Kristin and Ben

I wasn't sure after coming home from this wedding whether I'd have enough good footage to make a 10 minute film, much less a 15 min film. Ben and Kristen opted out of the standard bridal and groom prep which meant cutting off several hours of shooting Kristin's makeup, hair, dress, flowers, rings etc...they also opted out of the traditional dances - the father daughter and son mother dances... plus, the bridal party lost me on their way to the photo shoot location after the ceremony... so I didn't have those shots either. Fortunately, the photographer, who was also a family friend, did shoot it and I've incorporated those shots instead. It works nicely, actually...so this film is an example of shooting just the ceremony and reception...fortunately, all those "technical" details didn't stop this gang from having a wonderful day...despite us not being everywhere...the reception typically is our favorite part of the day... everyone is well oiled and lets their hair down on the dance floor. It was quite a party.

You can see a 1:45 min version of the film by clicking here

Soccer is Cool

OK, Ok..it's not that kind of video...it's a highlight video for the North Hunterdon High School Girls Varsity Soccer Team. Thanks to the parents and the coaches, I was given the opportunity to shoot two games and two practices. The girls really wanted a video of the 2010 season and they got one. When I presented the video at their dinner banquet, they started howling from the second shot and didn't stop until it was completed, 12:38 later. ..congratulations to the 2010 girls varsity soccer team....and thanks for letting me share the end of your season.
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Bridal Show at the Holiday Inn

Bridal Shows are a hoot. A fashion show, great food, dancing, music and lots of brides. This was my first networking joint venture with Peter Gallotta from Infinity Soundz and Dana Lane of Dana Lane Photography. The idea was to create a video of us at the show and send it out to all the brides we met as an additional reminder of who we are. The concept is not new and works very well: offer brides one stop shopping with all the major services under one roof...what a handsome bunch of wedding pros...
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Kelly and Mark

Here is a short wedding teaser which I call an NDE..or next day edit. Sometimes it takes months to turn around the full version of the film and this gives family and friends something to look at in the meantime. Even in this short 69 second video, you can see that these folks had a wonderful time.

2011 Pace Series Promo

Triathletes begin planning what races they're going to train for in 2011 as early as NOW. Here's a 76 second promo for Mike Nusbaum and his paceracing organization to email out to the hundreds of local athletes all over the area about his big, wildly popular 2011 races.

If you're a triathlete or thinking about trying a triathlon next year, go to paceracing.org and sign up for one of Mike's races. You'll be very glad you did. Of course, we shoot all of Mikes events and next year, every athlete who enters the race will get a video as part of the entry...who else does that?

I hope you like the promo..it rocks with the music of the Humble Brothers and was a lot of fun putting together.

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Zion Lutheran Church is FINISHED

Bill, Feedback from the video is overwhelmingly positive from both pastors and the rest of the committee. Lots of "wows", "moving", "very powerful", and my sister cried when she saw it. -Colin Brokaw, Zion Lutheran Church


After shooting two services, one picnic, a vegetable garden, eight interviews, 30 minutes of packing up cars with food and supplies and an hour shooting the beautiful sanctuary and another hour shooting exterior scenery, we've finally completed the new Zion Lutheran Church "Come Home to Zion" film for the home page of their new revamped website. Final length is 6:07.

The film is in two parts. Part 1 was scored with music from the film "Letters from the Altar" by Colin O'Malley, a beautiful orchestral piece. Part 2 we used the cut "He Reigns" by the Newsboys to capture the life and spirit of the congregation at it's annual summer picnic.

The only sad event in the entire experience was the passing of one of the congregation who happened to be one of the featured interviews in the middle of the film. They asked us to do a re-edit, removing the interview out of respect for his family and friends.

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Oxford Olympic Triathlon Film is FINISHED!!

I haven't been posting too much lately..that's because we've been in triathlon mode. Sept 26th we shot an Olympic distance triathlon at Furnace Lake in Oxford New Jersey and we have a Half Ironman distance race THIS Sunday at Round Valley. This segment covers the part of the day from 6 am to roughly 8 am....just before the race begins...it shows the athletes pulling into the parking lot, unloading their gear, putting on wetsuits and getting ready to start the race. The music is entitled "Dazzle Me" from the Deja Vu soundtrack. You can see the video at:

http://vimeo.com/15743651