Wedding Trend: Wedding Music Videos!

Couples who hire a videographer are looking to have their wedding memories captured in a unique way that they can enjoy for years to come.  An emerging trend has been for couples to have their videographer create a music video of their wedding day.  Now, couples are begining to take this trend to a whole new level by having a music video created using footage of their wedding day AND footage of them lip singing the song during their wedding day!

This is an example of the present trend of having wedding footage set to a song to create a music video:





Here are two examples of the new trend in which couples (and even guests) are "singing" the song:





Bridal Guide Magazine has several tips they share on how to create a music video of your wedding day:

►Learn the Lyrics: Make sure anyone you plan to include in the singing portion knows the words by heart; your video will look much more natural if you're not studying the sheet right before the shot!

►Watch the Original Video: The videographer, Elysium Productions, gathered inspiration from Cobra Starship's video. This enabled them to pre-produce graphics and wording.

►Make a Timeline: The couple's planner, Carolyn Chen of The Special Day, coordinated the schedule to ensure that Ella and Sam had time to film their video without taking away from their big day. This also meant coordinating with the other vendors, like lighting and photo booth, to make sure everything was in the right place when it was time to film.
(Power Wedding Planning may be the perfect coordinator for you if you are in the Green Bay area!)

►Create a Shot List: The biggest challenge is making sure that you have every word covered! Elsyium Productions created a shot list to prevent any mishaps.

Link to original article: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2r1ipX/bridalguide.com/blogs/bridal-buzz/wedding-music-video

Mad About Blue!

Blue is one of the most popular wedding colors of all time.  And it's easy to see why!  With a range of blues from navy to pale ice blue, having blue in your wedding palette means you have lots to choose from.  And what's great, you don't even need to pair another color with blue to make a beautiful statement at your wedding, you can simply pick more than one shade of blue!

So in honor of this popular and beautiful color, I scoured the internet to find several examples of stunning blue wedding inspiration!

Wedding Trend: Cool Gray is Hot, Hot, Hot!

Some of the best colors to choose for your wedding color palette are colors that let bolder, more vibrant colors pop.  Often considered a nuetral, gray can be a perfect base for you color palette.  The softer hue of gray doesn't over power other colors the way black can.  And it holds more interest than a simple white or ivory.  Here are three example inspiration boards in which gray plays the base role to another color that truly gets the chance to pop!

Gray and Yellow

Gray and Orange

Gray and Purple

Inspiration Boards courtesy of Indy Getting Hitched  indygettinghitched.com.

"My Memories Suite" software Giveaway!!!

Everyone loves to preserve their memories through photographs.  Why not turn those photographs into memorable masterpieces? 
Power Wedding Planning is hosting a giveaway for an amazing digital scrapbook software provided by www.MyMemories.com.    
You can check out two of my masterpieces (displaying weddings I've worked on) at the bottom of this page!


So how do enter for this giveaway?  Great question!  Here's the rules:


1. You must be a fan of Power Wedding Planning's facebook page to qualify. 
Not a fan yet?  Just click on the facebook badge on your right and hit the "like" button.


2. Visit www.MyMemories.com and tell me what your favorite digital paper pack or layout is through the Power Wedding Planning facebook page. 


That's it!  Do those two things and you have entered your name into the drawing for the "My Memories Suite" software giveaway!


But wait!  Wanna earn more than one entry into the drawing?  Of course you do!
For each person you get to become a fan of Power Wedding Planning's facebook page, you earn one additional entry into the giveaway!  Just make sure you have the people you suggest write "your name sent me" on the Power Wedding Planning facebook wall.  Otherwise I won't know you earned another entry.  Suggest as many people as you can to the Power Wedding Planning facebook page, there is no limit on how many entries you can earn!


You have until October 1, 2011 to enter.  The winner will be announced on Sunday, October 2!!!


Good luck!  Hopefully you'll be creating unique photo creations soon!

Hot Pink and Navy....the hottest colors for 2012?

I've been hearing some buzz that hot pink and navy may become the IT combo for 2012 weddings.  This pair of colors is a great way to express the feminine and masculine sides of a couple.  Looking for ideas of how to infuse this color combo into your wedding?  Look no further....