Cindi & Nate, Denver Wedding Highlight Movie, April 9, 2010

Sometimes when I’m working on an edit, things hit me in a such a way, that I really am dumbfounded.  I mean, I know I’m an emotional guy, and most of my friends and family know that.  But some edits, and some couples, really just make me more emotional.  Maybe it’s the couple, maybe it’s the circumstances surrounding the day, maybe it’s information you’ve learned about the couple since their wedding day, and maybe it’s my own state of affairs.  Or maybe, and most likely, it’s all those things.  But while editing Cindi and Nate’s movie, I cried a bunch.  I cried when I saw them cry, when Gil the minister spoke certain words of advice, when he appealed to all the people at the wedding to get on a plane and go and be on Cindi and Nate’s team, when I heard their vows over and over, and when I saw the look in Cindi’s Dad’s eyes when they walked down the aisle.  Cause these are real people and they have real lives.  They have real friends, and they have real families.  And their families reminded me of my family and how I’ve grown closer to them over the last year, through all the ups and downs of my own life.

Cindi and Nate live with a passion for life and friends that we should all be lucky to find someday.  I heard it in their words for each other.  I saw it in the way they act around each other.  I heard it from their friends and families, as I was shooting for these two all day.

And then being the lucky one who gets to go back through all this and put it together, to tell the story of their big day, well, I feel very fortunate.  They were the ones who wrote their story, I’m just interpreting it for them, because their wedding day was a blur, as they’ve told me it was.

I’m so glad about so many things from this wedding.  Plain and simple, it was gorgeous.  From the simple Eisenhower Chapel, to the unbelievable Wings Over the Rockies Air Museum for the Reception.  Totally unreal.  A great, warm spring day in Denver, made even better by new bonds being created.  From warm, loving families to many, many fun friends who reminded me of my own.

Yes, these two are playing the team sport of marriage, and the have wonderful, supporting teams to help them along their journey.

So many thanks go out to all the other wonderful vendors I was able to work with on this day.  And also to my incredible second shooter, the fantastic Allen Birnbach, who is an accomplished photographer in his own right.

Photography for the day was taken care of by the awesome Lisa Seaman and her crew from Story Lens Photography.

Flowers from the always creative and pleasant Amy, from The Flower House Weddings

The venues, oh geez, did I say before unreal.  You have got to see this place where the reception was.  The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, located in the Lowry Neighborhood of Denver (a very cool urban redevelopment use of an old Air Force base) is something for the young and old.  This place has a LOT of planes, bombers and fighters, and even an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars movie (a personal favorite).  Courtney was so helpful, so many times, she couldn’t have been easier to work with.

And the Eisenhower Chapel.  So simple, so classic, so cute.  Mary-Jean is in charge there, talk to her.  Again, easy is the key word here, as in EASY to work with.  Thank You.

I didn’t get to meet the caterers, but I’ve heard many good things about them and loved the table preps.  Bistro Boys Catering, Dianne is your woman to speak to over there.

And last but not least, sometimes I don’t really think of the minister as a vendor, but I guess they are hired to marry the couple, so that makes them a vendor.  Gil Jones was the minister, and he tied everything together like I’ve never seen before.  He is a personal friend of Cindi and Nate’s and their families, and in this case, that’s a very good thing.  He was awesome.  He put together their ups and downs, in a humorous, but oh so meaningful way.  I look forward to working with him again.

Depending on your internet connection speed, and to get uninterrupted playback, it’s always a good idea to press play and then quickly pause it, letting the progress bar get to at least halfway before pressing play again.

And , as always, leave a comment below to show Cindi and Nate how much you love them.  It also helps my internet search rankings.

Cindi & Nate, Denver Wedding Movie, April 9, 2010 from Daniel Dunn on Vimeo.