If you are a bride or groom this won’t have much impact for you, but it never ceases to be exciting for me when a magazine publishes anything that I write! So to toot my own horn, WEVA (Wedding & Event Videographers Association International) published my review of SpeedEDIT.

Brian

For years as a disc jockey I ended the night with a two song combination, Last Dance by Donna Summer and What A Wonderful World by Louie Armstrong. Lately though the last song has been this great one from Michael Buble

Everything that is old is new again! We at Allure Films / River City Productions are excited to announce that we are now offering Super 8mm Film as an additional service to be integrated into your wedding video!

Super 8mm Weddings!

Why return to those old days of film production? The feel, the look, the color of film is unique, organic and made of memories. Nearly every family has a closet shelf of Super 8mm Film from up to 20 years ago. The scratchy, grainy images of granddad, grandma, mom and dad, it’s how we have learned who they were in their younger livesdays through the moving images of film.

Of course for years the ability to add fake grain, scratches have been available in the editing process. For me this has always looked fake, there is an organic feel to film that just can’t be replicated by adding a digital effect on top of a digitally created image. I have resisted for years adding such effects with the opinion that if I wasn’t offering the real thing I wasn’t going to fake it.

Then last year on a fluke I bid and won a Super 8mm Film camera on ebay. Last summer I went out and test shot a roll of film wandering around the University of Notre Dame capus. The intention was adding the campus images into weddings we shot at the Basilica. The results of that shoot are below in the video. I just love the look of film and hope you like it too!

Oh during the shoot I ran across a bride and groom getting married on a Friday at the Basilica and shot a few feet of them walking at a distance for fun.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! To celebrate this day here is a little clip from one of my all time favorite weddings. The bride and groom were a joy to work with. They were married in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame. But the standout moments were later that night at Knollwood Country Club, as the bride and several guest demonstrated Irish Step Dancing! Enjoy this clip of Irish dance on this Saint Patrick’s Day.

Well I hate to admit it, especially since I’m a man myself, but this is probably a good idea. I saw this over at Michiana Weddings the Groom’s Survival Kit.Over my nearly 20 years in this business I have seen my share of popped suit buttons, forgotten socks, bad breath to realize a few last minute problems could have been headed off at the pass with this kit…. The Groom’s Survival Kit includes, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Dental Floss, Mints, Pain Reliever, Antacid, Facial Tissues, Deodorant, Razor, Shaving Cream, Styptic Pencil, Adhesive Bandages, Nail Clipper, Hair Comb, Interior Mirror, Lint Remover, Mending Kit, Scissors, Safety Pins, Boutonniere Pins, Stain Remover, Static Remover, Wrinkle Remover, Stress Ball Keychain, Extra Wedding Bands, Black Socks.

So brides if you want to get to the wedding vows panic free you might want to buy your groom this. Locally I’d bet you could find it at wedding coordinator Cynthia Basker’s store, Girly Girl Gifts 574.287.1423.