by On Bended Knee | Jun 28, 2011 |
The new website went live today… FINALLY. http://onbendedkneefilms.com
It’s been a slow and gradual process, but since my decision to concentrate on filming weddings, and hence changing names, is going to pay dividends. 1AceRex1 Productions has been good to me, and I will forever use that name when and if I ever get back to making movies, but for now, On Bended Knee Films just feels right.
Now the question is, do I switch my name on all the bridal websites that have me listed as 1AceRex1 Productions. I’m leaning towards yes, but could it possibly be beneficial to have two names floating out there. I’m sure I could contact my past clients and garner a bunch of new reviews under the new name. Any suggestions?
That’s about all for now. Though I do want to tell anyone out there looking to get new business cards made, go to gotprint.com. I just got 1,000 new business cards, two-sided with color and UV coating for $11 and change. I am still in shock at how this place is in business, but they are amazing. They also do post cards, brochures.. etc…
That’s all for now, but since it’s been a while…
Proposal Idea of the Week:
Very simple. Remember the place? The place where you and your significant other had that first moment? That first moment where you started looking at one another a little differently? Maybe it was the first place you met… Maybe it was the site of your first date… Maybe it was where you work, or at the gym… Wherever it was, find a way and/or legitimate reason to take her there. Prepare a few words. Don’t worry about remembering them perfectly. Getting nervous is perfectly okay. Get her to a special place in that location, and point out a certain area that triggers that memory that you guys shared there. Put yourself in position, so that when she turns around, there you are, on bended knee.
by On Bended Knee | Jun 27, 2011 |
After a long day Saturday, there was no rest for the weary on a normally laid back Sunday. Nope, this because the annual Graduation ceremony for Burbank Edu-Care Pre school is on Monday… today. Compiling over 4 hours of footage from throughout the school year, it is now my job to break that down to 15-20 minutes of highlights, making sure every kid has their fair share of screen time. 😉
So after another late night, and early morning, I am finished. Of course, there is a problem with the frame size, being that I mixed standard definition footage with high definition footage on the same capture sequence.. but hopefully the kids won’t notice. I don’t have time to render it properly for the show tonight, but before the dvd is handed out to parents I’ll take care of it.
Yup, probably gonna be a lot of late nights the next two weeks, as our trip to Sri Lanka approaches, and a pile of weddings to edit on my desk stares back at me.
Hope you are having a great Monday!
by On Bended Knee | Jun 25, 2011 |
Regina and Robert renewed their vows at the Camarillo Library. It was a very romantic evening, full of family and close friends. This is the full length cinematic style montage of their big day, which includes a live guitar performance and an ensemble instrumental musical performance of a piece written by the groom. DJ Mark Antaky ran a smooth event all night long.
Today, I am off to Dana Point, a long trek down south, to film the wedding of Kristin and Audie.
by On Bended Knee | Jun 20, 2011 |
So, unless my math is incorrect, this marks the one week anniversary of my first blog post. On behalf of this momentous occasion, I hereby invite all of you reading this to give yourself the rest of the day off… What’s that? Your boss doesn’t think so? Okay, well give yourself a minute to take a few deep breaths, and just appreciate what you have. A timeless quote by Anonymous (some day I really have to meet that guy!) says it best. “Life is a journey, not a destination. ” Or wait, was that Ralph Waldo Emerson? Ehh, I still want to meet Anonymous. 😉
So just remember that even when you are trudging through days that seem to never end, you will make it to tomorrow. Before each wedding I film, I tend to play this game in my head. I take a shower in the morning, and while I’m in there, I pretend it’s a time machine. I realize that in 12 hours or so, I’ll have completed my day, and be right back in that same spot again. Sometimes I think how great it would be if I could just fast forward to that second shower, and skip the hard work ahead. The problem with that is, along with the hard work… the sore back, knees, and wrist… comes the reward. Spending time with a couple on the best days of their lives. Meeting their friends and family, who 95% of the time, are on their best behavior and having a great time- and being able to capture those positive moments for everyone in attendance, especially and most notably the couple, to enjoy and relive forever. If I skipped all that, I wouldn’t have experienced the things that I was meant to experience at that moment in time. Any given moment can change your life. A split second can be the difference in winning and losing. The same second can be applied to any moment in life. We’re talking about hours during a day. The hours that we want to hurry up and get through. Those hours can be the ones that lead us to the destination we never want to leave. So hang in there, even though it’s only Monday. (I’ll apologize in parenthesis for that, in case it came off as a rambling. Hopefully trapped inside is some coherency. Maybe later I’ll explain where this mood is coming from…)
Anyway, had a long weekend, without giving myself much time off. So today, I will attempt to recuperate, as I do some of the “busy work” for the week, which doesn’t require much effort. That is to say, I will be uploading footage all day. Give me creative juices a few hours off, so that I can get back to Regina and Robert’s wedding montage tomorrow.
So if your boss is cool, and let’s you celebrate my one week anniversary blog entry with me, than take off and enjoy a few hours doing whatever you want. If not, enjoy the path anyway. It might be a day you’re glad you didn’t hurry though.
Proposal Idea of the Day:
I’ll dedicate this one to Scott and Kim, as this is how Scott proposed. Prepare your proposal in the sand at a secluded part of any beach, or lake… (Will You Marry Me” tends to be the words of choice)
Find a reason to take your girlfriend for a walk on the beach. Perhaps, tell her there is a sand sculpture that some famous artist made, and you heard it was amazing Ocean City, MD used to have new ones every day, usually religious depictions).
Walk her to that point in the sand, and have the ring ready. When she gets there and realizes what it says in the sand*, you’ll be behind her waiting, On Bended Knee.
*(If you’ve done a great job selling what is supposed to be there, she may just think she is ruining someone else’s proposal, and scurry to get out of there, in which case you need to calmly explain that, “No Kim, this is for you.”) 🙂
by On Bended Knee | Jun 19, 2011 |
This was a beautiful day at The Westlake Village Inn. Kim and Scott couldn’t make a more adorable couple, as this video is absolute proof. Brandon at Couturefoto was a pleasure to work with again, as was the Coordinator, Christina Molina. Duke, Commerce Flowers, provided the floral arrangements, while John Suarez at After Dark Entertainment did an excellent job running the show.
