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We arrived in Oahu Wednesday, May 6. The weather is beautiful and certainly love is in the air. After a short meeting with the wedding coordinator, Susan of Aloha Weddings, we soon made it to our house where we will be staying for the next week. A beautiful place right on the beach here on the northeast side of the island.

Yesterday we spent some time with Marissa and Bryan shooting the bridal photo session on various beaches around the island. The sunset was absolutely breathtaking. Of course Bryan and Marissa were getting well wishes from all the locals and tourists on the beach.

Thank you, Laura with Edit 1 Media Productions, for all of your help. Not only did you make the day fun but you were such a tremendous help. It was wonderful having someone with your expertise to record the video of the event.

Wendy and Daniel were married at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in an absolutely beautiful ceremony. The reception followed at the Walden Club in Chattanooga. Photography was furnished by John Bamber. Here is a short clip featuring shots from the bridal preparations and the photography session.

Catherine and Stephen were married at the Biltmore in Ashville NC. This is a short clip of a photo session they did after the ceremony. The photographer was Corey Cagle , was great. We had a lot of fun, the place was amazing.

I know a lot of you guys have been wondering what has happened to me. It seems like I’ve been away for a long time. Well, I have not really been away. I have been working but its been a tough year. I wanted to write this post just to let you guys know that I am back on track and moving forward. There has been a lot of tragedy in my life over the past twelve months, tragedy that had huge impacts on my life. But thats behind me now and soon the backlog of wedding edits will caught up and Life Productions can continue on more controlled growth path.

With that being said, I am planning on posting some video montages and trailers over the next few weeks while we continue to work on the backlog and get caught up.

I will also try to post some topics on whats going on in my personal life. Also, as things progress, I plan on twittering so I am interested in hearing from you guys out there too. I am not so sure right now how Twitter works but it might be a good way for us to stay in communication with each other and keep you guys up to date on whats happening on a daily basis.

So thats about it. I am sorry for being out of touch for so long and thanks for checking out my blog. New videos will be uploaded soon.

I have been so lucky to have filmed some of the most beautiful weddings in Chattanooga. Josh & Melissa’s wedding was no exception. Coordinated by Soiree’s, Morgan did a great job helping to put all the finishing touches together. Melissa wanted a storybook wedding and that is exactly what she got. From the ceremony at that First Cumberland Presbyterian church to the exquisitely decorated Silver Ballroom at the Read House Hotel.

This was my second opportunity to work with Barry Aslinger,, truly one of the finest wedding photographer’s in Chattanooga. Barry takes great care to produce artistic images. His work is stunning. The Adonio Trio furnished the strings music for the ceremony. They music is always so beautiful and reallly adds to the ambience of the ceremony.

This is a wedding highlight piece I put together for Josh & Melissa. I hope you enjoy it.. please leave a comment.

Last August, Kye and Elizabeth were married in a beautiful ceremony at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with a reception following at the Silver Ballroom inside the Read House. The wedding was featured in last month’s Premier Bride magazine. The beautiful images you may have seen in that article were created by John Bamber photography. With the help of Annette Dooley, the wedding coordinator, everything went smooth.

Click the image below to watch the trailer (This is a high definition file and may take a few minutes to download):

 Today I met with Deb and her daughter Marissa to discuss plans to shoot her wedding in Oahu in July. I am so looking forward to this trip. Marissa is a beautiful woman and her fiance is one of the greatest guys I have ever met.. and does a pretty darn good impression of Johnny Cash. They booked me for photography and to produce her wedding film. I am looking forward to the fantastic vistas and colors that can only be found in Hawaii. So keep in touch, sometime in August I will post some sample images from Oahu.

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