If you could capture that special day on film

What would it contain?

Well, it's your thread, so I'm not answering until you do. :p


And BTW, I like your new avatar, but I liked the other one better. ;)

Yes I liked his other one better, he is cute.

My special days are yet to come.

All my current film is of my children.

I would capture my wedding day... I had a hand held camcorder but I would want it on film like a movie... it was so special and romantic like a fairy tale....

see how happy I was look that's my wedding pic......

THe other day is having my baby or babies....:)

Originally posted by MerAlove23
I would capture my wedding day... I had a hand held camcorder but I would want it on film like a movie... it was so special and romantic like a fairy tale....


That's what I was looking for!

I have a friend who is getting married at the end of Nov and I'm going to be his vidographer.

I've done one wedding and everyone loved the edited version.

For the ceremony I pretty much just recorded from a fixed position.

After the ceremony I did interviews with the guests - started out with "Do you have any advice for the newly married couple". It was surprising how people opened up.

The interviews were the best part in my opinion.

On the DVD I gave them (the filiming was my wedding gift) I seperated the footage into 5 categories...

Ceremony, Tossing the flowers, Cake cutting, Interviews, Reception and Honeymoon Footage.

JK on the Honeymoon Footage.

Any suggestion on making the video the best it can be?

You know--packing peanuts, bubble wrap, duct tape....for those screaming children. And a big, BIG styrofoam hand to slap the silly parents who don't have the common sense to take them out of the church!!!!!

Actually, though, having been to a few weddings...the bride and groom never seem to notice these things. It's just the guests who suffer!:p

Children can be a pain. I'm going to my brother's wedding tonight (:D :D :D ) and I don't know exactly how many kids will be there, as none of their friends have any and there are only a few in the family at the moment. My little cousin, who's four, is the ring-bearer, and my new sister's five-year-old cousin is the flower girl, and they were so cute last night at the rehearsal dinner! You sure could tell he was smitten with her. :p They are very well-behaved for their ages though, so they should be fine.

Having been at my own wedding, I know why the bride and groom never notice things like that. They are too busy with everything else!

I wish you could have come to my wedding to videotape it. There was some mis-communication which led to 2 people volunteering, and no one actually video taping. I wish I could see it - relive it.

Although, on the other hand, my memories will now be "unspoiled" I guess. If there was anything I didn't like, I never have to know.

The pictures are beautiful (my avatar picture is my in my wedding gown - my husband asked that I not use his picture).

Double-edged sword I guess.

It sounds like a lovely gift to give a couple.

that does sound like a great present and a wonderful way to capture the real moments - the interviews and comments from the guests would be really neat to see in the future i bet.

if i could pick one day to capture on film, it would be the first day i spent with my boyfriend right before he moved. we both knew our time was limited and didn't know for sure if we would ever see each other again, so that day was all about living in the moment and appreciating the way our paths had crossed, without being tainted by any sadness or expectations. we met through friends the night before, and the next morning he stopped by my friends house where i had spent the night. my frind gave him a ride to where he had left his car, and i asked if i could come to his house later. so later we met at his house down the street and went out for our first breakfast together, then went to the park and sat by the river for a long time, just talking. we ran a few errands then went to his going away party that night. after everyone left we had to say goodbye because i had to drive back to my hometown. a lot of our relationship is based on the way we connected that first day, and naturally kept in touch after he left later that week. we started off being so honest with each other and were somehow able to accept that we couldn't be together for an indefinite period of time, that we've always been able to appreciate each other's presence in the world and enjoy our visits without resentment so far.

that's my day.

When did I miss this thread!?! :eek:

I think you might want to include a small section for dancing...I always get a kick out of people who dance funny....it would certainly brighten my day :D

Somenight... the best thing I can say is capture all the candid moments ... NOT THE SCHEDULED ONES.... I love candid pictures and I love the everyday stuff... not the poses... so that is my advice!!!

I just actually thought of something to add to this thread.

One of the best moments I've had in recent years was one of the last nights my best friend lived here. He was moving back to Singapore (where he grew up) a few days later and this was one of the last times I saw him. We went out to a club in Dallas called the Red Jacket and got a table upstairs in kind of a quiet part of the club and just talked for most of the night. We did wind up dancing for a while, of course, but the best part of the night was just sitting with him and talking about everything we'd both been through in the years we had known each other, knowing it may have been one of the last times we got to see each other. We did get together again at a going away party the next night, but that was the last time we were alone and could really talk. The worst part is that he didn't want to go home. He was only here to go to school and his parents (very strict Chinese family - he's 28 and they completely control his life) would never consider allowing him to come back. I haven't seen him in the two and a half years since he left. We talk pretty often, (mostly on IM's) and I'm planning on going to see him next summer, but we both wish he was still here.

I wish I could have saved that one night and could see it again as often as I wanted to.

I think I would want to capture the look on my face the first time I fell in love...it must have been one stupid lookin' face :D

pics:
1. Pics of every girl i've gone out on a date with to teach my future son the tricks of the trade ;)
2. i wish i had pictures of myself annually to see any progress/deprogress in maturity etc.
3. Places I've traveled where I should have taken more pictures.

Tricks of the trade huh?
I'm scared for your son! LOL j/k

I Would Go back to T and Mine's first date.

St paul always does this winter carnival thing, were it does these snow sculptures and its so romantic! We whent down there and watched fire works, and he kissed me in front of this heart shaped snow sculpture...

We whent back to his house then, and he turned on the fireplace, and we curled up on the couch and just kissed and talked till 5 am in the morning...

Man I wish i had gotten that night on film :}

I originally started this thread to solicit ideas to make my filming of a friends wedding better.

Turns out I had a special moment captured at the wedding.

Pink accompanied me to the wedding last Saturday.

We shared our first dance that night. A friend picked up my camera and caught it on digital video!

Isn't that cool! :cool:

Originally posted by SomeNightSW
I originally started this thread to solicit ideas to make my filming of a friends wedding better.

Turns out I had a special moment captured at the wedding.

Pink accompanied me to the wedding last Saturday.

We shared our first dance that night. A friend picked up my camera and caught it on digital video!

Isn't that cool! :cool:
post some pics!

Originally posted by youngguy914
post some pics!

No thanks, I'm afraid to even imagine what you would do with them.

Originally posted by SomeNightSW
No thanks, I'm afraid to even imagine what you would do with them. i wouldn't do anything WITH them. :D

Originally posted by youngguy914
i wouldn't do anything WITH them. :D

Whatever dude. I'm not interested in sharing the pictures and they really don't matter to this thread anyway.

I'm done...

I had my wedding on video and it sucked.

My (now ex-) wife hired a friend's husband and he missed alot of good parts of the wedding. Then at the reception, he gave the camera to a friend of his who ended up videotaping him as he danced with his wife. That came out to a 20 wasted minutes on the video.

When I complained, all my wife kept saying was "It was FREE so we can't complain." However, it was a different story when my sister-in-law and mother-in-law complained about the same thing.
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Okay, call me silly but what the hell, it's the love of my life.
But if there is one thing that I would want captured on film, it was be my greatest lifts at the gym. My greatest squats, bench press, deadlifts, and curls.:D