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James and Amanda

Here is the recap to James and Amanda's wedding! Its in HD. If the video is playing back choppy move your cursor to the right hand side of the video and click where it says HD is on and it should now say off.

Enjoy!


James and Amanda's Recap! from Matthew Fink on Vimeo.

Vote!

Sometimes I will use the blog for non business related issues...and today is a great one...MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT AND VOTE!!

I don't care who you vote for, it's up to each person to choose who they feel would suit their needs and the USA's needs in the present time and future.

The only things I ask or wish for is that you make an educated vote. Don't just vote for McCain because he was in the military and you like that, or don't just vote for Obama because he played college basketball and you are a fan. Vote for their real life issues, their stand points that affect you and your loved ones. Don't vote for someone because someone else tells you to or because that's the popular vote. Don't tell someone else who to vote for. Vote for who YOU think can make a difference and lead us into a better country.

We all have the power to make a difference in our futures and it starts today, so make sure you get out and make an educated vote for the right candidate - and who is the right candidate? That's entirely up to you.

Annette and Jim's Trailer!

Here is the trailer to Annette and Jim's video!

To view it in HD move the mouse to the right of the screen where it says HD is off and follow that link!


Annette and Jim's Trailer from Matthew Fink on Vimeo.

Sorry for the lack of posts - things have been crazy but are starting to settle down.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

My Favorite Outtake

One of my favorite parts about weddings are the less serious moments - the funny dancing, tripping/falling...or the occasional forgetfulness that you are wearing a microphone...


My Favorite Outtake! from Matthew Fink on Vimeo.



Sorry for the audio and quality on this, its capturing off a DVD from July of 2004 - but in case you can't hear or read it, the bride leans over to the groom and says "i'm not wearing any underwear" The groom replies "I'm mic'd so the videoguy just heard that" They laugh and at the end the groom leans in again and says "That's a classic" before winking at the camera.

Most people remember they have a mic on - some people even talk to me during the ceremony (I cant talk back!) but because of this clip I always make sure to remind the groom that there is a mic on during the ceremony!

Alison and Tim's Recap!

Alison and Tim's day was an interesting one - not because of them, they were amazing - but because of how the day started.

It was a stormy stormy saturday - wind, rain, thunder, the works. Powerlines were down, branches were down, tons of flooding and just not a pleasant day.

When I arrived to the hotel to film the guys getting ready, we had a slight problem - no power in the hotel! I powered up my on camera light and told them if they were ok with getting ready in no light, I was too! 

The ceremony was beautiful - and what was even more beautiful is immediately after the ceremony - the weather cleared up and allowed us to get some great footage outside near the ocean and on the Great River Country Club's golf course.

Alison and Tim are very creative - they had 3 things I have never ever seen at a wedding; one was a big bowl that said make a wish on it - I am assuming it was a wish for the bride and groom. On the other side was another bowl that said take a wish which I believe was almost like fortunes, pull one out as your wish, and the third thing was their gifts, which were ice cream spoons which was perfect because they had an icecream bar later in the day.

Never once did Alison or Tim complain about the weather or the day, and it all ended up working out perfectly in the end!

Below is the recap I made for their video.

To truly see this video you should click through to Vimeo and experience it in HD! Click where it says HD is off and follow the instructions to view in HD.

Fun with shooting

So I just finished shooting Joe and Jasmine's wedding and I couldn't wait to get home and look at the footage because I know we got some great stuff, but on top of that I got to try out a new toy, the glidecam for some shots and got to see how it looks.

I have actually known Joe and Jasmine for a few years now stemming from an anniversary video I did for Joe's parents 25th a few years back, which then lead to doing Joe's sister's wedding (Anna and Paul) and from there it just snowballed. This family and their friends and relatives have referred me so much business that I can't even put into words how thankful I am for them. It's a great feeling going to a wedding and seeing multiple people whose weddings you filmed or people whose weddings are coming up in the future that you are filming - its just amazing and again THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

And back to the glidecam (sorry I get off topic sometimes!) - its essentially a pole that the camera sits on top of and the bottom of the pole is weighted to counter balance the camera. Towards the top of the pole is a handle that pretty much free floats. What this allows you to achieve is amazing movement shots that do not look handheld - they look like they were shot on a dolly.

I have been wanting to spice up my shooting for some time now and this may be the answer. I still need a lot of practice as its extremely hard to frame the shots and move around while keeping it steady, but I should be good at it in no time!

I decided to give the glidecam a shot for some of the day today, without hindering the normal shots I would get - and below are just two examples of what I came out with (this is all unedited raw footage!) - to see it in 720p High Definition click on the right hand side where it says HD off and follow the instructions to vimeo.com!


Glidecam Fun from Matthew Fink on Vimeo.


As you can see it needs work - I need to slow down with it and with that framing shots will come easier, but the smoothness of the motion is just amazing.

As soon as I get this down pat it opens up a huge world of new types of shots and creativity which I am very excited to explore!