from the beach to domo dolls to folding tissues in anticipation for the tears later on, this one has myra and cary written all over it. they met ten years ago in film school back in new york and have been engaged for six years so this has been a long time coming. for them, it was about celebrating everything they’ve shared together these past ten years along with what’s to come in the future. and for us, it was about tying cary and myra’s story into their wedding film.
there’s so much of them in this piece so i hope you get a better sense of who they are after watching it. they are an intimate couple and chose to have an intimate wedding with just fifty of their closest friends and family. in the film you can see cary packing a tea set, which was later used during the ceremony, for a simple but meaningful tea ceremony between just the two of them, signifying their commitment to each other.
being film school graduates they are also a bit geeky — cary is an editor who’s done some things for the discovery and history channels (we had lots to chat about when we met for coffee) and myra works in the gaming industry. so instead of a traditional ring pillow, they used pink and brown domo dolls from a series of japanese video games and you can see them throughout the morning as cary prepped to leave the house. they are also very into comic books. apparently before the wedding he had mentioned that he wanted to get some batman cufflinks for the wedding, but myra had already bought him a set of cufflinks as a surprise wedding gift so she had to convince cary that he didn’t need them. while it would have been totally rad to sport batman attire, cary still loved his gift.
and then there’s the kleenex. all morning there was talk in the girls’ room about whether or not cary will cry. after all, they’ve been together for so long and everything is finally coming together but even myra wasn’t sure how emotional they will get. i’ll let the film say the rest but one thing is for sure, they’ve made a home together and it will always be there.
music is ‘fall’ by two seconds away. licensed with etiquette.
a few days ago we crossed into the land ‘where dreams come true’ in hot and humid orlando, florida. unfortunately we were tied up with the conference and weren’t able to check out the parks at the magic kingdom, but we did get to stay at the dolphin disney resort. while in the sunshine state, i spent a couple days sharing about the canon cameras and lenses we use with others in the industry who are interested in what we do and how we do it. overall it was a very rewarding experience being able to share, learn and converse with other filmmakers.
i’m not sure what happened, but the wonderful concierge (bless her heart!) at the front desk upgraded me to a suite for the week. after a whole week on the road, i happily accepted the special treatment. here is the view from my room. the sky was cloudy and gray the whole week with periodic thunderstorms — and i really mean thunderstorms! i didn’t get a chance to take a photo during the heavy downpour but the rain was almost coming in sideways at times.
we’ve been making out way in and out of terminals all month, but i managed to work in some editing on the plane last week and will be posting a new highlight soon. can’t wait to share it here with you!
i promised we’d keep you posted from our travels so here are three frames from our short time in ft. bragg last weekend. the first two were taken from an iphone so please forgive the image quality — on the left is our view from the rental car as we made our way up highway 128 at 3am. it was very dark, but you can still see the massiveness of the redwoods around every turn. and on the right is our view the next morning as we headed out to the wedding. this small town by mendocino is where w+j traveled to on their first trip together as a couple so it was very fitting that they chose this location to share with their closest friends and family. the northern california coast is amazingly beautiful and it makes want to move there.
the next frame is my favorite. it was taken from the back of the car on our way out of fort bragg and i think it speaks so well to the area and my experience from it. between the pacific coast highway and the 101 fwy is a 40 mile stretch that is pure insanity — curvy, windy, redwood covered mountain roads that would make for a great bmw commercial. what that translates to is gorgeous light coming through the trees and getting very car sick so this one frame really speaks to not only what i saw, but also what i felt that morning.
the summer is in full swing and we can’t believe its the end of august already. we’ve been busy with weddings and keeping up with all the traveling that comes with it. we’re also gearing up to launch the new website and blog soon so we’re wrapping things up on that end as well. there are lots of exciting things to come and we look forward to sharing all of it with you. until then, we’re on the road for another week — from los angeles to beautiful fort bragg to oregon and orlando — making our way in and out of terminals. we’ve been getting requests from many of you who are curious about our travels to share more about our experiences here on the blog so for this trip, we’ll be sharing some photos from our journey throughout the coming week.
eugenia and mike live in new york, but wanted to host their celebration in beautiful napa wine country. when i first met eugenia and mike several months ago in san francisco i got a sense of who they are and their personalities certainly came through during their big day. eugenia was planning the wedding of her dreams and mike just wanted to enjoy the day. they are a sweet couple, a bit quirky at times, but that’s them and i thought the dr. suess reading they had mike’s sister read during the ceremony really fit who they are as people.
somethings are just meant to be and there’s nothing sweeter than love — well, that and a car full of candy. the night before the wedding the bridal party assembled the candy bar and while the girls were busy figuring out what candy to put in what jar, the guys decided to do a little quality control and pretty much sampled all the sweets. that was reflective of the wedding day as the guys enjoyed the morning with bike rides as the girls pulled the last minute details together for eugenia’s dream wedding.
when i saw the bees hovering around the foliage outside the cottage that morning, the bridesmaids were inside crafting the candy bar sign and it hit me — the sweet life they’re about to start was finally coming together. it made perfect sense to me that we incorporate all these pieces into their story and from their reaction after the debut, i’d say they are indeed celebrating that life.
music is king of something by ryan rebo, licensed with etiquette.
