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Living Lens Winter Break

The Living Lens blog has been a bit quite of late! Winter is a slow time for weddings, so we have take the opportunity to have a little relaxation time.
We headed north to sunny Brisvegas to visit Pete’s family and also took a trip to Toowoomba to visit the talented Matt & Katie from Shadowplay. It was a awesome day “talking shop” with them both, and they even asked us to do an impromptu photo shoot! Heaps of fun and I cant wait to see the final results!

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Port Douglas was our next stop for a week of relaxation and fun with the family. Pete has bought a new camera which he was keen to try out on a Save The Date for my newly engaged sister Sarah and my soon to be brother-in-law Marcus. Stay tuned!

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We are back to reality of Melbourne winter (brrrrr!) and looking forward to summer and the next wedding season.

Making Waves Around the Globe

I wanted to share that we’ve recently had some wonderful recognition internationally. Madalyn and Chean’s trailer has been featured this month on “Wedding Filmmaker Awesomeness” on WedFACT (Wedding Filmmakers Alliance of Creative Talent). WedFACT is an online forum where some of the best wedding filmmakers across the globe come together to promote growth for both individual filmmakers and the greater industry and and it really inspires us to continually push the envelope. Click on the image below:

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We have also been featured on the RNG35 website. They make the adapter that we use in our Film Maker package Add-On and are very happy with the results we have been getting. It was a lovely surprise to find Samantha and Emir’s trailer has been featured as Clip of the Week. Click here to have a look what he had to say about our work.

- Peter

The 7 year Itch?!

Seven years ago today Pete and I got married! How time flies when you are having fun! :P

Our Wedding!Photographer: Carol from Simply Stunning Photography.

We had a ceremony and our reception at the Royce on St Kilda Road and right about this time seven years ago I would have been burning the dance floor to the smooth tones of Joey D!  (For all the YYT fans!) After our wedding we went to Thailand for our honeymoon. All our photos were taken on film, so we don’t have many scanned – how times have changed! If I got married today, my wedding photos would be up on Facebook within 24 hours!

And tonight we were fortunate enough to spend our anniversary with the very generous Chean and Madalyn! We are shooting their wedding in a fortnights time and had a great dinner chatting and getting to know them before the madness of their massive wedding day!

So… It has been a wonderful seven years of marriage and ten years of partnership and I know there will be plenty more to come! Happy Anniversary Pete!

Lotsa love M xo

Event DV – Top 25 Most Influential Videographers 2008 announced!

Pete and I have been waking in the wee hours of the morning for the past three days to view the online announcements of this years Event DV Top 25 Most Influential Videographers. This is very prestigious award in our industry and is given to wedding videographer who are the best in the world and influences the growth and development of our emerging industry.

The exciting news is that we have a first time Aussie winner, fellow videographer and friend Matt Ebenezer of Shadowplay Photography & Video based in Toowomba!

Matt Ebenezer - Event DV 25 winner 2009 Shadowplay Photo & Video Toowoomba

Matt has been a great support to us personally as well as being a regular online contributor and is constantly looking to challenge and evolve the wedding video industry, not just in Australia but worldwide.

Check out some of his amazing video work on his website, along with wife Katie’s stunning photos. – What a dream team!

For more detail on the Event DV 25 and to see the other winners, click here.

M

From Behind the Lense….

Now, most people will tell you I am a show off at the best of times :) but modelling for photos is actually much harder than it looks!!  The lovely Jess from J-Studios was kind enough to take some portrait photos of us in Wattle Park in Box Hill. I have driven past this place so many times and I never realised what a little wild bush land it was right in the city!

Jess took some funky promotional photos and then a few lovely dovey ones for fun. And we got to show off our ninja moves too! It was a great fun session and you can see the rest of the photos of J-Studios blog. Thanks Jess!

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Win Your Wedding Video – Winner!!

Our good friends over at J-Studios ran awesome competition at the end of last year to give one deserving couple their wedding photos free of charge!! We were so inspired by Jessie’s generosity that Pete and I decided to add a free wedding video to the prize pool!

The winner was announced on New Years Day and lucky couple as voted by J-Studios blog readers was Katherine and Chris – congratulations guys! :) They will receive one of our Essential Series documentary edit wedding videos and a bonus music video highlight, all free of charge! We look forward to filming their special wedding later this year, so stay tuned.

To read Katherine and Chris’ story, click here – Win Your Wedding Photography Finalists

You also might notice is the next few months we have a number of collaborations coming up with J-Studios, first of which is our very own photo shoot! Cant wait to see what Jess comes up with!

-  M

Happy New Year!

2008 has been a great year for us with the development of Living Lens and and we are so excited about the possibilities of 2009! We would like wish you all a happy and safe festive season!

During our Christmas celebrations I put together a little video of our family gathering during Christmas eve and day. The weather could not have been any better.

Peter.

Its not too late for a Wedding Video!

Many brides in the initial stages of planning their wedding decide video is not in the budget, but often as they day draws nearer they begin to understand the power and importance of capturing their wedding day. If that sounds like you, dont stress thinking you might have left it too late! Living Lens still has a few dates available during the busy summer season 2008/2009 and would be happy to discuss filming options with you!

Don’t miss out of capturing all the emotion and fun of your wedding day and regret not getting a wedding film.  Call or email us, we would be happy to visit you to discuss how we can create a special wedding film just for you!

- Emily

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