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three frames | ft. bragg

August 24, 2010

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.

joyce

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celebrating the sweet life of eugenia + michael | a calistoga SDE

August 9, 2010

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.

joyce

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tiff * mike’s strollin’ SDE

July 12, 2010

when we saw tiff+mike at the rehearsal joking around with smiles from ear to ear, strolling arm in arm we had a feeling the wedding was going to be distinctly them and so it was. they were so in tune with each other, so sure about their commitment and so incredibly in love that nothing could have hindered them from declaring their love to each other and boy did they ever. before the wedding they had insisted we take whatever creative direction we feel is fitting for their film and when they gave their vows to each other at the ceremony we knew instantly that this was their same-day-edit. they are an amazing couple and we are so glad to have shared in their big day with them.

music by derby licensed withetiquette

joyce

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SHERI * WILL | 7000 YEARS OF CULTURE & TRADITION

June 10, 2010

life events are usually full of tradition and culture and weddings are no exception. i always find it fascinating when we encounter something new and sheri+will’s wedding was such a treat. they had a traditional persian ceremony, know as ‘aghd’ performed in both farsi and english.

the aghd was held around an elaborately decorated spread called a sofreh. this wedding table is setup with an intricate layout of fine cloth and adorned with all sorts of items that symbolize traditional values and well wishes for the bride and groom. the most notable, to me at least, was the grinding of two sugar crystals — called ‘kalleh ghand’ — over the couple. this is meant to bless and shower them with sweetness for their new life together.

it’s events like these that make our days so memorable. yes, weddings are where people get married, but it can be so vastly different from week to week. the location, the venue, the culture and the people make it so interesting and different each and every time. we spent a good deal of time chatting with sheri before the wedding to learn about not just what events will take place, but all the significant meaning behind it all. if you have an special tradition in your culture that you’d like to share, we’d love to hear about it.

joyce

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A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING | APRIL SNAPSHOTS

April 28, 2010

i mentioned in the last couple of posts that we’ve been traveling for pretty much all of april so i thought it would be fun to share a bit of what we’ve been up to. but instead of me writing a novel about it, it’s probably a lot more interesting to tell it via photos so here are three collages that basically covers a little bit of everything. we started with a week in vegas at NAB to check out the latest cinema gear. while we were there, we also attended the awesome world premier for city of lakes. after that, we stopped by the studio for a few hours to pack up some gear and headed straight up the 101 fwy. a few days up in beautiful santa barbara for m+m’s wedding and we were back in LA for another few days where we visited the steadicam factory to check out some neat new things. a couple days after that we flew up to seattle, tried out a new steadicam rig and shot some behind the scenes of the beta test while we were up there for k+m’s big day.

all in all it’s been an awesome, but incredibly busy april. may looks just as crazy with us shooting every weekend. we’re excited about this summer and look forward to sharing more here on the blog.

joyce

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