Like a fish!!!

Well, its been a while since I have taken a minute to show anything personal to my bloggers... here you go! This is a video that I took on my cell phone of my peanut Benjamin at his swim lessons. He is 3 1/2 years old and I must say... quite the swimmer! About every other lesson he just cries and won't do anything, but when he decides he wants to try... this kid can do just about anything! I even tought him yesterday how to DIVE!

Swim Lessons - July 24, 2008

UPDATES!

Yes, bloggers, you will notice a huge increase of blog posts as of today... but I regret to inform you that my blogging is going to slow down dramatically! I am working diligently on wedding videos and just can't keep up. So my new rule is, I won't be blogging about a wedding until I have something to show you! Its only fair though, right. I can't just tell you about a great wedding and then weeks later post the video or something, because by then the post is buried in my blog and no one sees it! Thanks for you patience... back to work I go!

Buck & Paige - July 19, 2008

Yesterday took us to "the sticks" as I have called it before... actually toward Uniontown, PA for the wedding of Paige and Buck. I was incredibly excited for this day to come, because Paige hired us from her friend's wedding last year, so I knew, not only are Paige and Buck awesome to work with, but we'd have a little reunion with our past clients, Cristy and Chris!

Paige was just amazing and her gown... wow!!! Absolutely stunning!!! The girls looked great and, of course, the groom and his men were dashing! Their ceremony took place in a quaint little Methodist church and went off without a hitch. From there we did some pictures and headed to the reception at Lakeside. Gorgeous place!

We showed their Love Story during the entrance, right before our Bride and Groom came into the room. It went great! I love the reactions of the family and friends when they watch this... and this time I was standing around the bridal party to hear their fun comments about it! We also had prepared a Memorial Montage for Paige's dad who recently passed away. This was played after the Bridal Party dance, in place of the Father Daughter Dance. This was a very touching moment and I admire Paige for her strength and Buck for his unending support for her! These two had a spectacular day, from the gown to the cake, every single detail was perfect... even the 40 minute Bridal Dance!! Congratulations Buck and Paige and have fun in Antigua!!!

John & Kristen - July 12, 2008

John and Kristen's wedding took us to Beverly Heights Church - Mt. Lebanon, PA. We were there early to capture the preparations... which I love to do. I met John for the first time upstairs in the church, before heading down to meet Kristen! They were a wonderful couple. Both of them were so calm and easily to work with!

After the "getting ready" was over, upstairs we went for the ceremony. While we were filming the preparation, we had done some Wedding Party/Family Interviews. This group did fantastic! I have never seen so many people do so well in front of a camera!

The ceremony was beautiful and afterward, we went to Mt. Washington with the photographer, Bob Carrol, briefly for some photos before heading to Le Mont for the reception. Things went great and I was shocked to see how much fun the crowed was... the dance floor was packed! One minor glitch... the power went out, but they made the best of it! You can tell by looking at these two, just how in love they are! Congratulations!

Ben & Cristy - July 5th, 2008

This Fourth of July weekend lead us to Allison Park, PA for the wedding of Ben and Cristy. We had met with these two prior to the wedding for a Love Story Interview session and I was looking forward to the wedding! The ceremony took place at Memorial Park Church, and one really cool unique thing... Cristy had a 4th grade string orchestra play a song at the ceremony!! It was amazing! Our bride was radiant, groom handsome as can be... just a beautiful couple!

After the Ceremony, I headed with photographer, Steve Craddock of Preferred Photography Inc of Rochester NY, to Oakland for some photos. Then we arrived shortly after to the reception at The Magnolia Room in Creiton, PA. Beautiful location! I had only seen it from the outside in the past, but I was pleasantly surprised! The DJ was Craig Lawrence from Red Hot Chameleon, and he was a great person to work with and was a lot of fun! We attribute it to him that we stayed until the LAST DANCE for the FIRST TIME IN DMB VIDEOGRAPHY history!

Cristy and Ben had a great time and everything went off without a hitch. The guests love the Love Story that we played and once the party got started, the dance floor was packed! Congratulations to you both and thanks for making us a part of your special day!!!

Ceremony - Memorial Park Church - Allison Park, PA

Reception - The Magnolia Room - Creiton, PA

Photographer - Steve Craddock of Preferred Photography Inc - Rochester, NY

Pre Wedding Interviews - The Pittsburgh Zoo - Highland Park PA

DJ - Craig Lawrence from Red Hot Chameleon - Butler, PA

Tony & Stephanie - June 28th, 2008

Tony and Stephanie were married at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Mt. Lebanon. We arrived early and it was then that I had the pleasure of reuniting with a great photographer, R. Alan Adams . He had great talent and is an awesome person to work with.

I ran into the wedding party downstairs preparing. Stephanie's dress was gorgeous... very unique and her headpiece was one that we have never seen! Beautiful! They headed upstairs for the ceremony, which went great! They had already done photos before the ceremony, so off to the reception we went.

The reception was at The Renaissance in Pittsburgh. They came in to the room and went right into some fun Greek dancing. This was a fun group! The food... the fillet... was some of the best wedding food I have ever had! YUMMY! After dinner, I popped in for the cake cutting and off I went! They had a great day... hot with some nasty storms during the reception, but still perfect! Congrats to you, Tony and Stephanie!