Jeremy Mitchell Cinema Blog

Rain. A bride’s worst fear, mortal enemy of the wedding. Admittedly we’ve been pretty fortunate this year with the rain, as in a perfect record, but Mother Nature finally got her way. The good news is Deanna is entirely to awesome to be told what to do by the weather. Storms loomed the entire day and the sky more than opened up a few times but as soon as the clouds parted, guests were quickly ushered by Dylan’s friends and by gosh we had a wedding.

And what a party it was. After Dylan’s father led an amazing ceremony filled with laughter, the bridal party took over and rocked the house. Hours of drinks and dancing all dedicated to the love that Deanna and Dylan share. A love that is fun, true, and will always find the sunshine on a cloudy day.

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Some stories are just meant to be told. I was invited along to Amanda and Jonathan’s wedding to assist my wife and her partner film the ceremony as an addition to their photography package. I figured it would be a fun way to spen a Sunday afternoon and an excellent for me to improve my still taking ability especially since I just picked up a new camera body. As we neared the wedding date, Ashley began filling me in on Amanda and Jonathan’s story. Their deployments, moves, the little bits here and there of spending time with each other inbetween the hard work of defending our country.

I decided before we headed out I would go ahead and film all day, pretending to take stills, so that their story could be told. It was such a fun challenge shooting a wedding on my own with such a limited setup of 2 bodies, a monopod, and a couple of primes. It without a doubt helped to have such awesome vendors; of course my wife and Jen, Shay Rybin, and the always rad Amanda Pearl!

Amanda and Jonathan, thanks again for all that you do and all your sacrifices that not all of us are willing to make!

J

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There’s always that moment in the booking process when you just know the couple is the right fit. Something just clicks, everything makes sense, and you just know working together is going to be a breeze. Somehow with Alison and Steve we managed to have that happen twice. My first time running into Alison was at the Wine Fest in Norfolk. That right there is reason enough to know someone is going to be awesome. I was so thankful she decided not to pass judgment on Nick and I as we stood there, bottle of Riesling in hand, trying to make sure we had time for one more drink before the event was over. Luckily all was well, she was excited, and it was set that we’d have a meeting soon after.
And then I met Steve. When I arrived at their house my man Steve has an epic command post set up for fantasy football. It is absolutely impressive to see. It was like mission control but with laptops, clipboards, chips, beer, and notes on every player’s performance for the day. At that exact moment I knew these two are one of “my” couples and their Chrysler Museum wedding couldn’t get here fast enough. And I think that’s Alison felt that faithful night at the bar when she decided to walk by the dark and handsome hulk of a man in a tank top on her way to the restroom. She just knew. And I’m pretty sure it didn’t take many exchanges shouted over the jams of SnackBar Jones that night for Steve to realize the same thing. Sometimes you just know.

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