Ramsey Prequel Online NOW!

The Ramsey Prequel is now online! Please scroll down to find it! We think it's a great mix of the emotion and fun of the day! Don't forget to leave your comments! Coming soon, the Reznicek prequel!

Movin' in!

Well, the last few days off and on we have been making a couple trips to the new studio to decide on some paint schemes for our office, see how the layout for the media room will work out, do some measuring for our work station and edit bay, etc. So we thought we would give you just a sneak peak of our new pad before we really start digging in on construction! It's just a shell right now but stay tuned, we'll post pics from time to time!

Here is Me, Tyff, Jeff, Lucky and Maggie cyphering on the new color schemes. The photo above is what will eventually be our conference room.








Steph starting to tire on choosing the color for her office! When I get a couch in my office, maybe I'll just crash and stay the night. The floor really wasn't that comfortable!

The bazillion paint chips I swiped from Lowe's and Home Depot because I couldn't decide (we eventually made a decision, but you'll have to come to the open house to see the final choice! Or keep checking the blog if I can't contain myself and spill the beans first... )

Me and Tyff being cheezes in our new offices.
Mine's bigger! But I have to share with Barry- ewe!)
Barry taking down existing shelving while Tyff helps me choose my paint color!

Ah, Sonic, of course! We will be indulging in many a Lime-Aid in the future!

KSN Threw A Wedding!

Friday was the big day for Maggie and CJ, winners of the KSN Throws a Wedding Contest! What a whirlwind day! We started out at Platinum Salon and Spa with Tyffany and Jeff of T&J Studios. Maggie and all her bridesmaids had their hair styled and make up applied by the very talented stylists. Maggies hair looked great with the winning style and she kept mentioning how no one from work would recognize her! Afterwards Maggie ran to get lunch and take a break until the afternoon when we all met back up at the Patroleum Club to prepare for the actual ceremony.

When Maggie arrived, she went to check out all the floral arrangements provided by Susan's Flowers and the cake donated by Artisitc Cakes. When the dresses arrived, Maggie wasted no time in donning her gown with the help of her bridesmaids. The winning dress looked great on her and was quite unique. It was an Alfred Angelo white gown but with a splash of color around the waist and a split up the back opening to a swatch of color that matched the light blue bridesmaids dresses. A semi-cathedral length gown flowed behind her.

The flower girl's dress was also a winning choice by KSN viewers, white toule with matching blue flowers around the waist and bow in back.

Once the girls were ready, Maggie went to meet her groom for the first time prior to the wedding so they could get many photos out of the way before guests arrived. CJ was poised at the front of the room with his back to the bride as she walked down the aisle and tapped him on the shoulder. He had the biggest smile on his face when he turned around! After photos the bride retreated to the dressing room while guests started arriving and CJ greeted and thanked them for coming.

Once the music started for the ceremony, the room came to a hush, the bridesmaids all marched in and the crowd stood for the bride as she entered through the french doors. Her father escorted her and gave her away. A judge the couple knew from their Law Enforcement careers performed the ceremony and in record time! They were husband and wife before they knew it and off to the awaiting limo from A-List Limousine for a few pictures off site.

With the sun dipping down below the horizon so quickly, we headed to the Keeper of the Plains for photos for some extra lighting and Tyff, Jeff, and Brett got some killer shots of the wedding party and the newlyweds. We would have loved to spend more time on the bridge and below the Keeper itself, but we had to get the couple back to enjoy their guests and the party.

They were announced by DJ Mark Mazuur and promptly cut the cake and were toasted by the Best Man and Maid of Honor before they had a chance to sit down and have a bite to eat themselves. Soon after Maggie threw her bouquet, CJ removed her garter (like a gentleman!) and they danced their first song together as husband and wife. The parents dances followed and then the dance "snowballed" into a very nice party for them. They spent the entire night dancing, visiting with friends and family and just enjoying each other.

It really was a fun day to be a part of. Thanks to KSN for allowing us to be part of the contest and Lacey for all the guidance along the way. Thanks mostly to CJ and Maggie for being so open and willing to allow their day to basically be planned by the public! You were great to work with and get to know, please keep in touch!

Click below to Maggie and CJ's wedding day prequel! And don't forget to go to your right to subscribe to the blog and we'll send you an email whenever we post something new!

Jones-Hampel Wedding

This Saturday we were able to film Julie and Nathan's wedding day! It was a lot of fun from the start. The couple met on the WSU rowing team and the entire family is Shocker Fans. We walked into the rehearsal Friday night to find a sea of black and gold shirts in the pews waiting for the rehearsal to start! The theme carried over into the wedding day, with their colors being black and gold, the programs sporting stalks of wheat and real wheat stalks in the flower arrangements and the pew bows!

The wedding party met up on Saturday at the church to get ready, the ladies in classic black dresses and men in tuxes. The bride wore a strapless champagne gown with beaded bodice and a pleated waist, lace up back and perfect train. The flower girls sported black dresses with a gold sash and yellow roses on barretts in their hair.

The children were a huge part of the celebration. No official "flower girls" or "ring bearers" but a Parade of Angels instead.

The couple chose to see each other for the first time at the ceremony. The wedding was held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in west Wichita and a full Mass was celebrated by Fr. James Billinger. The couple finished all their pictures afterwards with Tyffany and Jeff of T&J Studios. Then Tyff and I rode along in the Unifed Party Bus to the reception at the Airport Hilton where the newlyweds snuck into the room prior to the guests to check out the decorations. The guests in the meantime were indulging themselves with a cheese fountain. Yes, we said cheese fountain. You see, Nate and Julie are huge movie fans and everything at the reception had spashes of some of their favorite movies, The Wedding Crashes, Talladega Nights, etc. Quotes were set up around the room giving the guests a good laugh and even the photomontage that Nate made with their engagement photos resemblig "Old School"!

The couple gave the sign of approval to the reception hall and then mingled with guest prior to the grand entrance.

The cake was gold, napkins in black and gold, the grooms cake sported a Wushock on the top, with a replica rowing boat and diplomas, the sides decorated to look like the team rowing oars.

The couple was then introduced by Scott from Accent Mobile Music in the style of a sports team, including the bride and groom body slamming against each other after they entered! Then the traditional events, cutting cake, toasts, dinner and first dances. Although they put a twist on the tradition toast, and toasted with "Jones Soda's"! The kids enjoyed the "Cooperative Musical Chairs" game provided by Scott and everyone had a great time. Some of the wedding party exchanged tuxes for t-shirts later in the evening, but no ordinary t-shirts. You guessed it, gold in color with a Wushock on the front and "Nate and Julie 10-20-2007" on the back! Thanks to Tinley of Jubilations Events who helped keep the days events flowing!

Nate and Julie, thank you so much for letting us share in your day. We had a good time! Thank you for a fabulous dinner, we appreciated that very much. Your families are great and you guys are a lot of fun, keep smiling and laughing!

Zluticky-Parks Prequel!

Well, after some technical difficulties last night (10-16), the Zluticky-Parks Prequel is NOW ONLINE as of early this morning (10-17)! Scroll down to find it, we think you'll enjoy it! Be sure to leave your comments, we'd love to hear from you! Thanks Josh & Janelle for your patience! Off to editing again, next prequels scheduled to be up are Ramsey and Reznicek! Be sure to check back for more information on the new studio and KSN Throws a Wedding! Don't forget to subscribe to our blog to keep up with the latest happenings! (To your right!)

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Crumley-Reznicek Wedding!

Yesterday we spent the afternoon and evening with Rebecca and Nathan. Our day started meeting the bride and groom at The Grand Chapel downtown while they prepared with their bridal party. Rebecca wore a sleek, white strapless gown with beads lightly embelishing the top edge of the bodice and bead work to the waist and pulled to the left side. A modest train finished the look. Rebecca's hair was awesome. Her sister is a stylist and styled it for her, pulled up with tons of curls (they started at 7 am!) She chose not to wear a veil but no one hardly even noticed she looked so great. The flower girls hair were also done by her sister with a green ribbon woven throughout the curls- very cool! The bridesmaids wore all black and the groomsmen were in traditional black tuxes. The flowers were all a very natural look with daises, lillies and roses in white and shades of green. The chapel decorations matched perfectly.

The bride and groom chose to see each other prior to the ceremony so they could get all their pictures taken to save time for the party afterwards. Their photographers were quite fun and great to work with, Brian and Darrin from JDB Photography. Nathan had the biggest smile on his face when seeing Rebecca for the first time!

The cermony started promptly at 7 pm after photos and was very nice. The bride and groom exchanged not only traditional vows, but very personal covenants to each other. Nathan surprised everyone with a little more humor in his than expected :) They exchanged rings, lit the unity candle and presented their parents with roses while Nathan's sister played the flute, accompanied by piano.

The newlyweds exited the chapel and returned only for a brief time for photos with grandparents and then made their way downstairs to the reception hall for a light buffet and the party! When it came time to cut the cake Nathan knew what would happen and surrendered himself to it and took it like a good sport, all over his shaved head! We think he was wearing more of the cake than he got to eat!

The traditional dances started the evening and their family and friends danced into the night until the party ended around 11 pm.

Nathan and Rebecca, thank you so much for having us yesterday, we really enjoyed ourselves and getting to know you two better, we hope you have a great getaway to Texas and especially your trip at the first of the year, it will be here before you know it. We enjoyed being with your family as well, it was fun to see some familiar faces!

Click below to watch the wedding day prequel!

Nelson-George Prequel Online!

The Nelson- George Prequel is now online! Scroll down to find it and check out their Love Story that is posted as well! Leave us your comments- we love to hear from you! Check back soon, as Zluticky - Parks Prequel will be coming soon!

THE BIG NEWS!

OK, so it's the Big News you've all been waiting for we keep hinting about and haven't officially shared. It's been in the works since May, a few people have been told here and there but it's now finally official and we can spill the beans!

Those of you that have met us at our home and have met our many pets, especially if you are allergic to any of them, will be happy to hear we are movin' out!

Not moving out of our house as far as where we live, but where we work, meet clients and preview wedding movies. Yup, it's storefront time! If you enjoyed the cat's cleptomaniac skills of stealing the pens from your purses, I'm sorry! (We'll bring pictures!) We are very excited to have slowly grown our business to this point. The move will take place in the upcoming weeks, although the timeline is not set in stone yet. But sometime next month we will be operating from our new studio location!

The next question you ask is "where?" right? Many of you have probably already guessed, to others it will not come as a surprise. We are migrating to Valley Center, Kansas! So why Valley Center? V.C. is where our good friends Tyff and Jeff of T&J Studios are located and we will be sharing studio space with them. Yes, we like them that much! :)

We are not going into business together, we will remain our separate businesses but just work out of the same building. We will also still be referring to other photographers that we enjoy working with as this is not an "exclusive" working relationship, so don't fear coming to the studio to meet us if you have already booked another photographer. No pressure. But if you have been to Tyff and Jeff's Studio as of late, this will not be the same location and they will be relocating as well. We will now be sharing 6,000 sq. feet of space and have already made some furniture purchases, etc to make the space our own! There will be many amenities including several office spaces, consultation rooms, large shooting areas, kitchenette, conference room and a posh private screening room! Everything is also ADA compliant if needed. For those of you that will miss the animals, Tyff is kindly bringing her aquarium in so you can have your hypo-allergenic animal fix!

We plan on having a Grand Opening/Open House sometime after we are in and settled and we will announce that date a little later. We would like to invite all our previous brides and future brides when that happens so stay tuned! We will post pictures online after we are in the building, as well as a video tour and lots more info! More news on this and other exciting projects coming up!

Parks- Lane Prequel Online!

The Parks Lane Prequel is now online, please scroll down to check it out. It's the first time we've used the couple's first dance song and we think this edit is pretty reflective of the couple- classy. Please post your comments on the comments tab!
Up next for edit is the Nelson-George Prequel- coming soon! And that "big announcement" is coming in about a week, start the countdown!

Aenchbacher and Ramsey Wedding

Well this weekend, we were able to navigate our way back to Kansas City for the wedding of Jarrod and Patty on the 29th. We left on Friday and returned Sunday after a whirlwind of activity. We were able to attend the rehearsal at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in KC, Missouri on Friday. It was absolutely gorgeous. We left slightly early to catch some of the table decorations at the rehearsal dinner location, M&S Grill on the Plaza. Then it was off to check in at the hotel and get a good nights sleep for the wedding on Saturday. I started by following Patty to The Salon on the Plaza getting her hair and make up done while Barry took time to go shopping next door. :)

Patty was very kind in letting me hop a ride back to the hotel with her to get her dress on and finish getting ready. Her dress was really unique and stunning. There was no bead work, but layers of champagne colored material wrapping around her bodice with narrow sleeves that slipped slightly off the shoulders. Ladies, I would love to tell you who designed it, but for the life of me, I don't recall! The bridesmaids dresses were the most beautiful emerald green I have ever seen and they all looked awesome.

After Patty was dressed, I was able to ride with the ladies to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art for her to see her groom for the first time. I was stopped briefly by security and was able to catch up to the bride and groom before their big reveal with their photographers, Neal and Eric from Lemon-Lime Photography out of Kansas City, who were great to work with all day!

After photos at the Museum, it was time to head off to the Cathedral and prepare for the evening wedding. It was not a full Mass, but a great personal ceremony. Patty's bridesmaid Erin sang a great rendition of "When you say you love me" before the bride and groom left the church as husband and wife. They were wished well by all their guests outside the church and climbed into the limo to head to Berg Studio for the reception and party.

The couple had a great time with their guests and dancing all evening. The party wrapped up at midnight and we were happy to have had a hotel room instead of driving home that night! It was a really great day!

Check back in the coming weeks to see Jarrod and Patty's wedding day prequel!!

To Patty and Jarrod, thanks so much for having us and for all your hospitality while we were away from home! We wish you many years of happiness together, you are the perfect couple. By the time you read this you should be home from Paris, we hope you took lots of pictures, we want to see!!!

Barry and Steph