Just to get things going, we are offering at least one aerial helicopter shot with every booking! If you decide to use our services we will INCLUDE for FREE at no extra charge one aerial shot of your venue (weather conditions permitting, but if you are local to the ATL area, we can shoot it on another day free of charge) outside or inside! Imagine a shot of the outside of your church/ceremony location where the view starts at ground level and flys up over the building! Imagine an outdoor wedding at any of the wonderful parks at Atlanta like Piedmont shot from 50-100 feet over your head! Commercial companies charge in the thousands to tens of thousands just for this one feature! For a limited time we are offering this service COMPLETELY FREE to you when you book with us! We will put up examples as soon as the remainder of the equipment arrives in a month or two and keep you updated.

We currently are the only fimmakers in the Atlanta area offering this service so don’t miss out!

Whew.. What a week! I’ve been looking forward to furthering my education as an event filmmaker by attending this years In[Focus] video event in Charleston SC. I teamed up with Dustin Blake Sinard from IndyProductions and Wes Haley from WesHaley films. We left on Sunday for Charleston. While we knew each other from our local GPVA video association, I hadn’t actually spent much time with either of them so it was interesting to spend 4 days and nights sharing a two bed hotel room with them. Even though I’ve been in the business for over ten years, I can always learn new things about the business. Before the trip we were given instructions to create a video of our experience at this years event. The rules were simple:

• Create a 3 minute or less video about your experience at In[Focus] 2012.
• Use only music you obtained the copyright to legally use.
• Film must be from the time you leave until the time you return.. doorstep to doorstep.

That’s it…. Enter the video by Jan 26th in the contest and it will be judged. The winner will receive lavish gifts! Extra credit included getting a presidential candidate to say the line “It pays to stay In focus!” as the Republican convention was in town for the 2012 election. All amped up, I dorned my trusty GH2 on day one during the ride up and didn’t put it up until we were returning home 4 days later!

I follow the Facebook group “Wedding cinema & photography” where we all gather to discuss issues in our field. Most of the discussions prior to my trip were about “Karaoke night” where all the filmmakers would gather and attempt to sing while partaking of adult beverages, so I knew I HAD to film some karaoke performances during my excursions about the town. After 4 days of awesome presentations from the best the industry has to offer, I left with a new love for my fellow colleagues, and for the industry in general. I got some great new information to take our business to the next level, made some great friends along the way, had a few drinks, ate a lot of pizza at 3 AM with filmmakers from all around the country, and got a ton of footage including one presidential candidate!

I think I’m the ONLY one to be at the right place, at the right time, and have the cojones to approach senator Rick Santorum and press him for an exclusive!

Well, without further adieu:

I decided to share these stills while finishing up their edit! LOVED shooting their wedding @ the Marriott in Gwinnett!  Ripal was absolutely beautiful. It was a wonderful day!

This was so much fun to shoot and edit! Two awesome people met, fell in love and were married and we’re delighted they decided to invite us in to be a part of their special day! Thanks guys and we hope you enjoy the teaser! (note: go to vimeo for the full HD full screen effect as the teaser is in cinema 2.35:1 ultra wide display)

Just a quick heads up. A new law passed by congress is causing the RIAA and music industry to crack down on copyrighted material hosted on Vimeo and Youtube so until we find a solution any video using copyright material on our site has been password protected. If you are the Bride and or Groom or family member and wish to see a video we’ve producted for you, please email us here and we’ll give you the password.
Because of the current climate, getting teasers online may take a few more days than expected due to us creating our own music or finding quality royalty free music to use. Please bear with us and pardon the delays.

Thank you,

Michael & Sheena
D&RFilms

We had the pleasure of shooting the 2nd annual Diamond Dash of Atlanta courtesy of Brown & Co. Jewelers! Once again we had a great time! The winning couple participated in last years event, so the 2nd time around was the charm for them!! Make sure to watch until the end to see the big surprise…

Style me pretty

We were just published on style me pretty for Justin & Alexa’s wedding! It was shot on a beautiful Spring day in Rome Ga. Alexa even got up and sang a song with the live band. The wedding was absolutely beautiful! We are so glad for the recognition on style me pretty! )

As a friends of D&RFilms, we are always excited to alert you to upcoming events happening in Atlanta before being announced to the public.

On October 22nd, Brown & Co. and D&RFilms will be hosting The 2nd Atlanta Diamond Dash – a one-day, real world treasure hunt through Atlanta in search of a $20,000 RITANI diamond ring!

Don’t miss out – sign-up today for free at www.atlantadiamonddash.com
Use the promo code DRFILMS20 to increase your chances of being selected. But hurry, spots are limited!

Looking forward to seeing you there,

D&RFilms
www.atlantadiamonddash.com

We loved shooting and editing Brittany + Ryan Mammen’s wedding on September 24th, 2011. The ladies hair and makeup was shot at Salon Three 13 in Marietta GA http://three-13.com/ and the ceremony/reception was at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta.