Platinum Wedding at Waldorf Astoria Orlando

Wow! That is only way I can describe this wedding.
    The Harper/ Dorko wedding had many firsts for me. It was the first time I have shot the wedding of a 'Mother of the Bride'. It is a great feeling when the mother of a former bride/client calls you up to shoot her wedding. This will be the fourth wedding I have done for this group of family and friends, I guess I am an honorary member of the family now.
    Speaking of going back to a very first, the Bride's daughter, was the very first wedding that I worked with the incredible Susie Weiss of Wonderful Weddings. Through that very first wedding, I started to develop a great relationship with Wonderful Weddings and a great relationship with the Harper Family.
     It was the first major wedding at the brand new beautiful Waldorf Astoria in Orlando. This resort is beautiful and the service was phenomenal. I never felt like a vendor, I felt like a guest the whole time.
It was the first Platinum Wedding I have shot. This wedding was going to be featured and the bride pulled out the last minute. Good thing, they would have just got in my way.
     It was the first wedding I could dedicate the talents of my partner and his Canon 5D Mark II just to artistic shots. And it payed off with some killer moments.
Finally this was my first wedding with a charity casino after party. The talented artist from Flourish created a mini casino complete with slot machines and a slot machine groom's cake. All the proceeds went to four of the couples favorite charities. That is pretty cool.

Linda & Andrew's Wedding Trailer from Perfect Sky Productions on Vimeo.
Cast & Crew:
Bride - Linda Harper
Groom - Andrew Dorko
Cinematographer/Editor - Perfect Sky Productions
Cinematographer - Douglas Howard
Cinematographer - Seth Cohen
Wedding Coordinator - Wonderful Weddings (Susie, Donna & Elaine)
Photographer - Nu Visions in Photography (Kurt & Stephanie)
Floral and Design - Flourish Floral Productions
Hair & Make-up - Marjorie Robinson
Location - Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Cakes- Bake Me A Cake
Chocolate Fountain - Chocolate Traditions
Cocktail Music - Hapara Music
Reception Music - Fifth Avenue
After Party - Fun Factory

Bridal Elegance & Trashing the Dress

Doug and I had a little challenge not too long ago, a competition of editing styles called an 'Edit Off'. Doug and Lee had shot a beautiful wedding out at the Ritz Carlton for this great couple, Erin and Michael. The wedding was stunning and we loved the footage so we each wanted to cut a teaser trailer for the wedding. Well, our pride, fragile egos and manly chest thumping bravado produced a little competition of wedding trailers. Lisa Konecny of E Events loved the ideal as well and encouraged the competition, it's a win win for the couple. After we produced each trailer we posted them online and had friends, colleagues, the couple and their friends vote on their favorite trailer. Thanks Brittany Sobering for getting the trailer out to such a wide audience, you are now our talent agent. You can follow the video odyssey below. The final video will answer the burning questions, 'Who got the mad editing skills?'.

Megan & Bobby's Wedding

The first part of this blog should be sung, not read. The melody is 'These are a few of my favorite things'.

Susie on duty and Damon on photo

Perfect blue skies and warm fuzzy moments

DJPJ spinning the records so smooth

These are a few of my favorite things

Brian & Richard adding touches from Flourish

Dougie with Lee Day and Jay looks like Opie

The Ritz being Ritzy the Church being holy

These are few of my favorite things

When the shot rocks

When the brides hot

When I'm feeling glad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I know this all so fab!

Now take a bow (really, no one heard you singing). It was just like your morning shower concert, except I hope you were not naked at the time. Now that the singing is out of the way, I have to get serious for a moment.  Let's talk Megan and Bobby's Wedding, what a great event. Here is my run down of the day.