Bring it on 2011

Tomorrow is 2011. I can't believe it's already here. It always seems to amaze me how fast the Christmas season goes by and how quickly we're thrusted into the new year. 2010 has been an awesome year. We've been able to film some amazing weddings with some incredible couples, travel to some awesome destinations, and best of all I got engaged. So to cap off 2010 I thought I'd do a fun blog post of some of my favourites things in 2010. Random movies, books, tv etc. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what your favs are!

Movies: (Being a film school snob it was really hard to narrow this down but here it goes.)

1. Scott Pilgrim VS. The World - This little gem did terrible in the box office but is an incredible film. You should see it asap. 2. The Social Network - Fincher at his best. 3. True Grit - The Coen brothers do it again. Simple and engaging. 4. Harry Potter - I'm a super geek when it comes to the books so it's a must. 5. Black Swan - Mind bender

Albums:

1. Arcade Fire - Suburbs 2. Tokyo Police Club - Champ 3. Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

Books:

1. American On Purpose - Craig Ferguson 2. When I Stop Talking You'll Know I'm Dead - Jerry Weintraub 3. Rebel Without a Crew - Robert Rodriguez

Websites:

1. www.vimeo.com - amazing community of filmmakers 2. www.berrics.com - skateboarding through and through 3. www.slashfilm.com - for all of your film geek news

TV:

1. Community - Incredibly hilarious and self aware. 2. 30 Rock - Classic 3. How I Met Your Mother - Single handedly keeping the traditional sitcom form alive. Hilarious!

ok and I need to let my techy geek side show for a moment…

Gear:

1. Canon 5D MKII - full frame glory 2. iPhone 4 - huge leap forward 3. Canon 50mm 1.2 - beautiful

Apps:

1. Pano - Shoots really cool panoramic photos 2. 8mm - Awesome super 8 mm camera filters 3. Instagram - Vintage toned camera phone

I'm Not Crying, I'm just struggling to breathe || Candi + Daniel Wedding Film

What can I say about Candi + Daniel? Probably one of the coolest couples I've ever worked with. Despite having met them on the wedding day, I felt like I knew them for years. Earlier this year we shot Bonny Jo + Joshua's wedding in Dallas Texas. After seeing our highlights film, Joshua's good friend Candi decided to book us. Whenever we can, we love to meet our couples and get to know them well before the wedding, but unfortunately this time it wasn't possible.

So a few weeks ago I flew down to Dallas for the wedding. It was so great to get out of the crummy BC weather for a few days and go somewhere warm. I arrived a day early so I was able to have some free time in Dallas which was awesome. I was able to hang out and catch up with Bonny Jo and Joshua and even see "Black Swan" (if you've seen it let me know how you liked it). I loved having a day to see the city but I was so excited to meet Candi and Daniel and film their wedding!

The next day I arrived early at the beautiful Bethesda Church to film some of the grounds. The wedding was to start after sundown so I was really pumped to get some shots of the beautiful scenery at sunset. I walked in the church and introduced myself to Candi. We had been talking over email so it was so great to be able to finally see her in person. I was immediately struck by her generosity and relaxed personality. She was so friendly and I could already tell that I was going to have a ton of fun filming this wedding. I then went over to meet Daniel who was getting ready elsewhere. This guy has to be one of the most naturally funny people I've met and his english accent definitely helps. I could ramble on about this awesome couple or you can check them out for yourself in their highlights film below.

Ceremony Venue: Bathesda Community Church Reception Venue: Fossil Creek Golf Club Photographer: Ashley Dupree

One more to go...

Well I'm sitting in Vancouver International Airport waiting for my flight to Dallas Texas to board. I got a solid 3.5 hour sleep last night so that's sweet. I'm really looking forward to catching some shut eye on the plane. Christmas time in Vancouver is the best. Even the airport is decked out with decorations and Christmas music.

It's December 2nd and I'm on my way to film the last wedding of the year for us. This trip is going to be awesome. I get to film an amazing wedding with a super rad couple, and I get to visit Bonny Jo and Joshua who's wedding we shot in Dallas earlier this year (check it here!) Last week we shot a 3 day Sikh wedding which was so awesome. I'll be posting the highlights film soon. We've been going none stop lately. With the holidays fast approaching we're working more than expected so we're really looking forward to having some holiday time.

We've had an amazing wedding season and we're so excited for whats in store for 2011. We have incredible couples booked for next year and we couldn't be happier (oh wait we could… my fiancee Erin and I are getting married in May)

So I just thought I'd check in and throw a couple of random things down to keep you up to speed. Check back soon for some new films!

Oh PS… Last night we received some cool news. We were runners up for "Best Cinematography" at the BC Wedding Awards. A great honour!

...and PPS here is an incredible song to get you in the Christmas spirit.  

Fall is here... that means Christmas is close

Even though the weather hasn't been showing it lately, the Fall season is upon us. I'm a huge fan of Fall, especially in Vancouver. I love the temperature, the leaves, the new Fall TV schedule, etc. The wedding season isn't quite over for us though. We have 2 more weddings to shoot this year, one of which is in Dallas Texas. So that'll be awesome. This blog post is mainly me just checking in with everyone out there in internet land. I want to thank everyone for their kind words about the new site and blog. We're really happy with the change and we're glad everyone else is enjoying it. We've been very busy lately editing weddings from the summer, booking up our 2011 season, brainstorming for the future, and also working on some promotional and corporate projects. We recently brought in some new gear and have been using it on a couple of projects. We're very excited to use these new tools in our work and are excited about the possibilities. Also as you know Erin and I are planning our wedding for next year and we've finally got our act together and booked a church and reception venue. We're extremely excited and can't wait. Also a lot of people have been asking us the inevitable question "but who will film your wedding?"... don't worry, we've got it covered :) Oh that reminds me... we had our engagement photos done by the lovely Jamie Delaine. Check them out here!

We are extremely excited right now... just in general you know? We're so pumped for Christmas coming up, the new year, getting hitched, pushing our work further, the new wedding season and all the awesome couples we have lined up. We're currently booking up the season so if you're getting married in 2011 let us know! We'd love to take you out for coffee and learn more. Contact us here!

PS Have you heard the new Sufjan Stevens album? oooh man it's incredible. Check out one of my favourite tunes here.