2.2. Outside My Window

I was under the gun for this one, but with an hour to spare the week two video was finished. These weekly videos aren't supposed to be very time consuming, but I lost two computers in a week so editing on my "accounting" computer was my only choice. You know what happens when you put art people and accounting people in the same room. Nothing. Or in my case a two hour renders takes two days.

For this video, I shot some footage outside my window, sped it up and added some funky photoshop filters. Then dropped in some Burial and here it is.


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52 Week Project 1.1

I am one of those people who think New Year's resolutions are rather foolish and are really just around so there is something to talk about. There's really not much to the holiday. Before the new year I decided I really need to film more non-wedding videos. To that end I thought if I did one non-wedding video a week that would really keep the creative juices flowing through the long dark days of winter. It just happens that the first week is this week. So while it may appear to be a New Years resolution, it really isn't.

So what's up with this first video? Yeah, maybe it is recycled, but I needed to start strong so since the rest of the footage from the air show is lost I have posted it. I used Tom Middleton's Sea of Glass as the soundtrack. Here it is.

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1.1 Coast Guard from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

Lori + Jeff

Here is my last highlight video from the 2008 Season. Valley Green has always been one of my favorite places in Philadelphia, but as a wedding site it's amazing, especially in the fall. An outdoor wedding in November can be risky but the rain stopped and it became a perfect mild day. I've been testing out a few things in After Effects and adding them to the videos.


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Erin + James

Erin and James' wedding was a first for me; a Tim Burton themed wedding. From the amazing multi-tiered cake and spider accessories to the Jack-o-lantern center pieces everything in the reception room had a Corpse Bride/Nightmare Before Christmas feel, while the ceremony remained more traditional. That gave me the opportunity to try out a couple things like new fonts and lighting for their videos. For the highlight video I even used a song entitled "The Funeral" by Band of Horses - although, lyrically speaking the song is anything but a downer.

Here is that aforementioned video. Monica filmed second camera for me which was a great help and got some beautiful shots.

You can also click here for a direct link to my vimeo page.

Erin & James from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

Karen + Andrew

Here's a wedding video I did for Karen and Andrew. They were married at Goshen Baptist Church and had their reception at the Springfield Country Club, which is not the country club on the Simpsons I learned :-) They were one of the nicest couples I have been lucky enough to work with.

Anyway here it is.


Karen + Andrew from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

Rachael + Massimo

I had previously posted Rachael + Mossimo's ceremony but finally finished the highlight film. It is one of my favorites. I had so much incredible footage I probably could have kept editing forever. Click here to go to the Vimeo site to watch. Enjoy!


Rachael + Max from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

Maria & Kevin

Here is the last wedding I shot for Dollface for the year. Shot in Long Branch, NJ


Maria + Kevin from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.