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Lindsey and Shawn Wedding Videography Dallas TX – Mediterranean Villa Wedding in Arlington

The handsome groom looked elegant in his ascot and tails.  The bride looked elegant too, but underneath her chic satin gown, thick blue socks kept her cowboy boots from rubbing against her shins.  Lindsey and Shawn had a fun-filled wedding at Mediterranean Villa in Arlington.

When Lindsey arrived at dusk, her head was ready for the wedding, but the rest of her was blue-jeaned.  In the bride’s room, a strapless gown with a sweetheart neckline, shirred bodice and A-Line skirt made her look every inch the bride.  As she dressed a gift arrived from the groom – a large emerald cut diamond solitaire which sparkled around her neck throughout the evening.  Sparkling around the necklace was her crystal edged veil, crystal tiara, crystal chandelier earrings and a sash, which was heavily ornamented with crystals.

In Lindsey’s wedding party were several pint-sized attendants which added to the light-hearted atmosphere of the evening.  First came a tiny curly-headed flower girl, who needed a little adult supervision to make it down the aisle.  Next a tuxedoed lad sauntered in carrying a sign which read, “Uncle Shawn, Here Comes Your Bride.”  A pair of ring bearers were next, but the second ring bearer depended on the moral support of a second flower-girl, this one with a fancy up-do, to make it to the front.

The lovely Mediterranean Villa Chapel was beautifully decorated for the ceremony.  Huge urns of flowers flanked the bride and groom and behind the officiant was a row of tall crystal vases.  Some of the vases were full of floating orchids, topped off with a floating votive.  Others had pink tinted water with a floating votive.  The venue with its wrought-iron emblazoned stucco buildings and beautiful bronze fountain makes a wonderful backdrop for a wedding.

With the ceremony behind them, the couple and their guests cut loose at the reception.  Emerald City, a popular Dallas band, entertained the guests, but they had vocal assists from the bride and groom throughout the evening.   If your dancing shoes were hurting your feet you could take a break in the photo booth.  It started out with many crazy props for impromptu portraits, but the props eventually migrated to the dance floor.

When it came time for the garter toss, the groom pranked his slender bride.  He came out from under her gown with a pair of red underpants that would wrap three times around his tiny new wife.  Once the laugh was over, he dove back under the skirt of her wedding dress to get the garter, but Lindsey had to help him get it by taking off her boot.

At the end of the evening, guests waved purple glow sticks as the bride and groom made their way out of the building.

Behind the Scenes with LeniCam Video Productions

During Lindsey and Shawn’s wedding our videographers were tasked with being everywhere all the time, recording everyone and everything, while remaining virtually invisible to the participants and guests.  To accomplish this, they arrived an hour and a half before the ceremony and unloaded cases and cases of equipment.  Some people think all you need to record a wedding is a consumer model DSLR camera with a video feature.  If you do it that way, your result will not be a full-length cinemagraphic video like ours.

Any live band creates extra work on our part, because we’ve got to record all the audio as well as the action on the dance floor.  When Emerald City is the band, we know we’ll have a lot to film, because they always keep the dance floor full.  At the same time, we also know they’ll give us an audio file at the end of the evening, so that makes things easier.

 This highlight video is just a small sample of Lindsey and Shawn’s actual wedding video.  Two experienced videographers e used two professional grade HD videocameras on tripods and a wide variety of audio equipment to record the sights and sounds of this wedding.  Then we went back to our studio with hours and hours of footage and spent weeks editing and mixing the footage to create the couple’s unique video.

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

LeniCam Video Productions – Wedding Videography Dallas TX

Judy and Dallas at The Chapel of Ana Villa in The Colony 

“Love you!  I’m going to be your wifey in a little bit,” Judy said, smooching toward the camera, when asked if she had a message for Dallas.  When asked about Judy, Dallas said, “She’s the most amazing person in the world to me.”  Judy and Dallas were married at The Chapel of Ana Villa in The Colony.

The beautiful bride, surrounded by her bridesmaids in deep purple dresses, looked stunning in her strapless fit-and-flare gown with beaded bodice and a skirt of tiered ruffles.  The bridesmaids entered the chapel from a balcony via tile stairs with ornate rod iron railings.  The bride entered from the double doors below and came up an aisle decorated with crystal vases holding floating votive candles.  After a ceremony which included the lighting of a unity candle, the bride and groom returned down the aisle in a joyous mood.  They even gave one another a high five.

DJ Jeff Christianson of Fox Productions rocked the reception all night long.  In the beginning, during the First Dance and the dances with parents, the volume was low and the beat was gentle.  After the couple cut their gorgeous cake dripping with purple hydrangeas and purple ribbon, the music picked up.  From the synchronized line dancing to the syncopated “gangnum” style, Jeff kept the dance floor busy.  When a country rock song came along, Judy and Dallas proved their First Dance as man and wife was not their first dance together.  Watching the couple swirl around the floor was pure magic.  If anyone got tired of dancing, Beatbox Portraits was nearby with props and a photo booth.

Dallas had a stunt up his sleeve to make his garter toss and little more exciting than it could have been.  After taking the garter from around Judy’s leg, he slipped it on to a football and passed it towards the single guys.  They all had their hands up and were trying to connect before they remembered that whoever caught that garter, football or no football, they were traditionally going to be the next groom.

At the end of the evening Dallas and Judy said their farewells while their guests waved ribbon streamers.  Then the newly married man and wife hopped into their SUV and drove away.

Behind the Scenes with LeniCam Video Production – Dallas Wedding Videographers

When guests arrived at Judy and Dallas’s ceremony and reception, they saw a finished project.  Even details which were virtually invisible to the guests represented decisions Judy and Dallas had to make, as well as money they had to spend.  Videography is sort of like that.  Yes, LeniCam’s equipment and personnel took up some real estate in the background at the wedding and reception.  That real estate was just the tip of the iceberg.

We’re good at what we do because we pay attention to the details.  A detail that was important to the groom was the music provided by a live musician who was once a roommate.  With the other noises all around, capturing his music was a challenge, but we did it and we used it as background music for portions of the video.

Another detail we pay attention to is our equipment.  As soon as our audio and video equipment returns to the office, the data is downloaded and the memory is erased so we’ll have plenty for the next shoot.  We recharge and test all the batteries every time, replacing anything that’s running low.  Before reloading the equipment into our cases, we’ll inspect every inch, knob and connection to make sure that everything is in working order and that we have all the cords and peripherals needed.  Then as we load for the next event, we make sure we have extra batteries, memory, cords and such – and then we get some more.

Judy and Dallas’s wedding was a one-time event.  We had to get it right from the beginning.  That’s why we showed up a lot earlier than we needed to.  That’s why we have their footage stored on a secure server in our studio.  When they hired us to videograph their wedding, we understood they were trusting us with an important responsibility.  We took that responsibility seriously.  We always do.

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

LeniCam Video Productions – Videographer Wedding Dallas

Nicholette and Warren at Northeast Wedding Chapel in Hurst on Dallas Wedding Video

Exuberance, energy and enthusiasm were the hallmarks of Nikki and Warren’s wedding at the Northeast Wedding Chapel in Hurst.  In the dressing room, the bride and her attendants danced chorus- line style, while not far away the groom and his attendants threw their fists into a ring, like team members beforea big game.  When the different wedding parties realized they could hear one another through the walls, a noisy competition exploded out of unrestrained joy.

Nickki’s fit-and-flare gown of lace-trimmed chiffon featured a row of buttons and a train in the back.  Her sheer, sleeveless, empire-waisted bodice rose to her neck, but revealed a sweetheart neckline.  The fingertip tulle and lace veil cascaded from a crown of curls.  She carried a bouquet of white roses.  Simple long black bridesmaids’ dresses complimented the bride’s white and the attendants carried yellow roses.  Two flower girls wore coronets and sashes of bright yellow with their white gowns.

A peaceful fountain greeted guests in the chapel’s lovely garden and whimsical hand-painted signs directed the way.  Favors and a goody bag were prepared for each guest.  The bride provided a unique method for her guests to mark their presence at her wedding.  Instead of signing a guest book, each guest signed the back of a puzzle piece and fit it into a completed jigsaw.

Nikki and Warren wrote heartwarming words to one another in their vows and their devotion to each other can be heard as they read them.  During the reception, the best man’s toast compared their upcoming married life to a long journey.  His metaphors were both touching and humorous.  The guests said “farewell” with bubbles and the couple drove away in a car decorated with yellow and black, ribbons and bows.

Behind the Scenes with LeniCam Video Productions

During the few hours of Nikki and Warren’s wedding and reception a lot happened, before the ceremony, during the vows, throughout the reception and on to the farewell.  Without a wedding video, many of their precious moments and words would be lost forever, but the college students had a tight budget. Still, our videographer worked a little magic and was everywhere, all the time, yet almost invisible – capturing the special scenes without intruding into them.

To record the fun of the “shouting match” while the bride was dressing, the camera person taped the bride and the bridesmaids.  Then he took the camera next door and encouraged the groom and his groomsmen to repeat their performance. Later, while creating the actual wedding video, the editor wove the two pieces of film together, making it appear as if two cameras had been at work.

During the ceremony and the reception, the camera person mounted the camera on a rolling dolly in order to move quickly from one position to the other.   The dolly allowed him to record Nicholette coming down the stairs into the chapel and then make a speedy position change to get in place to tape her as she went down the aisle.  Then he needed to be in a position for close-ups during the vows.  The changes during the ceremony were fast, but the reception moved even faster.  Nikki’s careful planning was evident throughout the day, but it was our job to capture her memories.

We sweat the small stuff, so you don’t have to.

LeniCam Video Productions – Dallas Wedding Video