Outdoor Weddings

Outdoor weddings are beautiful, and I should say I really enjoy doing them. But they can be very unpredictable. It could rain, it could snow, or a jogger may swish through the ceremony, as happened to us out at Point Defiance park, in Tacoma a few years ago. It was so fast it was over before we knew what happened, even. This guy was out for his regular jog, probably, and comes around the corner, and here we are, right in the middle of the wedding ceremony. At least he didn't run into anyone, but it was close!

From a video point of view, out side weddings bring up some other interesting issues, like WIND. I like wind, it makes the dress flutter, and the veil will puff and float in a very interesting way. Or it may stand straight out like a wind sock, which looks kind of cool! Its less fun when you're wondering if that dress will catch air like a parachute!

I just did an awesome wedding this last weekend (Jan 28, 2006) up at The Wedding Haus in Leavenworth, WA... www.theweddinghaus.com , I'll be posting pics from the video on my website here: Deniz & Juleen . Anyway, it had snowed the day before, we did the wedding outside, it was just beautiful. Only problem is that it got warm, and all that wonderful snow was turning into slush, and dripping from the trees... onto us. And, just to make it interesting, the cars driving by were making a lot of noise as they went through the slush. So, the video picked up some extra "ambiance".

Speaking of the Wind-sock effect, the preacher on this day called wind the "breath of God"... Heavy Breathing!

You'll get birds... you'll get bees... and probably ants. Isn't Nature Wonderful?
But I really do enjoy out door weddings! Just be aware, you may have issues to deal with!

Carlin

Hello and Welcome to the first issue!

Great, just what the world needs is one more Blog!

Well, here we are, we might as well make the best of it, right?

I guess I will start by introducing myself, and we'll go from there. My name is Carlin Comm, and I own BlueStar Productions, www.ncwvideo.com , which provides photography and videography services for weddings and other events. I'm in Wenatchee, WA, and have been in business for 5 years now.

I'm writing this blog for several reasons, but the most important is that I'm hoping to help people make better decisions regarding their weddings and other events in general. I've done either photo or video at over 50 weddings now, so I may have seen things and learned lessons that you may find worth reading about.

My plan is to post things here as I think of them, not by any specific schedule, but you may see more posts as the wedding season kicks off.

Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line!

Carlin
bluestar@televar.com