A few years ago we shot Anna’s wedding video at the Cypress Barn, but I wasn’t able to be there because I was photographing a wedding at another location. Well, for Leana and Andrew’s Cypress Barn wedding video, I finally got to visit this great location, and it was a wonderful day!  Read more

Zach and Morgan’s Barn at the Springs wedding video turned out perfectly. Everything just went smoothly. The weather was beautiful, so we could do a lot of things outside, including their ceremony. There were no time issues with our schedule. Everyone was happy and two lovely people got married. A perfect day!  Read more

There are always challenges when dealing with a wedding video. Sometimes you have to deal with bad lighting or a small venue. Other times you have really bad speeches or whatever. We didn’t have to deal with any of those problems with Alex and Misty’s Magnolia Gardens Wedding video. Our biggest concern was the weather!  Read more

What a beautiful day! There were so many amazing things about Taylor and Donivan’s Whitney Mountain Lodge Wedding Video. First of all, the venue was just gorgeous. We had such a great view of the lake and the mountain. Then you had all the beautiful relationships and emotions. So glad we were part of it.  Read more

Reagan and Andy are loved by so many people and really like to have a good time. This was probably the biggest party of 2017. I know for sure it was the largest wedding party. I believe there were 9 or 10 on each side! Then you had all the ushers as well. It was sure crowded with all the guys inside their cabin at Mount Sequoyah. Anyway, it was a real pleasure getting to be around these two and helping create their Mount Sequoyah wedding video. Read more

Life is so interesting. Some people don’t believe in fate, but I’ve seen too many things line up and happen to not believe that things are happening for a reason. Kylie and Derrick’s wedding film at Fairlane Station was one of those situations.

Wedding Film at Fairlane Station: Kylie and Derrick

It all started when I randomly attended an open house at Fairlane Station. Some photographers had taken over running the place, so I wanted to meet them and see how things would be run now. Anyway, so there weren’t many people there, and I actually stood around doing nothing the majority of the time, but something special did happen.

A mother and the bride were there, and they came up to me. The mother asked my name. Turns out her father is a great family friend, someone I was around a lot as a child. He had this trailer up in Branson, and our family would take trips there and always stay in his trailer. Without his help, I’m sure we wouldn’t have been able to afford nearly as many trips.

After talking to them for awhile, I found out that they had a photographer, but video wasn’t really in there budget. Her grandfather had done so much for me as a child that I decided to do their wedding film for free.

I didn’t really know the couple, but I still enjoyed being part of their wedding day. Both Kylie and Derrick were extremely kind to me, and they made things easy. The wedding was a bunch of fun. I think my favorite part was the speeches. Sounds like Derrick use to be quite the handful back in the day. There was also a ton of dancing and everyone seemed to be extremely happy!

The film is a little different than what we normally do. She really just wanted the ceremony and the main events, so we just lined them all up for her to see.

I’m so glad I could help out Kylie and Derrick with their wedding film at Fairlane Station. It’s strange to think that if I hadn’t gone that night or if her mom hadn’t approached me, none of this would have happened. Fate, I’m telling you!

I consider it an honor to be hired for any wedding, but I feel it’s even a bigger honor to be hired by another photographer or videographer. That was the case with Roberto and Morgan’s Ravington Wedding Film. They had initially talked to me about doing the photography and videography, but in the end, we shot the video. I was fine with either way, just to be considered was a big pat on the back.

The Ravington Wedding Film: Roberto and Morgan

This wedding film was a bit different than our normal one. Normally we are around for several hours and capture the whole day, but for this one, we shot a little bit before and mainly the ceremony. I still love what we were able to get in that window.

Beforehand we were all hanging out at the Ravington. There were a lot of fun things going on. The guys decided to play a little game with Roberto. They asked him questions that Morgan had already answered, and he had to guess what she said. If he missed it, he had to stick a marshmallow in his mouth. Now, these weren’t your little tiny hot chocolate marshmallows; these were the giant fire-roasting ones. Roberto did pretty well, but after a few questions, his mouth was full and no one could understand him.

The girls, on the other hand, were much more mellow. They were hanging out in the beautiful Ravington bridal suite. They all had these matching plaid shirts on before they got dressed. Then Morgan got into her dress and it was awesome. We got some lovely shots of her in the window sill.

The lovely couple also did something very sweet. They each got something for the other. Roberto wrote Morgan a letter and gave her a pair of sunglasses and Morgan created this cool scrapbook with pictures and descriptions. I love when couples do something special like that.

We then raced off to the Mildred B. Cooper Chapel for the ceremony. They didn’t want to see each other before the ceremony, so instead, they held hands around the edge of the door to the chapel. One thing they did that I thought was neat was they started Morgan’s walk way back. They opened the doors and you could see her walking for a good 30 seconds. During the ceremony they also built a unity cross and had their friends surround them and pray. All very cool.

Our day ended with them exiting the chapel, but we still were able to make a really cool film for them. Take a look at their Ravington Wedding Film and see what you think.