McNeal Wedding Films Feature: Noreen & Justin Wed at Gaylord Spring House
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
A wedding is like a great movie - many elements come together to make it a success: a solid storyline, a hero and/or heroine, where their story is set, costume and set design and of course, a happy ending. McNeal Wedding Films specializes in capturing the wonderful details at their bride and grooms' weddings and puts it all together for the couple to relive over and over for years to come. That's why good photographers are important and with technology so much less bulky (video tapes vs. DVD's) these days, it's also easy and almost seamless to keep your memories in video form. Or in this case, your very own romantic movie.
Enjoy this guest blog post and follow the McNeal Wedding Films team through their day with our hero and heroine, Justin and Noreen.
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Noreen and Justin, (such a cute cute cute couple!) were married on Saturday, June 20 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Madison, followed by a lively reception at Gaylord Spring House.
It was an early wedding...
Now, those of you who know me, know that Cheryl doesn’t do early well. And I must admit it was difficult to ooze out of bed on Saturday at 6:00 am in order to get ready and be at the church by 9:30…Okay. It was difficult to ooze out of bed by 7:00 am in order to get to the church … okay. It was difficult to ooze out of bed at 8:00 in order to get to…okay. It was really easy (because I overslept and panicked) jumping out of bed at 8:30 in order to get ready and get to church by 9:30!
Yes, Cheryl overslept, but still managed to get to the church by 9:30! Yay! In fact, we, meaning Lynette, me, and Dawn of Team McNeal, all got to the church at 9:30. I think. At least that was the plan. I got there and ran into the church building so I could find Justin, so I didn’t see anyone until about an hour later when Noreen and Justin saw each other for the first time in a beautiful, but HOT, courtyard area outside the church. Did I mention it was hot? WOW. It was HOT! Cheryl sure does not do “HOT” well…..
But it was a GORGEOUS day with a blue sky and a lazy Saturday morning feel to it. Generally I’m sleeping through this lazy Saturday morning feel, but still, it’s a nice “feel” if you’re awake and all.
Anyway, Justin and his groomsmen all arrived at the church already dressed. For the most part. Justin and the guys only had to put on their shirts and boutonnières before the photos started. But I was there getting the guys getting into their shirts.
Oh. They didn’t wear the traditional tuxedo, which I think they were all REALLY glad about. But rather, the guys wore black pants and a really cool traditional shirt from the Philippines that I think men wear there when they get married. It was a really cool shirt! The groomsmen wore theirs over a green tee-shirt and Justin wore his over just a plain white shirt. The shirts had really delicate patterns sewn into the front of the shirt. Justin’s pattern was different than his groomsmen’s patterns. Justin told me that the shirts were made of pineapple. They were really light and organic and looked cool, as in NOT being HOT. I heard the guys mention several times how grateful they were that they weren’t wearing tuxes! But yet they all looked so handsome!
Soon it was time for everyone to get into their places for the ceremony. Lynette had figured out a plan B with the audio, so we were ready. Lynette shot the wedding from the front of the church, but sort of behind a wall. I was standing along the side of the aisles, and Dawn was shooting the wedding from the back. Plus, we had an extra cam shooting from the back as well, only from a low perspective. We had it covered. And there was a lot to cover! Noreen and Justin had a traditional Catholic ceremony with a full Mass and Holy Communion. And they also had a Veil Ceremony, a Coin Ceremony, and a Cord Ceremony. All of these had special meaning for the couple and in uniting them in marriage forever. It was a lovely service.
But after the ceremony, let the party begin!
Dawn and I covered the reception at Gaylord Spring House, and we had such a good time! Noreen and Justin were so happy! And all their family and friends and guests were also so happy! Everyone was just SO HAPPY! It’s easy to work a reception where everyone is HAPPY and enjoying themselves. And that’s how it was with Noreen and Justin.
To give you a better picture of the beautiful day Noreen & Justin had, McNeal Wedding Films prepared this special preview footage.
SUCH a great recap, and this isn't even all of it so head over to their blog for more pictures and details from Cheryl's Notes, Congratulations to our newlyweds, and thanks so much to McNeal Wedding Films for sharing this with all of us.
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Posted on June 8, 2010 |
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