Wedding Trailer

Kate and Brian were married on a beautiful winter day in February. The wedding took place at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of Notre Dame. The Reception followed at the Palais Royale.

Every wedding has those special moments that happen once and never happen again that only video can do justice to. This one has one of those special moments in spades. You will notice that the song I chose for this trailer is not our typical 'canned' song, we use for trailers, it was recorded at the reception as the bride's grandmother joined the band on stage to sing the first dance song. What a fantastic memory these two newlyweds will share for years to come!



Kate & Brian

Bisilica Monday is Coming Soon!

If you are a Notre Dame University graduate or a member of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart Church on the campus the day when the books are opened for 2010 weddings is around the corner. March 2nd is the day when you can schedule your 2010 wedding. Our friend Cynthia Basker of Celebrated Events has written a blog for brides and grooms how to assure that you are able to schedule your wedding at the Basilica. It’s full of very useful information and I suggest if you are planning to have your wedding at Notre Dame check it out!

Basilica Day at Notre Dame blog.

Readers' Choice Awards

It's that time of year, the South Bend Tribune's Readers' Choice Awards are now open for voting. Please consider Allure Films and Photographics under the photography catagory! Vote Here.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Give The Gift Of Photography, Gift Certificates Available!

Give someone something special and unique this Christmas that lasts for years to come, the gift of photography!

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Children, Engagements, Families, Maternity, Weddings

Holiday Photo Cards

While I sit and wait on computer parts to be shipped to me, for my video editing computer, I decided to take the opportunity to update our Holiday Photo Card pages. You can now see our available designs at our Photo Reflect galleries. Back ground colors and fonts and sayings are customizable to your desires. We can also custom design a card for your family!

If you have a family photo that you took, you would like to use, we will happily insert it into the card that you desire!

Don't forget we are offering free family photo sessions until December 15! Call today to schedule yours!

Family Photo Christmas Cards!

It is that time of the year everyone, time to order your Christmas Cards to send out to family and friends! We have a lot of new designs and are working on more! Check two of them out below!
Gift Wrap 5x7


Rustic 4x8

And we are offering a special for the photos to put in those Christmas Cards!

A Free Family Half Hour Sitting at a location of your choice FREE! That is right, we will come to you, no sitting fees! Give us a call today and set up your family portrait appointment.

Brian

Engagement Photography Session

Recently we spent a great afternoon with a fun couple, Erin and Adam shooting their engagement photos. Below are a few of my favorite photographs from our time with them.

Holiday Open House at Girly Girl Gifts

My friend Cynthia Basker, the best wedding coordinator in Michiana, is having her annual holiday open house at Girly Girl Gifts this coming Friday and Saturday.

Jared & Meg

A New Photo Gallery

Finally got around to editing together a new photo gallery. I'm stuck on Michael Buble music though. Need to change that. :-)

Allure Films & Photographics and Bridal Shows

I'm happy to announce that Allure Films and Allure Photographics will be in attendance at the upcoming Michiana's Premier Wedding Expo and the 24th Annual Bridal Spectacular. I'm looking forward to the new Wedding Expo, it's being held at one of my favorite reception halls in the Hilton Garden Inn. And I hear that Cynthia Basker or Celebrated Events and Michael Angelos have teamed up to decorate the fashion runway, which should mean it's going to be off the hook and look like nothing we've seen in this market before.

None of this is to say that you should wait to hire your photography and cinematography services till the bridal show. 2009 is booking up fast, I had recently 6 brides inquiring about July 11th which is now booked up. Six brides calling for the same date over two days is unusual but happens. So if you are interested in our services for 2009 don't wait to see us at the bridal shows, we might just be booked for your date if you wait that long!

Michiana's Premier Wedding Expo!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Noon - 5:00 pm
Fashion Shows at 1:00 & 3:30
Fleur de Lis Ballroom Hilton Garden Inn

The Bridal Spectacular
Sunday January 4, 2009
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Fashion Shows at 1:00 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.
South Bend Century Center

Wedding Day Encore

Wedding Day Encore! What is a Wedding Day Encore? Well WEVA calls it in their Creative Excellence Awards an Instant Edit. The name that most videographers and cinematographers use is Same Day Edit. I don't like either name so I coined Wedding Day Encore for use at River City Productions.
A Wedding Day Encore is where we take the footage shot during preparations, the ceremony and the formals and cut it down to a 5 to 10 minute video and show that at your wedding reception. Yes you read that right! At your reception if you choose the Wedding Day Encore feature, you and your guests will be able to relive the earlier part of the day! And you will be able to take part of your wedding film with you on DVD on your honeymoon!
Watching a Wedding Day Encore can be very emotion, fun, exciting and filled with laughter. On a lark during the playback of the Katie and Brian Wedding Day Encore, half way through I turned on the camera and captured out bride and grooms' reactions as they watched. Below is that video synced with the Wedding Day Encore. Excuse the shot of the floor, I started off shoulder mounted but when you are trying to shoot something 60 feet away, keeping the image steady for an extended period is nearly impossible so I moved to remount the camera on the tripod. I decided to just leave the floor shot in as I move to the tripod since this video isn't intended to be featured in their final wedding film.
Otherwise enjoy and witness the power of the Wedding Day Encore!

Katie & Brian, A Wedding Day Encore

Katie & Brian were married on a beautiful summer day on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart with the reception following under the tent at the Morris Inn. For us this wedding was a special one, since we showed at the reception our first Same Day Edit or as I prefer to call it a Wedding Day Encore in three years and only the second one we've ever done! At 8PM that night, the newlyweds and their guest laughed and cried to memories just hours before.

Katie & Hamish, a Wedding Trailer.