Christina & Brian

What a cool couple! They were so laid back and fun. The ceremony was at the beautiful Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hamtramck and the reception was at the Ukrainian Cultural Center. We headed to Belle Isle for a photo session with Deborah Lambrecht after the ceremony and ran into some skate boarders. A light bulb went on inside my head as soon as I saw them. I asked the skaters if they could do some freestyle around Christina and they agreed. Check out the footage!

Vote for Us!!!

We have been nominated as one of the videographers in “Vote 4 the Best” contest that channel 4 (WDIV Detroit) is sponsoring. We are very excited about this opportunity. We have been very blessed to have worked with many wonderful couples. We truly enjoy being able to capture the memories of one of the most important days of your lives. If you feel that we qualify to be voted “The Best”, please go to the link provided below and vote for us. You are allowed to vote once per email address. If you have multiple emails, you can use them and vote again. The voting process is very easy and fast (less that a minute of your time). Once you have voted, an email will be sent back to you to confirm your vote. You have to confirm it for the vote to count. If you have any friends/families that have seen your video and just loved it too, please forward this and have them vote for Take 1 Productions. We appreciate your support! Please provide any comments too.

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Trash The Dress

So what are you going to do with the wedding dress after the wedding day is over? How about Trashing It!!! Trash the Dress has been a growing trend. So much so that it has been on The New York Times, Good Morning America, ABC News, Entertainment Tonight. So what is it you say? Well…it is a photo and/or filming session of the Bride wearing her wedding dress posing and playing in unique environments. If you are working with a good professional, the outcome will be amazing.

Trash the dress is not for everyone. You either Love it or Hate it. There is a website that photographers and videographers around the world submit their work to get posted. I was fortunate to get my Trash The Dress video posted yesterday. Go to the website and see some amazing work by really talented artists. But first a word of WARNING. If you get queazy seeing wedding dresses costing thousands of dollars get dirty, wet, muddy…don’t go there. If you Love what you see and want to Trash your dress…we can help you! :-)

The website - trashthedress.com
My post – Trash The Dress Detroit

Here are some photos of my TTD session and some cool pics from the TTD site.

feets

I was reading over my blog entries when I realized that I write about weddings too much and hardly anything about my life, my interest, my thoughts, my family. Well I should...I think. I'm going to start anyways.

First thing I would like to announce to the world or at least the cyberspace world is that I LOVE my wife. She is more than I deserve and ever dreamed of. God was truly generous to me when I married her. My three kids are great! Each is truly unique in character which makes parenting fun and challenging. Here is a pic of the kids.

Melissa & Ryan

got married at St. John Lutheran Church and had their reception at the beautiful Royal Park Hotel. We had some time between the ceremony and reception so we went to downtown Rochester for some cool shots. Prem and Cheridy from Arising Images were the photographers of the wedding day and they were so fun to work with. Check out some of the pics at the end of this entry. And now, the Teaser…

Here are some cool pics by Arising Images.

Lisa & Rastko

Their wedding and reception was at the beautiful Royal Park Hotel. We just love filming at this venue! Janet and Julie are great coordinators to work with. The conservatory and reception hall was wonderfully decorated. Lisa and Rastko were such an awesome couple to work with. Just by looking at them, you could see their love for one another. Before the ceremony started, we had a chance to go with them to downtown Rochester. We were able to capture some great shots. We also meet a new team of photographers. Jessica and Nathan from Jessica Johnston Photography were so nice to work with. They are a husband and wife team. It is always nice to meet someone new in the industry and be able to work well together. Oh yeah….the coolest thing was the Persian Ceremony that Lisa and Rastko had after their announcement into the reception hall. It was very unique! Here’s their trailer……

Here are some pics from Jessica.