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Karen + Greg // Wedding Highlights Film

A Delightful Concept — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:53:48 +0000

Posted earlier was Karen and Greg’s love story. This is their cinematic wedding highlights film. The film’s editing approach was done in a way to portray Karen and Greg’s unique personality and style. While trying out a new effect, the effect gave this amazing feel and cinematic experience to the film it just had to be included in the final highlights film.

Bride/Groom Prep: Fairmont Hotel
Ceremony: St. Victor Church
Reception: The Ranch

Katrina + John // Wedding Highlights Cinematic Film

A Delightful Concept — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:27:27 +0000

There’s a lot of emotion taking place early in day of Katrina and John’s wedding. The bridesmaids are getting ready and are excited for the big day. We especially see a lot of emotion coming from the bride’s mother. Some really fun moments of the wedding are the bridal party introductions during the reception, the lightsaber battle to the finish with the bride’s father versus the groom, and a special surprise you’ll just have to play the video to see.

Preparation: Bride’s House
Wedding Ceremony: Church of the Valley
Wedding Reception: Freedom Halls & Gardens

Karen + Greg // Love Story Film

A Delightful Concept — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:19:53 +0000

Greg loves sports. Karen loves sports. Karen and Greg’s love story goes way back to high school where their love first started. On their wedding day, they wanted to share their love story with their friends and family. Their love for sports unite them together. Having your best friend as a husband or wife is an amazing thing. Congrats to the wonderful couple.

A Delightful Concept // ACSA ECC Symposium feat. David Garibaldi

A Delightful Concept — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:42:57 +0000

A Delightful Concept got the wonderful chance to be in beautiful Monterey with ACSA at the Every Child Counts Symposium. ECC’s focus is that “every child deserves an equal opportunity to succeed, and student services and special education administrators make that happen” with this event. The featured highlight of the event was David Garibaldi. His performance and artwork is truly amazing. Take a look at some photography highlights.

“Rhythm, Color, Energy; These Four words describe the experience viewing the creations of world renowned Artist David Garibaldi. Born in Los Angeles in 1982, Garibaldi began creating at a young age. After relocation and growing up in Sacramento, it was not until high school, after walking away from a life of graffiti in the streets, that he turned his influences of hip hop culture into a positive direction…”

ACSA Every Child Counts Symposium

Official Website of David Garibaldi

@Portola Hotel & Spa – Monterey, California

A Delightful Concept // Bride’s Choice Awards 2011 // WeddingWire

A Delightful Concept — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:55:01 +0000

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce A Delightful Concept has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for wedding photography and videography!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

A Delightful Concept stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud A Delightful Concept for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that A Delightful Concept is among the very best wedding photographers and videographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

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Karina + Victor // Love that never ends // Wedding Highlights Film

A Delightful Concept — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:00:41 +0000

The music really set the mood for a softer and real life feeling to Karina and Victor’s wedding highlights film. Being in Karina’s room it was evident that Karina and Victor had a long history together and it was interesting to see how much they grew together. The Marilyn Monroe portrait called out into the introduction of the story along with a moment of bonding between mother and daughter and mother and son. Of course, let’s not forget the adorable dog because as many can say that a dog is part of the family. Watch A Delightful Concept’s last wedding highlights film for 2010. See you in 2011.

The Igus slider low floor slider shots are incredible and mix it with the Steadicam Flyer and a few low light lenses and everything is good to go!

Wedding Ceremony: Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
Wedding Reception: Round Hill Country Club
Castro Valley and Alamo, California

Anh + Huey // This is the beginning of a wonderful life together // Wedding Highlights Film

A Delightful Concept — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:55:34 +0000

The ultimate fusion wedding highlights video. Hear the officiant speak so eloquently during the wedding ceremony at the Buddhist temple and watch the vivid colors of the Vietnamese tea and candle ceremony. Finish off with an outdoor reception at the Milpitas Summite Pointe Golf Club. Anh just had to have part of her wedding in her hometown Milpitas.

Vietnamese Wedding Tea and Candle Ceremony: Bride’s Parents House
Wedding Ceremony: Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
Wedding Reception: Summit Pointe Golf Club
San Jose, Palo Alto, Milpitas, California

Michael + Joanne // Spending more time being thankful // Wedding Highlights Film

A Delightful Concept — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:16:47 +0000

A special wedding day with significant traditions. Sharing what means the most to Michael and Joanne, this wedding highlights film starts off with a song performance by Joanne’s Gradfather which is a tradition and very important to Joanne and her family. Add a memorable speech from the father of the bride, top it off with Michael and Joanne’s very own personal vows and you have an instant classic. Personal vows recited by the bride and groom is rarely seen and deserves a honorable mention. The second song used was Michael and Joanne’s first dance song.

Shooting with four Canon DSLR bodies is always a pleasure. It helps especially on hot days when the Canon T2i overheats. Don’t worry, we still got the Canon 7D and of course two trusty Canon 5D Mark IIs that always saves the day. From Manfrotto monopods, Manfrotto tripods and a Steadicam Flyer, all angles were covered.

Being back at the beautiful CordeValle Rosewood Resort is always a pleasure. Let’s sit back and hit play.

Wedding Ceremony and Reception: CordeValle, A Rosewood Resort
San Martin, California

Anh + Huey // Wedding Photography Highlights

A Delightful Concept — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:26:48 +0000

A traditional Vietnamese tea and candle ceremony in the morning followed by a Japanese Buddhist temple ceremony in the afternoon and finishing off with a beautiful outdoor golf course reception. Amazing detailed dresses and outfits. The sun was a little harsh during the beginning of the reception but it cooled down really nice early evening. A long 14 hour day coverage but we kept on going and we managed to get some really amazing stuff from it. My favorite shot from Anh and Huey’s photo set is hands down the surprise bridesmaids underneath the wedding dress! Take a look for yourself and share your favorites.

Vietnamese Wedding Tea and Candle Ceremony: Bride’s Parents House
Wedding Ceremony: Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
Wedding Reception: Summit Pointe Golf Club
San Jose, Palo Alto, Milpitas, California

Photography and videography by yours truly, A Delightful Concept.

Anh + Huey // Engagement Photography Session

A Delightful Concept — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:37:02 +0000

It’s always a treat to be in San Francisco. You know you’re in San Francisco when you see the old beautiful buildings, steep driveways, and people displaying such unique clothing styles. City life. Gotta’ love it! Tonight we present something special to share with you. Engagement session photos of the very lovely soon to be married Anh and Huey. They were a pleasure to work with and we can’t wait for their big wedding day. It was like breaking in a new shoe and getting them more comfortable with us and being behind the camera. A very important notion for you future bride-to-bes. Get to know your photographer and become more comfortable behind the camera in practice for the big wedding day. It was certainly no hard task for Anh and Huey! Even though the weather was a bit cold, they sure did a wonderful job and we had lots of fun! We have quite a few engagement photos that we are dying to share. So enjoy! Photos courtesy of yours truly, A Delightful Concept.

Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California

Fort Point
San Francisco, California

P.S. If you haven’t visited these locations and seen the Golden Gate Bridge in person you need to put this on top of your list of things of to do!