Sorry it’s been so long since my last post. It has been a crazy few months but I’m back on my feet now and bang in the middle of the busy wedding season again!
Shot a lovely wedding on Friday, Ciara and David who tied the knot in Chapelizod and later had their reception in the glorious Killashee House Hotel – a fabulous wedding venue. If I was getting married again (read renewing my vows!), this is where it would be! Everything always runs smoothly and on time. Food and service are always perfect.
At the ceremony, we were graced by the music of Celtic Breeze, a fantastic trio of Irish wedding musicians. I hope to include a clip here shortly.
For me, it was another opportunity to work with the excellent Jenny McCarthy of PhotosbyJen. Jenny excels in getting fantastic shots on every shoot. There is a lot more to being a wedding photographer than merely taking pictures. Besides good technical knowledge and a creative eye, a really important skill is people management and the ability to put the bridal party and guests at ease. Along with the other key skills, Jenny definitely has the essential people skills and it is just one of the reasons why she has become a leading Irish wedding photographer – and one of the busiest. Anybody who is interested in booking her should check availability with her ASAP, because like myself, she books out fast! Her website is www.photosbyjen.ie
Musical entertainment on the night was provided by The Best Men. I keep bumping into these guys at weddings and each time, they play a great gig and each and every guest can be seen to enjoy themselves and dance the night away. Musically, they are in of the better Irish wedding bands in my personal opinion.
Congratulations to Ciara and David, you were both a pleasure to work with and I’m looking forward to editing your DVDs in the coming weeks. Have a great time on honeymoon!
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of filming the wedding of a delightful couple: Louise and John-Paul. They tied the knot in St. Mary’s, Maynooth and later celebrated at the Springfield Hotel in Leixlip. Congratulations guys and I hope you have a ball on honeymoon!
The excellent church singer Nikki Kavanagh, accompanied by the talented Ed on keyboards provided the music for the ceremony. I can’t say enough good things about these guys. We end up working on a lot of weddings together and each time they perform, you can hear a pin drop in the congregation. Even later on at the reception, I usually overhear guests still talking about how much they enjoyed listening to them. Well worth checking out Nikki’s website. (She also offers a professional wedding makeup service).
I also worked alongside the creative wedding photographer Alan Mooney. Alan is one of the many photographers whom I have the pleasure of working with from time to time. I enjoy every shoot. He excels at creating a very relaxed buzz to the whole photographic experience, but yet still covers the essentials and of course the candid creative shots. Each bride and groom are always very comfortable around Alan which I personally believe really helps with making great photographs. It also really helps with the videography too!
Following on from the amazing 3D film, Avatar, it is almost a given certainty that you will be able to relive your wedding day in 3D in the not so distant future!
Here at Keith Malone Wedding Films, we’re already looking at the available and pending technology. We were among the first Irish studios to offer weddings on Blu-ray disc. It is our goal to continue our innovation and be among the first to offer 3D Wedding Videos in Ireland. (Believe it or not, many Irish wedding video studios still only offer the outdating Standard Definition and VHS formats!)
3D is without doubt still in its infancy at this present time. In fact, there are still no actual standards agreed upon within the television industry. Format wars similar to VHS -v- Betamax and HDDVD -v- Blu-ray are quite likely.
There exists a 3D technology out there that doesn’t actually require the wearing of special glasses. We believe that this will become a huge selling point for this particular branch of 3D. On the other hand, wearing of 3D glasses may become standard and something that we will all get used to. Who knows at this stage? It’s too early to tell.
As always, we will keep you updated via our blog with progress on 3D wedding video as it happens.
Since 2004, Keithmalone.ie has been a very popular website within the Irish wedding industry. Not a single week goes by where we don’t receive a compliment about the site design and layout. Not only that, but people always ask “who designed it for us?” Well we have never outsourced the design of our site to anyone. We have always built it in-house and while this can be a painful exercise at times, we believe it is both challenging and worthwhile. (Not to mention less expensive! )
So, we hope you like our new site and whether you are a prospective bride or groom researching a videographer for your wedding, or another wedding videographer simply looking for inspiration, we hope you enjoy browsing through. We believe the new site is both easier to read and navigate. Our blog is now integrated into the main site itself which simplifies the user experience.
As always, feel free to contact us with any enquiries and brides or grooms can quickly check availability on every single page.
I can hardly believe that it’s almost Christmas again! It’s also that time of the year when we get a chance to reflect on our closing year. Despite the very significant downturn in the Irish economy, 2009 was one of our busiest years yet and our bookings calendar for 2010 is as full now as it always has been for this time of the year. We are happy to note that despite things being financially tighter for couples, they are still not prepared to cut corners on their Wedding DVD and are willing to invest in a high end quality product and service.
2009 saw Keith Malone Wedding Films expanding by taking on additional highly-trained freelance camera operators to help cope with filming demands throughout the year. We also introduced a new multi-camera wedding film package to cater for the high-end wedding market.
Right now, we’re working hard to meet our deadlines for delivering our Autumn weddings in time for Christmas.
Until then, we would like to wish every reader a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2010!
Marie-Louise was in my class in Primary School a couple of decades ago! So I was delighted when we randomly crossed paths again where I would end up filming her wedding day. Both Marie-Louise and John were a pleasure to work with; they let me keep my head down and film their day in my normal discreet way. I loved their choice of music for the DVDs, the old timeless classics are defintely the best. Especially this Tony Bennett number which they chose to accompany their wedding highlights clip. Enjoy!
I was very pleasantly surprised yesterday when a bride who badly wanted to book me ended up CHANGING HER WEDDING DATE just so I was available to film her wedding! So thanks a million Sinead and Dave, it will be an honour and a privledge to film your wedding when June 2010 comes around.
A few weeks ago, I received a call from a bride enquiring whether I was available to film her wedding. She seemed interested in proceeding with a booking but wanted to think about it for another day or two. I explained to her that I receive many enquiries every day and I can only reserve a date upon receipt of a booking fee and it’s strictly on a first come, first served basis.
A few weeks pass and the same bride just rang me again today to check if I was still available. She genuinely sounded gutted when I had to tell her that her wedding date had been booked by somebody else because I was not expecting to hear back from her after so long. She jokingly asked if I would consider refunding the other bride’s deposit!!!
Anyway, the point of this post is to say that when it comes to ANY supplier, if you like what you see, chances are that others will too. If only I had a penny for every time that I’ve wanted to clone myself and film numerous weddings on the same day!
Now and again, when filming weddings we bump into the occasional celebrity. Last weekend Andrea Corr graced us with her presence at Nicola and David’s wedding in Gorey, Co. Wexford. It was my first time to meet Andrea and she was nothing but friendly and courteous.
We filmed a lovely wedding today in Trinity College Dublin & Barberstown Castle in Co. Kildare. Everything was perfect, the sunshine, the ceremony, the music, the craic and the food. We even got a little mention from the priest, Fr. Paddy Rushe. It’s always nice when our discretion during the ceremony mass is recognised & appreciated by the celebrant. Fr. Rushe is a friendly welcoming priest who always has something interesting to say! Here’s how it went down:
Sorry it’s been so long since my last post. It has been a crazy few months but I’m back on my feet now and bang in the middle of the busy wedding season again!
Following on from the amazing 3D film, Avatar, it is almost a given certainty that you will be able to relive your wedding day in 3D in the not so distant future!
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