Lexington Videographer

Carol & Chris

What can I say about Carol & Chris?? For starters they are one of the warmest, kindest couples I have ever met The fact that they are so enamored of each other really comes through in their video. Check out the Highlights/Soundbites clip from their video. It's so gratifying to know that someday Chris and Carol's grandchildren will be able to see just how smitten their grandpa was when he saw grandma in her wedding dress for the first time! Priceless! Just look at the expression on their faces in these two stills from their first dance-joy consumes them!

Grant's 5!

I can't believe my baby is 5 years old! Time really does fly! Being that he's the king of our castle, I thought it fitting to make him a castle cake. I got the instructions off the BH&G website. All the kids loved it! Unfortunately, they all wanted to eat the drawbridge and who wouldn't- it was made out of a Hershey's "Cookies & Cream" candy bar-Yummy!

Another Great Site!

I found another great site today. They have loads of adorable stuff! Here's a few that really got my attention.


What flower girl wouldn't like to tear into this cute wedding activity kit? This would be something to have handy for the rehearsal dinner, since there's usually not to many kids around for them to play with. Next, I thought this hat was a rather chic alternative to the infamous concoctions (no pun intended) my friends and I would strap onto the head of the bride to be- usually consisting of obscure parts of the male anatomy-on the night of the bachelorette party. Finally, I just love these whimsical suckers & if you don't, that's just sad *wink*.

Grease Travesty?

What you're about to witness is something that 10 years ago, (or possibly less) I would have been completely mortified at the thought of anyone else seeing. It's a clip of my sisters, some friends, and myself doing a bad imitation of Grease. This was back in the day pre- Milli Vanilli when it was considered in vogue to lip sync. It's bad people, really, really, bad! This is what I refer to as my awkward stage. The dark years before I discovered sun in and proper makeup application. Posting this clip I feel will be somewhat cathartic. It's like I'm in a 12 step program (program-not giving a ratsass anymore) & I'm on step 9 or 10.
I'm not sure what year this was filmed in. If I had to guess, I'd say around '87. When my son saw it he exclaimed, "They had video cameras back then?". What a scrub! I mean maybe it's not High Def, come to think of it, I've seen better surveillance, but how old does he think I am? I did notice one thing...we are drinking pepsi out of the glass bottles. They don't even make pepsi in glass bottles anymore. *Sighs* I miss those days. I remember we would always save the empty bottles and return them to the grocery for 10 cents a bottle. That was a whopping big 80 cents per carton. What did I just type? O.K. maybe my son did have a point.
BTW(that's by-the-way, mom)-My motivation for posting this clip is my obsession with the NBC series "You're the One that I Want". Sunday night they will be announcing who will be playing Danny & Sandy in the Musical Grease on Broadway this Summer. I'm pulling for Laura & Max, but all four of the remaining contestants are superb performers!! Almost as good as me? Yeah right!

Modern Bride Contest

The magazine "Modern Bride" is having its first ever Cover Girl Contest. All you have to do to enter is upload 3 photos of yourself in JPEG format and answer 6 questions. The contest runs from March 13-April 14, so go ahead and get those pictures sent in. I can totally see one of you girls on the cover of that magazine;)

Pandora's Box

Need a little comic relief?? Check out this spoof of Pandora's Box, starring Jeffrey (my 13 year old son) & his friend Deonte. We spent two days (after school) filming the scenes for this amusing flick. They were given the assignment in their social studies class to create a project depicting the Greek Gods. Some of the effects are a little shoddy, such as the hope/light effect towards the end, but I was on a serious time crunch due to the fact that we filmed the final scenes the night before it was due. Given a bit more time I could have totally rocked that "hope/light" scene. So, I'm not expecting Spielberg to come beating my door down for tips, but who knows "Saturday Night Live" just might.

Cookie Craze

Have you gals seen the amazingly cute cookies that have become all the rage for the upcoming wedding season? They are exquisitely detailed and just down right adorable. Never mind the fact that at $5-$10 each you could potentially spend as much on cookies as your videographer (& I'm just as sweet:)). Talk about "fortune cookies! Joking aside: I say, if you have the cookie dough$$, go for it!!! They are sooo DE-LISH! And I bet they taste pretty good too, LOL! Check out Casue Sweets, their cookies are true works of art! They can replicate the details of your gown-down to the bows, pleats, and lacy embellishments. I'm mad about these adorable film maker cookies too!!

Trash the dress!

Not too long ago, I had a bride who was seriously thinking about jumping into the hotel swimming pool (in her dress) at the end of the reception. I was stoked! Unfortunatley, at the last minute she decided to forgo the plunge, due to the fact that she's not a very good swimmer, and was afraid the weight of the dress would send her plummeting straight to the bottom.
Check out these outrageous photos of other brides literally turning themselves into white trash. Warning the first photo includes fire!
Well obviously the trend is catching on. TrashTheDress.com encourages brides to trash their dresses. Just make sure that a videographer and photographer are there to catch you in the act. Your photos or video can be submitted to the site and you can show everyone that you don’t plan on using the dress again.
Why trash your wedding dress? From their site:
Go ahead, you know you want to. Trash it. Get it dirty. Get it wet. Roll around in the mud. Drench it in the ocean. Totally trash it.
Why? … Why not? You’ve made a commitment to your husband. He’s your one and only true love, right? Then you’ll never need the dress again. And no, your daughter won’t wear it in 20-30 years. So you have two choices:
1) Suffocate it in plastic and throw it in a closet
2) Show your husband how committed you are by trashing the dress, and get some great fun pictures while you do it!
If you are interested in doing something like this with your wedding dress, pick up the phone and call me, right now! I would love to capture you in the act. It would make for some great video.

Clinique-Bonus

Dillard's started it's bi-annual Clinique Bonus yesterday. It usually runs about 10 days or while supplies last. I worked at Fayette Mall in the cosmetics department from '96-'99 (approx), so I know how much all you ladies love bonus time! It's funny because even now, many years later, still I will be filming a wedding and have someone come up to me and say "Hey, I think you did my makeup one time!". It's funny, because I always feel compelled to say, "Oh, I'm sorry". Truly, makeup artistry was not my forte! I'm a much better videographer, LOL!

Why Video?

I'm under-the-weather, so this is going to be short, lest I ramble on in a cough syrup induced stupor. If you're trying to decide if video is a must for your wedding day, read this article. Nuff said, huh?