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The 2011 calendar is quickly filling up so please email me with any questions and get your date secured for next year.
I limit myself to 30 weddings per year so I can turn around a wedding film in 10-12 weeks and photos within 4-5 weeks of the wedding. If you're getting married this year please contact me and I'd love to put you in touch with some really great folks in town that do amazing work.
I also have about 10 new wedding films coming to the blog soon so be sure to come by each week for a new one.
Here is a quick preview of Ashley + JP's photo wedding coming soon:
I limit myself to 30 weddings per year so I can turn around a wedding film in 10-12 weeks and photos within 4-5 weeks of the wedding. If you're getting married this year please contact me and I'd love to put you in touch with some really great folks in town that do amazing work.
I also have about 10 new wedding films coming to the blog soon so be sure to come by each week for a new one.
Here is a quick preview of Ashley + JP's photo wedding coming soon:
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Laura + Charlie are fans of the movie "The Notebook". Well, maybe Laura is a bit more than Charlie... but for their 40's themed engagement session he played the part quite well.
We went out to Circle S Ranch north of Lawrence. It's a beautiful location, has an old truck and plenty of great spots to shoot. My new friend at Sunflower Outdoor & Bike in Lawrence rented me a great pair of Electra bikes for the shoot.
We went out to Circle S Ranch north of Lawrence. It's a beautiful location, has an old truck and plenty of great spots to shoot. My new friend at Sunflower Outdoor & Bike in Lawrence rented me a great pair of Electra bikes for the shoot.
anna cordes:
mike! these are incredible!!! well done friend! they actually look like stills from the movie :)
(07.29.10)
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Nadia + Ross are the coolest Russian couple I've ever met. That could be because I haven't met many, but they truly are so warm and appreciative that I felt like I had new friends as they left the plaza that evening.
From the moment we arrived we saw family and friends helping prepare... all of them speaking Russian.
Ryan and I really weren't sure what to do with that. We walked in where the ceremony and reception were being held back to back and once it began, not a word of English was heard for hours. We did our best to understand, but more importantly captured the emotion of what was being felt.
Here are some images from their day:
From the moment we arrived we saw family and friends helping prepare... all of them speaking Russian.
Ryan and I really weren't sure what to do with that. We walked in where the ceremony and reception were being held back to back and once it began, not a word of English was heard for hours. We did our best to understand, but more importantly captured the emotion of what was being felt.
Here are some images from their day:
Rachel Moore:
love this! Great job Mike. I sent a wedding your way today for next June - hope she contacts you!!
(06.22.10)
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The first four months of the year were absolutely crazy.
and fun.
From Guatemala to Canada, Florida, West Virginia and Las Vegas, the slow part of my year was anything but.
The Vegas trip was crazy. Landed, filmed till late, slept, filmed all day till 5 pm and went back to my hotel to edit till about midnight. I waited for approval on the final video for the ACM Awards and flew out the next morning.
I got to see some great people out there and film the show for the troops at Nellis Airforce base, which was pretty great. Dierks Bentley, Montgomery Gentry and a whole bunch of great artists and musicians played for a few hours until I realized the shuttle with Josh had left me behind :0)
I caught the next one and talked with Matt Sayles who is an amazing AP photographer that does celebrity/event work. Matt, good luck finding a wedding photographer! (he's friends with some of the world's best photojournalists)
I also shot a beautiful wedding in Charlottesville, West Viginia at a vineyard that was a scene out of a movie. I'll share what I can with you on that soon.
My nephew Casey Jay turned 1. Him and Grady may be my favorite thing to photograph...
For now, wedding season is in full swing. I think the next 6 or 7 weeks in a row before one weekend off and back into another 6 or 7. So far this year is mostly in kansas city with a couple stops in st. louis too, but I'm thinking another beach wedding needs to happen.
I think I may have a couple dates open in the fall yet, but most of the year is already booked. I'm hoping all the concerts I want to see aren't falling on Saturday nights. Last year Keith Urban was playing the Sprint Center and I was 3 blocks away filming. Talk about bummed. But it was a great wedding :0)
In the meantime I have to tell you about Amy Seeley. She's all over my blog in my videos, but if you haven't heard her other music it's time to stop and do that now.
photo by Jesh De Rox
She has an unbelievable voice and her piano playing is just gorgeous. Lyrically she has a way of taking you on a journey and arranging words in ways that make me smile.
I'm also wrapping up work on a video for Food for the Hungry here in the next few weeks with some awesome motion graphics from Matt White and writing from Rick Mundy with Kansas City Creative. I'm excited to work with those guys more helping non-profit organizations to tell their stories and have more of an impact in the world.
The next several blog posts will be wedding films and a few photo weddings as well. Let me know if I can help in any way for your wedding, even if I'm already booked, I know some incredible folks in town.
and fun.
From Guatemala to Canada, Florida, West Virginia and Las Vegas, the slow part of my year was anything but.
The Vegas trip was crazy. Landed, filmed till late, slept, filmed all day till 5 pm and went back to my hotel to edit till about midnight. I waited for approval on the final video for the ACM Awards and flew out the next morning.
I got to see some great people out there and film the show for the troops at Nellis Airforce base, which was pretty great. Dierks Bentley, Montgomery Gentry and a whole bunch of great artists and musicians played for a few hours until I realized the shuttle with Josh had left me behind :0)
I caught the next one and talked with Matt Sayles who is an amazing AP photographer that does celebrity/event work. Matt, good luck finding a wedding photographer! (he's friends with some of the world's best photojournalists)
I also shot a beautiful wedding in Charlottesville, West Viginia at a vineyard that was a scene out of a movie. I'll share what I can with you on that soon.
My nephew Casey Jay turned 1. Him and Grady may be my favorite thing to photograph...
For now, wedding season is in full swing. I think the next 6 or 7 weeks in a row before one weekend off and back into another 6 or 7. So far this year is mostly in kansas city with a couple stops in st. louis too, but I'm thinking another beach wedding needs to happen.
I think I may have a couple dates open in the fall yet, but most of the year is already booked. I'm hoping all the concerts I want to see aren't falling on Saturday nights. Last year Keith Urban was playing the Sprint Center and I was 3 blocks away filming. Talk about bummed. But it was a great wedding :0)
In the meantime I have to tell you about Amy Seeley. She's all over my blog in my videos, but if you haven't heard her other music it's time to stop and do that now.
photo by Jesh De Rox
She has an unbelievable voice and her piano playing is just gorgeous. Lyrically she has a way of taking you on a journey and arranging words in ways that make me smile.
I'm also wrapping up work on a video for Food for the Hungry here in the next few weeks with some awesome motion graphics from Matt White and writing from Rick Mundy with Kansas City Creative. I'm excited to work with those guys more helping non-profit organizations to tell their stories and have more of an impact in the world.
The next several blog posts will be wedding films and a few photo weddings as well. Let me know if I can help in any way for your wedding, even if I'm already booked, I know some incredible folks in town.
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