Vivid Wedding Films

Here is a wedding trailer for Amby and Toby from July 3rd! I must say, Port Gamble Washington is one of the most beautiful spots I’ve ever been to. Amby and Toby, your wedding was beautiful too, and I had a blast! It’s good to get back to the West Coast every once and a while.

May 28th, 2010! I had a great time with Kaity and Calvin. The day started out cloudy with a slim chance of rain but soon turned in to a beautiful evening. We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to get some famous Brooklyn ice cream. Kaity and Calvin have a Same Day Edit coming in November!

Good luck with the wedding plans guys!

Here are a few photos I took throughout the day.

Your Day in Focus with Vivid Wedding Films is a web series aimed at providing brides-to-be a valuable resource for tips and unique ideas from some of the Willamette Valley’s most sought after wedding service providers.

In this episode, Susan sits down with Brittany Whitman from the Valley River Inn to discuss the steps she recommends taking when choosing a venue for your wedding. Brittany also talks about some tips for couples on a budget and what sets the Valley River Inn apart from other wedding venues in the Willamette Valley.

The Valley River Inn offers 15,000 square feet of function space with natural light, high ceilings, and river views, accommodating 10 to 600 guests for your wedding, and more than 250 guest rooms for friends and family attending your wedding from out of town.

Look for more in the ‘Your Day in Focus’ series on our blog soon.

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One of the things we love is working with other creatives around the Northwest. Yesterday, we had the chance to work with Karen Stott of Avayah Photography on her promo video. She’s a very, very talented photographer, who loves to push the envelope in terms of creativity and what she’s offering couples as far as wedding photography is concerned. We had a great time in the studio yesterday with her. Here’s a couple of shots (one’s a video still and one is a photograph) from our shoot yesterday.

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We don’t normally turn out trailers the day after the wedding, but since our flight from Los Angeles to Eugene got bumped, we had a few hours on our hands, and what better way to spend that time than putting together a trailer.

Here’s a quick look – a wedding day teaser – from Heather and Johnny’s wedding yesterday at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California.

Again, it was great meeting and working with photographer, Paul Thompson of Huntington House House Photography, their event coordinator, Mindy Roderick, Kim-Erin Justice, their florist and their DJ Kris of DJFX Entertainment.

Here’s also a look at their Love Story, which we filmed Friday. It played at their reception last night.

Thanks to Heather, Johnny and both their families for making this a fun trip for us. Hope you enjoy the trailer.

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What an amazing wedding. We just wrapped up shooting Heather and Johnny’s wedding this evening at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California. The setting was beautiful and the people were too. It was great working with Heather and Johnny. We’re pretty tired now, but will post a few video stills and hopefully a trailer from the wedding soon.

It was great meeting and working with photographer, Paul Thompson of Huntington House House Photography (Huntington Beach), their event coordinator, Mindy Roderick, Kim-Erin Justice, their florist and their DJ Kris of DJFX Entertainment (it was a kickin’ party to be sure).

For now, here’s the Love Story that played this evening at the reception. We shot it Friday in Santa Monica and finalized the edit on Saturday.

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Megan and Derek were married on September 20th at Sweet Cheeks Winery just outside Eugene. It was a near-perfect day (just slightly windy) and we hope we captured that in their photos and Feature Film.

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Todd and I returned last week from San Francisco and the Re:Frame Filmmakers conference. It was 4 days of intense shooting technique, business management, HD workflow, branding & marketing, creative storytelling techniques, social media and more.

We both learned so much during the 4 days and are exciting to putting those things into action as we move ahead into 2010. More than anything though, we were encouraged by all the relationships we built with other filmmakers around the world. We’re also very thankful to the 4 filmmaker who founded the Re:Frame Collective: Kristin Bliss, Bruce Patterson, Jason Magbanua and Julie Hill.

Here’s a few photos from our week in San Francisco.

- Ryan W.

A view from the roof of the Clift Hotel in downtown San Francisco.

Todd helping Jason Magbanua during our shoot-out. Jason was demonstrating how to get the ring shots.

We had 3 models to shoot during our shoot-out at a SF park.

Todd and Ryan after the shoot-out.

One of the models we had the chance to shoot.

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On Friday, I met up with Whitney and Wes at a Mountain Home Lodge, an amazing location that I actually had a chance to shoot at a couple of summers ago. The colors on the trees were vibrant and really made the background pop. Everything there went as planned except that I stepped in dog poo about  2 minutes into the shoot — no one said this would be easy.

I loved the outfits that Whitney and Wes picked out. Fit the fall colors beautifully.

To finish up the shoot, we headed down the mountain into Leavenworth, which is a Bavarian-themed town with tons of character. Here’s a few snaps from the shoot. Thanks, Whitney and Wes for a great time….

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What a crazy last few days it’s been. We’re in San Francisco now, but the journey here began last Friday morning as I flew to Leavenworth, Washington to take pictures (still and motion) for Whitney and Wes’s engagement shoot. Saturday, I flew to Portland and met up with Todd to shoot Lauren and Aaron’s wedding.

Sunday morning we flew out to the Re:Frame Filmmakers Conference in San Francisco. We just finished out first day of classes and have been so impressed by what we’ve learned in just one day. It’s been invaluable to learn from the industry’s best and to chat and share stories and ideas with others around the world doing what we’re doing. Below is a short video done by a couple of our fellow filmmakers. It highlights the beginning of the conference.

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At Vivid Wedding Films, we’re always trying new things to offer couples above and beyond the ‘expected’. Below is a look at a desktop wallpaper we’ve created for Megan and Derek.

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We’re still in the midst of editing photos for Megan and Derek, but wanted to get a few that we’ve got completed up on the blog. More coming next week…

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Here is Megan and Derek’s wedding film trailer. They were married Sunday evening at Sweet Cheeks Winery, just outside of Eugene.

It was a beautiful wedding and tons of fun to film. We had a 3-person crew from Vivid Wedding Films, capturing both still and motion pictures (photos to come soon to the blog). Derek and I go way back (middle school, I believe) and Megan and I actually worked a few days together at the ol’ Baskin & Robbins (Coburg Road, no longer there) when I was in college. Anyways, it made it fun to have so many friends at the wedding – and even seeing other couples there whose weddings we’ve filmed in the past (Jared & Amy, Sef & Cassidy + new baby!, Joe & Megan).

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What a fun wedding last night! Megan and Derek were married at Sweet Cheeks Winery on a beautiful, late-summer day in the Willamette Valley. Ryan, Todd and Susan had the privilege to shoot both still and motion pics of the event and at first glance, came away with some really cool stuff. Here’s one shot Susan took of them just after the ceremony took place. We’ll be posting a trailer, and more photos soon.

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