Julie & Kory were married on a chilly, windy day in April, but it was still perfect. It started at the Cobleskill United Methodist Church where guests were greeted by a bagpiper as they arrived. Julie’s three brothers took turns walking her down the aisle as Kory anxiously awaited. In the video, you can see the best man remind Kory to breathe as Julie walks towards him. After the ceremony, there were some pictures and some mingling with guests outside. Julie is a kindergarten teacher and her students were at the ceremony watching from the balcony (you can spot them in the video) - she had a special treat waiting for all of them and she and Kory had their picture taken with them afterwards.
The reception was held at the Albany Country Club, which has a wall of windows that provided us with great lighting for the first dance. Kory’s mom handmade a special quilt for the couple and had the guests sign it with best wishes – something I’m sure they will treasure always. There was a candy bar (love those!), dancing, more dancing and even some more dancing. Julie and Kory did the dollar dance with a line you wouldn’t believe and donated all the money to the American Cancer Society. Afterwards, the party really started and the dance floor stayed packed for the rest of the night – lots of times overflowing right off the dance floor. We also got to see and chat with one of our 2008 couples at the wedding – Kim & John (thanks for the referral!).
Here is their Highlight Video. Congratulations Julie & Kory!
One of the things I try to capture at each wedding is the photo session with the photographer. Not only do I get great shots of smiling faces, but I also get the “befores” and the “afters”. It’s the moments right “before” and right “after” the photographer takes a picture that makes good video.
This is one of my favorite photo sessions from last year from Yvonne & Joesph’s wedding last November. Yvonne had the best sense of humor and she and Joe made each other laugh the whole time. Actually I think Yvonne is laughing in almost every section of this clip. This is how a bride and groom should be on their wedding day - able to just go with the flow and enjoy the moments. This clip starts at the end of their ceremony and covers the photo sessions at the church and at Birch Hill.
Just a couple more 2008 clips and then I’ll start posting from my current 2009 weddings.
To help give you an idea of what you can expect in your wedding video, here is another clip from Brittany & Anthony’s wedding. This is just part of the reception montage I put together for them - with dancing clips from throughout the night set to one of the songs played at their reception. Their reception was held at Michael’s Banquet House where the guests kept the dance floor packed all night. No matter what kind of music was played, all ages were out there enjoying it - and most of the crowd stayed right til the very end (which is a sign of a great party).
Here is another Bridal Prep clip from 2008. This is from Kim & Jeff’s wedding back in September which was held at The Inn at Erlowest in Lake George. The ceremony was supposed to be held down by the lake with Kim arriving by boat, but it rained, so they had to activate Plan B. It didn’t dampen Kim’s spirit though - check out her great smile throughout the video - even when she is looking out the window at the rain coming down.
Kim got ready right at the Inn with her bridal party and parents nearby. During this time I found out she was a Neil Diamond fan, so I knew I wanted to use one of his songs in her video. Why this particular song? Watch to the end and you’ll find out…
So, what exactly is a Love Story? It’s the story about the two of you.
This particular Love Story features Brittany & Anthony. We all got together at Congress Park in Saratoga on a beautiful Spring day to film their story. They walked around, had a picnic lunch, answered some interview questions and just enjoyed spending time with each other (which definitely shows in the video). This clip is a slightly shorter version of their actual Love Story - which they arranged to play on the big screen at their reception during dinner. That was so cool!
The Love Story is included in the Timeless package or can be added on to any other package. It can be done with or without interviews - and, if done far enough in advance, could be used as a Save The Date video.
The 2009 wedding season has just started so posts with new videos will be coming soon. In the meantime, here is a clip from one of the bridal prep sessions from 2008. I love to shoot these segments. The pace is slower than it will be for the rest of the day and since I get to be a fly on the wall I usually learn some things about the bride and groom that helps me with the final edit of their video.
This video features Kim – from Kim & John’s wedding back in June. They were married overlooking the lake at the Otesaga in Cooperstown, NY. Kim got ready right at the hotel with her bridemaids and her beautiful daughter, Emma by her side. By the way, at the ceremony Emma wouldn’t let go of her Curious George and carried him all the way down the aisle – it was too cute.
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