Sunday, 20 April 2008

Ling & Kirk - Cooling Castle Barns

Ling was quite possibly the most lovely bride we have dealt with. I have only ever had one Bridezilla and even she was not that bad, but at the other end of the spectrum was Ling.

The wedding took place at Cooling Castle Barn in Rochester and the weather as we arrived was overcast and drab, but as the ceremony took place it brigthened up into a perfect day, not too hot. Not too bright for the cameras and just the right number of people!

The breakfast room ranks up there as one of the best we have shot. Although it was low light we had enough room to move the steadicam around the place for a lovely montage. We also got the Chinese tea ceremony in which is traditional for all chinese weddings.

A lovely day with some great personal moments. Below is the showreel...

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Saturday, 5 April 2008

Suzanne & Matt - 5th April 2008

Filmed at the Swan Hotel in Bedford. Guess what, we managed to film some evening swans passing the hotel! Another of those moments in time when you just seem to have the camera in the right place at the right time... Suzanne & Matt were truly amazing with a lovely ceremony and reception. The ceremony took place in front of a window which is usually a difficult place to expose from a camermans persepective and any BBC operator will tell you move from windows..Thankfully our Sony HVR-Z1's managed no problems and we got some stunning backlit shots.

Later into the evening We got loads of video messages and the first dance lighting was perfect. We side lit it with our on camera PAG-C6's and the second camera filmed from behind which created a perfect effect. For us usually the First dance represents the greatest challenge light wise, with DJ/Disco lights often taking over or there simply not being enough but here we had just enough to light across the face. Another great photographer as well, David Lester of David Lester Photography. He provided us with some fantastic images from the day which you can see here..

Matt, our main camerman went down very well with the ladies there! Here is a the email we got 2 days after the wedding!

"I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Matt for shooting our wedding on Saturday. You were great, everyone loved you (especially the ladies!!) and felt at ease.

We cant wait to see the DVD! "


Below is the promo video sent out prior to the DVD being delivered.


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