Brides Send Friends to Videos on Facebook after Dallas Bridal Show

On Saturday evening, after a day at the Dallas Bridal Show, we began uploading videos from our Most Romantic Moment contest.  During the day we’d recorded brides sharing tidbits from their romances.  Some brought tears;others laughter.

Since we loaded that first one, our contest videos have reached over 8500 people and the competition between the leaders is fierce.  Hundreds of people have voted on our site to help their friends win a free Love Story Video, but you don’t have to know a soul to participate.

Just visit our facebook page, watch the videos and vote for your favorites.  Here’s a sample of the stories you’ll hear:

Erica Cristan

Erica is our current leader.  She and her fiance are high school sweethearts who met at 14 and went on their first date to celebrate her 15th birthday.  They went to school together, graduated together, are living together and are looking forward to spending their whole life together.

Katie Sargeant

One of our favorites at LeniCam is Katie’s story.  She’d known her intended for a while through mutual friends.  The romance took flight when Katie shot her first buck and posted it on Facebook.  Her fiance-to-be messaged her to find out where she had it processed (wink-wink).  The rest is history.

Shirley McGee

Shirley is a mature, second-time-around bride who is finally marrying the guy she wanted to marry in the first place.  They were high school sweethearts who thought twice about getting married at so young and age.  Both went on to marry others and have wonderful lives, but after both were widowed, they discovered that high school flame had not burned out.

These are just a sample of the 23 videos you’ll see on our Facebook page.  Add your voice to competition by liking the videos you enjoy most.  Our brides will thank you!

LeniCam Video Productions – Wedding Videographers Dallas TX

Wedding Videographers Dallas Tx Give Advice to Brides for Upcoming Show

Dallas Bridal Show, January 24-25, 2015, at Market Hall

If you’re making plans to be at this year’s bridal show, then you’ll want to be sure and drop by the LeniCam Video Productions booth. We’re sponsoring a really fun contest and you could win a free Love Story Video, professionally produced by us. Find more about that here and then start rehearsing your lines.
Attending the bridal show is a great way to jump start your wedding plans if you’ve just gotten engaged, but if you’ve been planning your wedding for a while now, the show can help you tie up loose ends or solve the problem you’ve been struggling with. You’ll have all kinds of wedding vendors gathered together in one place, cutting down on the time you have to spend on research and making side-by-side comparisons easier. You can taste cakes, see the latest bridal fashions and pick up myriads of wedding day ideas.

Perhaps you haven’t thought about it yet, but who’s with you (or not with you) at the show can make a big difference in how successful the day is for you.

Going It Alone

Some brides want to do it all by themselves and that might be you. If you find the advice of well-meaning friends and family counterproductive, then you don’t want to be distracted by the static of dissenting opinions.

For you, we recommend a good pair of walking shoes and a comprehensive list. It’s all the company you’ll need at the bridal show. Managing an entourage is not how you want to spend the day. After the show, you can share your decisions and new ideas with family and friends.

The Buddy System

While there are a lot of lone wolves out there, you might want help as you wade through the waves of decisions you’re facing. Maybe that helper is your mom or a best friend. It might be your groom. Maybe it’s someone from work that you’re used to tackling projects with.

Whoever your number one consultant is, the one you trust, bring them to the show. Sit down with them before the show and outline what you want to accomplish. Assign them the chore of keeping on task, because there will be a lot of opportunities to get distracted. For instance, if you’ve already got a wedding dress on order, there’s no reason to linger in the dress aisle. Your buddy should drag you to the vendors you need to see, rather than adding to your confusion by second guessing the choices you’ve already made.

Your buddy should be on your team. If your sister doesn’t like your groom, dragging her to a bridal show is not going to change her mind. If your mom doesn’t share your vision for an outdoor ceremony, her presence at the show will be more frustrating than helpful. This is your wedding, be wise about who you allow into the planning of it.

The Entourage

We’ve noticed that some brides come to the show with what can only be described as an entourage. These large groups can have a lot of fun, tasting cake and getting their nails done, but you aren’t going to get very many decisions made, while acting as the director of entertainment. If you’re going to have a very long engagement or you’ve pretty much decided everything except a few details, then making this a girls’ day out can be fun. If you’re planning on this being a productive day, the more people who come along, the less you’re going to get done.

When You Get Home

Brides are busy people. Everything you usually manage, like your job, your home and your family, keeps on needing you. You also want to enjoy the romance of your engagement with your intended. On top of all this, you have a wedding to plan. It would be very easy to come home from the bridal show and never open your tote bag. Don’t waste the day that way.
Sort through the things you picked up at the bridal show and act on them immediately. That might mean setting an appointment or adding an item to your to do-list. Perhaps you’ll need to do some price checking on an inspiration from the show. Rescue the important items from your tote bag and file the rest – and perhaps the best place to file some of it is the trash can.

Come See Us

Whether you come alone, bring a buddy or all your buddies. Come see us at the LeniCam Video Productions booth. You’ll meet some of our staff and see one of our professional grade videocameras. You’ll also get the chance to enter our contest. We can’t wait to meet you!

Janai and Jerry by Wedding Videographers Dallas TX

No Peeking at Their First Look – Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano

The match was made in heaven, but they found each other through online dating.  Janai and Jerry were married at in the chapel at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.

Janai likes purple, so she applied it with a liberal brushstroke to her wedding day.  Purple shoes, purple flowers – even a purple bow on her wedding cake.  Her beautiful A-line gown was white.  The ornately beaded strapless bodice with sweetheart neckline set off her sparkly accessories: a tiara, a crystal- edged veil, chandelier-styled crystal earrings and a necklace with a heart-shaped diamond pendant.  The elaborate beading continued on the skirt of the dress.  The bride carried a bouquet of mixed flowers in a myriad of purple hues and those purple shoes were high-heeled pumps with peek-a-boo toes and huge bows.

The couple wanted to share a little time together before the ceremony, but they didn’t want to tempt fate by ignoring old wedding traditions, so instead of a First Look, they held hands through a partially closed door and chatted for a while.  Jerry was more than pleased when he saw his pretty bride come down the aisle.  To symbolize the new life they were beginning, the couple lit a unity candle as a part of their ceremony.

Their reception was held a few feet away in a lovely sun-filled alcove of the church.  Each of the four tiers of their cake was decorated in a different motif and on top was a huge purple bow decorated with pearls.  When the couple cut the cake, they each took an obligatory bite, but what interested them the most was the icing.

Several single women lined up to vie for the bouquet Janai tossed.  Either all the men were already married or they were afraid to tempt fate, because only a couple of young fellows, decades away from their own weddings, were interested in catching the garter.  As the couple escaped the festivities, their guests bid them farewell with bubbles.

Behind the Scenes with LeniCam Video Productions

The actual filming of Janai and Jerry’s wedding was only a very small part of what went into the production of their video.  We spent time with Janai before the wedding so we would understand her vision for her big day, the logistics of the events and what equipment we’d need.  When it was time to go to their wedding, we loaded with all the equipment we needed into our vehicles, with back-up and extras of everything.  Then we had to be unload and set up at Prestonwood.  When filming was over, we had to put everything back into our vehicle and return it to the studio.

At ourstudio, we downloaded all the audio and video files we’d recorded at the wedding, and then we deleted everything from equipment’s memory for our next event.  We recharged every piece of equipment that was rechargeable and tested the batteries of the rest.  Only then did we put the equipment away or load it for the next event.

The next bit was the most tedious.  We watched and listened to everything we’d recorded.  We build redundancy into our filming and recording, because we want options.  Only after we knew what we had could we begin editing and mixing the material to create a unique video.  This process requires days and days of work over several weeks.

The result of this process was our demo for Janai and Jerry.  They watched the demo and gave us their edits.  This part of the process can take several passes as we work to produce the video exactly the way the couple wants it.  In this case we were the sniffle removers.  Jerry had gotten sick the day before and felt awful.  He sounded worse and our wireless microphone captured every cough and sniffle.  At the request of the couple we spent a lot of time removing every single cough and sniffle possible.  We tell our couples that no matter what happens on their wedding day – good or bad – they are going to love their wedding video.  When we were through with our edit, just as we promised, the coughs and sniffles were barely noticeable and the couple was very happy.

Finally, we produced the five videos with customized packaging and menus.  Janai and Jerry loved the final product.  Then we loaded this highlight video onto our website for friends and family to view and download.  Our final step was to put all the material on our secure server – just in case.

We Sweat the Small Stuff So You Don’t Have To 

LeniCam Video Productions – Wedding Videographers Dallas TX

Wedding Videographers Dallas TX with Erin and John

Star Trek, Gaming Icons and Peacocks – Canyon Creek Country Club in Richardson

Erin and John believe that on your special day you should surround yourself with the people and things you love.  So with family and friends they enjoyed a wedding day full of peacocks, gaming icons and a little Star Trek.  Erin and John were married at Canyon Creek Country Club in Richardson.

Erin’s white duchess satin wedding dress was fit for a queen.  The dress was liberally decorated with crystals and lace and featured a corset closing.  Inset into the waist and the train were panels of silk-embroidered black velvet.  Glittering brooches were gathered into bouquet for the bride to carry.  With bridesmaids dressed in deep sapphire gowns and peacock feathers abounding, the wedding was a royal affair.  The guys’ boutonnieres were made of peacock feathers held in place by a Star Trek emblem.

The ceremony took place under a white canopy tied with sapphire ropes.  Guests sat in white folding chairs and a metal peacock guarded the back of the church.  The bride and groom gazed lovingly into one another’s eyes throughout their vows.  A binding of their hands symbolized the joining of their lives.  Then a passionate kiss sealed their promises.  After the ceremony, Photography by Clarence gathered the wedding party for still photos.

More royal treatment awaited the guests at the reception.  Rich teal and purple dominated the room.  Elaborate floral decorations with peacock feathers graced the tables.  The layered wedding cake, decorated in bands of rhinestones, also gave a nod to their techie-gaming theme.  The bride and groom figurines topping the cake were robots, a gear decorated one layer and gaming cubes another.  The grooms cake feature ninja throwing stars and a pair of gaming consoles.  At the end of the evening, with guests waving streamers and blowing bubbles, Erin and John got into their car and drove away.

Behind the Scenes with LeniCam video Productions

This wedding highlight video barely scratches the surface of what we deliver to our couples.  It’s only a few minutes gleaned from a full length DVD (BluRay is also available).  What’s more, for it to load quickly on the internet, we had to reduce the quality.

We spent the whole day at Erin and John’s wedding, arriving an hour and a half before the ceremony and only loading up our equipment after they’d driven away.  We had hours of video coverage and multiple tracks of audio when we were through.  Over the next few weeks we pored over the footage at our studio, mixing and editing the video and audio portions to create a unique wedding video.  Then we turned the demo over to the couple for their edits.

When we got the final OK from the couple we created a personalized DVD with photos from the wedding on the cover and disc.  The DVD includes personalized menus and multiple audio tracks, just like a Hollywood DVD would.  Then five copies of the completed DVD were delivered to Erin and John.

We still weren’t through.  We loaded this highlight on the internet so family and friends could view and download it.  We also store the footage of the DVD on our secure server so additional or replacement copies are always available.

We  Sweat the Small Stuff so You Don’t Have To  

LeniCam Video Productions – Wedding Videographers Dallas TX