05.13.08
Posted in Photo, Engagements at 9:51 am by John
Not gonna lie.. I’m super excited to shoot Christina and Alex’s wedding! We had a super fun time shooting their e-session! I was just about to leave the studio and Patrick told me he had an hour while something was exporting and wanted to come along! So I was lucky enough to have him as well.. It’s not often I work with him in the Photography capacity so it was really neat to have his unique perspective on things. Seeing as he came along, I included a couple of his photos too! Anyway, thanks for being so much fun C+A, and I can’t wait for your wedding!
-John.
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05.12.08
Posted in Cinema, Same-Day Edits at 8:33 pm by John
We just got back from England and headed right to California for the wedding of Jake and Lisa, think jet lag is bad to Canada, try traveling another 5 hours and 3 time zones! It’s interesting how your body eventually just resolves itself to the fact that it will take sleep when it can get it and kinda throws the body clock out the window. 
Jake and Lisa had a really wonderful wedding. I love shooting weddings that revolve around a culture other than what I grew up in. It’s extremely interesting to learn new traditions and see different ceremonies. Jake and Lisa are both Korean and almost every aspect of their day was in their native tongue. None of us speak a word of Korean; as you can imagine this poses some very interesting and unique hurdles. However, in true StillMotion style, I think we crossed them with flying colours. We all worked extremely hard together as one entity to pool ideas and create one of our best SDEs yet. Patrick did an amazing job of editing it together in about 2 hours. We will have a super cool photo sampler coming soon.
Enjoy.
- John.
Here is the HD Version on Vimeo.
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05.06.08
Posted in Cinema, Other at 5:05 pm by Patrick
Destination weddings sure are something else. Aside from the exhaustion which seems to invariably follow us around for days after every trip, the experience of seeing so many places while doing what we love is an absolute joy. Until now we hadn’t really taken the time to produce anything for ourselves. As we had some extra time in London before we shot Johanna and David, I thought this would be a perfect time to carry along the camera and make a touristy type video. While it was quite annoying for John, Michael, and Amina to have to always wait around while I pulled the camera out yet again to shoot something, hopefully they will agree that it was worth all the hassle in the end. I’m sure some wonderful comments on the blog would really bode well in my favor
A little insiders tip: London has what they call ’speakers corner’ at Hyde Park every Sunday. Basically, a large crowd gathers and some bring their own soapboxes and stepping stools and just start speaking aloud. Small crowds gather around each speaker and people seem to drift from area to area checking out all that is being said. It is a totally free event with no censorship on what was being said or who could speak and it was quite the event to check out. You may even see a cameo with Amina and John when in comes to that part of the video.
-Patrick
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05.02.08
Posted in Photo, Engagements, Destinations at 6:18 pm by Amina
As many of you may know, this weekend we’re in England for a wedding.
We had the pleasure of shooting David and Johanna’s engagement session yesterday in an old market place very close to London Bridge. There was so much to shoot in every direction, more than in any other location in which we’ve shot. We started there and made our way by foot towards their house, which was about 15 minutes away. Of course, with so many photo ops, it took us muuuch longer than 15 minutes to get there…
Here are some of my favourites from the shoot:
-Amina
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04.29.08
Posted in Cinema, Highlights, Destinations at 1:40 am by Patrick
While the whole StillMotion team is off in London, England to shoot a wedding this weekend, I thought it would be fun to post another destination wedding we shot, that of Natalie and Daniel from last October.
What a contrast between the stress levels from weddings in Canada and the US compared to somewhere tropical. The timing of the ceremony was decided on that afternoon, the spa where Natalie got ready was located right beside two large pools and an open bar, and the resort had some very comfy beds covered by a canopy, overlooking the ocean.
The ceremony ended up happening right before sunset, which was rather breathtaking, but that didn’t leave much time for a photo-session afterwards. Rather than trying to rush through the shots, which is nearly impossible to do in such a gorgeous location, we all decided to take it easy and then come back out the next day for a day after/ trash the dress type shoot.
When it came to putting the highlights together, I wanted to blend all of these different elements together and create something more akin to an overview of the entire trip, rather than just a chronological telling of one day.
-Patrick
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04.25.08
Posted in Cinema, Highlights at 2:47 pm by Patrick
A coupe weeks ago Amina posted the photos from Amy and Matt’s wedding. Here is their highlights clip to add to the story. This one was also led by Tony, but luckily for him he had help that day.
-Patrick
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04.23.08
Posted in Cinema, Highlights at 9:04 pm by Patrick
A long time back we posted some pics from Trang and Scott’s wedding that we took while shooting their film. As we close out the last couple edits we have for 2008, here is their highlights (which will be followed up with some pretty crazy dance moves- which you get a sneak preview of in this clip).
-Patrick
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04.21.08
Posted in Cinema, Highlights at 8:13 pm by Michael
A while back, almost the entire Still-Motion team was involved with Rose + Manny’s Same Day Edit, it was one of our final SDE’s of 2007 and was easily remembered for receiving one of the most incredible reactions from Rosa & Manny’s family and friends.
For their highlights, Patrick and I felt it was best to wipe the slate clean and to give Rosa & Manny’s highlights a totally unique flavour when compared to their SDE.
Hence, we opted to drive their highlights via the personality of the couple, using a warm, light-hearted & colorful approach to tell their story.
- Michael
Here is a Higher Resolution Version on Vimeo.
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04.17.08
Posted in Cinema, Highlights at 2:39 pm by Patrick
Tony shot the wedding for Nadia and Craig while Mike and I were in the Dominican with Natalie and Daniel. In ‘07 we were crazy enough to offer a package that included only one cinematographer, which when using 3 cameras for a ceremony can be quite tough, not to mention stressful. Tony really stepped up his game for Nadia and Craig and came up with some killer footage. I thought we would try something for a change and have Nadia co-write the blog post about her wedding. This is what she came up with:
“Every Bride eagerly awaits her wedding day, but if you are fortunate enough to be a Still-Motion bride you await your wedding with bated breath.
We had the opportunity to have our photo shoot done before the ceremony which allowed us to work within several unusual locations. The surreal forest, my mini TTD in the creek 
and the abandoned barn, all contributed to the most fantastic photo shoot ever!
Our highlights video captures the wide ranges of emotion felt on that day - From the quirkiness of our “First Kiss”, to the tears of happiness at the reception, I hope that you all enjoy this as much as we do!”
Thanks Again,
Nadia
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04.08.08
Posted in Cinema, Highlights, Destinations at 11:42 am by Patrick
On the plane ride back from Cali we started putting together a little trailer of what we had shot the day before. After about four hours of editing in the air, I realized we had way too much to just do a little trailer
Here are the highlights from their gorgeous wedding day.
-Patrick
Here is the HD Version on Vimeo.
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