Monday, August 1, 2011

Our First Wedding.

No not mine, but a cute young couple local to the bay area.

Andrew Cichowski, one of our good friends, was asked by one of his colleagues to document their wedding. Because Andrew was hard at work in Med School over in Chicago and was no longer local to Santa Cruz, he was unable to photograph the wedding. He threw our names out there for her to consider as replacements, and after a few emails, we were hired!

I've filmed one wedding in the past, but have never photographed one. After some discussion, I turned the bride-to-be on to the idea of having a video done in addition to photographs. She loved the idea.

We met the couple for the first time back in June to talk and take some photos for their photo engagement. We decide upon Panther Beach as our location, and man was it beautiful! We ended up getting some great sunset, golden hour shots.

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job


A month later, the big day came. We all had butterflies, but we knew what we had to do. Jenny, armed with a Canon 5D and a Nikon D80, was in charge of photos. A friend, Ben Bunch, and I were in charge of capturing video. We mapped out all our locations beforehand so we could reduce the risk of getting in each other's shots. All in all, a very stressful day that went very well. We came back with hundreds of great captures as well as some absolutely stunning HD video. I can't wait to show the happy couple our work!

Here are some of our favorite captures from the day.

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job

Deneka + Job


We just finished making them a custom book and are still hard at work on the edit. I'll post the final edit of the day as soon it's done.

If you're interested in any wedding or event coverage please don't hesitate to contact us at info@athousandwordsandframes.com or check out our site at AThousandWordsAndFrames.com

1 comment:

Tisha said...

that's funny, when I did a wedding photoshoot I also titled it "My first wedding" haha.

also you'll love this blog! it's my favorite, and your photos reminded me of it: http://www.ourblogoflove.com/

btw, we should form a photobooth wedding company! pahaha!