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| Today I'm in the studio working on our new demo (which is WAYYYYY overdue) and I came across this clip while looking through about three year's worth of footage. It just reminded me that THIS is why we do what we do. Yes, playing with all the really cool gear and being artistic is fun, but what is most rewarding is capturing moments that will be treasured forever by our couples. It's not just about the pretty shots... it's about the people and the moments they create. This is from a wedding a few years ago and even though it's a 4:3 Standard Def clip, you'll see why it is so priceless...
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| Today's guest blogger is Christine. Take a peek inside Christine and Jimmy's seaside celebration.
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Jimmy and I met when we went out partying with a group of mutual friends. We were both a little shy, but after a little alcohol in the stomach, we starting talking. As we got to know each other and hangout more and more, we found out that we were really similar and we clicked really well. We were really attracted to each other’s qualities, and we fell in love. Soon we realized that we'd found the soul mate that we had been looking for. Jimmy planned the proposal for a while and I was oblivious of it. He knew I've never been to Hawaii, so he took me to Oahu and Maui for a week for my birthday. On the afternoon of my birthday, he took me to a spa, and then we went to the beach as the sun was setting over the horizon. He brought out a birthday cake, and sang happy birthday to me, then asked me to close my eye and make a wish. When I open my eyes, Jimmy was in front of me on his knee holding up a shiny ring box with a glittering diamond ring inside. It was the best birthday present I could ever wish for! We did a lot of research for our wedding, from going online, to reading bridal magazines, to visiting venues and vendors. We think that you should definitely give yourself plenty of time to plan for your wedding, because visiting a lot of different vendors takes a lot of time, and finding the right venue is one of the first things you should do. We decided to have the wedding at Trump National Golf Course because we both love their ocean/golf course view and their menu selection. At the end our efforts were all worth it, the wedding was beautiful. We were really happy with the way our wedding turned out, and all the guests seemed to have enjoyed it just as much as we did. Thanks honey for giving me the wedding of my dreams! We're so glad that we hired Elysium Productions to document our wedding. Their team is very professional, and they knew exactly what to film. They were able to capture all the details on the wedding, from getting ready, to ceremony, to cocktail hour, to reception. We're able to relive the sweet memories and catch up on some moments that we missed through Elysium's DVD. We couldn't be happier with Elysium Productions' work. -Christine ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Venue/Catering/Cake: Trump National Golf Course Event Filmmaker: Elysium Productions Photographer: Harvard Photography DJ/Lighting: MichaelAngelo Music Hair/Makeup: Vivian Tran Officiant: Chris Robinson |
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| Today's guest blogger is Megan. Megan and David's wedding was a blast. Their reception was filled with surprises all night long- you'll just have to watch to see how incredible it was.
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David and I both went to USC and even had similar friends. However, it took us 7 years after I graduated and match.com to bring us together! It must have been the USC football references that put our matches together. David is self-employed and put his business degree to use! He owns 3 businesses. He manufactures car care products. I have my Doctorate in Occupational Therapy and work for children with special needs. We were together for a year and a half before we were married and my proposal was perfect! One of my favorite movies is “Say Anything.” Lloyd Dobbler is the male lead in the film and has melted many a girl’s heart. In the most famous scene from the film, Lloyd stands beneath his girlfriend’s window wearing his trench coat and holding up a boom box blaring "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. I lived on the 10th floor of a building and on the big day, a girlfriend called and told me to look outside my window. David was in front of my building standing in a trench coat, holding up a boom box that was playing the song. My entire building opened their windows to see what the commotion was all about. He nervously dropped to one knee. He popped the question and of course I said Yes! Wedding planning started the very night I got proposed. Ok, I didn’t go crazy right away but we did go back to the store for more champagne and I picked up my first bridal magazine. From there every time I went into a store I didn’t leave without a magazine. I even had David getting them for me when he went into the store! (He’d kill me if he knew I said that.) I first pulled out pictures of things I liked. Colors, outfits, anything that I liked and tried to find out if there was a theme or certain commonality I was drawn to. I took all of these pictures and separated them into categories. I also cut pictures of things I didn’t like out so I could describe to vendors why I didn’t like them and show them a visualization. The magic happened when I met my wedding coordinator. I pulled out my loose pile of pictures and she put them together into a vision. The creative juices were flowing and she just took them and pulled it all together in a classy, elegant, and jaw dropping event. I found my vendors from my wedding coordinator. A terrific coordinator will not just give you a list of vendors, they will find out what you’re looking for and guide you to 2 or 3 vendors to interview. They did half of the leg work for us! The day was perfect! Who knows if it was flawless, the day of I was actually able to let go and not worry about if anything was going array. I think the champagne helped ☺ The wedding coordinator was invaluable here as well. There was a complete timeline drafted and 4 people to make sure it happened. No one in the wedding party or family had to worry about anything. We had someone telling us where to be and what to be doing. I got to sneak a peek at the ballroom in the morning and I think that got me even more excited. We could also see the guests arriving from our suite so that was fun as well. Put your 5 best friends, your mom and a few bottles of champagne in a room while you’re getting pampered and you’re going to have a blast! Starting the day out right was the key. I just soared on cloud 9 for the rest of the day. When you’re that happy and don’t let little things bother you, you will have a wonderful time. Why sweat the small stuff you can’t change anyway? What’s done is done so make sure you enjoy yourself and the time with your new husband, friends and family. I couldn’t have been happier that I hired a wedding event filmmaker. Talking about wow factor, the same day edit is where it’s at! For the cost, you can not beat the shock value your guests will get. I tried to tell a few people about it before but I guess they thought it was going to be cheesy or they didn’t understand. I can’t believe what they can do in that short time period. Seriously, leave money in your budget for the same day edit. It puts your wedding over the top! People couldn’t stop talking about it. It was also neat that the guests got to see themselves at the wedding. If you look at the Same Day Edit it captured me literally floating onto the dance floor. The videographers captured so many emotions, yes emotions that you will want to remember. We just received our full length video. Now, I know it seems kind of silly when you read “you will get 5 leather bound copies…” wow. The presentation was amazing. Not only are they in beautiful cases but they put artwork on the DVD and the beginning page with the options to select chapters etc. was expertly done. We have had viewing parties to watch the DVD and every time we watch it we catch something new. The wedding wasn’t that long ago and it was scary to see how much we had forgotten even after planning for a year! Definitely worth every penny. I highly highly recommend! Just watch other people’s videos and you will want the same thing. Advice for other brides: Ever heard “don’t worry about the specifics and all the details, no one will remember them anyways”. DON’T LISTEN TO THOSE PEOPLE! I think what put my wedding over the top WAS all the details. Whatever you choose. I wanted crystals throughout for example. The flowers, rotunda, invitations, seating cards, etc. People were absolutely stunned and commented A LOT on all the little details of the wedding. People actually commented on specifics (other than the crystals) that I thought they wouldn’t notice. Like our initials on the sweets bag sticker. Do whatever you want to do and do it well! Be specific with what you want and go to blogs of wedding coordinators, photographers, and florists and cut and paste pictures that you like. Then let your wedding coordinator pull it all together. NEVER be pushy but definitely be opinionated and speak up for what you want, it’s your day. And regardless of what people say, it will last more than one day to you. So make the day count! -Megan ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Caterer/Hotel: St. Regis Wedding Coordinator: Jeannie Savage from Details Details Florist: Enchanted Florist Photographer: Joel Eckman Maus Event Filmmaker: Elysium Productions Officiant: J.P. Reynolds Ceremony Music: Angelica Strings Reception Music: West Coast Music USC Band: USC School of Music Afterhours DJ: Mike Soltani Lighting: Shine Lighting Chairs/Rentals: Wildflower Linens Hair: Tiffany Monday Makeup: Berit D. Stationary: Details A La Carte Cake: Let Them Eat Cake Ice Sculpture: St. Regis Sweets Table: Details A La Carte Wedding Dress: Marylinn's Couture of Beverly Hills Bridesmaids Dresses: Marylinn's Couture of Beverly Hills Tux's: Men's Wearhouse Photobooth: Cheesy Photobooth |
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| Today I would like to introduce Yvonne as our guest blogger. Yvonne and John's coastal affair was filled with beautiful handmade details and lots of love from their closest friends and family.
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My husband and I met at work. He pursued, I fell for him, and now, we've been blessed with one happy year of marriage together. He's an amazing man with wisdom & maturity well beyond his years and this funny gene that makes me laugh all the time. It was love at a time when it was least expected and a blessing and answer to my prayers. For our proposal, he had this elaborate scheme that included having my dog carry a rose in her mouth, with the engagement ring and a message attached of "Will you marry me?' when i walked through the door. Lets just say that my doggie did not cooperate and it turned into something more of a humorous spectacle. But nevertheless, I would not have changed a thing because it was perfect with the laughter and doggie confusion and ends up being a good story anyways :) Wedding planning was overall a really fun experience. I think the hardest decision was finding the location, but was absolutely delighted with my venue. La Venta has coordinators {Sara} that helped make my day run smoothly. The site was beautiful overlooking the ocean and the food {one of my number of priorties} was deeelicious. Guests raved about the food and have said that it was one of the best wedding meals they ever had. {Exactly what I wanted!} Happy tummies = happy guests. I found all my venues/ideas via internet, weddingbee (looove this site!) and also venue site recommendations. I loved designing and making all of the little details of the wedding {menu cards, drink menus, kissing menus, runners, photo booth, and program}. It made it that much more personal. My best tool that helped keep me sane and peaceful was a detailed timeline that I created ahead of time that defined everyone's roles for the day, minute-by-minute schedule, as well as lists of what needed be brought to the site and back home. {yes, totally type A} The wedding day was beautiful and flew by so quickly. My favorite memory - walking down the aisle with my father on my arm and seeing my {future} husband at the altar {tear drop}. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to have a professional videographer at the wedding since I knew that the day would fly by in a blink of an eye. It was important to me that I could re-live the raw emotion of the day, to hear the vows again, and to see things that I would have missed because I was off taking pictures..The video, paired with music, recreates the power and magic of the day in a different way that pictures cannot. (Don't get me wrong, I loved my photographer!) I am so glad that I set aside money for the video and of course Elysium did a wonderful job. I remember watching the video and being surprised and amazed that they were there to capture so many of the moments. It is something that I've watched again and again and love it every time... -Yvonne ------------------------------------------------------------------
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| Dress: Renella De Fina (Adored my dress so much that I'm having a hard time parting with it)
Flowers: BeBuds Florist a (Loved him!) Venue: La Venta Inn in Palos Verdes (Beautiful site, deeelicious food) Photographer: Stephanie Williams, Next Exit Photography (Fun to work with, great pictures) Videographer: Elysium Productions (Awesome of course) Pastor: Cornerstone Bible Church |
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| Today I am happy to introduce our guest blogger Megan! The decor and florals of Megan and Kyle's wedding are absolutely stunning and the after party decor is equally as beautiful. This couple's love for one another is evident throughout the entire film!
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Kyle and I met in college at the University of Colorado at Boulder and five years later he proposed in his hometown of Winter Park, Colorado on a romantic horse-drawn sleigh ride in the snow. After a year and half long engagement, we were married on June 20, 2009 at the breathtakingly beautiful Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, California. Growing up in Southern California, I'd always dreamed of getting married overlooking the ocean and The Resort at Pelican Hill was the perfect venue for us. We were so excited to get married and wanted our wedding planning process to be as easy and stress-free as possible and it was exactly that, thanks to our AMAZING team of people helping us along the way. It all started with our wonderful wedding planner, Jeannie Savage, from Details, Details. She introduced us to our venue, all of our vendors and took care of every last detail for us. Along with Jeannie, we had the wonderful George Nickels, director of weddings at the Resort at Pelican Hill, and the fabulous Christopher Aldama of Fiori Fresco Special Events working with us. Together, the three of them worked diligently to ensure that our memorable event would be perfect and magical. Christopher Aldama created and designed our theme of “romantic and understated elegance”. He brought to life everything we had envisioned for our wedding, and more. Our team would not have been complete without our photographer, Victor Sizemore of Victor Sizemore Photography and our videographer, Elysium Productions. Documenting this momentous occasion was extremely important to Kyle and me. We knew that the day would go by so quickly and we wanted to make sure that we could capture every moment and be able to relive it for the many years to come. Victor Sizemore did an absolutely amazing job in capturing every moment beautifully and Elysium's Same Day Edit and video of our wedding were spectacular. Elysium's work took our breath away and truly encompassed our entire day and the feel of our wedding. Being able to watch all of those precious moments over and over again is absolutely priceless and we feel so lucky to have had such an amazing videographer document our wedding day for us. Our wedding day seemed to be just as stress-free as the planning process proved to be. Everything went seamlessly and was absolutely perfect! We feel so blessed to have been able to really enjoy our big day and focus on each other and the wonderful family and friends around us, rather than stressing about the little details. If I could give any advice, it would be to really take the time to enjoy yourself and enjoy this special day of celebrating your relationship. I have so many “favorite” memories from the day but one that especially stands out was when we made our grand entrance at the reception and dancing our first dance as husband and wife. It was so wonderful walking into that beautifully decorated ballroom together and seeing all of our closest family and friends there to support us. We went right in to our first dance and it was an intimate and special moment that I will never forget. Our wedding was more than we could have ever dreamed of and we are so thankful for our family and all of the wonderful people that contributed to making it the best day of our lives! -Megan ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Hair: Eric Bilardi for Mr. Bilardi Salon Los Angeles Makeup: Nancy Hayes Bridal Designer: Luly Yang Bridesmaid Dresses/Groom and Groomsmen’s Ties: Alix and Kelly Cake: The Resort at Pelican Hill Calligrapher: Laura Hooper Calligraphy Consultant: Jeannie Savage Entertainment: Ceremony: Enchanted Evenings Productions Reception: James Gang, West Coast Music Post-Reception Party: Michael Soltani Event Design/Décor/Florist: Christopher Aldama Event Filmmaker: Elysium Productions Flower girl: Petals by Xavi Formalwear: Custom Suits by Danny’s Fashion Shoppe, Hong Kong Invitations/Programs/Paper Goods: Rock Paper Scissors Officiant: J.P. Reynolds Photographer/Save the Dates/Thank You Cards: Victor Sizemore Venue: The Resort at Pelican Hill |
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| Very excited to share Jessica Claire & Jeff Norwood's film. It was posted on Style Me Pretty today but if you haven't seen it, I wanted to post it here too. Jessica is a good friend and her only requirements for her wedding film were to "be creative and do whatever you want!" Oh - I LOVE when our couples say this to us!! So we shot entirely w/two 5D Mark II's, a couple monopods, a bit of glidecam, and another camera just to capture the audio from our wireless mic's. What resulted is one of my very favorite films we've ever produced.
Elysium Productions: Stylish & Contemporary Wedding Films in Orange County and Beyond! Vendors: Venue: 3 Stones Photographer: Jose Villa Wedding Planner & Co-Designer: Angel Swanson Love & Splendor Event Designer & Sylist: Kabrel Polak BTW... who knew Michael Norwood could sing??!! |
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| Today's guest blogger is Helen! Wait till you see this Asian inspired decor. Totally gorgeous and a super sweet couple to boot!
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Life is love, love is life, and I live life to the fullest with my love….Alex! Alex is a graphic designer with a passion and talent for tennis and photography. I loved my career in business and real estate law, but my ultimate calling is a caretaker. I love to help and give; I give with all my heart to fill my losses and voids in life. Alex and I met through a mutual friend and remained good friends for many years. We finally connected at the most awkward time in my life. It was an unfortunate time for me to lose my mother and I had an emergency medical condition. I was recovering at the USC Norris Hospital when God sent me an Angel. Alex visited me every day, several times a day. I was at my worst moment, but Alex felt a need to care for me. We grew closer as friends, and Alex revealed that he fell in love with me in the hospital. We care for my father that has Parkinson’s disease for 20 years. During a Parkinson’s seminar cruise, Alex proposed at the top of the ship. The both of us agreed that our wedding should be close to water since the proposal was in the middle of the ocean. I wanted a wedding that represented comfort, peace, and harmony. What better place than The Montage Laguna Beach….it was perfect! Ok, the venue was picked, the dressed was picked, and I didn’t know where to start with wedding details. Next I found Michelle Weita from Details Details. Michelle was my savior; she helped me with every little detail for my wedding. She found the most fun and talented designer, florist, photographer, event filmmaker, make-up artist, DJ, and musicians for me. Michelle made and sat through all the appointments with me, thanks Michelle! I wanted to treasure every moment for my wedding day, it was important that I share this with family and friends. Alex from Elysium Productions captured exactly what I was looking for, and I didn’t notice that he was there. My wedding was an Asian inspired time capsule that took you back in ancient gardens, backyards, temples, and palaces. It was a place of history for the younger generation, and a feel for childhood memories and home for the elders. Elysium amazed me with the video; I was stunned with the wonders of a camera and the people behind the production. The music along with each clip shed tears in my eyes, as I watched my father smile at me. He was pleased and grateful that his little girl’s dream wedding came true. The wedding was perfect, everything was beautiful; the guests enjoyed the food, entertainment, ambiance, and service. I will treasure the moment that my father walked me down the beautiful garden of love as he waved his hands up high to signify his happiness; and as he embraced Alex when he gave me away. Special thanks to Michelle Weita, Christopher Aldama, Jaime Puffer, Patty Burns, Aaron & Jen Delesie, Alex & Julie Hill, Kyle Simon, Richard Kang, Zhiming Han, Jeff Holmes, Joyce Luck, Lynn Wang, and Alhambra & Pasadena Furniture Mart for adding another chapter of happiness in my life. by Helen ----------------------------------------------------------------
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| Venue, Caterer, Cake: Montage Laguna Beach
Wedding Planner: Michelle Weita Event Décor, Florist, Linens, Lighting, Draping: Christopher Aldama Photographer: Aaron Delesie Professional Filmmaker: Elysium Productions Ceremony, Cocktail Hour, Reception Band: Chinesemusic.us DJ: Jeff Holmes Hair and Makeup Artist: Joyce Luck Invitations, and other Paper Goods: Lynn Wang Antiques & Furniture: Alhambra & Pasadena Furniture Mart Wedding Dress and Veil: Eve of Milady Groom's Suit and Bridesmaid Dresses: J. Crew Tuxes: 2000dreams.com Officiant: Richard Kang |
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