornwall.
Our Wedding Film trailer begins with Melissa's heart filled speech to Nathan that really tells you right away how much this couple is meant for each other. Both of them as so sweet.......and it was just amazing to be a part of their special day.
Syl and I drove up the night before just make sure that no elements of nature would deter us from capturing their Wedding Film. From freezing rain to snow the day before the Wedding, we were blessed to have the perfect sunny skies with mild temperatures for the Wedding Day.
Melissa, looked stunning in the fresh white snow with her gorgeous dress and so did her bridesmaids with the contrasting red.
I split up from Syl in the morning to film Nathan getting ready at his parent's house in Iroquois, while he was in Bainsville filming Melissa, it was a bit of a challenge with then having to drive to Alexandria to the church, and then back to Cornwall, but it was all worth it in the end, because we got some amazing coverage for the Wedding Film. The Hotel reception room was spectacular with carved logs placed under the Wedding cakes, candy jars and even the names for the seatings were carved out of little pieces of wood.
It was also a real pleasure to have worked with Ryan Parent and Josh for the first time !!!!!

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Friday, January 6, 2012

2011 RVP Wedding Season Film Trailer Review


Below we have showcased some of our short wedding film trailers from 2011 and we hope that some of you will enjoy looking at them as we truly did try and capture a number of magical moments. Don't be shy to drop us a line telling us which one moved you the most.


Katie and Sigmund's wedding began at Brookstreet Hotel and ended at Lago with beavertails and lots of dancing, check out some of the moves ........it was hard to not dance ourselves as we were shooting!!!





Sarah and Maroun's day was full of funny moments ........Especially with Sarah's infectious laugh!





Ivonne and Nick showed off with their incredible camera moments which you can see at 1:15 and then topped it off with a very romantic kiss.





Sharon had her wedding dress and veil handmade in Sri Lanka and had to even fly back just before the wedding to have it adjusted.......check out her many different outfit changes and the jewellery!





As Cynthia was having her makeup and hair done, she showed us a picture of her wedding dress on her phone. It was so cool that her dress was featured in the window of McCaffrey's from where she bought it, and now on her special day she was just around the corner from there. How could we not capture that in her wedding film.....?
We don't preplan or rehearse shots from our wedding couples, unless there is a special request. Sometimes, however, we will ask a bride or groom to redo a movement if let's say there wasn't time to properly set a focus or exposure. Getting to meet the couple before their wedding and getting to know them is vital so that then they are able to relax and act naturally during their wedding day. That is why each and every one of our wedding films is uniquely different from one another, just like the couples!





Our first French wedding of the year had us working outside with sweltering warm temperatures at the Hilton at Lac Leamy. It was spectacular outdoor wedding without a tent. The flowers at the alter had to be constantly sprayed with water so that they wouldn't wilt. It was fun speaking French all day and all night!




Another very hot day ........but Christine and Steve hung in there like real troopers during the park session so that we could capture all of their beauty and love for each other in their wedding film!





Christa requested that we get a shot of her dog to be included in her wedding film and after many tries he gave us his best shot! Christa watched Jason going through some preplanned challenges from the bridal party from her parents bedroom while getting ready for the "first look".





Rarely do we see a father of the bride tie the final stages of her wedding dress, but here we have Megan's father doing his best and declaring that it is quite similar to tying up hockey skates. Brandon added a hilarious surprise for Megan before finally finding her garter.





Sarah was very concerned about the weather of her outdoor wedding when she arrived to get ready ...........due to the hurricane!!
It was amazing that mother nature did not disturb any of the planned outdoor activities despite the heavy winds and cold temperature. I remember freezing while filming outside and there was Sarah, in her sleeveless dress. never even uttering a complaint, amazing!





Our first Philippino wedding was amazing! Check out the cool running shoe gifts they gave their wedding party with the individual names written on the shoes. TJ. is a huge basketball fan, can you guess his favourite team by checking out the wedding colour theme?





We had so much fun shooting their park session at the Museum of Civilization with four photographers, with Celia and Bassam's good looks and ease in front of all the cameras, they caused quite a distraction for all the bystanders.





We had the pleasure of shooting Taban and Andre's wedding film not once, but twice! As you can see in this wedding trailer below, it was a cinematographer's dream come true with all of their colourful activities.





We knew when we met Chrisitine and Raja and got to know them before their wedding that they were a couple very much in love and that shooting their wedding film would be all that it was, amazing !!!!!!!





Melissa and Jason's wedding in November was a great way to end the season.........everybody got in the dancing spirit, even the little fellow who really put on a show.





It was a superb season!!! We are so grateful to all of our couples who let us capture their wedding films while being silent observers to such an important moment in their life.

Hope you enjoyed these wedding film trailers and perhaps even shed a tear or a giggle!!!