After a morning of non stop rain last Saturday, nobody expected the sun to come out and the day to turn out so well. They say rain on your wedding is good luck so I guess they got the best of both ends with the rain and the sun. Jenae and Jake were very laid back and go with the flow so we had a great time spending all day with them and capturing everything.

Here are the highlights from their day……and now displayed in a larger size!

Kelsi & Jeremy were amazing and surrounded by so much love. I don’t have much to say about this piece…I’ll let it speak for itself.

Last weekend we had the pleasure of filming Emily and Kevin’s wedding. I was a bit worried as we were headed there because it was sooo windy and the ceremony and reception were set to be outside. Being outside in itself can present us with some obstacles, but the wind is a whole new set of issues. We pulled it off though and I’m very happy with the results.
Having the ceremony and reception at her parent’s house made for a very inviting and laid back day. There was lots to do, of course, but everyone is a little more comfortable with the surroundings rather than being in a large church and banquet hall.

It turned out to be a great fun day with lots of………bobbleheads!!!

Enjoy!

Virginia and Jon = FUN! It was mentioned a few times during the day that you can’t help but smile and laugh whenever you’re around Virginia and we got to experience that first hand. It was so much fun to work with them and capture all the laughter and emotion of the day. Even after a very long day, we were having so much fun that we didn’t want to leave the reception. It was definitely a day filled with love… from their huge wedding party to their letters that they wrote to each other for the ceremony. Chalk up two more reasons for why we love doing what we do! Thanks for a great day!

Saturday we had the pleasure of filming for Jen and Joe’s wedding.  It was a blast!  Luckily the rain held off and allowed for some great photo time and a lot of fun locations.  The photographer was Rick Jennisch and their photos can be seen on his blog.   Sometimes we can get a little crazy to get the shots and thankfully I didn’t get run over on the bridge or streets that we were shooting on…..not this week at least :-)  

Jen and Joe incorporated a lot of their ethnic backgrounds into the wedding.  Joe’s Italian background led them to chose a canolli flavored cake while Jen followed Japanese tradition by having 1000 origami cranes at the reception for a long and prosperous marriage.  The cranes were behind the cake, on each table and placed above the dance floor.  These can be seen throughout the highlights and were a very neat addition that we had not seen before.

Jen and Joe’s wedding is also going to be featured on a brand new blog of  ’Featured Weddings in the Quad Cities’.  This blog will be part of qcweddings.com and will give a lot more insight into what all went into the planning and making their wedding day so special.   QC Weddings Blog

Here are some highlights from their day!

We spent last Saturday in Clinton with Deanna and Eric.  It was a great fall day and a beautiful ceremony in an old church.  I love weddings in the fall because the colors are always perfect and it’s not so HOT! The wind got a little crazy but we still managed to get some great shots outside!

I would also like to thank Deanna for insisting that Melanie and I dance together We’re always working so hard and it was really nice for her to demand that we stop filming and have a dance!   This was Melanie’s last wedding for awhile as we await the arrival of our baby girl, so getting a dance together was a nice way for her to end the year.

Here are some highlights from their wedding day!

Saturday we had a great wedding day with Katie and Adam. They were a very fun group to work with and that always makes the long days a lot easier. The weather was perfect and the setting at Augustana’s Ascension Chapel was beautiful allowing for some great footage overall. The reception was at Stoney Creek Inn which is a pretty dark venue for video, but I’m really getting our lighting effects the way I want now and creating a really nice look for the shots….even in very low light. This video opens with those shots!

Also, I think Katie wins for the biggest bouquet that I’ve personally ever seen !! Here are the highlights from their day!

Last Friday we had such a fun time working with Anne and John. They were so relaxed and it was easy to capture the mood and emotion of the day. You can just tell by being around them that they are so happy and in love! Thanks for a great day and here are some highlights from your wedding!

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I had been looking forward to Danielle and Chad’s wedding for quite a while. It was a long day but I knew they were going to be very fun to work with and we would have lots of time to play! It got very windy on Saturday which makes running the steadicam for the moving shots nearly impossible, but we managed and I’m very happy with the footage we were able to get.

Their day began at the 5 star salon in Davenport with the ceremony at Old St. Annes and the reception at the Clarion. I feel like I’m becoming part of the 5 star salon team! We’ve been there 3 times this year so far and I just found out our next 3 weddings will start there also.

Anyway, here is a highlights I just put together for them. It’s a bit quicker style and fits the couple and the emotion of the day very well. Congrats again to Danielle and Chad!

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We’re now well into the wedding season and I’m working non stop to keep up and develop new ideas and techniques for what we do.  Looks like I may only have a few days off between now and December, but oh well   I love what I do !

I was able to put together a small highlights clip from our wedding last weekend. Lisa and Sean we’re both very excited to have us be part of their day and capture everything, and we were welcomed in the same manner by everyone else.  It was an interesting day because everything seemed to go very quickly, but at the same time, we worked a 15 hour day….breaking our previous record but it was very fun and Lisa and Sean were just another couple that remind me why I love doing what I do.

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We had our first wedding of the year this last Friday and had a great time with Sarah and Eddie. Of course the weather was colder than we all would have liked, but living in Iowa I think we’re all used to it! Here is a quick stylized highlights segment that I put together for them.

We had a great day working with Tiffany and Brandon on Saturday. The weather was definitely warmer than we all expected but everything went perfectly. They had some beautiful locations for filming and pictures so I decided to put together a short highlights video for them.