Judy & Barend’s Same-Day-Edit: Sept. 1, 2008

Judy & Barend decided to have their wedding and reception at the Brock House yesterday, near beautiful Jericho Beach. We started with separate photoshoots for the girls and guys before the ceremony and then found some great light as the sun was setting. The night came to a magical end with some beautiful toasts and traditions and we were fortunate to be a part of it.

Below is the SDE we put together for them.  Enjoy!

Ceremony and Reception: The Brock House
Photographer: Chris+Lynn Photography
Planner: DreamGroup Productions

Karen & Chris’ Same-Day-Edit: August 30, 2008

Karen and Chris had a beautiful wedding at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver this past Saturday. It’s been a while since I’d seen trees in the ballroom, but they really added to the New York/elegant vibe that Karen and Chris were going for. For the photoshoot we found a colourful alley as the backdrop and then it was off to the park for some amazing bridal party shots.

Below is the SDE that we put together for them. Enjoy!

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Ceremony and Reception Venue: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Photographer: Reine Mihtla - Reine and Jana Weddings
Décor: Upright Décor
Wedding Planner: Soha Lavin - CountDown Events
Flowers: Granville Island Florist

Behind-the-scenes with WedLuxe Magazine

I’m really excited to share the latest video trailer of the behind-the-scenes footage for the making of the current issue of WedLuxe Magazine.  Each issue we film all of the photoshoots in order to bring WedLuxe to life online through high-definition video.  We were very fortunate to work with a number of extremely talented individuals to make this issue a reality.  Enjoy the latest clip and when you’re finished, be sure to check out more of our online behind-the-scenes content here!

~ Bruce

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The full HD version of this clip can be seen here.

Solmaz & Shahin’s Same-Day-Edit

This past Friday on 08.08.08 we were fortunate enough to film Solmaz & Shahin’s beautiful Persian wedding at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. The ceremony presentation in particular was one of the most amazing we’ve seen to date!

According to Solmaz & Shahin, one of their favourite moments of the night was when we projected the same-day-edit that we’d created for them. If you’re not familiar with the concept of a same-day-edit, we’ve previously explained on our blog here. The DJ obliged with my request to play it really loud and the crowd were laughing, crying and cheering. It was an absolute pleasure to create it, but an even greater pleasure to see everyone’s reaction when it was played. After the presentation the party kicked off to another level with dancing well into the night.

Here’s the same-day-edit (SDE) that we produced for Solmaz & Shahin:



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Ceremony and Reception Venue: The Pan Pacific Hotel

Photographer: Blue Olive Photography

Persian Décor: Sunflower Florist

Nicole & Andrew’s Highlights

Nicole and Andrew’s wedding could only be characterized by words like “intimate”, “elegant” and “FUN”! It’s definitely refreshing filming clients when their personalities literally shine in front of us! The details that they had incorporated were sometimes subtle, but always original and were a true representation of both Nicole and Andrew! Keep your eyes open to see exactly how they made it all happen (including a few snippets of their amazing co-ordinated first dance) in the highlights trailer we put together for them below. Enjoy!

~ Bruce

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Ceremony and Reception Venue: Brix Restaurant Yaletown
Photographer: Tina Graham

Our website re-freshed!

We finally found some time to dust-off our website and have made some design changes that we’re hoping will help make it even easier to navigate for all of our visitors.  In particular, we’re really happy to finally have all of our samples in our screening room integrated directly within the site.  Hopefully this will give you an even better way to scroll through our portfolio to get a sense of what kind of wedding film we produce.  Angela has done an amazing job fitting this into her hectic schedule so I just wanted to thank her as well for all her hard work!

To take a look at the new design, click here or on the image below!

~ Bruce

A busy weekend!

Client Feedback

I’ve been meaning to post a comment we received a while back from Melissa (one of our past clients who’s wedding we filmed and which was also featured in a past issue of WedLuxe Magazine).

I try to mention to clients when I first meet them that we film weddings differently here at Cloud Nine.  We aren’t videotaping your wedding but rather, we’re creating a stylized documentary of a life moment - an important one!  What’s the difference?  Well to me it means that we take great care from the minute we meet with clients to the time when when we call them to pick-up their film.  All of our shots are all carefully executed, we make sure absolutely everything is captured and we are meticulous with the editing of the final film.  That’s why it’s so gratifying to me when we receive such great comments like the one we received from Melissa.

One thing that really stood out to me in her message was when she said her dad “can’t get enough of his speech”.  That statement encapsulates one of the things I try to communicate to as many people as possible - that we aren’t competing with photography but are instead providing a completely different kind of way to document your day.  Melissa is right, her dad’s speech was full of love, humor and advice and it was a life moment.  It’s not something she’ll likely watch every day or even every week, but I’m sure she’ll watch her film every year and will show other family members and people that are still to come what happened on her wedding day.  The point is, if you can squeeze videography into your day, these are moments that deserve to be captured that are gone forever unless they’re professionally filmed.

Thanks again Melissa!

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Hi Bruce,

I’ve been meaning to email all last week. Thanks so much for the video. It looks awesome! Jeff and I love it, my parents love it…and so does everyone else who’s seen the video so far (His parents haven’t seen it yet). My dad has been inviting everyone over to watch it - No joke! And he just can’t get enough of his speech! Thanks again for doing a wonderful job. It was definitely worth the wait!!! Hope you had a nice weekend!

Melissa

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Jelena & Marko

This past weekend we had the pleasure of filming Jelena & Marko’s wedding with Steve and Jen Bebb of Bebb Studios. The ceremony took place at the top of Grouse mountain while the reception was held downtown at the always glorious Hotel Vancouver. Steve passed along a few images of the day so in keeping with our recent theme of giving you upcoming brides some visual inspiration through the still images of some of the great photographers we work with, enjoy the shots below!  And stay-tuned of course for their film highlights trailer that we’ll produce and post here as soon as it’s ready!

~ Bruce

WedLuxe Magazine Summer/Fall 2008

The beautiful new issues of WedLuxe have arrived on newsstands across Canada. Our “Floral Fashionista” Edition is filled with decadent fashion, floral, ideas, real-life weddings and of course, lots of Canadian resources! We’re extremely proud of the new issues and hope that you enjoy them us much as we enjoyed putting them together.

~Angela