HDM Blog » Ceremony

Courtney + Cory | Wedding Film | Yosemite National Park

Amber — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:13:24 +0000

From last weeks beautiful spring ambiance to this weeks snow caped mountains. This past weekend we had the pleasure of filming our first destination wedding of the season in Yosemite National Park which is an absolutely incredible place. The Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite was the setting for the beautiful wedding ceremony and reception of Courtney Carter and Cory Dawson. Shooting alongside Artisan Photography our vision for this shoot revolved around one word “epic“. With backdrops like the beautiful Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Chapel, El Capitan and Half Dome this was a dream wedding to shoot! Courtney and Cory were gorgeous and amazing to work with. We feel so blessed to have been part of such a special wedding! When the newlyweds came back into town from their honeymoon they came directly to our studio to watch their finished highlights video before going home! They where very excited and pleased to say the least! Congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple!

We often get asked if our company travels and the answer is always the same “yes, please”! We love to film weddings and we love to travel so to be able to do both is an absolute dream for us. We had such a blast filming in Yosemite and hope this is only the first of many adventures there and destination weddings worldwide!

Kathleen + Daniel | Wedding Film

Amber — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:23:39 +0000

What a blast this wedding was! Kathleen & Daniel where such a joy to work with and we are so glad we got the chance to shoot their wedding! It was a beautiful day at Seven Oaks Country Club. Kathleen was beaming all morning, she had to be one of the most excited brides we have ever worked with! We had good fun with the groomsmen who even managed to get some golf in before the ceremony. The ceremony at St. Josephs was beautiful, they had already put up their GIANT Christmas trees and had the place decorated beautifully!

The wedding was a huge success, a lot of which was attributed to such great vendors! Brenna from Seven Oaks, as always, did a wonderful job of keeping things on schedule. Artisan was WONDERFUL to work with, as always, and took some AMAZING photos, which of course made our job a lot easier. Freestyle Entertainment had the dance floor PACKED the entire night… no really, there was SO MUCH energy on the dance floor and it NEVER died down the entire night… even after the bride and groom left! All these things and more made for a wonderful wedding!

Congrats to Kathleen and Daniel! Thank you for letting us be a part of your special day!

Watch more highlights videos in our Wedding Gallery.

Dominique + Alexander | Basque Wedding Film

Amber — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:41:17 +0000

What can I say about these two? Just looking at them you can tell they’re a match made in heaven. Their wedding day was absolutely amazing! Starting from beginning to end everything turned out great. The bride had a smile that could beat out any Miss Americas’. Jeana at Jeana J’s provided Nikki with a GORGEOUS gown! The bridesmaids and the groomsmen made an extremely great looking bridal party, one of the largest I’ve ever seen! The ceremony took place at Saint Josephs, a beautiful catholic church located in downtown Bakersfield. When the doors opened the isles filled quickly and quietly as so many friends and family came out to show their support and witness such a blessed event. The ceremony turned out amazing! It was very traditional which was a real pleasure to take part in and even ended with a traditional basque dance to honor the newlyweds.

Afterwords it seemed only fitting to CELEBRATE! The bridal party all headed back over in the “party bus” just in time for some pictures outside the lovely Stockdale Country Club. The photographers, Jessica Frey and Jennifer Williams, did an amazing job! They worked really well with us and were very professional and friendly.

Inside, the party was just getting started and the festivities kicked off starting with some really great toasts. One in particular from the grooms father (and best man) was particularly touching. The entire day the bride and groom looked amazing! Everything went off without a hitch and everything happened right on schedule as it should be thanks to Tracey from Attention to Detail.

I wanted to once again thank the bride and groom for letting Higher Definition Media be a part of their special day. I can’t wait to see what Andy has in store for their footage!

Watch more highlights videos in our Wedding Gallery.

Jeana + AJ | Wedding Film

Amber — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:58:31 +0000

We had the honor and privilege of capturing on film the wedding of a close friend and one of Bakersfield’s best dress shop owners. Jeana J looked amazing in her dress and her new husband looked pretty dang handsome himself. They were so much fun to shoot and needed NO direction at all. Seriously these two could be models! They had an outside ceremony which turned out beautiful and the weather was absolutely perfect. We had the pleasure of working with Artisan once again! They are always a lot of fun to work with!

There is nothing like being strapped to the back of a moving golf cart with the bride and groom following along in a cart of their own. He also got a chance to experiment with some slow motion shots that turned out really cool. Rio Bravo Country Club made for one amazing backdrop to an amazing couple. The fun continued with an entertaining bridal party introduction and a fun and surprising twist to the traditional daddy/ daughter dance which kicked off some fun dancing with music provided by Freestyle Entertainment and a very delicious dinner. We took some fun video of the bride and groom getting their pictures taken together in a photo booth which turned out to be really fun. The whole day went on without a hitch and everything turned out great.

I am SO happy we got the opportunity to film their special day and I can’t wait to show them the final result.

Congratulations again to the new Mr. and Mrs. Gallemore!

Watch more highlights videos in our Wedding Gallery.

Kara & Scott | Wedding Film

Andrew — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:23:35 +0000

We were recently able to be part of a wedding that featured some of the most amazing flowers, table settings, decorations, lighting, etc. There was so much candy you would have thought that a “Sweet Factory” had just exploded in the reception hall. So many details, great and small, made this an amazing event. Chyrill at Sandrini Concepts really out did herself at Kara & Scott’s Wedding. Not to mention all the hard work that Brenna at Seven Oaks put into this event to make it what it was!

play video »

Molly & Scott | Wedding Film

Andrew — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:27:26 +0000

I think the most difficult challenge with this wedding was trying to decide which shots to use in the Highlights section, there were just too many interesting and beautiful shots to choose from. The location, weather, it was all perfect that day for shooting. It was great working with Molly and Scott, they put a lot of trust in us and allowed us to take some chances with their video, all of which payed off, big time!

play video »