Jones Wedding Highlights - Prospect House - Austin, TX
The moment I heard Jared and Madeline’s vows to each other I knew where their wedding video was headed. These two have been together since high school, and over their years together they have evolved and grown as a couple, and as individuals. Jared’s vows talk about falling in love with each other over and over again, throughout a series of small relationships. This lead me to a bit of a different format from my norm - starting with an extended intro that was focused on just Jared’s vows and incorporating snippets of these past relationships, leading to where they are today. Madeline’s vows also touched on their past, while focusing on the future, and I wanted to use that to pave the way for the present tense of the video.
These two have such a sweet love story, and the mutual respect and love they have for each other is so evident in how they interact. They kept their wedding to their closest friends and family, and it was the perfect combination of intimate, while still being an epic party. Everything about their day and this couple was perfection, and it was such a joy to capture. Congrats to the Joneses!
Vendors:
Venue: Prospect House
Coordinator: Lovely Day Events
Photography: Ailin Rachael Hyde
Florals: The Bloom Bar
HMUA: Blushd Beauty
DJ: DJ Nixx
Catering: The Peached Tortilla
Cake: Sweet Treats Bakery
Photo Booth: Say Cheese Photo Booth
Skala Wedding Preview - Old Bethany - Bruceville, TX
When life hands you lemons (or in this case, a thunderstorm), you can’t pass up the chance to make lemonade! Sheyanne and Carson’s wedding day started out stunning as ever, but our sunset portrait time was lost to a massive storm that swept over the entire area. The photographer and I thought all hope was lost and that there was no chance of getting any more portraits for the day. When Sheyanne told us the storm had passed and asked if we’d still want to take portraits I thought the light was gone and it wouldn’t be worth it, but we decided to go for it anyway and just see what we could get. What we got was an incredible lightning show that made the few minutes we captured all the more magical! I’m so glad we caught what we did while we had the chance. A once in a lifetime lightning show for a once in a lifetime day. Congrats to the Skalas!
Masterson Wedding Highlights - Bella Cavalli - Aubrey, TX
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen such a stunning sunset on a wedding day! Jason and Tabitha’s wedding day started out sunny and windy, and just as we were doing portraits a storm started to roll in and created the most beautiful light you could ask for. Their day was dreamy and romantic, with a touch of country twang. Brought together by a dating app and a classic case of “right place, right time”, God finally brought together Jason and Tabitha at just the right time in their lives. Congrats to the Mastersons!
Vendors:
Venue: Bella Cavalli
Coordinator: Stress Free Events and Weddings
Photographer: Elisabeth Anne Photography
Florals: Bright Eyed Blooms
HMUA: Lindsay Stone Beauty Co.
DJ: DJ Connection
Catering: Crawford Family BBQ
Bartending: Liquid Love Co.
Gerber Wedding Highlights - The Hillside Vineyard - Fort Collins, CO
I was recently listening to a podcast that was talking about choosing a theme when editing a wedding video. I realized that without thinking about it, this was something I was already doing. I often look at my couples and their day, their story, the things that brought them to that point, and there’s something about them that drives the story of their video. For Nichol and Jonathan, as I was thinking about the theme of their wedding day, it came to mind so quickly and easily that their theme was “redemption”. It took so many events in both Jonathan and Nichol’s lives in order for them to find each other, and God used a painful past and brought it about for good in both of their lives.
With that in mind, I wanted their video to display not only their story, but the majesty and goodness of God. That nothing, from the highest heights of the mountains to the deepest depths of the ocean, could separate them from the love of God. Nichol and Jonathan are from all over - Nichol from Florida, Jonathan from Texas. They met and fell in love in the Bay Area, were engaged in Oregon, got married in the foothills of Colorado, and now live together in Phoenix. While thinking about this idea of God’s love, I remembered some ocean footage I had once shot while in Napa/San Francisco years ago. This felt so fitting to incorporate some footage from the place where they met and fell in love and held such significance for them. And even though it was from an entirely different state, it perfectly matched the footage from their engagement at Cannon Beach in Oregon (another place I’ve been to but sadly didn’t have any footage from). On top of all of this, I also had a bunch of gorgeous golden hour footage and a mountain timelapse from traveling all across Colorado over the years. Footage I had shot for fun with no purpose in mind, but somehow in the most perfect God ordained way, it fit this video for this moment.
I’m sure there are a ton of details I would do differently in being able to shoot and edit this video, but getting to use this collection of moments from my own travels that I had filmed with no intention behind them, and then seeing how God was able to use them years later to represent something else entirely made creating this video such an incredible experience for me. I hope this video serves as a reminder to them of God’s goodness for years and years to come. Congrats to the Gerbers!
Vendors:
Venue: The Hillside Vineyard
Photographer: Peter Mahar Photography
Caterer: High Society Pizza