Hillary Maybery invited me to shoot a faux wedding for inspiration and publicity. The goal was to showcase local services. The group went for more of a fashion-oriented shooting style…..with the couple who obviously enjoying every moment of their newly married status! The destination Sun Valley has a great group of venders including…. Taylor from Taylor’D Events,  Details by Terry Murphy owner of Bellissmo,  hair and makeup Jamilynn Smith from Vertu,  Suzy Hart owner of Deja Vu let us borrow the vintage jewelry and fur wrap, cake by Amy Anderson,  and video by me!
Here is the video I created.

Most of the footage was shot on the dolly I built. (photo will be uploaded ASAP) This was one of my first times putting the tool to use and it worked out pretty good. I did notice that even a small leaf stem on the track will transfer into the camera. While I was on the hunt to kill camera vibration I ended up ripping off my camera hand strap and only attaching the tripod mount. This dramatically helped image stabilization. FYI I am not a big fan of neck straps. Im all about being stealthy.
Hand Grip vs. no hand grip

The dolly is a tool that gives me a look which I haven’t implemented before (digg it by the way) but like every piece of gear there is a time and place. There is no way, me, myself could follow a bride and groom all day with the dolley, however there are a few scenes where I can sneak it in. P.S. next summer, im going to need a second hand. Let me know if you are interested! For weddings I wont use this tool too much, but for an upcoming adventure, architecture videos it will be my main tool. I cant wait to share the property I am going to capture! WOW. More on that later.

Until then here is some inspiration

All of my idols on stage. Check out some really good info.