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sunday {INSPIRATIONS}

Nadia — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:39 +0000

A few unique groom’s cake in honor of Super Bowl Sunday. To view full gallery click here.

image source: Brides

Invitations for That Special Occasion

Nadia — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:02:49 +0000

We offer invitations and coordinating pieces for every event — weddings, bridal showers, bar and bat mitzvahs, anniversaries and more.

An invitation is more than just a piece of paper that is thrown away. It is the first impression that defines your event and is received by your closest family and friends, to ask them to share in one of the most memorable celebrations of your life.

Cinematography {the art of motion-picture photography}: Moetic Films

Nadia — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:01:58 +0000

For those that know us, know that we are a huge proponent of having your wedding documented not only just with photos but video as well. Moetic Films is another great example of why video should be budgeted into every once-in-a-lifetime event.

What is Moetic?
Moetic is a word we just made up. Sort of a combination of of the words ‘movement’ and ‘poetic.’

What was the inspiration behind the name?
Our goal with each of our films is to tell a story that moves people to some sort of emotion. So when we started throwing out words that defined us, we ended up just taking a couple that we liked and meshing them together.

Do you have a signature style?
We would say we’re of the more modern style. Breaking it down into 2 categories, the older style, which I think (unfortunately) a lot of people still think about when they think about wedding videos, is more reactionary – pointing the camera at the action and reacting to it. Not much in the way of story-telling.

Our style, and the style which a lot of the top cinematographers in the industry are creating, is more story-telling-centric.

We aim to anticipate and capture the action in a highly-cinematic way without giving our couple a lot of direction. Instead of reacting to the action, we anticipate it in order to capture multiple, unique angles and shots throughout the day. The couple looks natural and the footage looks like a movie.

The key for us in all of this is really getting to know each of our couples very well. While every wedding has the same essential script, each couples’ personality is different and that’s what makes each of our films so unique and intriguing.

Why Moetic?
We all have a passion for using film as a means to telling stories and we love getting to know each of our couples so that each film is unique to them.

This means all four of us putting a lot of energy and effort into getting to know the couples we work with and allowing them to get to know us. We love showing up at their wedding feeling like we are friends, rather than a vendor they hired. This makes it so they can truly be themselves on their most important day, not feeling nervous around us or the camera.

If you dare to be so bold – who would you hire to capture your personal event?There are so many great wedding cinematographers out there, so this is tough.

We would look for someone who was willing to invest in us. Sure there were a lot of details in each of our weddings but we’d want to find someone who was willing to get to know us, so they could capture what was unique to us and not just the details of our day. I think we’d like to work with someone we could see ourselves hanging out with, someone we could become friends with.

Tell us an interesting fact.
Moetic is a team of Ryan Welch, Ryan Rossman, Susan Welch and Brittany Rossman. Yep, 2 Ryan’s. You either need to be named Ryan or married to one to work for us.
Last summer we did back-to-back Same Day Edits in different states. After a Friday wedding in San Francisco, we charged our batteries, cleared card, slept for 2 hours, then boarded a plane to Seattle, and went right into another one! We like working under pressure!

Updates

Nadia — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:28:23 +0000

The start of the new year has been a busy one for us with lots of overdue administrative work. We finally pushed our web re-design project forward and its now complete. YEAH!

During the re-design we were in temporary blackout mode so we have lots to catch up on. In brief, a couple weeks ago we had the opportunity to participate in Skamania Lodge’s Bridal Open House. Here’s a snapshot of our tablescape design featuring our floral design and blossom linen in black and white with white iridescent napkins. White chivari chairs and glass beaded rim chargers are from Peter Corvallis Productions.

Photo courtesy of Sikora Photography - thanks Tom!

Come See Us

Nadia — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:17:00 +0000

Tis the season of bridal shows and venue open houses. There are so many this time of the year – 22 between January and April alone! With so many its hard to decide, right?

Our staff will be at two upcoming venue bridal open houses (details below). Both events are open to the public at no cost. Come on by, check it out and say hello.

Skamania Lodge
Sunday, January 15 between Noon-4pm
RSVP: Michele Starry @ (800) 221-7117

The Oregon Golf Club
Sunday, February 12 between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm
RSVP: Nicole Bergin @ (503) 650-6900

Merry Holiday Season!

Nadia — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:52:00 +0000

From our home to yours. Wishing you the very best this holiday season!

sunday {INSPIRATIONS}

Nadia — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Welcome to sunday {INSPIRATIONS}!

Check-in with us every Sunday (well… most Sundays) where we’ll share with you some of what inspires us; what’s haute, fun, cool, quirky and all of the above.

Pantone just released 2012 color of the year — tangerine tango. So here’s a tribute to the release. We hope you like it as much as we do.

Photos courtesy of Ira Lippke Studios

Lily + Sam | wedding video sneak peak

Nadia — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:09:00 +0000

Congrats Lily + Sam! Thanks for allow us to take part in your special day.

Video footage courtesy: Shields Films

Engagement | Nicole + Taylor: Introductions and the Beginning of Planning

Nicole — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:18:00 +0000

Photography by: Nicole Grace Photography

Taylor and I met through a mutual friend, we starting talking on of all places Face book. At the time, Taylor was living in Utah and I here in Oregon. On face book we got to know each other a little more and then one day our face book messages developed into texting and then into phone calls, still without meeting face to face. He finally came back to Oregon to visit his family and we were able to have our first real date. Long story short, he moved back to Oregon to be closer to his family and to see where our relationship would go. One year and 2 months later on December 3^rd, 2010 He got down on one knee and proposed!

Not too long after he proposed the wedding planning process began, I started looking through magazines and looking to Google for wedding inspiration to try and find some sort of clue on how to transform what I saw my wedding as since I was a little girl into reality. After a month of gathering inspiration I was finally able to figure out a few key things that inspired me the most. This wasn’t an easy process by any means though. I found myself thinking that all “real wedding” inspiration was beautiful. Finally, I decided on a vintage feel with the color scheme of several shades of pink, gray, black and ivory.

Next, came a date we needed to agree on. I wanted to have a long engagement and Taylor wanted to have a short one. Our compromise was a 9 month long engagement. We figured out date out by reserving a reception hall we wanted to have our reception at. The funny thing is though, 3 months later, we decided to go with a different reception hall but still decided to stick with the date of September 3^rd 2011.

Taylor and I also talked about how we saw our wedding ceremony and reception. Both of our families are on the larger side and when we started counting out people and their families that we really wanted there the list became around 250 people. Looking back, I guess I have always wanted a large wedding because a marriage is something that’s important to be (and Taylor too) its not something that should be taken lightly in my opinion. This is my one and only wedding and I want it to be something I am proud of on the day of my wedding, 10 years later, 20 years later and so on..

Something that really helped me while speaking with vendors was making an inspirational board, taking images from magazines and online and putting them onto a page with my color scheme. I definitely recommend this to all the brides out there. I printed out a few and carried them to all my wedding vendor meetings, Leaving a the inspirational board with them I knew we would all be on the same page as far as what I was expecting out of my vendors and wedding.

The wedding planning process has been the one of most thrilling experiences of my life. I hope you stay tuned to what’s to come as September 3^rd gets closer and closer!

Engagement | Nicole + Taylor

Nadia — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:27:00 +0000

Congrats Nicole & Taylor!! We’re a little more excited this time around as Nicole is one of us. Stay tuned for more as we follow Nicole during the wedding planning process.

photos by Nicole Grace Reid Photography (Taylor’s Aunt)