Category: Houston Weddings

A White Knight and His Damsel // Ellen and Jeff’s Wedding Highlight Film, Ashton Gardens Houston Texas

By on February 18, 2014 in Houston Weddings, Videos, Weddings

This has been a very busy year for the Kiel family. My friend Emily Kiel, who does all my DVD case design work, and her sister Ellen Kiel both were engaged and married within 5 months of one another.  I filmed Ellen’s wedding in July, and Emily’s wedding in November.  Please don’t ask me to choose a favorite, because they were both a lot of fun to film.

This blog post is all about Ellen and Jeff’s wedding though, so let’s concentrate on them.  They met at their office, when Jeff said hello after overhearing Ellen and a coworker speaking about how Ellen doesn’t like to cook.  Jeff, you see, LOVES to cook and he was looking for a woman who would let him cook for her. They hit it off, started dating, and a bit down the road Jeff was ready to propose. Of course he enlisted Emily to help, by making Ellen think they were having a photo shoot complete with cute signs that they would hold right up until he got down on one knee and proposed.  Incidentally, you can read all about the proposal and see the photoshoot on Emily’s blog.  And if you want even more details, you can read the proposal and Ellen’s own words.

I hope you enjoyed watching Ellen and Jeff’s video, because there’s another Kiel wedding video coming out soon!

Big thanks to Daniel Karr for helping me film this wedding!  We shot it with two Sony FS100s and the footage was beautiful!

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He’s Got Chubby Knuckles // Jourdan and Jeremy’s Wedding Highlight Film at The Gallery in Houston, Texas

By on February 5, 2014 in Houston Weddings, Videos, Weddings

I feel like half the weddings I post are of people that I met through Impact Retreat at Texas A&M.  Thankfully, there are only a couple hundred more people that I know because of Impact, so I should be done posting Impact weddings somewhere around the year 2060.  With that in mind, I met Jeremy through Impact was back in 2010 when he was co-chair for the orange camp named Gad.  He was the cool guy that worked at Olive Garden, and if you watch the video above, you’ll know that Olive Garden is how he met Jourdan.

Filming their wedding day was completely awesome.  Jourdan and Jeremy embody the laid back, relaxed kind of couple that I love to film.  I had fun, they had fun, and they weren’t afraid to laugh at themselves when they do things like struggle to fit the ring on to Jeremy’s finger.  Can we talk about their toasts too?  You know when the dad pulls out six pages of material it is going to be good.  The toasts, combined with Jourdan and Jeremy’s laid back personalities made telling the story of their day easy.

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I Will And I Do // Cory and Taylor, Butler’s Courtyard, League City Texas

By on December 13, 2013 in Houston Weddings, Videos, Weddings

One of the reasons I love filming weddings is because it is the day when it is most obvious that a couple is in love.  The bride is radiant with joy, the groom is ready to shout with excitement, and they both are struggling to hold back tears of happiness.  Cory and Taylor are the reason I film weddings.  On their wedding day, their love was almost tangible in the air.  There were no lies that day, no hiding their feelings, no doubt about how they felt about one another.  Just radical honesty that he loved her, she loved him, and they were both ready to spend forever together.

They wrote their own vows, and I believe they capture their feelings for one another perfectly.  I encourage you to read them when you watch their highlight film.

Cory //

Taylor, in front of our family and friends gathered here today, I promise to love and cherish you through the good times and the bad.
I promise to encourage your compassion, because that is what makes you unique.
I promise to nurture your dreams, because through them your soul shines.
I promise to help shoulder our challenges, because there is nothing we cannot face together.
I promise you myself whenever you need me or whenever you don’t.
I promise to be faithful and supportive, and to always make our family’s love and happiness my top priority.
You are my best friend, my confidant, and my greatest challenge.
You have filled my heart with love and my life with joy.
Most importantly, you are the love of my life, and I promise to continue to adore you and make you feel special each and every day.
I promise to love you always and forever.

Taylor //

Cory, I truly believe God has made me your soulmate.
There is no one in this world more perfect for me.
I always say that we click and we clash in the right way to make a perfect harmony.
As your best friend, I am the one who will laugh with you and listen when your thoughts need to be heard.
As the one who loves you, I cherish you above all else.
Ephesians 4:2 says, “Be completely humble and gentle, be patient and bearing with one another.”
I vow to do just that.
I promise to love you unconditionally, to stand by your side no matter what, and let you guide me.
First Peter 4:8 says “Above all, love each other deeply.  Because love covers a multitude of sins.”
I may not be perfect and pure, but our love is.
I vow to you on this day because I know the man you are.
I know your intentions.
I know your strengths and your weaknesses.
And I know above all that I love you.
This is why I stand here vowing to love you and only you forever and into eternity.

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The Surprise Wedding // Jessie and Jay, Corrigan Texas

By on November 18, 2013 in Houston Weddings, Videos, Weddings

Have you ever heard of a surprise wedding?  That is what Jessie asked me when I first spoke with her on the phone.  Ideas of filming a couple eloping or one surprising another with a wedding were quickly laid by the wayside, when Jessie explained to me that while she and Jay knew when they were getting married, no one else did.  Everything was planned perfectly, Jessie and Jay had all their friends and family believing they were having a party before just the two of them left for the Caribbean to get married.  Secretly though, they planned to have a friend marry them at the party!

And believe me, this was a cool party!  They converted a VFW Post into a wedding venue, complete with flowers, colors, and a tank.  Well technically, the tank was already at the VFW, but it was still cool!  Everyone was surprised, most of all Jessie’s mom when she saw her in her dress for the first time.  The party was great fun, and even better when Jay walked in with his suit, and Jessie with her dress to say their vows.  I haven’t ever partied at wedding in a VFW before, but I hope this isn’t the last time.

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Prepare for Takeoff With Allison and David // Texas Wedding Highlight Film at First Presbyterian Church and Houston 1940 Air Terminal Museum

By on December 17, 2012 in Houston Weddings, Videos, Weddings

There are several things you should know about me, I love making films, eating tacos, and flying.  My love for flying came from my dad’s career as a pilot.  For a while growing up I wanted to be a pilot too, but for now I am content with traveling around the country filming weddings.  That love for flying should explain why I was incredibly excited when I heard Allison and David’s plan for their wedding day would include a plane flight and a reception at the Houston 1940 Air Terminal Museum.

Now when you tell most people you’re going to a wedding where the reception will be in an airport terminal you will receive strange looks.  This airport terminal was unlike any I had been in before, I felt like I was on the set of the Rocketeer or another film from that period.  The coolest thing about this wedding by far was how they arrived at the reception though – they flew, kinda.  After the ceremony, the entire wedding party drove to a hangar at the airport and taxi-ed across the runway in the plane to arrive outside the 1940 Air Terminal Museum.

But enough about the awesome airplane theme, on to the couple.  Allison and David were one of the most adventurous couples I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing.  They met online, and were engaged when he surprised her while she was in China.  Yes!  He flew halfway around the world to surprise her at her hotel.  This couple is awesome!
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Download Allison and David’s Wedding Highlight film in high definition at who is matt.

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