I wanted to call this “Why You Should Save Money In Your Budget For Video”, because after seeing this, and Mike Maler did ours, I so strongly believe that the investment is worth every penny.
When I first saw this video on Sara’s blog, First Comes Love…Then Comes Marriage…Then Comes Life, I had tears streaming down my face. I never had any idea that her {now husband} was hearing impaired or that she was an American Sign Language Interpreter, and that the two communicated via sign language. I’m sure she mentioned it before, but I guess I never really realized it. Until I saw their video. And had goosebumps. And watched it again. And asked Sara if I could share it with all of you {didn’t want to post something so special without permission!} And she said yes! Here is her story.
From Sara: We almost didn’t get a wedding video. We thought the pictures would be enough. We thought the money could be better spent somewhere else in the budget. We thought we wouldn’t watch it in years to come….we thought it wouldn’t be accessible. All of those “thoughts” almost created a decision that would have been a regret. Something in me just knew that we would want more than photos when it was all said and done. After a year of planning, blogging, and loving all things wedding I knew the day would fly by. The moments and memories would become a blur. The pictures would be (and are!) gorgeous but they are not “enough” and our budget was tight but the money would not have been better spent on any thing else, because nothing else would have lasted passed the day. We decided to see if we could find someone that was a good fit for us and for our photographer. So we asked Mike Smith from Ash Imagery for ideas, ”Who do you like to work with? Who do you recommend?” “There is only one” he said, “Sharrone at Fiore Films.” I called her that afternoon. Not only was her awesome fun personality a hit right away, but …here’s the kicker….she was willing to close caption our video for Rob or any of our other Deaf friends that want to watch it with us. Some of the biggest reasons why we weren’t going to get a video at all was gone after one call. Now we are so thankful for the opportunity to relive this very special day again and again for the rest of our lives. The magic she made is breathtaking, touching, and priceless. After seeing her other work…our exceptions were justifiably high- but we both agree she blew every.single.one.of.them out of the water. “Teaser” is just the right term for our video…we’re completely teased and can’t wait to see the full length film! Working with Fiore Films was one of the best decisions we made.
If you’re not already checking out Sara’s blog, head on over. She is the sweetest little thing you’ll ever meet, and her writing just transports you to another world, if not just for a few moments each day with her posts.
Thank you so much Sara for sharing this with us today!
This video is one of the most powerful wedding films I have ever seen. It’s beautifully made, it’s got the right intensity. It was worth getting a video to remember it… And those guys just made it work so amazingly. Wedding films can be terrible, but this one is pure perfection and that’s what we try to tell our clients. Find the right person otherwise the spend in the budget is really not justified indeed!
BEAUTIFUL.
This is beautiful!! So incredibly touching!
I love Sara and I am in love with the behind the scenes shots of their wedding video. We have video, but nothing like this. It just melts your heart. <3
Absolutely beautiful… i have goosebumps just from watching the video… thank you for sharing!!!
I’m not usually a lover of other people’s wedding videos (I don’t know why, I’m just more of a photo person) but I LOVED this one! So sweet.
Beautiful!! Absolutely beautiful - love captured magically!
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful - love captured magically.
such a sweet & touching video
goosebumps all over! love it!
When the video was taking a while to load, I almost hit the stop button. Am sooooo glad I didn’t! The most touching, heartfelt wedding video I have ever seen (and so fabulously shot and “wed” to the accompanying song)! A huge thanks to Sara and Rob for sharing it through you.
what a gorgeous video! so sweet and loving and full of love. thank you for sharing it!
Oh my gosh I’m sobbing! I absolutely loved that video…so beautiful! So glad you posted it Jacin!
Kind of just cried from this… that is BEAUTIFUL.
I’m so sorry I’ve been MIA Jacin, rest assured I’m still alive!
LOVE this video! I seriously had tears the first time I saw it too! Thanks for sharing it again! :)
Yep, tears streaming down my face. Sweetest thing ever.
I’ve been a follower of Sara’s for quite some time and when I saw this video, I cried like a baby. You can really sense the love they have for each other, it’s overwhelming how happy they look and it warms my heart.
Thank you for sharing this Jacin! This is one amazing couple. :D
aaaaannnd now I’m tearing up at work! This is definitely one of the best wedding films I’ve seen - so many amazing shots and sentiments. Thanks for sharing, Jacin! (I just watched it again in the middle of typing this comment and the tears are here again!)
when sara posted this on her blog I swear I must have watched it a dozen times. it is so beautiful. She and her husband are an inspiration and i just love them!!
So sweet. I wish we had invested in a videographer. My BIL filmed our ceremony…but in the beginning of the wedding he handed it off to my Husbands younger cousin who was filming some random beach goers!
I love this video! I had never seen wedding videos like this until a couple weeks ago. Obviously ever since I’ve been trying to weasel one into my budget somehow. I hope I get my way! It’s such a beautiful memento from a day I’m sure will go by way to fast.
oh my goodness…what a beautiful video! so very meaningful!
Jacin…I love you girl! Thanks for sharing our video on our LOVELY blog. It means the world to us to have this video and being able to share it with so many is very exciting to us. Thank you for your sweet comments about my blog. You’re the best! xoxo
Jacin…I love you girl! Thanks for sharing our video on your LOVELY blog. It means the world to us to have this video and being able to share it with so many is very exciting to us. Thank you for your sweet comments about my blog. You’re the best! xoxo
Thank you so very much for sharing such a beautiful, heartwarming video of this lovely couple! <3 Great job as always Jacin!
Wow. just wow. I am crying so hard. I love love.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything this powerful before. And I’m not even on my period. I’m not even *close* to it.
I should be mad at you that I’m CRYING at work, but I’m just so completely overwhelmed by these two. This is incredible, and I’m so thankful that Sara was willing to share their day with all of us!
i just absolutely adore sara more than words and feel so lucky to have watched her journey in the past year. her & rob’s story is so special and so meaningful and i am just beyond words happy for them! (ph, and i love, love, love their video!) xo
No joke I was crying from second 3 once I started seeing her signing! This video is beautiful and you are right, worth every penny!
oh my goodness this is just wonderful! what a lovely couple. i love the song in their video too!
I heard about people crying from this video and I had to check it out! I have no words, just tears. So beautiful! You know a videographer is good and a couple is real when you cry over a wedding video that isn’t even your own! (That or I’m just a hopeless romantic) :-) Beautiful!
There is so so SO much love between the two of them. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone! :)
WOW…I’m totally sharing this vid! Both you and Sara said it best!
This is absolutely beautiful and amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
This is absolutely beautiful. I’m a photographer, so I love beautiful imagery… this is just lovely.
Wishes to Rob & Sara for many, many, many happy years together.
xo,
Darcy
Oh my goodness, I LOVED watching this!!! My mother thought it would be nice to have a videographer for my upcoming wedding and I wasn’t planning on it, but I think there is something to it, as you said! This is just so beautiful and special and will offer such wonderful memories in the future to look back on!
Liesl :)
Gosh…. I’m speechless. This is totally beautiful, I have a few tears in myself as you can just see how sincerely in love this beautiful couple are. Gorgeous
This is a very gorgeous wedding, I cried watching the video.
So much love!!! Thank you for sharing Jacin! I need a whole box of Kleenex now.
Thank you Jacin, for sharing this extraordinary love story, of Sara & Rob. It is impossible to explain in mere words, the incredible connection these two have…honestly. What a blessing it is to know them and an honor for us to have had the opportunity of capturing their emotional wedding day. Congratulations to Sara & Rob. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the inspiration you have given us.
This made me cry and gave me goosebumps! Incredible Job and a beautiful couple! I agree about budgeting for a video. Ours was on of our favorite parts about our wedding!
we almost skipped a wedding video-and I’m so glad we didn’t! this video had me tearing up before I even watched it…just from your description. thank you so much for sharing it with all of us! have a very happy weekend, my dear! xoxo {av}
Absolutely beautiful!!!
What a beautiful, heartfelt story. One way to make a lasting memory on your wedding day is to incorporate a wedding favor that gives back to a good cause. I love the wedding scrolls favors from the American Cancer Society. This is surely a way to make a lasting memory on your special day.
Ok I am sitting here bawling and trying to find some room in our budget for a film! This is absolutely the most precious video I have seen!
I am making some changes/additions to my blog in the next few weeks and I would *love* to add a “as seen on” button linking to this post :-)
Our cinematographer added a password for our video. It is ffjust4u