Julie and I got the opportunity to work with the very talented Winne Lee, owner of Winnie Couture Bridal Salon. She designs wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses that retail in stores all over the nation and world. She held her fall fashion show this past Friday. Perry Video and Photo was the official photographer and videographer for the event. Great show! Check out the pics...
That's Winnie in the back
More Winnie with the models
Our new friend Laura Lehner, who we found out actually works with Jack at Greenwood King!
Been a while since we last blogged for Perry Video and Photo. Our young babies (Jackson age 3.5 and Annie age 1.5) have a lot to do with that. Blogging regularly is not as easy as it has been before.
But we're back blogging regularly. We'll see how this goes...
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The best news we have for Perry Studios is that we now offer fine portrait and photojournalism photography in addition to video productions. Perry Video Productions is now doing business as Perry Video and Photo or Perry Studios. Admittedly, we have kinda a name identity crisis. We just like taking pictures and video. Tough to stick to just one name. Maybe we could just be like "Madonna", "Sting", or "Prince". Haha, Ya, I like that. Let's stick with that and just be "Perry" ;)
In 2008, we will launch a site dedicated specifically to fine portrait and photojournalism photography. It will be a nice flash site, likely. Check out our blog and www.perryvideophoto.com site for a link to the new one.
Here are some great Perry Photography pictures from 2007 Houston weddings:
2007 Wedding Engagment Portraits.
March 2007 wedding at Chateau Polenez in North Houston.
More 2007 Portraits...
Thank you for taking a look at our work and beautiful brides/couples! Photography has been the most fascinating new part of our wedding and event business. We look forward to many more years of photography in Houston!
Here is a beautiful wedding that was held at Chapelwood United Methodist and The Hobby Center for The Performing Arts. We thought we would resurrect to update our blog.
The couple here is Sarah and Brian Austin. We still get to see them at weddings these days when they refer us to their friends. Thanks guys!
Below is an e-mail from one of our sweet brides, Blanca Silva-Solis. Her wedding video turned out so nicely. Julie did such a great job with the editing. We got the fun opportunity to deliver it to her and her husband on Valentines day. Read below.
Hello Perry Family!
WOW! This is simply the only way I can start to describe how I feel about our video. It was unbelievable we were so happy to get it on Valentine's day THANK YOU so much for going the extra mile to meet us. It was great to watch it on our 1 year engagement anniversary right behind our 3 month wedding anniversary. It was phenomenal work. I was confident that the video was going to be nice, but I had no idea that it would look like a sample video! It was awesome. My parents and sisters have seen and we all laughed and cried. You truly captured the essence of how close I am with my parents and sisters. Thank you so much. My dad says he can't wait to get his copy so he can watch it everyday! I cannot thank you enough, it was truly amazing work. Julie and Jack you have a real talent for video filming and production. May God Bless you with above and beyond success in your business. Know that I will recommend you as the #1 for wedding videos to everyone that I talk to. As a last minute decision (remember I was lucky enough to book you like 30 days before the wedding) it was the BEST wedding decision after saying YES to Andrew. Thank you again. We feel very fortunate to have found ya'll. If I can help in talking to any future brides please let me know. Also feel free to use our footage for promotional purposes as well.
On Saturday, January 28, 2006, the wedding ceremony of Traci and Steve Theis was celebrated by nearly 200 guests. The wedding ceremony was held at West University United Methodist Church. The reception following was at The Bella Terraza.
Many out of town guests celebrated this wonderful occasion with Steve and Traci. Steve's groomsmen and ushers--all 10 of them--traveled from different areas of Ohio to stand by Steve as he accepted Traci's hand in marriage.
That Saturday was filled with heavy rain. Thankfully, the rainy day ended at just the right time for Steve and Traci. Around 5:00, the Saturday rain eased up and the sun began to set just before the 5:30 wedding ceremony of Traci Payne and Steve Theis.
What impressed me the most, was the heartfelt devotion that Steve showed for Traci. It is very touching to see the heart of such a devoted spouse. Steve's reaction when Traci made her way down the center isle tells it all. Take a look at the below clip.
The reception was great fun! Evoke Photography was present. They always do a great job documenting the fun and dancing. James Levine with Dynamic Entertainment was the DJ. James is a smooth cat. He knows how to get the crowd dancing. Great to work with James again. Heather with The Bella Terraza as always gave top notch service to her clients and their guests. Traci and Steve had lots of fun! Steve really liked his rasberry amaretto cake. He forced me to try it, so I did. Yummmm!
Last night, Saturday, January 14, 2006, in front of a count of close to 300 wedding guests, we celebrated the marriage of Dan and Carrie Victor.
Dan and Carrie met each other about 2-4 years ago through mutual friends at a Cajun Crawfish Party. (sorry that my time reference is off, guys! My wife, Julie, likely knows the time exactly. She's the Math major and detail better half ;) )
Dan and Carrie are dear people. It was a pleasure to be around their families during their wedding day. It is no surprise how wonderful people find each other to make great couples.
The wedding ceremony was held at The Woodlands United Methodist Church. Shortly after 6:00pm, Carrie and her father walked the beautiful candle lit isle to give her hand in marriage to Dan Victor.
Following the ceremony, they proceded to the reception held at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center. If you have never been to The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center, make sure to check it out! It is a beautiful wedding destination. The staff that work the events there have known Julie and me for years. They are very professional and take great care of their event clients.
Music for the reception was provided by Robin with Rock-N-Robin Entertainment. Photography by Magnolia. Both great to work with.
At close to midnight, Carrie let Robin know that it was about time to close the party down and head to the bar downstairs with their friends.
Dan and Carrie will be honeymooning in Hawaii. Dan says no surfing, although it would be cool to say that he was. He'll stick with body boarding.
Congratulations to Dan and Carrie!
Jack
(see video link near the end of the week for "next day highlight").
Friday, January 13, 2006 the Victor and Hansen family celebrated the rehearsal dinner of Dan and Carrie, soon to be Victor. I filmed the rehearsal dinner and worked as technician for LCD projector, DVD player, speakers, and screen of the photo montage of Dan and Carrie Victor. The Rehearsal Dinner was held at The Grotto in The Woodlands. Special toasts were made from Dan and Carrie to their friends as well as from their friends and family to Dan and Carrie.
One of the toasts that stuck out with me as an extra special one was the one from Carrie to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hansen. Follow this clip for a special moment of the rehearsal dinner.
(Thank you to Carolina with K&C Photography for helping us color correct these video stills!)
One word comes to mind to describe this wedding LOTS OF FUN! (oh, that's three words. So much fun, I just could not keep it to one :)
Last night, Julie and I filmed the wedding of Kelly and Lee Russell. Surrounded by nearly 400 guests, Kelly and Lee celebrated their wedding in style.
The evening wedding ceremony was held at St. Teresa Catholic Church near Memorial Park. During the ceremony, the pastor encouraged them with this message, "The two of you will become partners with God. Together you can make God's love shown around the world by the simple way that you love each other." Accompanying the message of the ceremony was the sound of the Fort Bend Boy's Choir.
Following the ceremony, the reception was held at The Forest Club. They had a great cover band from Austin. That played a good mix of old dance music. I can't remember the name?? Everyone danced quite a bit. Steve Schmidt Photography (I hope I spelled that right--Schmidt??) was great to work with. I look forward to seeing the pictures.
At about 12:15, Kelly and Lee made their way to the exit led by friends, family, and lots of rose petals. At the bottom you'll find the "next day highlight" clip of the exit footage.)
It has been 3 days since the wedding of Josh and Nicole. This was the 2nd time to work with this family. In spring of 2004, we filmed the wedding of Josh's sister. A true honor to be asked back to such a special occasion.
The wedding was held at River Oaks Baptist Church and The Houston Club on Rusk downtown. I have been tied up a bit with 2006 New Year fun and relaxation, so I'm just getting around to posting comments about their wedding.
After each wedding for 2006, Julie and I have committed to posting a short "next day" 1 minute video highlight and some memorable quotes from the wedding day. It's our new years resolution, so we'll see how it goes :)
Josh and Nicole have known each other since Junior High, so this wedding was indeed a special union of two people made for each other. From the sermon that was preached for these two lovebirds, 2 quotes most stand out in my memory.
"Keep a record of the past in pencil, not pen. Make sure that you can erase it easily and move forward with your relationship together".
"In all of my years, I have never met a more perfect couple for each other."
Below is the link to the short "next day" highlight we uploaded to Google Video. Cheers!
Jack
Next Day Highlight (The compression on this video came out a bit pixelated. It is best viewed as a small video, so shrink your google video screen a bit.)
We just discovered Google Video. This is a very cool tool that we came accross to help raise the awareness to potential clients of just how fun and beautiful wedding video can be. Here is a wedding video from November of 2004 created in the Perry Video studio by post production artist, Julie Perry.
This is the first of many highlights that we will post for the public. Thank you Goooooooogle!
Hello friends, family, and Perry Video Productions clients-
This is my first post in the blogging world. Thank you for joining the Houston Weddings blog. My wife and I began our wedding video production business in 2002. Since then, over 5 years we have had the honor of sharing in over 150 weddings. WOW! That time has gone by quickly.
Also during those years we added Jackson (now age 21 months) to our family. I'll get a picture up once I find a good one. Hey, I'll use our Christmas Card for this Christmas.
Anyway, with this blog, Julie and I will post short clips of the weddings we video. This will allow our friends, family, clients, and prospective clients to take a look at the work we are adding to our wedding video portfolio.
That's Winnie in the back
More Winnie with the models
Our new friend Laura Lehner, who we found out
Winnie celebrated at the end of a good show
