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Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies Crashes a Wedding

This past Friday First Floor Films was shooting Kim & Micah's wedding at The Waterworks Restaurant in Philadelphia. Kim, Micah and their families are huge Phillies fans. Excitement is definitely in the air this week for both families as Kim & Micah were getting married AND the Phillies just won their 2nd consecutive National League Championship! Kim had made up a "fake" place-card for some of her favorite, famous Philadelphians as if they were attending her wedding. Well.....one of the place-cards had Mr. Ryan Howard's name on it. And he actually showed up!!! Channel 6 Action News contacted me last night to get a copy of some of the raw footage from Ryan Howard's appearance and Kim & Micha's wedding. They aired the story this morning on the 6 AM broadcast. Check it out below. Congratulations to the newlyweds, Kim & Micah! And of course, GO PHILLIES!!!!! (Shooting credit goes out to my dad Andy on this. Thanks for being on top of this and capturing this great moment for Kim & Micha, Dad!)

Coming Soon Jolee & Zareh | The Atrium at The Curtis Center

We had the privilege of being a part of Jolee & Zareh's very moving Armenian ceremony, the first that we had ever taken part in. We followed the ceremony up with a wedding reception at Chescaphe's Atrium at The Curtis Center. It was a party and a half. Such a nice night to have a wedding reception in downtown Philadelphia. This was also one of the many weddings (including our own) that we spent side by side with Dollface Studios. Congratulations Jole & Zareh. Enjoy your coming soon trailer. Lots more is on the way.

Married | Alicia & Jeff

Alicia & Jeff were married in Downtown Philadelphia in The Atrium at The Curtis Center. The following clip is the "Super-8 Style" photo session we shot wile spending some time with the ladies of Dollface Studios taking photos around Washington Square Park and Independence Park before heading back to The Curtis Center for their wedding ceremony and reception. Congratulations to Alicia & Jeff.

Coming Soon | Ashley & Matt

Ashley & Matt held their wedding and reception at Appleford on Philadelphia's Main Line. Their outdoor ceremony was very beautiful and very unique as Ashley & Matt each wrote their own vows. My good friend Joy Moody handled all of the photography. Check out Joy's view of the day here.. The following clip is a brief "preview" of all that is still to come. Congratulations Ashley & Matt. Enjoy your trailer.

First Floor Films in Today's Philadelphia Inquirer!

You may remember Barb & Mark from when they were featured on this blog a couple of weeks back. Well, The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story on Barb & Mark's wedding in the "Living" section of today's paper!
We were of course, very happy to see First Floor Films and our Super-8 film coverage mentioned in the article. Congratulations again you guys. Here is the "Super-8 Short" that we put together for Barb & Mark.

Phun with Philly Photogs

Earlier this winter a few local area wedding photographers and I met up and headed into the cold streets of Philadelphia to shoot some photos, video and super-8 film....kinda just for fun. I put this video together of our exploits. The featured Philadelphia based wedding photographers including myself are: Sofia Negron, Ryan Estes, Joy Moody and Jenn Childress.
Yes, we are all that dorky.
Yes, it was a lot of fun.
No, I don't regularly take my pants off in public.

Coming Soon | Jaryn & Brian on Super-8 Film

Jaryn & Brian had a beautiful ceremony at St. Paul's in South Philadelphia early this winter. We were able to shoot some Super-8 film footage throughout the pre-ceremony preparations and a bit more after the ceremony as photographer Ryan Estes led us all through a very hip and interesting urban photo shoot. Once the sun went down and the temperature dropped a bit, we headed into The Loews Hotel where Jeannine McKnight of Jean Louise Design orchestrated an elegant and stylish reception. Jellyroll played into the night and pretty much brought the house down as everyone danced up a storm!
Congratulations Jaryn & Brian. Enjoy your trailer!

The Mummers Crash the Party!

Therese & Ryan were married this Past Saturday.  Their celebration at Cairnwood was pretty unique.  Midway through the reception the Mummers showed Up!  Therese and Ryan had a close connection in this particular Mummers String Band (The Avalon String Band, I believe) as Therese's brother, Mark is one of the sax players in the band.  The Mummers marched and played their way onto the dance floor where they stayed and played for a few numbers....as Mummers are known to do.

This is a quick clip I put up because I was just so impressed with the appearance by the Mummers on Saturday.  *NOTE* This clip is unedited and is straight out of the camera.  Like I said, I just wanted to post a quick clip of the fun that we all had at Therese & Ryan's wedding this weekend.

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Another fun note: Therese & Ryan had an original photo booth at Cairnwood for their guests to take photos in all night long!  This was the real deal.  No digital photo booth posing as a real photo booth.  This one actually processed the photos in developing chemicals!  Yelana Sverdlova of Classic Photo Booth was on site running the photo show all night.  Ryan Estes and I couldn't resist an opportunity to take a moment to goof off in the photo booth.  Thanks for a fun night Therese & Ryan.  Congratulations!

T.J. & Jeff | Super-8 Trailer

T.J. and Jeff were married this past July at The Valley Green Inn in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. Jenn Childress and I rode with T.J. and Jeff in a horse drawn carriage along the Wissahickon Creek as we made our way through the Park towards the Valley Green Inn for their wedding and reception.
This is a brief trailer I put together with some of the Super-8 film footage shot throughout the morning and along our ride through the park. Thanks for having us T.J & Jeff. Congratulations! Enjoy your trailer.....much, much more to come.

Katie & Shaun 11.1.08

Jenn Childress and I have shot several wedding together this year. Jenn always seems to have couples who are so easy going and just.....fun. But the wedding that we shot together last weekend was really a blast! We spent Saturday with Katie & Shaun as they celebrated their wedding at Pen Ryn Mansion in Bensalem, PA. There were several times during the formal photo session that we all agreed....we were having A LOT of fun! Thanks for having me along Jenn.  And congratulations Katie & Shaun!

Katie was really "workin" the camera as I was doing my best Austin Powers/fashion photog impression.

Sometime in the middle of Dinner, while I was trying to set-up the shot above, Jenn was working on surprising me with this...