Andréa and Jason’s Sanctuary Wedding Film

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This beautiful film features the wonderful designs of Aleasha Shelton of A Day to Cherish. The photographer was David De Dios.

When My Wedding Film was started we knew we wanted to create a wedding film that could make you cry. Over the course of nine years we’ve maintained that focus and perfected the cinematic art of telling your story in such a way to make you laugh, cry and watch your film a thousand times.

“We LOVED IT! It was so well put together and really brought us back to that special day! You guys truly did some amazing work!!!!! WE loved watching every bit!!! I will probably have it on a loop for the next few months so I can watch it over and over again!

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE AMAZING VIDEO!”
Rebecca and Dane L.

You did an AMAZING job on our video. Both of our jaws just droped, and yes, we both got teary. I was so excited, that I called five people about it as we were watching it.

We will treasure this the rest of our lives. I have never seen a wedding video that I wanted to watch a second time (let alone a first), but I can assure you that your work will receive many continuous viewings by our families and friends…

Of all the planning and preparations we did before our families and friends we did before our wedding, choosing you for our video was the best decision we made.

The high expectations we got from your demo DVD were definitely met! You are so talented, and we with you the best of luck in your career. Brilliant!

-David and Olivia L.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This looks fantastic… We can’t wait to show it to everyone.

WE LOVE IT!!

My poor husband’s friends are afraid to come over because everytime they do, I make them watch it!

They love it too!!

Thank you for the obvious time and effort that was put forth in our lovely video!! You rock!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Brittany Q.

This is some great wedding timeline timeline advice from a photographer’s point of view!

Originally Posted on Darby Elizabeth Photography

Planning Your Wedding Timeline

There are so many wonderful guides online to help you plan and map out your wedding day timeline.

This timeline from Liene Stevens over at Blue Orchid is a great guide to help you remember to include key events into your timeline that you might otherwise neglect. Also here’s a fabulous mock up timeline from WeddingBee that show’s how a wedding timeline might look for brides to have a starting point in planning their day.

I thought it might be fun to add my thoughts as a photographer to these great minds on things to consider when drafting your wedding timeline. And since I’m a photographer, most of my suggestions tend to be about the photography heavy portions of the day!

Family Photos: If you have very small families you can get away with 15-20 minutes for this sections of the day. I usually suggest having 30-45 minutes set aside just for family photos. We usually don’t get all of this time due to outside factors such as a family member being late or MIA at the time of photos. Also it’s common to add extra group photos as we are shooting. I love adding extra groups as I come from a huge family and always want to have the shot of me and my cousins of my mom and her sisters, but it does add extra time so buffering your time-line to allow for these kinds of situations is a great idea.

I also love to shoot the family photos before the wedding when the bride and groom are seeing each other prior to the wedding ceremony. One great advantage to taking all of the family photos prior to the wedding ceremony is that everyone can enjoy and mingle during the cocktail hour!

Bridal Party Photos: I love bridal party photo time because it’s just the bride and groom with their best friends! My biggest suggestion for the bridal party photos is to have an extra person on hand to be the drink runner or errand person should someone be missing. One of the hardest parts of shooting a large group of fun young people is that someone is always running off to do something. By having an extra hand it will help keep things moving along at a swift pace. Bridal party photos are one of the liveliest and fun times of the entire day. I usually like having around 20-30 minutes just with my bridal party, though I’ll always take more time when I can get it!

Bride and Groom Photos: Well your photographer is not going to complain if you give them tons of time to shoot photos of the two of you. I love to have at least thirty minutes set aside just for the couple at a minimum. While that might sound like plenty of time we usually don’t get all of that time to ourselves. On your wedding day everyone wants to give you a hug and a kiss and tell you how good looking you are, which is so much fun but takes a few moments here and there. Buffering your time together will allow you and your guest to mingle as your photographer takes you around the venue while allowing your photographer to get all of the shots that you fell in love with and hired them to get! If you have the ability try to set aside 60 minutes for your couple photoshoot so that you have some of that buffer time built in.

Also if you are seeing each other prior to the wedding it is a little easier to maximize that couple photoshoot time. When shooting the couple photoshoot after the ceremony during cocktail hour plan on spending 15-20 minutes signing the wedding license and being congratulated!

End of the Wedding: One area of the wedding that is kind of unclear is how long to have your photographer stay at your wedding. While this varies for your event needs and ceremony time my general suggestion is 10 or 10:30 and here’s why. By 10 or 10:30 the bar has usually been open for 4-5 hours and your guests are probably becoming a little adverse to bright flashes and just want to relax with their cake and coffee. This suggestion is exactly that, a suggestion, but I’ve found it to be pretty true for most weddings.

I was at Villa Siena last week, I always forget how much I love this venue. So while I’m preparing a few new wedding trailers to wow you, I thought I’d revisit this amazing venue showcase! – Darby

Originally Posted March 2, 2009

Today’s Hot Spot Is Villa Siena – In The East Valley.

I’ve always loved Villa Siena. It’s a cool wedding site for a few reasons:

First, the Tuscany theme is immaculate, even down to the pavers in the hallways.

Second, it’s a very private site, so you won’t see many people other than your guests on the wedding day, which is a definite plus.

Third, it’s just freaking gorgeous.

This Hot Spot film is about a minute long and will show you how a Villa Siena wedding can look all set up in the courtyard.

Keep an eye out for:

•The fountains. I love the one in the courtyard.
•The HUGE front doors – they are perfect for dramatic pictures.
•The beautiful ballroom with wood paneled walls.

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I love how much our client trust us. We got a call this morning for a last minute wedding and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

I’m so glad we could accommodate this bride as well, which is one of the perks of how rigorously and intensely we train our team. We have several teams of myweddingfilm exclusive shooters so we can cover more than one wedding on a single day.

I’ve always wanted myweddingfilm’s product to stand out and part of that is how we train and retain our shooting staff. Our teams only shoot weddings so they always have their head in the wedding game and I just wanted to give them a shout out as they head to this last minute wedding!

If you remember a while back I featured James and Lisa’s wedding trailer on the blog. Well the wedding was simply amazing and the photographer, Hollye Schumacher, had it published in Arizona Society Magazine! We were so honored to work with Lisa, James, Hollye, Teonna and Deanna at this wedding.

The wedding: Paradise Valley Country Club
The design and flowers: Teonna’s Floral Design
Make up by: Deanna Rene

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If there ever was a couple who is near and dear to my heart it’s Elizabeth and Brian. From the first moment I met them I knew we would be great friends. They are such a relaxed and amazing pair with huge hearts and it’s easy to tell their love is real.

Their amazing wedding took place at the Montelucia Resort in Paradise Valley and was just breathtaking. A few of the things that struck me about Elizabeth and Brian’s wedding was the understated decor. If you’ve ever been to Montelucia then you understand when I say it doesn’t need dressing up. It is remarkable in it’s native state and Elizabeth and Brian decided to embrace the look of the venue and just add little touches here and there.

I also loved that Elizabeth and Brian allotted enough time after the ceremony to take photos together. Even though an hour can seem like plenty of time, it goes by really quickly when there are lots of family member photos you’d like to get. It was so nice that the duo buffered their timeline a little to allow for a few more minutes of photos.

Another amazing aspect of Elizabeth and Brian’s wedding were the few minutes we spent with hand selected member of their wedding to capture some of the history, relationships and personality that is Brian and Elizabeth. This will be such a fun memory for them as well as a powerful part of their wedding film!

This version of the trailer is for those with lower bandwidth connections. While still a large file it should load fairly quickly.

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Take me to Elizabeth and Brian’s Hi-Def Wedding Trailer!

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