Emily and Ben were married  in orchard in Ojai, California.   What a nice couple and beautiful location.

Makes me wish I was there.   Thanks so much to Lisa and Elise for the amazing job they did capturing the story.

Thanks also to Emily, Ben and their families and freinds.  They were all such great storytellers.

Photographers-  Leah and Mark

Wedding Planner- Joy de Vivre

Very cool couple.  More info coming soon!

Hay Adams Hotel

Jay Premack Photography

Madeline Marshall

This film was produced in partnership with the incredibly  talented storytellers,  Martin Montgomery and Scott Strimple.    Thanks also to Mark Kwolek at the University of Richmond helping to produce this.

Enjoy.

William and I had the sincere pleasure of filming Anders and Lyndsey's wedding celebration.   Lyndsey and Anders are both overflowing with life and love, and that really shined through on their wedding day.  It seemed as though they had the forethought of everything that would make for an enjoyable experience for their guests.

Their wedding planner, Lynann Stensland of Red Carpet Events, a renowned Williamsburg based event planner, made their vision become reality and was truly great for us to work  alongside.  From the 5 K they planned for their guests to walk in the morning to the  lawn games they coordinated during cocktail hour on The Two Rivers Country Club lawn, the environment they created for their guests was one of friendship and celebration, where guests who were potential strangers to one another, that day became family.  

Lyndsey and Anders uniquely crafted a weekend that allowed everyone to reflect upon their lives with this couple and how the moments of their past have helped to shape them into the amazing people they have become today.  Simply put, every person felt welcomed and honored to be there, as if they had earned their place at the wedding by loving Lyndsey and Anders so much.  It was quite remarkable to witness and to be a part of.

When I think of my wish for how I want our clients to feel on their wedding day, Lyndsey and Anders come to mind.  They appreciated and lived every moment of their day to its greatest potential and always seemed to bear in mind that nothing could go wrong.  Their peace of mind put their guests at ease.

Lyndsey's brother Drew mentioned that on her way to Williamsburg, she said something like, "I have everything I could ever need," and she does; they both do.   Perhaps it is the infinite smile on each of their faces or the way others described their favorite life encounters with Lyndsey and Anders.  Somehow, very quickly one can realize, they do have all they need and they are very thankful for one another and for their loved ones.

So as a preview, we thought it best to give a snapshot of the entire Fjellstedt/Walther weekend to try to illustrate what we took in as this overarching theme of fun, friendship, family and love which is riddled throughout their wedding story in every instance. 

Wedding Event Planner- Red Carpet Events

Wedding Venue- Two Rivers Country Club

Wedding Photographer- Vera Pakizer

Wedding DJ- Brian King, BK the DJ

Wedding Day Spa-  Spa of Colonial Williamsburg

I was asked to document the first Richmond Spiders game at their new stadium for one of my clients. I decided to put together a short clip to give people a sense of what it was like to be there. It's interesting how much influence the design and construction of a building can have on how you experience the game. It was an amazing thing to see. 

Unfortunately, there are no interviews in this clip. There will be in the final video though.

Thanks to Martin Montgomery for being there, for your keen sense of story and your amazing camera work. Any of the shots that make you say "That's incredible!", those were his shots.

Hourigan Construction built this beautiful place and, under the guidance of Circle S Studios, has allowed me to help their clients tell their stories. I will post some of these in the near future.

Enjoy! Go Spiders!

richmondspiders.com
humanstoryfilms.com
unitedwedding.com
circlesstudios.com
houriganconstruction.com

Andrea and Brandan Wedding Film Preview

Wedding in Richmond Virginia

Event Planner  Weddings By Windy

Photographer  Erik Leise

Event Venue  Bolling Haxall House

Salon  Rituals Salon

I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking  with him in his home in the upper east side of Manhattan.    It was really a dream come true for me.

He was very gracious  to us and comfortably talked to us about the writing process as well as his time spent in his hometown of Richmond, VA.

Thank you Tom and Sheila for inviting us to your home.    I also wanted to thank the people from St. Christopher's including Delores Smith,  who helped me with the interview.   Also, Trina Rodriguez, my NY person, who also edits my wedding films with me.  

Also, a thanks to Melanie Cox of Spang TV for  bringing me this great opportunity?

Kristin and I attended the B-List event at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria on Friday

The B-List meets annually and is made up of the top wedding bloggers in the world.  This is really an incredible group of bloggers and they all converged on the D.C. area to network and to share ideas.  

We met a lot of new people and saw a lot of old friends too.  It was really a great experience for both of us.

Kristin and  Anne Chertoff

 Meghan McSweeney and me.