Erin & David's New Year's Eve Wedding Trailer

Some people simply don't like to work on major holidays, and while I am typically one of them, I do appreciate the elegance and mood of a New Year's Eve wedding. The anticipation of counting down those last few minutes to the new year brings provides a heightened sense of excitement to the wedding!

Just 4 days ago, I had the pleasure to shoot the wedding of Erin & David Eichenbaum at the Ritz Carlton Sarasota. It was a flawless day, and this was one to remember. Erin and David inspired us all with their love for life, for family, and for each other.

On board for this event were: Lisa Konecny and her team at E-Events, Garrett and Joy Nudd, Ian Prosser and his team from Botanica.

Enjoy!

"My Favorite Holiday Gift" with Lisa Konecny

In this season's final installment, here's the one and only Lisa Konency talking about her favorite holiday gift. That's quite some "buddy" she has!

Lisa & Keith's Grand Cayman Wedding Trailer

Seems that the trend toward producing a "wedding trailer" -- a quick-turnaround teaser of the past weekend's wedding -- has gone through the roof! I've produced 3 in just the last 6 weeks. What a rush to assemble the footage mere hours after the event has ended.

This past weekend I had the incredible pleasure to spend the weekend with Lisa and Keith Hargrove at their Ritz Carlton, Grand Cayman wedding, and I am proud to release this teaser clip for them.

Helping Lisa and Keith to create this stunning event were Tami Corday of the Ritz Carlton, Lisa Konecny and Jessy Rivers of E-Events Design, Garrett Nudd capturing the photos as only he can, Lindsey Luxa of Dragonfly Custom Design and Celebrations in Grand Cayman.

Tanya & Carl Eldemire's Wedding Teaser

Tanya and Carl laughed and smiled on their wedding day as much as any couple I've ever seen. Oh, and Tanya may have shed a few tears, too!

Their wedding was textbook-flawless thanks to a great team consisting of John Beran at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, DJ Carl, JR Sterling of Sterling Photography, Tommy Hart of American Audio Visual, and the creative floral design of Flowers of Winter Park.

This "teaser" clip was produced and online within 24 hours of their wedding.

Congratulations, Tanya and Carl!

E-Events Team Photo Shoot

The ladies of E-Events recently commissioned photographer extraordinaire' Abby Liga to update their promotional material via a fun afternoon photo shoot, and I was invited along for the ride! The still images in this piece are courtesy of Abby.

Special thanks to Lisa, Nancy (or Nan-C, as is her rap name), and Jessy (who was the very first to call me J-Stone) and of course Abby for inviting me to put this piece together.

Kirby and Jesse Filar's Ritz Carlton Wedding

This past weekend I was priveliged to document the wedding of Kirby and Jesse at the Ritz Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes. What a great couple, great setting, great families, and great team of vendors!

Providing exceptional service for Kirby and Jesse was a dream team of good friend Lisa Konecny and her always entertaining cohort Jessy Rivers of E-Events, John Unrue and Ricardo DeVengoechea of Unrue Photography (check out John's new website!), Plumbfun Photobooths, Flowers of Winter Park, and of course the always exemplary staff of the Ritz Carlton.

Kirby and Jesse commissioned me to produce this "teaser" clip to be online within 24 hours of their wedding. The full wedding documentary is yet to be produced, but this short form clip is already making the rounds through their many friends and family!

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"Down The Aisle" ... again!

One of my professional highlights from 2007 was the "Down The Aisle" wedding show at the Ritz Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes. Spearheaded by Lisa Konecny of E-Events, the show was a fantastic assemblage of fashion, music, floral design, as well as some of Orlando's best wedding artists. It was a great night.

When Lisa shared with me her idea of taking the showcase to the Denver Ritz Carlton in July and asked if I would be interested in re-joining her team, I couldn't say yes fast enough. Signed, sealed, delivered.

This year's show will bring together Project Runway's Austin Scarlett (returning from his appearance last year), photography by Garrett Nudd and Ryan Joseph, Botannica, and DJ Carl. I can't tell you how pleased I will be to see my old buddy Kristy Chenell at her new Ritz Carlton property in Denver.

In addition to creating the opening video presentation, I was also honored to produce the piece of the entire show. It's in 3 parts: pre-show production (including interview with Austin Scarlett), room decor, and finally my favorite part, the fashion show. I love editing this stuff!

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Arf arf arf

Anyone who knows me knows that I really love dogs. What is a blog for if not to immortalize your dog? No? Well, it's my blog. Anyway, my Shetland Sheepdog, Sally, is the best dog ever (runner-up: Lisa Konecny's dog Lola). I can't believe she's 14 years old and still going strong. Ok, she's almost entirely deaf and takes an extra few seconds to stand up, but she's doing remarkably well for her age.

She's always in my office. If I have produced any video work for you in the last 14 years, you can be certain that Sally was in the room when I produced it. Recently she was having one of those "dog dreams" where her feet and eyeballs twitch so I shot a few minutes of this footage.

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