Nicole and Peter
A frequent question brides asks me is, if they and their guests will be noting us around all the time, during the whole day.
I always answer honestly about this, and I say that there is no way we can hide that well to pass unnoticed, and also having the best result for the film. We even might interfere in certain moments to ask them or direct them to do an specific action and, that it is always better having a video session besides the usual photo session with the couple… I know all this sounds annoying but believe me when I say it is not.
I have read reviews of past couples saying that they even didn´t note we were there, with the exception of the real session. They have said, the emotion is quite intense that they remember everything blurry, out of focus… Exactly there is where we fit.
What we do is observe and find your style, deciding the way of how you are going to remember and cristalize all those blurry images in your mind, telling the story of the day you joined your life with the one. That is exactly how it happened with Nicole and Peter´s wedding.
They gave us totally freedom to do what we need to do. They even chose the photographer Gabriela Mohar knowing that we are good friends and we are able to interact and direct them together. At the end we got beautiful shots which help us to tell what we need to tell…
I can assure you this, we will be the most unobtrusive possible during the most important moments in the day, but during other moments we will be a true directors of the your memories.
Yalda and Ben The musical
From where can I start telling the marvelous experience we had doing this project?
Everything starts in one of the firsts e-mails Ben sent me. He did one specific question to me,
- “Do you think we can make a musical video?”
- “We totally can, if you guys are willing to act, dance, and convince all your guests to do it!” – I replied.
How could I know by then that everything was going to be in the right place in every single aspect?
Ben dancing skills are beyond usual, Yalda sweetness reminds me a genuine princess of those you can see in any Disney musical, the cooperation of all their guest was similar to having an entire cast of extras of a real movie production. I really must say, a big percentage of the value in this project is totally due to them.
And what about the crew behind the cameras?
Leonardo Batis (my inconditional 2nd shooter, and director of a bunch of scenes), Heidi Sunsdstrom (3rd shooter and young padawan), Sam Perches (cool crane operator, colleague and friend), Luz Magaña (assistant, script coordinator and my beautiful girlfriend!). This project would be completely impossible without any of them.
Thank you to Juan Carlos Tapia to allowed us (and helped us) to take a lot of the time destined to photos to do this. What a better thing for the good of a project than vendors partnerships!
This is what Ben sent us when he first saw it,
ANGEL!!!!!!
I am at a complete lost for words….
This video, in short, is the most SENSATIONAL, AMAZING, FANTASTIC, OUTSTANDING, PHENOMENAL AND SPECTACULAR work of art I have ever seen!!!!!!!
I actually cried twice the first two times I saw it and still tear up after the 15th and 16th (and many more) times!!!! We cannot wait to show all our friends and family!
Yalda and I love it and we cannot even begin to thank you enough and express how much we appreciate your hard work!!!! Please offer our deepest gratitude to your entire team!
If you’re ever in Vancouver please give us a call!!!
Next time we’re in Los Cabos we need to meet for a drink!
Muchas gracias!!
Ben
Tammy and Scott
Tammy is the sweetest girl, Scott is the most easygoing guy! When this two adjectives go together on my clients, I know we will be able to work nicely!
If I suggested Tammy to move herself to the best light to me, she simply did it, if I asked them if weren´t be a big bother having 30 minutes with us for the video session, they just smiled me and said a firm ‘of course!’ I believe all that good vibe is reflected in this piece.
Special mention to Courtney Congdon the amazing photographer. Most of the times photography is the most important vendor, we need to be side by side to get our shots and, if there is any space for us, we use the time the photographer is not needing. Not here. With Courtney it was like having her in our team, as simply as that!
The key of Tammy and Scott wedding was cooperation. That, combined with the nicest weather, the sweetest family and friends, and a super nice couple couldn´t be better!
Ashley and Brett
If I needed to put an adjective to this wedding, would be FUN. Everything in this day fits into this word.
Brett and his friends were joking during the getting ready, Ashley and her friends hanging in her room, a super cool ceremony by our minister friend Marco Arechiga, a fantastic photo session by Carlos Aboyo, great speeches, fun dancing, and a lot of tequilas shots is what this couple lived in their special day with their most close family and friends at the amazing Barcelo Los Cabos
Everything turned out just fun!
- May 20, 2011
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Andrea + Justin
One of the privileges of being a Destination Wedding Cinematographer based in Los Cabos is that our clients come to us. Although, sometimes we have couples that believe, like, and trust in the work we are doing, and we have the opportunity of going to them to any place they decide to get marry.
This is exactly the case of Andrea and Justin. They hadn´t decided the exact destination when they contacted me to ask for availability. I just loved one of their first mails,
“Your work is so detailed and captures the beauty of Mexico and the wedding experience. We love what you do and are curious to see if we could make arrangements for you to meet us in Puerto Vallarta.”
And of course I keep with great appreciation one of the last ones,
Angel & Leonardo,
I am so happy that I followed my heart with the decision to bring you to Puerto Vallarta. I fell in love with your work the second I saw your site and now I get to experience your work first-hand. This video is incredible. The music, camera angles, scenery shots, humor, everything is unbelievable. Justin and I could not be any happier and want to thank you from the bottom of our married hearts. You two are amazing. Thank you so much.
Sincerely,
Andrea & Justin Herbert
Also, I need to mention one more privilege. We know fantastics photographers in the process!
Take a look to Paper Antler I am sure you will love their style!
Sherry and Kirk
In all our weddings we need to find inspirations to decide the style of the film. Of course, our couples are the first motive, sometimes the inspiration borns from friends and family, and in other cases it is the place. In this wedding, the inspiration started for the combination of these 3 aspects.
Sherry and Kirk are so in love that you can easily tell in the way they look at each other. They had around 20 lovely guests. All of them so involved in their lives that it was hard not to feel the warm in every word of congratulate they were giving to the couple. And finally Cabo Azul resorts. We have been doing a lot of weddings there lately, and we are very impressed that every time we are in this beautiful place, we find something new that will help us to tell a new history.
After all, we are in Cabo, is hard not to feeling inspired!
Minister Marco Arechiga
Photographer Gabriela Mohar
Erin and Quinn
Everybody knows that we mexicans are very close to our own families. Are very common the proofs of affection day by day between us, and of course during special events like weddings…. Why am I doing this reflexion you might wonder? The answer is, because Erin and Quinn wedding reminded me that!
Since Erin´s room during her getting ready, I could note a very particular vibe I was familiarized in. Family and friends were hanging there each other, laughing, joking, even tearing. Ceremony started and again, that sensation of closeness! By the speeches time everything was clear. Guests talked for 3 hours about how this couple are important to themselves, and just after that, Erin and Quinn thanked to every single one of them, one by one (around 70 guests).
I remembered have thought ”Family and friends are very very important to Erin and Quinn, I need to reflect that in their film”
This wedding was at beautiful Dreams Resorts coordinated by Yarai. The minister Marco Arechiga and his memorable ceremonies!
Also, we had the opportunity to know the outstanding work of Cole from Nordica!
What is the Wedding Film?
This is a frequent question clients ask all the time about this new service we just incorporated into one of our packages. What a better example than the one we made for Betty and Jonathan!
Wedding film is a highlighted 20-30 minutes version of the whole day. Having this, allows to have a friendlier story of the day for sharing with family and friends without having the remote control close to you fast forwarding the long parts.
With Betty and Jonathan´s wedding we had a coverage during the rehearsal dinner, and the next day we stayed since the beginning until the very end. This made a total of proximately 6 hours of footage in each of our 3 cameras. I had to check 18 hours of material for the editing to tell Betty and Jonathan´s story in this wedding film.
And also, as usual here is the Highlights,
Thank you to Daniel Jireh who kindly provided us his photos!
- January 23, 2011
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Rachel + Scott
Everybody knows Social networks have changed the way we comunicate and interact. I have mentioned before that lately my clients contact me first through my personal account of facebook. This way is so much easier get to know each other before the big day, and after the wedding, I can give them the status of their videos, or simply start chatting for a while like any other pair of friends.
What before were testimonials, now are facebook comments, and in some way, the cold professional treatment has been vanishing,
These are some comments Rachel posted when I linked her Highlights video on Facebook,
“Angel, as everyone has mentioned this is truly amazing! You have a very amazing talent and I am thankful that you were there to capture all of these special moments! Agree with Tammy… booking you was by far the best decision we made!
But of course we wouldn’t have know without Beth…so I guess booking Beth was the best because she introduced us to the best of the best!
WOW! Thank you so much! You really do amazing work! The wait was definitely worth it! I have no idea how you put that all together, but I will enjoy watching it every time (as I just watched it twice back to back)! Thank you for being so talented…and thank you Beth for convincing me a video was worth every penny! Hopefully we will get to meet again!
Rachel
Also, I need to mention that with social networks, I can be in contant contact with my dear colleagues sharing experiences and knowledge. And when the time requires, is easier to collaborate together. This is the case of Manuel Burgoin who kindly provided me his amazing pictures, Sam Perches who helped in the wedding day, Jorge Ibarra who helped me in the editing, and of course Beth Dalton who is always recommending to her clients having a video and putting a perfect and organized day in one piece! Thank you all, and see you guys on Facebook.