This is just a tiny sneak peek of some of the cool stuff I saw on my awesome destination wedding to Mexico! No weding footage, just other stuff.
Some timelapse clouds and sunsets and a lot of airplane footage (it's a little disporportionate because I was so bored on the plane I ended up shooting a lot of that. :-) Forgive me!
Yesterday was our first big rainstorm of the season. It rained - no; downpoured - for at least twelve hours straight. (The "minute of rain" title refers, of course, to the video itself.) I wanted to capture at least a little of my experience in today's rain. Here's the video.
The shoot - Shot with Canon 5D MkII (+ plastic bag for weather-proofing) - Shot with Sigma 105mm F2.8 - White balance set to 3100K (for a colder look) - Except for parting shot, all hand-held, no stabilization - I shot for about 10 minutes - I never walked farther than 30 feet (9 meters) from my front door.
The edit - Edited with Edius Pro3 - No color correction in post - exactly as shot - No audio filters - I edited for about 15 minutes (not counting transcoding, rendering, uploading, etc.)
Well, it's been a long time in the making, but here - finally - is the behind the scenes video of some of the wonderful vendors that helped make the shoot happen!
Saturday's wedding didn't only have a successful Instant Video (same day edit), but it included one of the most hilarious videos I've made for a bride and groom!
Dawn, as I wrote earlier, is not the extroverted type. She's quite shy and doesn't gravitate toward the spotlight. But check her out in this video!
Watch Dawn and Nars in "Cruisin'" and leave a comment, please! :-)
Last week I had the privelege of hanging out with my photographer friend, Jules Bianchi at the grand opening of her new studio in Montclair, CA. Jules is a well-known L.A.-based photographer that has done a ton of work in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels up here frequently. But now that she's opened a NorCal studio, she's *officially* a NorCal photographer, in my book!
I haven't been posting much on my blog and I feel out-of-touch with you guys.
I've been keeping my nose to the proverbial grindstone and trying to catch up on my editing backlog. On one hand I'm thankful that I have so much work to do - especially in this economy - but on the other hand, I feel badly for my awesome clients who have to wait so much longer than to receive their wedding movie than they had originally anticipated. Of course, you all understand that the delay is caused by my dedication to a great movie and not me goofing around, but that doesn't make anyone's wait any shorter.
So here's my pledge to you guys.
Anyone whose wedding took place in or before July 2009 will receive their movie before Christmas. You can mark my words.
And as far as my workload and the fear of burning out, I'll try to keep my creative juices flowing by going on minor creative excursions here and there. Here is a short video that I shot at 2:14 in the morning just outside my house last week. Doing things like this and other projects will help me avoid editors' block. :-)
Back in April, I blogged about my clients and about how fun it was to shoot their engagement video. Well, Jessica and Alex's wedding date finally came and it was a huge success!
I loved working with my fabulous friends, Maria Chang (www.pmastyle.com) and Brandon Cruz (www.elle-music.com) and I have to say, Jessica and Alex's wedding was so well done you would never guess it was all DIY! Jessica is an artist by trade and her creativity definitely showed.
Here's the video that we shot in Pleasanton and San Ramon back in April. It debuted on an LCD screen in the chic ultra-lounge area of their Regency Center wedding (courtesy of Hartmann.) The video was a big hit and it was great to see Jessica and Alex enjoy watching it.
Let me know what you think!
Other vendors: Junshien Photography; Union Street Catering; Huckleberry Karen Designs (floral)
Interesting turn of events. That's a phrase best suited to describe plot twists in mystery novels and cinematic thrillers.
Well, here's a plot twist for the event videographer... (excerpt from Philippine News Mag, www.inquirer.net)
"'I will definitely run for vice president. Nothing has changed my mind on this,' ... [Ronaldo "Ronnie"] Puno told reporters here on Monday.
Puno, who was here to meet with Central Luzon officials, has reassumed his post at the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG) following a trip to the United States.
While Puno was on leave, Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. took over his post at the DILG in an acting capacity.
Questions were raised about Puno’s trip to the US and the appointment of an acting secretary at the DILG when Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told media Puno was on medical leave, which the interior secretary immediately denied.
Earlier, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said Puno's silence bolstered suspicions that he was on his way out of the Cabinet.
But Puno dispelled speculations that he would be leaving the Cabinet and that he went to the US in connection with his political plans.
"Senator Pimentel just doesn't know the many communications I had with the President while I was in the US," said Puno.
He said he went on a two-week vacation leave to attend the wedding of his daughter in the US and to visit his parents."
Rewind to July 4th: Andrew shoots a Sonoma wedding for his wonderful clients, Brian and Tami Puno. Unbeknownst to Andrew, Tami's father is Ronaldo Puno, SILG (Secretary of the Interior and Local Governments) for the Philippines. In light of the controversy and rumors surrounding his two-week leave to the United States, Tami asks Andrew is he can whip up a little wedding trailer depicting her father (in good health) enjoying his daughter's wedding.
Not to disappoint, Andrew makes this wedding trailer which is now being circulated by those who Tami and Andrew jokingly refer to as Mr. Puno's "handlers."
Who knew that a simple videographer would be tied up in such political intrigue and be relied upon to quell the swelling rumors of a political maelstrom! hahaha!
This is the video I made for Tami and Mr. Puno. Enjoy!
You can follow Ronnie Puno on Twitter to see posts like the one made earlier today: "ronniepunoshares http://vimeo.com/5740224 - My daughter's wedding - July 4, 2009"
Why use MSV Save the Date Movies? The reasons are bountiful!
Because movies are awesome - and starring in your own movie is doubly awesome!
Because movies are the wave of the future! (You know YouTube but there's no such thing as YouCards.)
Because it saves trees! I can post your video on your own special website and you can simply email your guests the URL without downing a single tree!
Because it saves on postage - which saves on fossil fuels. Do you hate the earth? >:-(
Because it's different than the save the date cards your girlfriends got for their wedding last year (which makes your rad!)
Because it saves money! At $550 per video, it can be cheaper than many Save the Date cards you'd get online (don't forget postage!)
Because if you use Save the Date Cards instead of Save the Date Movies, you have to say "STD" instead of the less noxious "SDM" :-) hahaha! Just kidding!
So what does a Save the Date Movie look like? Here's one that I did for Thomas (of Thomas John Events) and his lovely fiancée, Melissa. (Yes, astute, readers! You're right - it's from my previous post here! Congratulations for remembering!)
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