Captured Productions

CP Studio - Goes Live!

10 years after the start of Captured Productions and 3 years after the launch of Captured Photography, we have opened our studio. This was a long time coming and is a must to support the growth and our plans for the future of Captured Productions and Captured Photography. I love the opportunity to get creative, to start with a blank canvas and create a mood, look, and feel. I loved seeing all of my ideas come together, and now I have a place outside of my in home studio to bring clients and offer them more in the way of photography, options, and ambiance. You can find our new studio in the Ashman Plaza (Map), Downtown Midland. Until you get a chance to visit us, take a sneak peek at our new space.

Living our dreams....

Well, I know I have already posted Tianna & Williams wedding day on our blog....at least their wedding trailer, but I can't help but show off Renee's work as well.  I love that she shoots weddings and that we got to shoot along side each other.  What great images.  You can check out more of her work on her blog, or learn more about Captured Photography on her website.

Great work Renee!!!

 

I loved the glow in this room... and it was really special to sneak up on Will & Tianna as they were practicing their first dance...

 

Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your wonderful day!  Enjoy!   

Love at Lovett Hall

Wow what a great weekend!  Beautiful day...beautiful wedding...beautiful couple...beautiful photographer.... Renee' & I were at the Henry Ford, Lovett Hall this weekend.  We had the opportunity to capture Tianna & William's wedding day with both photography and videography.  We were joined by Amanda of Captured Productions and Sara Anthony of Sara Anthony Photography, from Atlanta (thanks Sara for making the trip).  I have to admit I am lov'n Renee's wedding work.  As I post this, I am watching her edit images from this weekend and look forward to what she comes up with.  Great work hon!  Stay tuned to her blog for some great images from the day.

Tianna & William's wedding was a classic theme, which fit perfect with her silk dress and wedding ceremony and reception at The Henry Ford.  They were married in front of a back drop of six foot flowered cherry trees and gorgeous flowers from Lil' Pear Tree.  Christina from the Henry Ford helped Tianna & William make their day what it was.  In the words of Tianna, "she was terrific".

The day couldn't have cooperated more perfectly, beautiful dramatic clouds all day without a drop of rain...and 70 degrees in July....sign me up!  The evening concluded with Royce and his band who rocked it and kept the dance floor jump'n.

Tianna & William, thank you so much for entrusting the memories of your day with us, we definitely don't take that lightly and are excited about the footage and images that we were able to capture.  We can't wait to share them with you.  Until then here is a sneak peek at your wedding day movie.

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My First Wedding....

...well okay maybe not my first wedding since we have been filming weddings since 2000, but this was my first wedding where I shot camera two...and it wasn't a video camera.  It is a good thing that I was accompanied by my super talented wife of Captured Photography.  After shooting weddings with me for the past 9 years and being a photographer since high school, she has finally decided to offer wedding photography as well.  This was her third wedding and she has several more on the books for 2009.  I have a feeling I will be shooting second camera for her on my "weekends off", especially after the amazing images that I captured.  It is hard to tell which ones were mine, but if you like them, I am sure they were mine ;-)   I also learned that videographers are used to shooting at 30 frames a second and I shoot near that photographing this wedding....sorry hon for all the extra work....and thanks for letting me steal your blog post.  I am a big fan and love your work.  If I were to do it all over again, I would have you photography my wedding....okay, maybe that wouldn't work out too well :-|

 

 

It was getting so hot and to cool off Lindsay was twirling... I thought she looked so cute!

 

 

An Amazing Proposal.....Undercover

We are all about telling stories....most of the time they are wedding stories but from time to time we get to tell a little more of the story, no not their "Love Story", their engagement story.  All good engagements begin with "The Proposal".  If you are like Amanda you see the importance of having that part of the story captured.  Amanda went as far as making it a requirement of engagement.  Yes, you heard me, Matt ran the risk of rejection on one knee if there was not photo and video documentation of the big question.  Well, Matt not only lived up to having it all captured, but you raised the bar for any guy.

So any of you brides to be out there with engagement around the corner, take a tip from Amanda and make sure your engagement story is captured as well as your wedding story.

Well enough of my introduction....Matt says it all in his proposal to Amanda at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, MI....

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This post wouldn't be complete without showing off the images captured by my very talented wife Renee' of Captured Photography.  Check out more of her work at http://www.capturedphotographyart.com or her blog at http://capturedproductions.typepad.com/cp_photography.