Today my good friend and uber talented videographer, Colin Pregent of CPVP, emailed me his finished wedding video. If you ever wondered "what's the point?" of a wedding video, Colin's masterpiece is sure to answer that questions. His style is modern, fun, romantic, and edgy. I love his choice of music too, although the happy couple could have chosen the songs themselves. This is no cheesy wedding video, but more of a cinematic-meets-music-video look at Janine and Jonny's wedding.
While I always like seeing myself at work, I am thrilled to see my former client, Sana, and her husband as stars in the video. Without her, I would not have booked this job. You can see my 2008 post on Sana's makeup + hair here.

Labels: cinematic, Colin Pregent, CPVP, modern video, romantic wedding video, wedding video

The sleek chignon you see above may look simple, but let me be frank and admit that it certainly was not. Fulfilling once I nailed it? YES. Were we both thrilled at the result? YES.

Janine and I practiced her hair style a couple of times, trying out different parts, sectioning, and type of roll. She found a few celebrity pics for inspiration- Tyra Banks, Katherine Heigl. This bride has a head of beautifully thick, blonde hair that had to be pulled and rolled into the perfect coiffure. I appreciate her for being SO patient until I found the magic combination.

This Laguna Beach wedding was held at Seven-Degrees. It was my first time here, and I marveled at the combination of the natural setting against glass + steel modern architecture. I was also a fan of the balanced asymmetry, and these lovely ladies below.
Thank you to Duke Photography for these amazing images!

When Duke arrived, Janine's hair was complete  + was beginning her makeup.

I used a metallic grey eyeshadow + other colors by MAC cosmetics

She's obviously VERY excited to wear the dress

Duke is able to make every bride look like  a high fashion model. Incredible!

I can't get over how flawless, tan, sculpted & glowing she is!  Do you notice those earrings?

A natural smile takes the cake. So do those lashes!

A peek of the Bride & Groom at the ceremony setup

Labels: Bridal Hair, bridal makeup, Bridal Up-Do, chignon, Duke photography, grey eye shadow, Laguna Beach wedding, MAC cosmetics, Seven-Degrees