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!

When Jon and Vanessa got married, they wanted to have a classic 1930's film noir feel to the day. The ceremony was held at the historic St. John's Cathedral in downtown Cleveland. After the ceremony we headed over to the Palace Theater were Scott from Easywind Studio created some wonderful poses. Scott's wife happend to be at home with a new born baby, so assisting Scott was Jonathan Migal.

After the pictures we headed to the old Higbees building and the Silver Grill for cocktails and the reception. Adding to the old movie theme, cocktail hour featured two signature martinis; the Marilyn Monroe and the Frank Sinatra.

The Silver Grill reception room was adorned with beautful red bouqets, spotlights and uplights and pictures of movie legends on every table. The cake from Bridget the Flour Girl was simply amazing and the Fred Astaire Ballroom Dancers warmed up the dance floor as guests danced all night to the live sounds of the Tony Quarles band.

The entire day was coordinated and planned by one of the most hardworking, imaginative and pleasant wedding coordinators in the Cleveland area, Valarie Kirkbride.

For as fairytale perfect as the day was, it couldn't have happend to a better couple. We are extremly thankful for being asked to be a part of Jon and Vanessa's wedding day.

Ballistic Builds

Ballistic Builds Photoshoot Burnout from Moonstruck Productions on Vimeo.

We are proud to announce that we have teamed up with Steve Leerentveld and RDP Motorsport to produce one of the hottest new TV shows, Ballistic Builds. We are currently working on the full length pilot to be pitched to the networks.

This past weekend we had an unexpected visit from ForceFed Magazine as they took pictures of Steve's Dodge Challenger. Steve took the car for some pictures outside and decided to do a few burnouts for the crew.

We decided to put together a few of the days clips to show off the shear power of his car and how much fun this show is going to be!

You can learn more about RDP Motorsport at www.rdpmotorsport.com