Sammy and Nat escaped the New York February cold and came down to the Big Easy where the weather was magnificent. The perfect weather matched this perfect couple and their perfect wedding day. The celebration happened at Il Mercato which is one of the most beautiful venues in the city. Sammy and Nat were so laid back and relaxed which allowed us to capture genuine moments and emotion throughout the day. We are so thankful they chose us to capture such an important day in their lives.
Melonee and Alan's California Wine Country Wedding
It’s always so special when we get to film the wedding of people who are close to us. So you can imagine how honored we were to film Alee’s mom’s wedding at Annadel Estate.
As a filmmaker you always hear about the unbelievable beauty of California sunsets. We thought they could never live up to the hype, but we were totally wrong. In California it’s like magic hour lasts for 6 hours. It’s honestly like California photographers and filmmakers have an advantage over those of us in the rest of the world because their lighting is always perfect! We’re so thankful we finally got to experience it for ourselves on such a special day for our family.
Also be on the lookout in this film for the only known footage that exists of Nathan dancing at a wedding.
A Telluride Colorado Wedding at San Sophia Overlook
Allison and Chris love 2 things: each other and the mountains. So they decided to get married at their favorite place in all of the world, Telluride, Colorado. This small town was absolutely breathtaking with the most beautiful scenery we've ever encountered. We knew immediately after arriving why they chose to get married in these mountains. While the mountains were amazing, Allison and Chris were even more amazing. They were just so sweet and thoughtful. Their love is so genuine, and you could tell how truly happy their family and friends were for them. We wish they could get married again and again so we could relive this day constantly.
Ceremony Location: San Sophia Overlook, Telluride, CO
Photographer: Catherine Lea Photography
Catering: Mountain Top Catering
Cakes: Fig and Bloom
Getting Ready Location: Hotel Columbia
Reception Location: Liberty Bar
Tascha & Patch | An EPIC New Orleans Wedding!
You guys. This New Orleans wedding celebration was insanely epic. Tascha and Patch went to college in New Orleans and wanted to bring all of their friends and family from their hometown of Miami to The Big Easy to celebrate with them, and boy did they celebrate. We have never been to a wedding where all of the guests were looking so fine (all of the men wore white tuxedo jackets!). And these fine looking guests partied all night! We had such a wonderful time with Tascha, Patch, and all of the amazing vendors they hired to make their dream wedding a reality.
Videography | Nathan Willis Wedding Films
Planning and Design | Elyse Jennings Wedding
Photography | Love is Rad
Venue | St. Mary's Italian Church and Old Ursuline Convent
Florals | Bella Blooms
Second Line | Kinfolk Brass Band
Reception Band | Phunky Monkeys
Ellen & Josh | The sweetest couple have a destination wedding in New Orleans!
Ellen is from New Orleans. Josh is from New York. They met and live in New York but wanted to celebrate their nuptials in New Orleans.
Before the wedding we did something a little different with them. We met up with them before the wedding day and did an interview about their love story. It gave us an opportunity to know them in such a more intimate way which in turn gave us a much deeper insight on how to best tell their wedding day story on film. We are so happy with how this turned out. When we re-watch their film we find ourselves laughing one minute and crying the next. That was basically the gist of their New Orleans wedding day. So many laughs and so many tears.
Video | Nathan Willis Wedding Films
Planner | Brooke Casey
Weddings Venue | Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Florist | Bella Blooms
Bakery (bride’s cake) | Pure Cake
Bakery (groom’s cake) | La Louisiane Bakery
Catering | Calcasieu
Ceremony Music | Fine Arts Ensemble
Hair & MUA | Glam Nola
Lighting | Luminous Events
Photographer | Jen Menard
Reception Band | D-Play
Rentals | Party Rentals Delivered
Transportation | Hotard
Venue | Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Jessie & Francesco | A Virginia Estate Wedding on Super 8
Where do we even begin telling you about this wedding?
Jessie emailed us before she even picked out a wedding date and a venue because she wanted to base her wedding date on our availability. She told us video and photography were the most important things to her. So no pressure, right?
We are so grateful we had the chance to attend Jessie and Francesco’s Virginia wedding day. Every detail was so gorgeous, and Jessie did most of the design work herself! They even wrote their own vows which had all of the guests (and us!) in tears. Then they threw a super fun reception which ended with Francesco singing every word to Kiss from a Rose!
We are seriously so grateful that Jessie and Francesco found our work and brought us to Virginia to film their wedding. It was one of the major highlights of our year!
Alanna + Blake | New Orleans Wedding film
This wedding was extra special. Blake and Alanna are some of our very favorite people and they happened to get married in one of our very favorite cities. Alee was actually a bridesmaid (and light holder during the reception!), and the night ended in the most perfect way: a second line through the streets of New Orleans celebrating the marriage of two incredible people.
Bek + Drew | Alys Beach Wedding
We always love working with our good friend Lauren Kinsey, so when she recommend us for Bek and Drew’s wedding day were so excited to work with our good friend. But when we found out the wedding was in Alys Beach we flipped out. If you haven't been there, it’s one of the prettiest places in Florida, and we are always looking for an excuse to travel there! Things got even better when we met Bek and Drew. These two adorable lovebirds met while on a trip to Israel, and it was basically love at first sight at the JFK airport. The rest is history! Seriously, these two are beautiful inside and out and were such a joy to be around. Their friends and family were so much fun too and so kind. We’re so thankful Bek and Drew brought us down to Alys Beach to film their their unbelievably beautiful wedding day. Congratulations, friends!
Kristina + Lee | Chicago Wedding Film
Kristina and Lee were such a sweet couple with the most amazing love story, spanning two continents and ten years. It was one of the weddings most filled with love and happiness from friends and family that we've ever experienced. And you can't get a better view than the one of the Chicago skyline from their reception!
Special thanks to our AMAZING friend Chad Husar for recommending us and letting us crash at his apartment during this wedding. He’s one of our best friends and one heck of a good photographer!
Featured on Style Me Pretty! | Lauren + Raley
Lauren and Raley were the sweetest. They met in college and have been together for ten years! They were so happy on their wedding day, and they didn’t even mind a little rain, even with an outdoor ceremony. Lauren said the rain made her feel like she was in “Pride and Prejudice.” It was a small, intimate garden ceremony, followed by a beautiful candlelit dinner, where their family toasted them, and everyone laughed and cried. We couldn’t have been more honored to be there to capture all the love and laughter.
Their film was featured on Style Me Pretty today. Check out the post! http://www.stylemepretty.com/little-black-book-blog/2016/08/06/intimate-texas-garden-wedding-film/