Artistic Video Productions

Coming Soon!

Hey everyone,

In the next 6 week period Jan and I will have a new website and blog. We are looking forward to the new changes and will keep you updated.

Cathy

Oh wow! What a long time it has been since I've written on the blog. Okay, the 2011 season did kick in and I've not had a chance to do much other than make phone calls, have meetings and go out on location to the shoots. Jan is busy, busy editing away to keep the edits going out to the clients. I'll try to come back to the blog sooner that I did the last time. Time really does go by way to fast!

So, we are now preparing for the official 2011 season to kick in. Feeling excited and just a little bit of anxiety in setting in. I always feel this was this time of year. Seems like it's the anticipation of the first job site that gets my heart racing a bit.
Our first wedding out this year will be a Same Day Edit. Whew! This will get the heart pumping fast. For those of you who are not aware of what a Same Day Edit is, it is a presentation of clips that are edited the day of your wedding and presented just before your wedding dance begins. It's a real WOW factor and a huge surprise to your guests. We have some brides that prefer this over a fully edited version of the wedding day. Makes for a pretty intense day for us. Talk about pressure, I wonder what we are thinking at times. :)
Happy Spring everyone!
Cathy

The power of video.

The other day Jan and I received this wonderful email. The email was of a wonderful couple of which we filmed their wedding day. They shared with us the experience of viewing their video for the first time. I really wanted to share it with other brides who may considering video on their wedding day. This email brought a tear to my eye and really puts it into perspective as how powerful video really is. It also reassures us as to why we are in this profession. Love it!

Here is the email:

 

Hi Cathy & Jan,
We LOVE our wedding video. It is just beautiful. After we picked it up from you on Thanksgiving, we watched it at my parent's house with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins on my mom's side. Everyone was so impressed! Adam and I watched the movie version at least 4 times in the first 24 hours we had it, and the full version twice. You and Jan did such a wonderful job. Thank you! We actually just watched it last night to commemorate 6 months of being married. It felt like we were reliving the day all over again. I'm so glad we had Artistic Video Productions capture our day. Every time I watch it I get tears in my eyes. I can't imagine not having our wedding day movie to watch over and over again through the years. 

 

Jan taking snapshots of wedding vendors at the 2011 Bridal Expo

 
During the Bridal Expo, Jan went around and grabbed a few photos of the event. What fun! Here are a few of the photos he caught. The La Crosse community is so fortunate to have such wonderful wedding vendors. Below you will see what I mean.

Monet Floral

Mueller Photography 

Luann Dibb Photography

 Radisson Hotel

Forest Hills Catering 

The Wedding Magazine 

Wedding Day Designs

Music Mix

 

2011 Bridal Expo

We had such a great time at this year's Bridal Expo which was held at the La Crosse Center on January 16, 2011. This show was put together so well. Thank you Chris Engstrom for putting on such a great Bridal Expo.

 Artistic Video Productions and Video Visions booth was really fun to put together. Jan and I wanted to make sure that the people who came to the show could really get a great view of our TV presentation, so we brought in the plasma to make sure they got the best quality possible. We also brought in our movie posters.They were a hit and was a very nice way to inform new clients that we offer this additional service. The movie posters can be ordered before or after your wedding. 

 

Thank you Colin & Alicia!

We had a wonderful time at the Bridal Expo. Jan and I want to especially thank two very special people who helped us out at our booth, Colin and Alicia. You two were wonderful and you did a super job at talking with the people who came by our booth. Can't thank you enough! 

Last May, 2010 we filmed Colin and Alicia's wedding day. This couple is very special to us and we feel so grateful that we were able to give you such a wonderful memory of your wedding day! 

For those of you who are interested in seeing a portion of their wedding day, you can simply find their wedding trailer on this blog. 

To a wonderful 2011 season!

Can't tell you how excited we are for 2011. There are so many different events happening that I have to say I am very thankful for my Google calendar. Could not live without it. We presently are learning new cameras that we purchased for our companies. In this business, technology is always changing and to stay updated, we have to change with it. So...learning to use the latest greatest has been fun, but also has to be taken seriously to integrate into our business. We have been using them for some commercial work this winter and we just love what we are getting. Very happy with the new investment in our company. 

The 2011 calendar is filling, but want to remind the 2011 brides and grooms to give us a call to see if we have your date available. We have the Bridal Expo that we are going to be at this Sunday, January 16th from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm at the La Crosse Center. Would like to invite you to come out and meet us.  Hope to see you there!

 

Bridal Expo 2011

Please come join us for the 2011 Bridal Expo. We have limited tickets to give away. If you are interested in tickets, please call or email us. 507-895-3496 or artisticvideoproductions@gmail.com 

Hope to see you at the Bridal Expo!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Wishing all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

We are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with our dear friends in La Crosse. Even though our families live many miles away, we have wonderful friends with whom we have spent Thanksgiving with since 1988. They are our family in La Crosse and we are so ever grateful to have them in our lives. The company, the food, the drink. It is all wonderful to share and to spend with our loving friends. For this , we are grateful and oh so thankful to share this holiday with them. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!