The reception was held at the Rehoboth Beach Country Club. The last time I shot in Rehoboth, the reception was here as well. It’s a great location and the view from the ballroom spectacularly demonstrated the beautiful sunsets over the water.

For Latane and Karen’s trailer, I wanted to show off both the beauty of Rehoboth. You’ll see a lot of shots of the area, nature, and especially the sunsets. Hopefully you can enjoy it as much as I did shooting it!

Photog ShootOut again invited me as the only wedding filmmaker to come out to their recent Philly shoot and create a video for them. It’s an honor and always a pleasure to attend these events where so many great photographers come together and collaborate and learn. This time it was held downtown at City Hall. It was bitter cold, as in BELOW FREEZING, but we still had a lot of fun. The theme of the shoot was “punk bridal.” It was very cool to have photographer Leslie Gilbert and wedding planner Erin Wren Proud as two of our models!

Here are the names and websites of those involved with the shoot and/or provided images for the video:

Mark Gardner Photography
DollFace Studio
Humbled Eyes Photography
Jeff Dietz Photography
JPG Photography
John Stickel Photography
Cindy Guessford Photography
Michael Allebach Photography
PhotOle
Rob Korb Photography
Julian K Foto
Kristen Lober
Alicia DiBlasio
Gloss Salon
Patty Rittenhouse DeCasere

And here is the video I created. Short and sweet with less video but more emphasis on all the great photos. I hope you enjoy! By the way, if you haven’t already seen them, check out my past Photog ShootOut videos by clicking here and here.

Dan and Michelle were certainly one of my more unique clients this year. I often refer to them as the “Juno Couple” (keep reading, you’ll find out why). Dan, who is a graphic designer, seems to have a liking for comic books, super heroes, and transformers; as evidenced by the logo he designed for their wedding and his, shall we say, unusual custom vows. Check out their awesome invitations by clicking here. Michelle, not to be outdone by Dan, seems equally interested in the musical whims of the movie Juno since almost every song she suggested is on its soundtrack. Not only that, their first dance song was “All I Want Is You” by Barry Louis Polisar. I think my favorite line from that song is “If you were a castle, I’d be your moat.” Rather interesting, in my opinion, that their wedding was held at a castle. Connection? Unfortunately Fonthill Castle doesn’t have a moat but I digress.
For their trailer, I chose a song I’ve been wanting to use for quite some time. It’s a variation on a song I used a few years ago so it was familiar yet different at the same time. Dan, who is a fan of some scifi shows, might recognize it but I’m betting not. Anyways, enjoy their trailer below! And watch out for their Juno inspired wedding film in a few months!

Be sure to check out some of my other Philadelphia wedding videos by clicking here!

** This post is for other wedding professionals.

One of my good photographer friends, Mark Gardner, designed a great tool for wedding professionals who do a lot of online bookings. It’s called Wed-Pick. Basically Wed-Pick allows you to build an online pricing menu that clients can use to build their own packages. Using check boxes and drop down menus, a client can change parameters of his/her package and then submit that package to you.

This tool has been so helpful for me when consulting with clients. In the past I could never find a good way to display my pricing that made sense and was usable by the client. I used to send pdfs, docs, etc. etc. Wed-Pick has totally changed that. Now I simply send my clients to my wed-pick page and they can build their package exactly the way they want AND submit it to me through wed-pick. Now all I need to do is send them an email with their contract and they’ve just booked a wonderful Philadelphia wedding video.

There are other services out there that offer similar products, but none of them are as affordable and easy as wed-pick. For those of you looking for an inexpensive way of displaying your pricing that is interactive and WORKS… check out the $99 Wed-Pick.

P.S. - Make sure to come back and check out their Philadelphia Wedding Video trailer soon!

Jason and Noreen were recommended to me by the awesome Philadelphia wedding photographers, Dollface Studio, and expert Philadelphia wedding planner, Angela Malicki. Jason and Noreen wanted an authentic wedding film with lots of natural audio and voice overs from throughout the day. This is why we incorporated many of the toasts from their reception into their Philadelphia wedding video. Their reception was also held at the Union League Hotel in downtown Philly. I always love shooting there. The hard wood, marble, and brick make an amazing atmosphere that hearkens back to the days of the “elite” social clubs. Walking through some of the original rooms often makes me imagine the days when civil war era businessmen sat around smoking cigars and drinking fine whiskey.

Check out Jason and Noreen’s trailer from their Philadelphia Wedding Video below!

Bill Gaff, a blogger over at Wedding Bee Pro, recently saw Mariah and Doug’s short form edit (click here to see their trailer) that comes with regular Aubert Films Coverage and asked me if I’d be willing to have it featured on the blog. Of course I said yes! He just posted it wedding bee prothis morning and you can check out the article AND the short form edit by clicking here.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

This week I am thrilled to feature Darrell Aubert of Aubert Films for a behind the scenes look into some this amazing filmmaker’s wedding work.

I first saw this clip  a few weeks ago and immediately wanted to feature it on Weddingbee Pro.  I love this clip. Darrell captured many absolutely beautiful moments but the one that moved me the most was the letter exchange sequence about three minutes into the piece. Darrell really shows such a sensitivity to the subtle but powerful emotions of the day.

Darrell is a filmmaker who has the amazing ability to adapt his style to the needs of the film and the couple. I have seen his wedding films go from edgy and fun to honest and intimate.  He is an incredible talent.

I asked him to tell us a little bit about how he approached the making of this film…

Check out the rest of the article here.

Anyways, check out their Philadelphia Wedding Video. Make sure to leave some comments!

I constantly try and improve the quality of my videos through new technology, new techniques, and more education. To help do this, I belong to a number of wedding videographer online forums where people discuss ideas, share videos, and generally try to become better at what we do. Over the years I’ve developed a lot of “online friendships” that turn into real life ones. One of those people is Maurice O’Carroll (Who is also one of the Top 25) from Tralee, Ireland. We actually became such good friends that I flew him out to shoot a wedding with me earlier this year.
A few weeks ago, Maurice dropped me an email informing me that he and his fiance, Elaine, finally picked a day for their wedding and that they want ME to shoot their wedding video! How awesome is that? It’s quite an honor to be hired by another videographer and I’m humbled that he would choose me to capture such an important day!

Maurice posted a little write-up about me and my friend Glen (who is shooting the wedding with me) over on his blog. He’s trying to bill us as “rockstar videographers” from America. Haha, Yeah Right! A total scam if I’ve ever heard one! :)  :)