Sweet Michelle and I started writing since August last year.  Between our conversations through e-mails I could start saving  some quotes that I thought would be useful when her day arrived…

She told me things like,

- I am a country girl, and kinda shy.

- Jordon is not at all.

- I am figuring it will be a pretty fun upbeat wedding as we have a lot of partiers!

- I like The moment we fell in Love ‘ by Michelle Featherstone

- I also Love love love ‘ Marry Me – by Train!

Just like having a script!

We have always been insistent in making every wedding video different and unique.  Not only telling the wedding day story, but also shaping a pinch of  the style we can perceive from the couple since the very first e-mail.

The conception of this short film started 12 hours before Jo and Mark wedding day, when Jo sent me the following,

Angel,

I have been thinking a lot about how I want the wedding shot.  I am a HUGE documentary and mocumentary fan.  So I thought it would be cool if the video is shot documentaryish…

We couldn´t have it clearer!

“Krystal as she was growing up, she always wanted to be an actress or a teacher, today she is a princess…”  This is how Krystal´s father started his speech for her beautiful daughter, and this thought describes perfectly how the bride was shinning of joy because she was getting married with Prince George!  ;)

One more time at gorgeous Cabo Azul Resorts and with Bradley Fraser as the photographer, it was a pleasure working with Krystal and George!

I love when I can play between different versions of  the favorite song of my couples.  In this case, Laurie and Brian chose “The only Exception” by Paramore, and I was fortunate to find the Orchestral version by The Orchestral Academy of Los Angeles, and mix them together.

As soon as I heard the contrast of both songs playing together I knew that would be the perfect companion to highlight the best moments of Laurie and Brian´s wedding.

With a perfect coordination of  Baja weddings,  the talent of Bradley Fraser as the photographer, everything was wonderful one more time at Cabo del Sol.

Amanda and Kye´s wedding took place at beautiful Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Resorts.

A couple of days after their wedding Amanda asked me if she and Kye were a little different than most couples I have encountered.  I answered that she is not the usual emotional and nervous bride who is crying during the whole day, and that I am sure that character is what Kye must love about her…

After all, just as her maid of honor said “You truly are perfect for each other” and “there is no one who could have make her happier”

When Nina Vance (the mother of the bride) opened the door of Barette´s room told us, “She is so happy because you are going to work with her”.   The truth is, that I was already happy since I met them in our meeting.

When I knew them, I remember have thought, “we are going to have fantastic shots with this good looking couple”.  As soon as they hired us, I called Gabriela Mohar (who was going to be the photographer in Barette and Chris wedding)  and the curious thing was that she told me exactly the same when I told her we were going to work together again.

With all those incredible spots of Cabo Azul, everything turned out beautiful.

Lorilee and Jared´s chose having their wedding on a palindromic date, 11/11/11.  There are a million of reasons this date is considered special in so many ways.  Joining their lives this day will be the most important  and meaningful for this couple.

The coordinator, Beth Dalton – For you I Do Weddings knew this, and put a lot of efforts to make the most special event for them.  Of course she totally did it!

This are some of the vendors Beth got for Lorilee and Jared.

Ceremony and Reception Location: Cabo del Sol

Photographer: Manuel Burgoin

Floral Design:  Cabo Flowers

Band: Deja vú

Enjoy the video!

I hadn´t had the opportunity of shooting a wedding at Sunset da Mona Lisa in a while, but of course I hadn´t forgotten the experience of being witness of the exceptional view this place has to offer.  And that, combined with the great vibe of the wedding, has not comparison.

All this made me think about the name.  Everybody knows the Mona Lisa painting also known as La Gioconda.  This piece and all the story around it has been full of adjectives like, enigmatic, fascinating,  mysterious, beautiful, and the list goes and goes…

My point is, you wouldn´t say almost the same from a sunset, just like the amazing ones you can witness in this place?  I don´t know the person who thought in this name or if he or she was thinking the same I was.  I just can say that this is one of those cases that everything is in the right place.   And a wedding rounded of all this concepts must be a perfect start…  I am sure Daniela and Javier agree with me.

Friends of this wedding,

Coordinator – Tammy wolff

Photographer – Daniel Jireh

Minister – Marco Arechiga

Times has changed for the wedding videography (today transformed in cinematography) industry…  The goal now while producing is approach to the film look.  All the news cameras and technology in general allows us to play this way even in social events as weddings where the script is written, and you can almost touch all those strong feelings.

Even when we can offer a certain Cinematic Touch we are always in the searching of making this memories more personal and different for every single couple.

For Michelle and Marc Short Film we thought in a way of delving a little bit more in some aspects we simply cannot be part of.  So, we provided a Handycam to one of the groomsman and asked him to shoot whatever he wanted to shoot…  The results couldn´t be better!  He is the kind of guy who is narrating all what he is seeing giving a totally different sense to the history, making it feel real, and contrasting the history with all what we could perceive!

So, we will be insisting in making all our films look like a movie, but we will also insist in reflecting the style of the couple while we tell the history.

Hope you enjoy it as we did!

Thanks to Kym Salafranca, the coordinator of this event, you did a fantastic job!

I cannot remember a hotter day than this one in which Sarah and Rick joined their lives…  I laughed so bad when Marco Arechiga told them, and I quote,

- “Your love is melting us all away guys, I hope you never forget your wedding… Every time you sweat, think in Cabo”.

Of course everybody laughed, and like this, with a lot of smiles in the crowd  was how this story started.

Sarah and Rick are so in love that must have been super easy for Manuel Burgoin taking their pictures.  It was for us in the wedding film so, I am sure it will be easy to them share what they were feeling on their day just showing their amazing photos and of course, their film!

With Magda Rueda as the wedding coordinator, everything turned out just perfect!