Bobby & Aileen's Wedding

Our coverage began with Carla capturing Aileen and the girls while Mike and I headed over to Bobby and the guys.  We were accompanied by one of our favorite photography duo's, Genevieve and James Nisly.

Aileen and Bobby went with the Moonstruck Package which included unlimited all-day coverage and the use of our new HDSLR format.  Besides offering stunning images, the SLR format allows us to work faster and lighter and we are able to blend in with the crowd.  The funny thing is, since we are using the same cameras the professional photographers use, we are often mistaken for the photographer!  Case in point, that morning Carla was with Aileen for 2 hours as she prepared for the day.  Later that afternoon, the Bride's brother wanted to know why the videographer never showed up to the house that morning. :)

The ceremony was held at Mt. Carmel in Youngstown and the reception at Mr. Anthony's.

 When we walked into the reception hall it was magically transformed into a beautiful dreamscape of candles and flowers thanks to the talented hand of Joe Mineo and his crew from Something New Events.

Joe had candles and flowers on every table and hung votive candles in crystal globes all over the ceiling above the dance floor.

Equally stunning was the cake created by Melissa from Blue Iris Cafe. Simple, elegant and delicious. Just the way I like them. :)

After dinner, the doors opened to a cake and candy room filled with decadent chocolates, cookies and sweets.  Just writing this blog and looking at these screen grabs is making me really hungry! :)

The guests danced the night away to music provided by the always entertaining, Jerry Bruno Orchestra.  It was a perfect ending to a perfect day.

*All images are actual screen grabs taken from the final Blu-ray Disc and are the property of Moonstruck Productions, Inc.

Bindu & Vishal's Wedding

You know you are going to have a busy wedding season when you start the year off with a wedding like Bindu and Vishal's. We traveled to Pittsburgh for a 2-day celebration at the Omni William Penn hotel and the beautiful Pennsylvanian. We absolutely loved the wonderful Hindu wedding traditions, the colorful outfits and the extreme kindness and hospitality of the Swamy and Lockre families.


We were also extremely excited to get to use our new HDSLR workflow to capture every moment in stunning quality. Checkout some of our favorite still images captured from the actual wedding film and watch the video clip at the end to witness Bindu and Vishal's first dance!

Bindu's Mehndi.

Chris and Julie First of Z Media hard at work.

Bindu watching Vishal's Barrat from the 4th floor of the Omni.

Bindu and Vishal practicing their first dance before heading to cocktail hour.

Bindu and Vishal's first dance. Shot with the 7D, T1i and Z1U on a Glidecam.

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Laura & Stephen

Well here we are, almost to the end of July and we are knee deep editing weddings. I am finally getting around to posting some screen grabs from the wedding films we have shot this year. Beginning with our second wedding in May, Laura and Stephen.

The day began with a little anxiety as rain moved in on the outdoor wedding being held at the Blair Center in the beautiful Westfield Center country club. Luckily the Blair Center has a gorgeous tent just for such occasions.

As the Sonata Strings (Jerry Bruno Productions) began playing, the flower girls let their spirits fly, along with the rose pedals. Instead of gently letting them fall to the ground, they hurled them over their shoulders and showered the guests.

And as luck would have it, the rain stopped and the sun came out just as Laura began to make her way down the aisle.

Stephen shared a few joyful tears as his bride made her way to his side and they recited their vows from heart in the cool spring afternoon. With the ceremony over and the rain gone, the weather was perfect for a walk around the pond for pictures with Scott and Julie at Easywind Studios. Everything was on time and went smoothly as Valarie Kirkbride coordinated the event. As always she did a great job decorating the reception hall from the nameplates to the wonderful leaf gobo that brought a touch of the outdoors to the otherwise plain ceiling.

In the end it was another classic wedding with a wonderful couple. The day couldn't have been more perfect, even with a few rain drops.

As Seen On TV!

Meghan and Simon share a cute and funny moment during their vows on the TLC show Wild Weddings. The clip was shot and edited by Moonstruck Productions.

Be sure to tune in to TLC this Friday, June 5th at 7:00 pm to watch a Moonstruck couple, Meghan and Simon, on the show "Wild Weddings". Watch our blog for updates on more Moonstruck wedding clips being featured on future episodes of the show!

Grace and Leon's Wedding

I would have to say that we are always blessed with such kind and sincere couples. Grace and Leon were no exception. Carla spent the morning at Grace's hotel as she prepared with her bridesmaids and I got to visit with Leon and the guys at Leon's house.

Afterwards, we met up at St. Paul's Greek Orthodox church in North Royalton. The ceremony was wonderful, even with a tired ring bearer and a couple of flower girls who decided to stop half-way down the aisle and pick up the pedals they just dropped. :)

After the ceremony we headed to Severance Hall where Genevieve and James Nisly worked their magic and found a million ways to creatively bring out the best of Leon and Grace. Be sure to visit Genevieve's blog to see the wonderful photographs they took! http://www.genevievenisly.com/

With lots of outdoor pictures, we had plenty of time to shoot some Super 8mm film. The camera absolutely loved Grace!

The entire day was a wonderful compilation of Greek and Asian traditions.
The Embassy Suites on Rockside Rd. was adorned with a red and gold theme complete with goldfish on the card table, fortune cookies and chopsticks on the guest tables and red and white balloons hanging from the ceiling. The glamorous red and gold cake was created by Marianne and Lauren at the White Flower Cake Shoppe. http://www.whiteflowercake.com/

I mentioned earlier how kind and sincere Grace and Leon were, here is a simple testament; at the end of the evening Grace learned that Genevieve, James, Carla and I had not gotten a chance to taste the wedding cake. She personally went into the kitchen and had the staff bring us two to-go boxes full of wedding cake. And yes, it was delicious. :)

NY Mets Spring Training on Super 8

Some Super 8mm clips from a recent photo/video shoot we did at the NY Mets' spring training camp in Port St. Lucie Florida. Fun times with Josh from STACK http://www.stack.com/ and Danny and Herb from Danny Vega Photography http://www.dannyvega.com/

Shawn & Amy

Shawn and Amy are part of a lineage of friendships that we have been blessed to make over the last 2 years. In 2007 we had the pleasure of shooting Debbie and Jerry's wedding. Debbie and Jerry introduced us to Tony and Melinda who were getting married in 2008. At Tony and Melinda's wedding I had the pleasure of meeting Shawn and Amy and was extremely excited when they chose us to shoot their wedding as well!

You can imagine my delight knowing that Melinda, Tony, Debbie and Jerry would be at the wedding. It was a wonderful reunion and an even more beautiful wedding!

The reception was held at the Iroquois boating and fishing club and the food was delicious. The staff was extremely welcoming and my favorite part was the huge table of pastries. They were unbelievable! Ej the DJ was spinning tunes all night long http://www.ejdj.com/.

We also had the pleasure of working with Fallon Hovis of http://www.fallonsphotography.com/ and her 2nd shooter, Whittney Gilstrap. They were both very friendly and professional. And Fallon handled children like a seasoned nanny. :)

Thanks to Amy and Shawn for allowing us to be a part of the day. I look forward to the many friendships we will build from this one!