Tanner + McKenzie - Everything New is Old Again

I'm getting a lot of requests for the vintage look. A lot. Just to clarify, this isn't an attempt to make your wedding film look like old Super 8mm film. Rather, it's a look akin to rediscovering an old weathered movie in an attic. It's kind of a "Grindhouse" look - an old B movie that has been sitting shelved in a run-down theater closet for years. Scratches, variations in saturation, skips in film, burns from being to close to the projector light, etc. I love doing this. It gives me a creative outlet in the editing process, which for many is the tedious side of doing wedding films.

Anyway, Tanner and Mckenzie asked me for this look and I was happy to oblige. This was by far the coldest wedding I have ever shot, and somehow we got some smiles out of them. I swear McKenzie got choked up a few times with the cold. She was the least "covered up" that afternoon.

This wedding highlight benefits a lot from the couple's choice of music. This Iron and Wine song fit beautifully with the aged effect. I just love it. Enjoy the flick.

Jason and Lauren Osmond - Decorative Towels and Orchards

Osmonds are cool. So very cool. Jason is cool. Lauren is cool. Decorative towels are cool. You'll just have to watch this couple's story to figure out what I mean.

I confess having a more than passing fascination with the Osmond family. I distinctly remember two events from my childhood. One was getting up from bed and asking my parents if I could watch the Donnie and Marie show. They said yes, and I was ecstatic. The other was being down in Provo and stopping off at the now-defunct Osmond Studios. I felt like there was something magical about that day. Driving up to the gates. Very famous Mormons just inside. Can't really explain it.

I do remember too that I met a gal on my LDS mission to Florida that said she joined the church because of the Osmond family. At first I thought that was a little interesting, but she had been a faithful Mormon for 15 years. What I'm getting at is that the Osmond family has a lot of love and I'm sure she felt that.

Jason and Lauren are no different. A lot of love here. Spending a day with these two was really a dream. I wish them all of the best and am so grateful for the opportunity to do this.

Shooting in orchards is way cool too.

The Provo Double Header

It's a "twofer" day today. Two wedding films for one blog post. They're for the same couple, so it made sense.

Brent and Lisa's wedding was last week at the Provo Temple. My first time shooting there and I don't anticipate shooting there much. Lisa has some really important family connections to that temple and she does temple work there, so it was an obvious choice for her. Here's their wedding film from their time at the temple. It really shows off the personality of these two. There's a lot of love in that couple. Really nice families too. Lisa's father talked "Canon Camera Shop" with me for a few minutes at the reception, which was nice.

I also had the opportunity to shoot a couple's story for Brent and Lisa. Weather was not on our side, so I called up one of my connections and got permission to use the Sharon room at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. We only had one day to shoot this thing, so doing the interviews indoors saved us. During a brief break in the weather, we went outside and got some good additional footage for the story. You'll notice that I include a lot of photos in these couples stories. Yes, I shoot them. And no, I'm not a wedding "photographer". I leave that to "them". I do however fire off some stills for these couple's stories. It gives each piece a unique assortment of imagery for me to pull from. I'm a big fan of still photography, even with my decision to shoot wedding films. And since my cameras do both, I use both for these pieces.

I really love this story. A really seamless piece.