On Tuesday, Sarah and Zack lit up The Wedding Yentas page with their gorgeous Southern California Real Wedding spread. The photos by Chris Schmitt Photography were absolute perfection, marking all the important moments of a lovely Jewish wedding and showcasing an adorable couple that had love oozing out of each and every pixel of his images.
I will always always always love photography. I think a photographer should be one of the most important vendors you hire and I urge bride friends to go with quality of work instead of quantity of dollars because at the end of the day, the album that sits on your coffee table, the frames on your walls, and, let’s face it, the uploads to your Facebook page are the visual methods of remembering your wedding day.
Visual methods.
But what about auditory methods? What about ways to hear your vows? Watch your horah? Relive your first kiss as husband and wife? That’s where one of my other favorite vendors comes in, your cinematographer. Ahava Films documented Sarah and Zack’s perfect day with a stunning series of videos. On Tuesday, you saw their trailer, and today, you see their highlights reel.
Highlights reels are the new “thing” that most cinematographers are creating for their wedding couples. Think of them as shorts or abridged videos of the wedding day, hitting all the best and iconic events. They are great for sharing the wedding day with others who don’t want to sit and watch an entire video that shows every chronological moment sans edits. Highlights reels that are uploaded on a video sharing site or blog are perfect for sharing through emails and, well, again, Facebook! In post production, editors will cut appropriate music and provide an artistic style to the final product, not dissimilar from a film you’d see in a theater.
Enjoy Sarah and Zack’s highlights reel and consider hiring a cinematographer like Ahava Films or many of the other fabulous video artists listed on The Wedding Yentas.
Venue- Sherwood Country Club
Photographer- Chris Schmitt Photography
Coordinator- Under the Chuppah
Florist- Shirvan Designs
Officiant – Rabbi Ahud Sela
Cake- A Sweet Design Cake Co
Videographer- Ahava Films
Music- DJ FX
Hair Stylist- Union Salon, Veronica Mills
