Lexington Videographer

Unique Guest Books

Here's another great idea. In lieu of the traditional guest book our bride this weekend had purchased a coffee table book of Bermuda (their destination honeymoon site) for their guest to sign. It was filled with beautiful pictures of Bermuda and had lots of space for sentiments from their friends and families. I thought it was an outstanding idea and I heard lots of the guest comment favorably as well.
Additional ideas would be using a book feauturing the local of your reception e.g. Keeneland, Churchill Downs, etc.
or even less specifically a photo book highlighting the best of the city in which you are being wed e.g. Lexington, Louisville, Gravel Switch (not sure if they make one), etc...

Remembering Melanie

This website is a work-in-progress, but I'm gonna go ahead and release the web address. I created it in memory of my sister Melanie and her 3 children. Melanie and her kids loved watching our family videos so much!

Again thanks to all of you for keeping the Moore and Wise families in your prayers. We can feel it... it has really made a huge difference!

Missing Melanie

Most of you know that on April 25th I lost my sister, two nieces, and nephew in a terrible accident. Losing four family members simultaneously is more than any person should ever have to endure... it's unimaginable.

The support given to me and my family has humbled me! The whole community pulled together and took care of us. I remember very little about the day of the accident or the funeral, but I do remember someone helping me pin my pants because they wouldn't stay up from the weight I lost those first few days. God Bless whoever that was! Bless all of you for helping us get through those first few days.

I'm putting together a blog in memory of my sister and her children that will include video and pictures from their life. I'll post the web address when it's ready. I'm planning on including the video footage shown at the funeral & a clip from the birth of Charlotte. I remember tears of joy streaming down her face when I gave it to her at Christmas last year.

Please continue to keep my family in your prayers, especially my brother-in-law Curtis.

Can somebody pass the salt please?

Epsom salt that is! With all the stress of planning a wedding or just stress of life in general here's a little tip that will change your life. Epsom salt is the bomb people! This stuff is so wonderful & so freakishly inexpensive that no bathroom should be without it. It's the best after a strenuous workout to climb into a warm tub with about 2 cups of salts disolved into it. It soothes sore muscles and the tension just melts off! I've had days were I'd just like to roll around in a big sandbox full of it, but I think two cups is the recommended limit. Click here for some other uses of this fab mineral. I buy mine at Walmart for less than two dollars a bag. I transfer it into a clear container with a little scoop and Wha- La, instant spa effect!

Matt's Prom

My stepson Matt (whom I adore) went to the prom this weekend. Doesn't he look sharp! I just love his chocolate brown tux and his date-what an absolute cutie! Good job Chatt!

Weather or Not

Check out the newest gadget I've added to my blog. It's called a Weather Bug and is located on the sidebar - far left. Type in your zip code and check the forecast for your area. What a handy little tool, eh?

Let me just say-the quality of my day is completely contingent on the weather! I don't say this from an "it's raining on my parade" kind of standpoint, but rather a "dear lord it must be raining again because I've got a splitting headache and feel like all the energy has been drained from my body" standpoint. It's true Monday and Tuesday the weather was clear and I was full of energy! Rockin' (and yes that is still possible to do in your 30's) to some of my favorite old 80's tunes as I knocked out some of my domestic duties e.g. dusting, mopping, etc... Wednesday rolls around and BAM I'm useless! Today the uselessness (as well as the rain) continues. Now don't freak out on me thinking that if it rains on your wedding day I'm going to turn comatose. Wedding days are different. I live for these days and I get such a big rush of adrenaline-weather or not, I'm there baby! This all being said leads my husband to believe the whole weather thing is just "in my head" & I'd have to agree with him because that's exactly where it is! Can somebody pass the aleve??

Quotes II

While doing a search for some quotes to include in Photo Montages this morning, I came across this fun quote.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
-George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

It's so true! We all have them [skeletons], so go ahead embrace them, learn from them and get over it!

What songs should we use??

I get this question a lot.
This year you have three choices. One - You can pick all the music for your video. Two - You can pick a few songs that you would like to hear and let me pick the rest. Or Three - Let me pick all the songs for your video. Of course if you want me to pick any of the songs for your video I will try to get to know your taste in music and pick songs that go along with the style of wedding that you had and the feeling that surrounded it.
If you feel like you've hit-a-brick-wall trying to find the perfect song here's a great list compiled by Darrell of Creative Images in Wisconsin. Another great resource is itunes and you can preview the songs as well.

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Hello all! I've been really busy this week working on Photo Montage videos to be shown at upcoming rehearsal dinners. It's funny because after I spend all that time pouring over the pictures editing them and so forth, I feel like I know the people in the photographs even though I've never actually met them. It's like deja vu the day of the wedding when I recognize all the key players of the wedding. Sometimes I feel compelled to just go up and hug grandpa! I had a wonderful time on monday interviewing a couple for a Love Story. They had a great engagement story! He surprised her and flew her to VEGAS and proposed in front of the fountains at the Bellagio. I'll post it at the end of May, so be looking for it!
We had a nice, albeit frigid Easter weekend. Here's a picture of Grant looking rather dapper, don't ya think??

Bet you haven't seen this one!

Here's a photo from the 130th running of Derby I bet you haven't seen in the media. It's a photo of one of my brides for this summer (Jennifer Knopf) & Anna Nicole. I think this was the year she actually met photographer Larry Birkhead at one of the derby parties. What am I doing with it you ask?? It's going into a photo montage I'm putting together for Jennifer and her fiance to be played at their rehearsal dinner. Since it's such current news, I thought it would be pretty sweet to include! Tuesday is suppose to be the big day when we find out the parternity results. It's just plumb retarded how they have prolonged this saga! Someone needs to tell that wacky Judge Seidlin his fifteen minutes are over, or are they?? I can just see him on courtroom tv right now. One case being continued for the whole season. Give me a break! And in case you've dodged this preposterous insestual rumor, click here to be enlightened.