This CT wedding film would never have happened if it wasn’t for a wonderful group of female filmmakers called POSH. Thanks to FL based filmmaker Celia Hilton of Momentous Films the next thing you know I’m on the phone with Sarah the bride. We first had to get caught up on her recent trek in Patagonia, as she had just viewed the Patagonia Films from my 2009 South American adventure. Then we revisited her adventure getting engaged in my back yard, the Summit of Mount Washington. After learning that her wedding was to be on the summit of a mountain in Connecticut, I knew right away this was a wedding I wanted to capture…. plus Sarah and John are amazingly wonderful people.
They met at Church in California in 2005 but never dated, then reconnected in late 2010. At a reunion in D.C two moms witness the courtship of their children, and their love quickly unfolds. The wedding ceremony was in the Castle on top of Sleeping Giant, a mountain Sarah and her family would climb often during her childhood. The reception at Lake Quassapaug Sailing Center in Middlebury, CT.
The Wedding Film by Meg Simone Wedding Films
CT Wedding Photographer Desirea Rodgers – Penny Bird
Ceremony at Sleeping Giant State Park
Music Licensed with Permission through Song Freedom
Dave Barnes – God Gave Me You
Tyrone & Elina – Together in Faith (Vocal and Instrumental)
Jess Penner – All Smiles (Vocal and Instrumental)
They met briefly at the University of New Hampshire in 1997, then lost touch. Nine years later they connected on My Space and five years later…. here we are! An unbelievably stunning fall day in the White Mountains for a wedding at the Historic Mountain View Grand Resort. I highly encourage you to visit Photographer Melissa Mullen‘s blog to learn more about this incredible couple. Learn how thoughtful Anastasia is here, their engagement photo story alone is worth clicking over, especially if you love dogs… and not to miss, their wedding photos! Oh boy, the mountains and the colors just pop off the screen! I think it’s so fun to peak at the photos from a wedding after seeing the video or vice versa. You feel like you really know the couple now! I just wish I lived closer to Anastasia because rumor on the street is that she teaches a mean spin class 2-3 days a week! You could have seen this film live last week on facebook. To get updates faster, become a fan of Meg Simone Wedding Films.
Location: The Mountain View Grand
Wedding Film: Meg Simone Wedding Films
Photography: Melissa Mullen Photography
DJ: Get Down Tonight - Tommy Demers
Florist: Dutch Bloemen Winkel
Dress: Madeleine’s Daughter
Tuxes: Men’s Wearhouse
Music Provided by Song Freedom
Running Around In My Dreams – Tyrone Wells
Paradise – Jess Penner
You’re My World Feat GiGi – The DNC
All This Time – One Republic
Always Remember – Instrumental provided by Stock20
Rich Flynn, Painter of the Moment, flew in from California to paint the New Years Eve wedding I just posted on the blog below. Oil paintings with, as the groom said, “A Picasso flair.” Having someone paint a moment in time, like a wedding, creates a true family heirloom.
In this instant gratification, digital age, it was refreshing to see Rich create, stroke by stroke, what will no doubt be a cherished wedding keepsake. Rich was positioned in the back of the ballroom working round the clock until the ball dropped. He did finish the Ballroom piece during the event. The ceremony was sketched and painted later.
Thank you to Rich and Suzanne for allowing me to film the process.To see it in real life, watch the wedding film. His progress is shown throughout.
Contact Rich Flynn, “Painter of the Moment” for your wedding celebration.
I was asked to participate in a local Blog Circle by Kristen Reimold Photography with a bunch of NH Photographers, and this months theme is “Earth Day!” Very fitting for the continued direction my business is heading in. What is a blog circle? Well, when you are done reading my post you can visit Stephanie from Princeton House Photography in Concord, to read up on what “Earth Day” is to her…and so on and so on. The full list is below and each blogger will link to the next person on the list. Funny because I have only met and worked with two photographers on this list (Thea and Meg), so it’s been amazing to view the work from all these other talented Portrait and Lifestyle Photographers here in the Granite State!
For Earth Day 2012, I am greening up my business practices even more! Solar Powered Wedding Films were introduced in December, as we installed a Grid Tie PV Solar array with ReVision Energy (watch film above, more on them in future posts). Now I am finding a home for, or recycling old packaging material, DVD’s, cases, etc, and welcoming in a newer method of delivery that will save hours and hours of energy and post production materials for delivery of final wedding films. The end result is a lot less energy consumption to burn, on average 15 DVD’s per wedding (full sets range 3 DVDs x4 sets per couple, plus the DVDs of HD wedding files, and the initial proof DVD!) and a lot LESS material. One USB flash drive = 15 DVDs. The energy to put files on a USB flash drive is minutes vs hours. I already do all my wedding correspondence, questionnaires, and contracts online, cutting paper and printing. Most couples will opt to skype rather then drive to a meeting (since 95% of my couples live 2+ hours from me), saving gas for all involved. See what “Earth Day 2012″ means to other Granite State Business Owners… check out Stephanie from Princeton House Photography first, and she will tell you where to head from there. How will you green up your business, life, home, earth for 2012?
I am out romping around the Wild West of North America…. Adventure in Montana, the entire Powder Highway of British Columbia (and even into parts of Alberta), lots of skiing in the North Cascades, and now Alaska… As reports sail into my inbox of temps reaching an unseasonable 80F at home, I find no reason to turn the wheel of our Sportsmobile, east… At least not for a few more weeks. I will post photos when I have more time…. But fresh backcountry lines have my name on it, so I’m out the door for one more day of skiing with “camera 2.”
