Jess and Dan’s wedding was a 2 day affair. The first day was a traditional Taiwanese Tea Ceremony followed by the next day’s wedding ceremony and reception. The night before the tea ceremony the skies opened up and snow just dropped down – all night and morning long. We had to get to Long Island for the tea ceremony so we left extra early – with snowfall continuing the whole drive we were worried things would get worse but fortunately they didn’t – we got there with out a hitch and so did all of Jess and Dan’s guests. We were worried that it would continue on and that the actual wedding day would be in jeopardy or just a mess and although the snow continues through the afternoon of the Tea Ceremony the next day was BEAUTIFUL out. It was warm and sunny and the snow left an amazing picturesque view of an already picturesque place, Oheka Castle.

With an amazing team of vendors all brought together by the super talented ladies of Sixpence for your shoe the wedding went off with out an issue.

Jess and Dan were two of the sweetest people we have ever worked with. Their vows to each other were so touching and the little stories we heard them tell about each other while they were getting ready just radiated their love for each other.

Putting together a short film for them was tough with so many beautiful, emotional moments, an amazing location, stunning decor and Chinese Lion Dancers but we were able to fit it all in to one of our best ever!

I hope you all enjoy their short film as much as we enjoyed filming and editing it! Congratulations Jess and Dan!

To check out the photos of the wedding from the amazing Robert and Kathleen click here

//THE TEAM//
Tea Ceremony – Viana Hotel and Spa
Ceremony/Reception – Oheka Castle
Planner – Sixpence for your Shoe
Photographer – Robert and Kathleen
Lighting/Decor – Shingdig Lighting
Flowers/Decor – Dragonfly Events
DJ – Elegant Occasions
Makeup – Jennie Fresa Makeup and Skincare

//The Supporting Cast//
Church – St Marys Church, New Haven, CT
Venue – New Haven Lawn Club
Photographer – Suzanna March Photography
Entertainment – Heartbeat Dance Band
Cake – J-Cakes

I asked a friend of mine to help out and we were on our way. It was January 31, 2003. Not knowing what to do or even what happens at weddings, we spent the entire day winging it and quickly I realized I was way under equipped and unprepared for this. At the end of the night I was unsure about what we filmed or what I was going to do with it, but I had a great time and was hooked!

When I sat down to edit everything just fell into place. I started thinking about what I would want to see in a wedding video and before I knew it I had created something that I was proud of even though the footage wasn’t great.

When the Bride and Groom saw the video they were thrilled! They had nothing but nice things to say and mentioned how I should be filming weddings more. I decided to listen to their suggestion and give it a go.

With the help of a friend we came up with the name Digital Media Odyssey. I designed and launched a website and drew up a logo which served as my logo until 2009.

I looked for anywhere online and off that I could advertise for free to spread the name. Before I knew it I had 10 weddings booked for that first year in business which paved the way for us to be the success we are today! It was years of hard work and long hours to get to where I am now and I would never change it for the world. I truly love what I do.

Through the years many things have changed with the business. I’m on my 5th logo, my 6th (maybe 7th?) website and I have been through more equipment than I can ever remember! We’ve changed formats and styles quite a bit, all which helped lead us to our current style, which is by far the best work we have ever done.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of our brides and grooms, their families and friends, my wife, my family and my friends and all who have supported me along this crazy last 10 years!

With our ten years, today I am unveiling our new site design, blog and logo! I hope you all enjoy it!

Below you can see the change in our logos through the years – thought it would be fun to dig these up! Click to enlarge.

So again thank you all! We are excited for what’s in store for the future, and here’s to another 10 years! Happy Valentines Day to all!

I did not have the pleasure of meeting with Cara and Mike before their wedding but when I got their questionnaire I noticed that Mike was getting ready in Manchester which is where I grew up. His name sounded familiar, but with it being a somewhat common name I didn’t think much about it and chalked Manchester up to just being a coincidence – people move and settle all over the place so although it was in the back of my head I didn’t think much of it.

When I first saw Mike I introduced myself and mic’d him up for the ceremony and although he looked familiar I wasn’t sure it was the Mike I went to high school with and I didn’t want to have that awkward moment – “hey are you Mike I went to HS with?” “No? Ok…this is weird now”…plus he didn’t say anything to me and my name isn’t exactly common so again I just figured it was all coincidence.

After a beautiful ceremony at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hartford we headed to their venue, The Water’s Edge in Westbrook in a hurry to try and beat the rain to get some pictures on the beach.

The amazing team of Candace and her husband Josh of Candace Jeffery Photography were fantastic. They flew through the pictures in such an organized manner that we fit in almost all of them before the rain started coming down. Since we had a bit of gap in between we headed for shelter in hopes the rain would clear to get some more shots of Cara and Mike. It was at that point that Mike turned to me and asked if I went to Manchester High School. Small world! We didn’t know each other well in high school but we knew of each other which lead to the confusion and both of us not wanting to make the other feel awkward. We spent the next few minutes catching up and not too long after, the skies cleared and we headed out for more pictures! Small world.

When we headed inside to get setup for the reception I caught a glimpse of one of the band members and immediately recognized him – it was one of my good friends, Jeremy from College who I hadn’t seen in years! He had just started playing saxophone with the band and this was his first gig. Again, small world!

Once the reception started, Pandemonium, the band, had the dance floor packed with their awesome mix of music!

At the end of the day Cara and Mike had an amazing wedding with all their great family members and friends and a fantastic team of wedding pros! Below is their short film!

Mark and Colleen were married at St Josephs Church in New Haven, CT followed by a beautiful reception at the New Haven Lawn Club. We love the Lawn Club – every time we are there it looks entirely different and this time around it was all due to Colleen’s amazing vision which was brought to life by both Lynda from Details Wedding and Party Planing and Carey from Stems Flower Design.

The reception kicked off with some heartfelt toasts and right into a lot of fun dancing – and a fun photobooth put together by the amazing photography team of Max and Katie from Dreamlove photography! Seriously – they were so great to work with! Katie, who was very pregnant at the time was doing everything she could to avoid our cameras – ducking and diving like a ninja! Check out the photo’s of the day over at their blog – Dreamlove Photography Blog. They also provided us with a few stills from the photobooth for the film!

There was so much amazing footage from the day it was so hard to fit it into a 4 minute film but in the end we did and it’s one of our favorites!

Checkout Colleen and Mark’s highlight film below!

After going through it, its amazing to really see what its like on the other side. One of the biggest things people always told me was that the day goes by so fast and that video was their most important item because of that, and I can absolutely 100% say that is true! Not that it’s the most important, photos and video are definitely equal but the fact that the day goes by so fast. I remember waking up excited for the wedding and then dancing the last dance…the in between was fuzzy at best. When you are up in front of everyone during the ceremony its like an out-of-body experience – you’re there but you’re not there – it’s hard to explain until you go through it. Anyways – 3 years later and I can look back at my wedding, hear the toasts, see everyone, especially my grandfather who passed away last year at the age of 100. Not only do I have this amazing recap from 3 years ago but I also have the entire ceremony, all the speeches, all the dancing from the raw footage and when I pop the discs in today it will be like being there again!

Of course no wedding goes off without a hitch and ours was a pretty big one. While hanging with my groomsmen before getting ready I got a phone call from one of my filmmakers who was on his way to Philadelphia to film our wedding – a car had cut him off and he has gotten into a horrible accident – he flipped and totaled his car and the first thing I could think of was his safety – he was ok thankfully but he wasn’t going to make it. I still had my other shooter who was already there filming my wife so I knew we would be somewhat covered at least – I also knew I wouldn’t tell Stacey until after we did our first look, she didn’t need any extra stress. Good thing for me, one of my groomsmen and his girlfriend (now wife), both worked for MTV and offered to cover the second camera – I made it clear that they were to only film sometimes for the major parts of the day, but they need to enjoy themselves the rest of the time. We are so lucky to have friends like this!

When I told Stacey her reaction was the same – “Is he OK?” then her next statement was “So that’s why Jeff has the camera!”

The rest of the wedding went on without a hitch!

Thank you to Jerome and Jen Braga of Studio 1923 for doing an amazing job with our pictures and to Jeff, Lauren and Kevin (of my team) for doing an amazing job with the video! Enjoy a couple of pictures and the recap below!

Our Wedding Recap from DMO Films on Vimeo.

Their ceremony took place at the beautiful St Mary’s Church in Stamford, CT which we have filmed at quite a few times there this year.

Following that we headed to the reception which took place at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle, NY. I love this venue. The staff is always so helpful, the food is delicious and the atmosphere is just great. One thing I love that they do – on your way out for the evening, while you wait for your car from valet, they give out bottles of water, hot pretzels and even hot chocolate if it’s a cool night!

After some hilarious entrances, Andrew and Lina were brought in for their first dance and a few truly heartfelt (and funny) toasts made by Lina’s cousin and both of Andrew’s brothers. Immediately following the dance floor opened and packed right up and it remained like that for the rest of the night.

Lina and Andrew could not have had a more perfect day. Perfect weather, perfect location, perfect couple and lots of people who love them. Congratulations again guys and I hope you love your highlight film!

I hadn’t been to Cape Cod in over 10 years and to be able to go again and this time film an amazing wedding made me so excited! From the day that Mallory and Matt signed with us I started researching and thinking of ideas and locations knowing how beautiful the Cape is. The funny thing is, all those ideas went out the window once I saw the venue and surrounding areas in person – it was stunning! I didn’t need to go anywhere else to get amazing footage!

Mallory, Matt and Mallory’s parents put in so much thought in to the planning and decorations. Everywhere I turned there was something fantastic to film – the only hard part was figuring out what needs to go in the film and what could be cut out – I could have made a highlight on just the details!

The day went off without a hitch thanks to their day of coordinator Jamie of Cape Cod Celebrations.

After a beautiful church ceremony we headed to the Popponesset Inn where Leah and her assistants of Leah Haydock Photography took the families and bridal party for some amazing pictures around the beach and the Inn before the party kicked off.

This was one of the most original parties we’ve ever filmed which included a musical performance of one of Mallory’s favorite songs by Mallory’s sister Johnna and their two cousins which I couldn’t help but use in the sneak peek (view it here).

Another original part of the party – a surprise flash mob! But here’s the catch – it was a surprise to Mallory and Matt (and us too)! It was put on by a bunch of family and friends which goes to show you how special these two must be for the amount of time and effort all these people put into making their day extra perfect!

After all that the Boston Common Band took the stage and had the dance floor packed for the rest of the night. They were phenomenal!

There were so many amazing things about this wedding, and for me, one of the most special parts was being able to spend some time with my beautiful wife Stacey as she assisted me on the shoot. I always love when she works with me, especially when it’s somewhere we can make a mini vacation out of!

Thank you Mallory and Matt for having us at your wedding and we truly hope you love the highlight film as much as we loved making it!

Fast forward to their wedding day and I was absolutely right! What an amazing day for an amazing couple.

The ceremony was held at in Branford, CT.

Immediately after we headed to the also in Branford for an evening full of great music and dancing and some truly heartfelt toasts!

It was such a pleasure working with Kasey and Jeremy of and Jim from

When the evening was over I could not wait to get home to start editing this film! Below is Ashley and Paul’s short film! I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed filming and editing it!

The Team:

Filmmakers – Matt and Anthony of DMO Films
Ceremony – Trinity Episcopal Church
Reception – Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club
Photographers – Kasey and Jeremy of Kasey Matson Photography
Music – Jim of Dance to the Music Entertainment