If you keep wondering about the title of the wedding film, it is a line from Scot’s dad toast right in the beginning of the film. He talks about Scot’s determination to pursue his dreams. It fits this film perfectly, and when I heard it I knew this was the title.

The wedding was at St. Peter’s in Danbury and reception at the St. Clement’s in Portland. Everything worked out so perfectly, and the weather really cooperated as well. We had the left side of St. Clements, so we got the view of the river and the garden. Meagan and Scott were just telling each other jokes all the time, even during the ceremony. I heard them joke around, when I was editing the audio. As Scot’s dad said, “Scott makes Meagan laugh all the time, they are perfect for each other”

Thanks to Jena Alviti for being such an easy to get a long photographer. Can’t wait for the next time.

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Bollywood inspired film of Saaima and Omar from NYC. More specifically from Jersey City, but you’d never get this kind of view from Manhattan. We are in love with South Asian weddings. The scene in the beginning of the film was so important for Saaima, and it looks just like a movie scene to us. Mostly because of the real emotions between Saaima and her mom as she gives her a last note, her dad had written, before he passed away. She has saved it and gave it to her to open, just as we were filming that scene. It was quite emotional for everyone. You can’t rehearse that.
We were also little worried about the baraat being at night, but I think it came out so nice with the city lights in the background. We have to say huge Thank you to Alex Villegas who was shooting with us and helped us out tremendously.

Tracy and Andrew’s wedding was packed with absolutely beautiful and tear-jerking toasts and speeches. We also went to the rehearsal, and it was so worth the extra day. It gave us a really hard time picking what would end up in the final film, as we wanted to use every single toast. The above 3 minutes highlight is just a fraction of all the heartwarming words spoken and events that took place, that are in the longer Feature film. However the first toast by Tracy’s dad is our most favorite one. It even made us cry again as we were editing it. And doesn’t he sound just like john Goodman. What a great voice to have. This wedding was Irish/Dutch, mostly Irish though, but her mom’s little Dutch box, Dutch ribbon and those little wooden shoes were so interesting, they made it to the front image of the video. And you know who else is of a Dutch heritage? One of the coolest photographers to work with as well as to hang out with. You might have heard of them Justin and Mary. And here are the pictures from this wedding. The entire event was coordinated by our dear friend Stacie Shea, she is the best.

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We love outdoor, rustic, barn weddings. Berkshires might be our most favorite place for them. We’ve got so much footage of rusty metal, worn wood, old doors, that we had really hard time picking which one to use, as we couldn’t use it all. Although I wish we could have. We get sometimes carried away, ohh well. As every films is custom made for each client, we pay attentions to details. Like in this one the color correction had to be very pastel, rusty, simply to have a patina of age. It really works with this films, as is the music. We were so excited when we found it, it fits it so well. Very Phillips Phillips, Mumfrod & Sons. please enjoy this wedding film of Shelly and Chris, a glimpse into Berkshires.

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We are absolutely thrilled to share this wedding with you. We have put a lot of effort in it and find this to be one of our best work to this day, and that’s why we decided to share with you the entire film instead of just a highlight as we usually do. Filming at the carnival was something we wanted to do for a while now, and we are so glad Lindsay and Joe wanted to do it too. I mean, how cool is it? We always want to take the extra step, or two, for our clients. We also came to their rehearsal at the legendary Biltmore Hotel, Providence. It was so worth the travel for those great toasts. They gave this film such dimension. Before I left that night, I took a shot of the hotel from the street and I remembered the spot for the morning, because I knew I will be there the next day for the preparation. I knew that I wanted to fade from night to day, and have everything stay the same except for the sky. The shot came out exactly as I envisioned it. Look for it in the film. We are so proud how the story is connected in every shot. Like when the song goes “…when all the world is spinning around…” it fades into a shot of merry go round with Lindsay and Joe in front of it, or there is a shot of Joe putting on cufflink, and it transitions to Lindsy’s dad cufflink. And many many more of these kind of connections. Keep looking for them, they make the film so much more personal.

The wedding was at the (Meet the Joe Black) Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, RI. The chapel is attached to the property and was quite unusual with the pews facing each other. And I have to mention how awesome it was to work with Steve DePino, the photographer. We love how he really wants to work with our continuous lights instead of flash. Hope we work together soon. His pictures are just like oil paintings.

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We are so blessed with all of our clients to be so open and emotional. We have so much joy working on their final film, knowing we have a great material to pick from. Megan and Justin film was no exception. We had I believe 5 beautiful speeches at the rehearsal, 2 toasts at the wedding, the groom’s speech that we started this film with, and lets not forget the handwritten vows. The vows, the toast, the speeches are the foundation and cornerstone of our films. That’s what we build on, peoples’ stories and affection they show for one another. The visual eye-candy is just a B-roll. So without further ado enjoy this short film.

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A wedding with such beautiful heart-felt toast by Jeannine’s Dad that makes us tear up every time we hear it, even though I have heard it about 20 times while editing. It was no brainier to put it right in the beginning of this film. Actually we knew this will be the center-point, and we will build Jeannine and Greg’s film around this emotional speech. This is just a highlight of their day and there is so much more in the Feature Film we couldn’t squeeze into this one. Greg’s brothers had probably the funniest toast we have ever heard. Roast would be better term for it. And then there was the party. It was Italian wedding, do I have to say more? Jason from CT Party Pros put on one hell of a party. If you don’t have a DJ for your wedding, you need to get in touch with them. Go to their website www.CTPartyPros.com. Thank you also to the photographers Jennifer & Charles Maring from Maring Visuals.

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Attention brides, If you are planning a wedding and you haven’t pick a place yet, you got to check out Eolia mansion in Waterford. One of our most favorite places to shoot a wedding, and also most of the photographers’ we know. We had a blast at Heather and Bryan’s wedding. Ceremony was in the garden and the reception outside under the tent, blasting a lot of 80′s and 90′s music. (We are suckers for the 90′s though) But even better than the location or great tunes were the beautiful vows and so emotional toasts by the maid of honor and Heather’s mom the day before at the rehearsal dinner.

The opening sequence, meeting at the railing, came out exactly as we imagined it to be, mostly because of Heather and Bryan’s willingness to work with us through out the day. Their photographer, and our friend Kiva from Annanddale Photography has taken all of us to a nearby meadow, were we’ve got more killer shots. So glad he did. Check out his pictures here.

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We love Newport and RI for that matter. It is one of the best wedding destination location in the Continental US. Our first time at Belle Mer, and what a beautiful and highly professional place. And the view, ahh. It is the best feature from all. Especially at night when you see the entire Newport bridge all lit up. We cannot wait to come back. However, we weren’t thrilled too much about the rain, although we were so lucky the rain took a breather until the ceremony was over. It almost didn’t happened outside. Immediately when we finished it started to pour. So we were forced to wait until late into the night to get some creative shots. But I think they came out so beautiful with the bridge in the background.

A funny story, we have decided to travel to Newport a day before, to get establishing shots of the environment and to catch the rehearsal dinner. The plan was to book a room there, so we don’t waste time traveling back and forth. First we were caught in a horrible traffic going towards Newport, and we couldn’t understand why that is, being an early on Friday. When we got into Newport, it got even worse. We finally got there, get the shots, went to shoot the rehearsal dinner and after that we went with our plan of booking a room for the night. That’s when things start going wrong. The hotel we picked informed us they are fully booked, so we went to look for another one and there they said the same answer, “we are fully booked, don’t you know what’s this weekend”, we said “no what”, he said ” it’s the folk festival in Newport, the busiest weekend of the year. You’ll be lucky to find one free room in the entire town”. We started to panic and prepare to spend a night in the car. Luckily after searching frantically the entire evening, we found one free room at the Johnson and Howard costing us $270. We really learned our lesson there.

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Our first time being published on Style Me Pretty.
Editorial wedding shoot we shoot in early May at North Salem, NY. Although we could have done without the rain, the overcast created a very nice light to shoot in. It was such a treat to have plenty of time to shoot, something we wish we had during our real weddings. Check out the other people involved. One of the best in business.

Planner: Stacie Shea staciesheaevents.com
Photo: Stefanie Kapra photography-and-more.com, Karen Schlink karenschlink.com
Bride: Melissa Bale,
Groom: Dewan Tarek
Bridesmaid: Lauren Megerdichian
Dress: Alison Fischer plumedserpentbridal.com
Makeup & Hair: Stephanie Loulakis and Bethany Groves of Larissa Lake Makeup Artist & Co. larissalakemakeupartist.com
Floral: Cecily Grand cecilyfgrand.com
Paper: Jessica Haley Ink
Cakes: Renata lovelycakes.neyt
Catering: Pascal Fuchs pascalfuchs.com
Linens: La Tavola Linens
Chairs: Alperson Party Rentals