Still a few more months left before the season is over but I can’t wait to post about the weddings that we had so far.
It’s different hearing the stories from Chris and experiencing them myself. I can still remember how nervous I’ve been when I finally get to hold the camera and film my first wedding with him. That was Jennifer and Justin’s wedding.
The total replanning of Tiffany’s venue, Jennifer Holten’s vineyard reception, and Alisa’s fantastic cocktail complete with the Dallas Cowboy’s cheerleaders, breakdancers, and fairies, are just some of the most memorable ones that we have for the season, so far.
Why do we love weddings? Because we get to capture the emotions that only happen once in your life. After the dust of the celebration settles, the video that we deliver is that one remebrance that bring you back to that very special day; the laughter, the tears, your friends and families, and the look on your beloved’s face.
I’m sure that the next season’s weddings will be just as warm and unforgetable. And I can’t wait to hold the camera and capture them.
Just wanted to announce that after 2 years, the Watson Videography website has been updated. Among the changes……
14 New Clips
One of the more difficult tasks in updating the site was choosing what new clips to add to the site. In the end, we decided to showcase a little bit of everything from a Bollywood Hindu Wedding, to a wedding in Trinidad, to an upbeat wedding in New York City and everything in between. When added to the 9 existing clips on the site, the grand total comes to 23 samples. Many of the new clips are 10 minutes or more so make sure to block off some time. You’ll be there a while….
New Pricing and Packages
In addition to our Director’s Cut series, we now have a lower cost A La Carte option that starts at $2500.
For those past brides regretting not getting a wedding video, we’ve added a Second Chance Wedding Video option so you can still have a great wedding documentary even if you didn’t hire a professional wedding videographer.
We are also offering the Post Wedding Interview where your recollections of the wedding day will be seamlessly interwoven into the narrarative of your wedding documentary.
It’s never too late to get a great wedding video….even if it’s after the wedding day. If you have video (no matter the quality) and pictures from your wedding day, we can work with you on creating a great documentary of your special day. Please email us at chris@dallasweddingfilms.net for a free consultation and more details.
Starting this Monday, April 6, there will be two ways to booking a wedding package with Watson Videography.
The Director’s Cut Package
For one flat rate, you will have your wedding personally filmed by Chris Watson, up to 10 hours of coverage, a second videographer at the ceremony and a cinematic 30-60 minute edit of your wedding day. This is perfect for the bride who wants the best Watson Videography has to offer in an easy to understand, straight forward manner. On May 15th, we’ll be raising our prices on this premium offering from $3600 to $4000 so please get in touch with us to lock in our old 2008 rate before it goes up.
A La Carte Package
For those brides who would prefer to customize a wedding package to their taste and budget, we are offering for the first time, an A La Carte Package. With a budget friendly starting price of $2500, you will have a wedding shot personally by Chris Watson, up to 8 hours of coverage, a preceremony segment, a clean archive edit of your day, and a 3-6 minute highlight segment to share with family and friends. From there, you have the option of adding specialty segments such as post ceremony and reception montage to your package either before or after the wedding.
For further inquiries, please call us at 817-989-1691 or email chris@dallasweddingfilms.net or barbara@dallasweddingfilms.net.
I have ALOT of catching up to do on posting clips so I’m going to have to break this up into separate posts. Let’s start with April and one of my favorite weddings from that month. Alisha and Jeff….
Preceremony
alisha 2 from Chris W on Vimeo.
A Father Daughter Dance like you’ve never seen. By now we’ve all seen the bit where the bride and groom start off with a slow dance and then all of a sudden they start fast dancing to some song by Michael Jackson. As you’ll see in subsequent posts, I’ve had one or two of those at the weddings I shot. This, however, is the first time I’ve seen the Father Daughter Dance go down this route. Enjoy!
Been a while since the last post. Just wanted to let my current and potential clients know that I’ll be over in the Philippines for the month of December spending quality and quantity time with my wife and will be back on January 1, 2009. The best way to get in touch with me would be through my email address at dynamotv@yahoo.com. I’ll also be happy to give you a call back if you provide a number. Also, I brought over my October slate of weddings to work on while here so if you’re an October 4th, October 11, or October 19th bride and haven’t heard from me, please email me. You might have some good news waiting in your inbox.
If you’re a client who is interested in my services, I would love to hear from you. Simply email me at the email address above and I’ll link you to my Vimeo library which at the present moment has 150 clips you can peruse. I’ll also be happy to mail you one of my latest DVDs for you to look at as well. Pictures and a post on life over here soon (hopefully).
Last weekend, South Texas was hit hard by Hurricane Ike. If you can, please do your part in helping our neighbors in Houston, Galveston, and other areas hit hard by the storm get back on their feet by donating what you can to the Red Cross……
God has blessed me with many talents but one of them obviously is not the ability to maintain a blog :). So with that in mind, I thought I’d fill you guys in on what’s been going on these past few months…….
First and foremost: I got married!
On March 12, 2008, after 3 years of being together, me and Barbara finally tied the knot in her hometown of Bacolod in the Philippines. It was, by far, the best day of my life. Of course, anyone I told the news to wanted to know who my videographer was going to be. I’m proud to say that we were fortunate enough to secure the services of the best videographer in Asia and arguably the best in the world: Jason Magbanua (www.jasonmagbanua.com) Here’s the same day edit he produced for us……
It goes without saying that Jason and his team produced a video that we will always treasure and we are so grateful not only for his talent but also his friendship.
On the photo side, we went with Fotogra Weddings (www.fotogra.ph ) run by Karl de Leon and Mimi Abesamis. The thing that appealed to both of us is how well they captured the candid moments in their subjects and they certainly didn’t disappoint in that regard with us. They are both wonderful artists and wonderful people and I consider them good friends and not just vendors. Here’s a link to our photo gallery…..
http://proofs.fotogra.ph/gallery2/weddings/chris-barbara/ If going through the wedding planning process has taught me anything it’s that at the end of all the craziness of planning, what matters most is showing up……and of course making sure you have the best pics and video you can afford. Because at the end of the day, that’s what endures (other than being married obviously).
So far 2008 has been a great year. I’ve had the opportunity to not only return to some of my favorite spots to shoot in Dallas but also to see some of the world when I was commisioned to shoot a wedding in Anguilla in April. I’m returning to that corner of the world in October and can hardly wait. With my clients’ blessing I hope to be sharing some clips from my ‘08 catalog soon. In the meantime, here’s one of my faves from ‘07………
Anyway, I wanted to get everyone up to speed on what’s going on. Hope you’re having a great week and I’ll try and update my blog a little more often than once every six months
It’s been a very busy booking season for me this past January and February and the year is starting to fill out, but I wanted to let you know that for some reason, May is pretty free and clear. If you are getting married in May and would like to retain my services, there’s a good chance I’m open for your date. Give me a call or email me today so we can get you on the books!
