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I've been playing around with adding more and more audio into my edits lately.  I usually use audio from the vows in the Wedding Day Montage at the end of my wedding videos, but I've been playing with adding it into the getting ready & first sight portions of the video too.

Andy + Melissa are such a fun couple and have excellent taste in music.  In fact, their music choices inspired a completely different edit than I normally do.  That's a tip for those of you looking to have wedding videography - your music really changes the feel of your video.  If you look back a post or two in my blog to Jeff & Brooke's you can see how a slower song feels compared to this one.  Different portions of the video need faster or slower music though too, in my opinion.

So - here's just the very first few minutes of Andy & Melissa's wedding video.  It was all the shots we did of them getting ready and preparing to see each other for the first time that day.
The photography was done by the FABULOUS Jessica Roark at Epaga Foto - www.epagafoto.com - I may post more on this wedding later, but here's a glimpse -





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Comments
Matthew Carlson:

Hey man loooks good!! What kind of camera are you using these days??

(07.16.09)
Jen Mills:

mike - that was amazing. i love the detail - the editing - the story you told for them - love the voice clips - love it, love it, love it! you got it for them for the REST OF THEIR LIVES - when marriage gets ugly and dinner is burnt and they are tired - they can watch and remember and be inspired again!

(07.19.09)
Luke Sickman:

Man you were blessed with wonderful lighting that day! Vid is awesome!

(07.23.09)