Tough Week

Every weekend I have a wedding scheduled I drop off a suit at the cleaners not two blocks from my home. At first he'd see the suit and ask if I was heading to a wedding or a funneral. I'd answer, a wedding, without exception, since I've been to 200 weddings or so in the last three years. After a while he'd just ask where the wedding was.

This week however, when I pick up my suit, I will wear it for my father's funeral. After a yearlong struggle with renal cancer, my father passed last Wednesday in Seattle. I spent the better part of the last week in Alaska and Washington, spending as much time with him as possible. This week is the impossibley daunting task of celebrating his life without him.

I had planned to finish off all my June and July weddings prior to leaving for California on the 17th of this month to for more filming and more weddings. Needless to say is I have fallen a few weeks behind. Bear with me. I'll try to have everyone's highlight video up first so you have some to view and share.

Catherine + Franklin

What a great day Catherine and Franklin had for their wedding. Bright sun, cool breezes and a perfect locations. I may sound like a broken record but I love my job and work with such great people. Catherine and Franklin's families were so nice and made the day a blast. Not to mention, the speech given by Catherine's father which was about as moving as it gets.

Check out the video. Leave a comment and contact me about booking your big day.

Catherine + Franklin from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

Ashley + Kevin

I worked with Ashley on creating a beautiful wedding video, but since I was booked already I was only able to edit it. I work with some great shooters and the footage they take is always beautiful.

Ashley picked out the song and Dave Matthews was a great choice and will only enhance their connection to the video. All the images in the intro are video captures from the HD video; an extra benefit for having xposedfilm capture your wedding.

Enjoy!

Ashley + Kevin from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

Faith & Joel

Faith and Joel's wedding was a celebration of family and friends. From the reverence of their ceremony to the party that ensued; after I really had too many beautiful shots to choose from. I hope they enjoy their video for years and when their young children are older they will have proof that their parents are cool!

Enjoy

Faith + Joel from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

For more videos check out my vimeo page and be sure to leave a comment.

Deanna + Steve

Deanna and Steve's wedding took place at the beautiful Holly Hedge Estate in New Hope, PA. I had never been there but it is a great place for a wedding. I was especially fond of the courtyard where the ceremony was held.

Denna and Steve were great fun and very laid back. All their guests had a blast. Photography was done by the two Jessicas over at Paired Images.

Steve was fond of the timelapse footage so I did a few different versions for them.

Deanna + Steve from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

As always, you can check out the video on my vimeo page, by cliking here.

Jenn + Mike

A few weeks back during a rare sunny day this June, I filmed Jenn & Mike's wedding in Wildwood. I hadn't been on the Wildwood boardwalk in years and was able to get some very nice shots, some of which I put on the Highlight Film and more will be on the long version.

Jenn and Mike live in Colorado now, but Mike grew up in Wildwood so it's a great homecoming for him. I'm glad I had the opportunity to capture it all, not to mention a few moments of a five hour long parade for the Elks lodge that happen to be going on right outside.

You can view the video below or click to see it on my vimeo page.

Jenn + Mike from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

Nicole & Ryan

I had a fun time shooting Nicole & Ryan's wedding. Darah and Siobhan from Dollface where the photographers and we love it when we get to "work" together. Rain put a damper on some of the planned photography but I still got some great footage. Ad-libbing is the name of the game in this business and then editing a final product that is better than you can hope always helps.

Nicole + Ryan from J. Christopher Rodgers on Vimeo.

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