There are many people in the wedding industry that I have a strong respect for. We get to work with these professionals so often that we become friends with them. Marissa Levin from Heyn Photography is one of those people. She is a true professional with talent that is not quite surpassed by her love for shoes, though shoes are a close second to cameras in her love for inanimate objects. She has become a friend to Endless Wave, along with the rest of the Heyn team, and now it was her turn to get married.
When Marissa and Alex approached us, we were naturally very excited, and also humbled that they asked us to film the wedding. Coming up to this wedding, we were able to shoot their Engagement Film, and then the wedding shortly after. The engagement film that we shot is the first of it’s kind from Endless Wave, and let’s just say that without this couple, it wouldn’t have worked. Check out the engagement film below.
On the wedding day (8/28/10) we were able to do their SDE (same day edit). The plan was to approach the SDE with a very open mind. We planned to simply find the story for most of it, instead of having every single detail nailed down before getting there. Usually you just hope things happen in the way you envision it the week before the wedding, but this time I wanted to see if we could do a little improv. Luckily, we did find an amazing story in all the mayhem of a wedding day, and it turned out like this:
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Here we are about one week from this wedding, and Lynn and Sebastien’s photographer decides he is not coming to the wedding. This was very scary for Lynn. The good news is that there was a hero who was about to emerge. Having known the following that John Arcara has for years, I knew that my first time actually working with him would be amazing…and it was!
John is an amazing photographer, and truly a great guy. You can see his work at johnarcara.com. It was a huge blessing that John came through for them in such short notice, and it was a class act. Oh, the pics are amazing!
Okay, so back to the couple…
The day started out fairly low key at the Sheraton in Eatontown, NJ and picked up it’s pace as we moved to the Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury, NJ. The rain came and stopped, then some more, then stopped, and even through all of that, this couple said there was no way we are going inside! So we had the ceremony outside. With umbrellas in hand and ready to go, the couple got married with little rainfall and lots of happy friends and family all around them.
Sebastien’s family even traveled from France to be there. It was an awesome event!
Ryan and I edited a same day edit and showed it to over one hundred excited guests. The reaction was great, and it left me in chills to see the happiness it brought to them.
With a romantic french kiss, this couple sealed their bond, and started their journey as one. Here is the SDE. Enjoy!
..Greg
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ben has been turning out some amazing work lately, and especially some really great engagement shoots. his talent for seeing things in such a unique way pushes me to be better every day.
i love being able to either go along with him to the shoot so i can film, or just being able to do it on my own. every chance i get to shoot an e shoot, i really try my best to find a new way of doing just that. wether it is on an ice rink, a mountain, or in a back yard by a fire pit, i am excited. i want to let everyone see just how fun it can be, and since many of our couples are thinking about doing a cinema e.shoot, i am going to post several of them. they will range from months ago up to our most recent with deanna and tom, just a few days ago. enjoy..
..greg
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meredith and joel had a dream of having their entire wedding on the beach in long branch, nj. the weather was questionable and the decision to hold the ceremony and reception inside or out was at hand. the couple came to the best of both worlds having their ceremony outside (under a tent), and the reception in.
before the ceremony joel and meredith wanted to exchange gifts, and although joel may have had some difficulty wrapping, meredith still loved his gift of course. the weather seemed to let up and the couple wanted to go outside to exchange gifts. their exchange was one of the most emotional i have ever filmed. meredith could hardly contain her emotions, and these emotions became the basis for their same day edit.
enjoy..
.ryan.
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on the path to being a better storyteller, i have had the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the industry, including patrick moreau, konrad cystowski, michael y wong, and casey warren. i have been influenced from studios in australia, canada, the philippines and across the world. i also have many friends locally who i am consistently influenced by. it is because of this that we are able to produce the films that you see here. it is also due to us learning about the couple by investing our time to get to know them well.
sue and brendan are amazing. kind and soft spoken, they both have a way of showing their affection for you without saying much. extremely musically inclined, they are both music teachers. i am also very proud to have known sue for around 10+ years. her father taught me music in high school, and in december of ’09 we were able to film her sisters wedding too. needless to say, we know this amazing family very very well.
i strongly believe that because of all these small things that have happened; learning from the best, being influence by all, and knowing the couples we work with, we are able to tell a much better story now. this SDE is an example of that. in my opinion, this is a wonderful story, filled with almost every event that took place during the day, including breakfast, and brendan’s last day in his classroom for the year. enjoy..
.greg.
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