Matrimony Pictures

Tracy & Nathaniel’s Wedding (Same Day Edit)

matrimonypictures — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:38:15 +0000

I was very lucky to spend a beautiful day Saturday with Tracy & Nathaniel’s family and friends. They got married at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Los Angeles and then celebrated all night at the Ebell. As you can see by this Same Day Edit, there was a lot of love going around. They are blessed with lots of caring family and friends who were thrilled to see them tie the knot! We showed this video at the reception which turned out to be a so successful because of all the great vendors the happy couple wisely chose to color the day. You’ll see what an exquisite job Charmaine from Charmaine’s Bouquet Canyon Florist did with the flowers. Matt Mitchell from Joyful Noise Entertainment had them partying into the night and Mary Sushinski and her staff of Ocassions coordinated the day to perfection. Congratulations Tracy and Nathaniel!

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The Award Season Continues

matrimonypictures — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:21:05 +0000

I couldn’t be more proud of my seven year old son this morning. His film that he made for the National PTA’s “Reflections” Art program, was just honored at an Awards banquet last night. We knew he had received a First place Award of Excellence at his school three months ago, which gave him the privelege of competing in his school’s region. The region includes all of the elementary schools in Santa Clarita and we found out about a month ago he had received the first place Award of Excellence at that level. Well last night they announced the results of the District which includes schools from many areas of Southern California and parts of Northern California (hope you’re following all this, because I’m a little lost). He again won the first place Award of Excellence for the District. His film then went on to compete at the State level against 29 other District winners. At the end of the evening they announced that his film won the Award of Merit at the state level, which is effectively the runner-up. He won’t go on to compete at the National level, but for a seven year-old on his first ever narrative film, I was pretty impressed. Congratulations Andrew, your hard work paid shows and I can’t wait to watch your next film!The first film by Andrew Sutherland.This is a submission for the National Elementary School Reflections Program. The theme is Beauty is… and Andrew told us he thinks Beauty is the Battlefields of the Revolutionary War. He has a strong interest for the Revolutionary War and the Civil War so we looked at many pictures of battlefields and art that depicts these battles. The neatest thing about this project is that Andrew did it all himself. He’s lucky that his dad has a nice computer and Final Cut Pro to edit on, but the ideas, the script and the editing were all his, even down to the song which he sang two years ago in school. He wanted to make this film in honor of the soldiers who fought on these battlefields and brought freedom to all of us.

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Heather & Casey Wedding Highlights

matrimonypictures — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:19:38 +0000

Another great couple has the wedding of their dreams. You’d be hard pressed to find a more fun-loving couple than Heather and Casey Lemasters. They did everything their way on Saturday March 6th and the happy couple and their guests couldn’t have been more pleased. It never hurts to have William Innes of William Innes Photography, one of Santa Clarita’s best photographers capture every moment for you. Check out this highlight video I put together for them and you’ll see exactly what I mean…and visit us at www.matrimonypictures.com to see many more highlights.

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A Photographer Who Cares

matrimonypictures — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:31:02 +0000

Here’s a video I just completed of Yoti Telio from the Santa Clarita Photographic Studio. It’s so nice to find a creative professional who cares as much as I do about people and about doing great work. At one point during this video Yoti says, “There’s a little piece of me in every portrait I create.” You can really tell. Yoti takes the time to make sure everything he does is unique and special for each individual client. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it!

Santa Clarita Photographic Studio

661.775.0898

scphotostudio.com

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Some Enchanted Evening

matrimonypictures — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:06:32 +0000

If you’re lucky once in your lifetime you’ll be privileged enough to attend a wedding the makes your jaw drop to the floor at every turn. Well I go to A LOT of weddings, so it’s very difficult to surprise me. The wedding of Yesenia Suarez and Duane Miller was awe inspiring from the invitation until the very last dance. It helps somewhat that the mother of the bride happens to be Myra Harbour of Celebrate, Planning for an Event to Remember! She is only one of the most artistic and imaginative wedding vendors I’ve ever met. Everything she does for her clients is unique and beyond their expectations so it is no wonder, David and Jody Ross from R&R Photography, Sandra and Jorge Lopez from J&M Entertainment, Adriana Farrell from Cruz’s Bridal and I were all elbowing each other all night long as we sipped drinks from the “Ice Bar,” dined on Ostrich sliders, mini coca-cola floats and the tallest and most incredible wedding cake I’ve ever filmed, constructed by the one and only Jill Phillips of Jill’s Cake Creations. This was a night to remember for every single guest but as you can see in this trailer, no two guests enjoyed it more than Yesenia and Duane as they celebrated their love in style.

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The Future is Now!

matrimonypictures — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:37:33 +0000

I’m a pretty proud daddy today. My seven year old son just completed writing, directing and editing his first film! I was so proud of him I am deciding to share this exclusive new release to the world, right here. He did this project for a National Elementary School art program called “Reflections.” Students from all over the country submit entries that speak to a common theme. This year’s theme was “Beauty is…” I asked him what he thought was beautiful and being an avid reader of books on the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, he of course responded, “Battlefields!” I asked him why and that little seven year old looked at me and told me, “They’re beautiful because that’s where we won our freedom.” He’s exactly right. He has one grandfather that was in the Army and another grandfather that was in the Navy (for only a week, but he gave it a shot!) and a Great Grandfather that fought in World War II, so this subject is very close to home for all of us. He wrote the script, recorded the voice over, found the pictures and edited the video by himself. I told him how to do things technically on Final Cut Pro, but he did it all, so naturally I had to have him go the extra step and teach him how to upload it to the web so we could share it with everyone. Here it is…and I couldn’t be more proud.

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Brian & Mary’s Trailer

matrimonypictures — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:51 +0000

Fall is on it’s way! We were cold for the first time at a wedding in about 9 months, but you wouldn’t have known it from the warmth that was shared between Brian, Mary and all of their family and friends. What a beautiful wedding at the Westlake Inn on Saturday October 10th. Along with the beautiful flowers, the beautiful dress and the beautiful scenery were some pretty beautiful people. Brian, a doctor, and Mary, a nurse, sure knew how to take care of everyone. The food was delicious and I know everyone appreciated the incredible red velvet cupcakes at the end of the evening. They sure worked it off on the dance floor though, everyone had a great time and I stayed up quite late after the event to put a few of their best moments up online for everyone to see the next morning…

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Ashlee & Tom’s First Dance

matrimonypictures — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:17:34 +0000

Once in a while you see a wedding where you just know the couple is going to be together forever. Ashlee Barnes and Tom Mullen are those two people. Fun doesn’t do their wedding justice. Every guest in attendance had to feel like they were one of the guests of honor at really great party. There was an air of relaxation, of true joy at this wedding that we don’t get to see often enough. It was a perfect day, beautiful weather and as far as I knew not a thing went wrong, but you just got the feeling that it could have been pouring rain and they could have forgot the dress and the cake and Tom and Ashlee would have still had the time of their lives. They really understood that this was one day, the first day of the rest of their lives together and they were celebrating that with everyone they loved. The fun oozed out from start to finish, but no more so than their incredibly original and entertaining first dance. I have posted the video below, enjoy it…I know they did!

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Autism Speaks at the August Wedding Happy Hour

matrimonypictures — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:19:38 +0000

Plan your wedding while sipping Martinis poolside

Here’s a great opportunity for brides and grooms to meet some incredible wedding vendors, sip a few martinis by the pool and help a great cause! Please let me know if you can join us for the August Wedding Happy Hour to help Autism Speaks at the Four Points by Sheraton in Culver City. Anyone who is my guest will get FREE admission and have the opportunity to give a tax deductible donation to Autism Speaks. It should be a great night for a worthy cause. For tickets please e-mail me at matt@matrimonypictures.com. To find our more about Autism Speaks please go to www.autismspeaks.org/ and for more information on the Wedding Happy Hour please visit www.weddinghappyhour.blogspot.com/

Meghan & Matt’s Wedding Trailer on Vimeo

matrimonypictures — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:40:06 +0000

Meghan & Matt Paletz celebrate in style at TPC Valencia. Please see the detailed post below, but of course I’m a glutton for punishment and I stayed up until 3:00am the night of the wedding to do this highlight for this special couple. I hope it looks as nice to you all as it did to me through my bleary eyes. Enjoy!

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