Leilani + Michael | Day of Video

Okay…this was by far one of the most fun weddings we’ve done. Besides the gorgeous venue (Palm Events Center) and decor, we got a chance to meet an incredible group of people, most importantly: our bride and groom, Leilani and Michael, who made our day so enjoyable with their warm and fun-loving personalities. In addition, we got a chance to work with our wonderful friend and photographer-extraordinaire, Gene Higa (www.genehiga.com). When I first met Gene a few years back, I, immediately, was amazed at his work and mastery of the lens (who isn’t?). So, as soon as I was able to find a way to put some nice 35mm lens on my camera, I was off to see if I can get the same gorgeous shots that I saw from Gene’s camera – but with a cinematic twist of course. Obviously, that’s easier said than done given Gene’s one-of-a-kind talents. But the 35mm lens used for Leilani and Michael’s “Day-Of-Video” gave us some incredible shots and we were thrilled to use any and all that we could get our salivating hands on. The results…well…check it out!!

Bendita la luz – “Blessed Be Thy Light”

My new international fav!

I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to shoot Carla and Nick’s wedding over the weekend at the famous Cinnabar Hills Golf Club.

For their wedding, they wanted us to put together a “special video” they called it (a same day edit or SDE) recaping all the events that happened on their wedding day leading up to the reception and then show it at the reception.   We were up to the challenge as we’ve been doing SDEs for quite some time now and it was nice to add a little more excitement to an already electrifying day.

What made it really fun and easy for us was that Carla and Nick are two genuine and fun loving individuals.  We got so many awesome clips of them, their wedding party, family, and friends doing funny things that I had trouble cutting out enough footage to make everything fit the 4 minute song.  Another thing that got me excited to do the SDE was the fact that the song they had chosen was in spanish and when I first heard it, I decided that I was going to edit to it no matter what.

Well…I am posting it here for you to sample and let me know what you think…

And for a real treat…here some of the amazing photos taken by one of our most favorite photographers, Lucie of LucieXYZ Photography (www.luciexyz.com).  Simply gorgeous!