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Tom & Lara’s wedding weekend video #2

Tom — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:52:38 +0000

Here’s wedding video #2, encompassing a lot of moments from the time the ceremony ended through most of the night. Excellent Flip camera stylings from John have brought most of the video here, so huge props to go him for taking the time ALL DAY LONG, and to Brett for the Friday video you saw earlier. That’s all I’ll say for now, the video speaks for itself. We’ve got some more show to put together, plus some fun video from our trip to Whistler and Vancouver.

It’s probably got a little bit of NSFW in the middle for language, but that’s about it, in case you were wondering. Without further ado, here it is!

Lara’s (Impromptu) Fairmont Commercial

Tom — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:22:34 +0000

So it’s Thursday night, the last night of our trip to Whistler, Vancouver, and Seattle, and we’re staying at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel here in Seattle. We found an amazing room while shopping online a few days back, and given my penchant for the Fairmont (we ate dinner, tea, and a number of trips to the outdoor bar at the one in Whistler this past two weeks and spent some time with the awesome team over there), we figured it was a great way to close out our trip to stay at this hotel. After checking in and dropping off our stuff, we headed out to Purple for some wine and dinner with a friend, and came back to the Fairmont to change before walking down towards the Puget Sound.

Upon, returning, let’s just say we got the excellent treatment from the staff here at the hotel. I’ll let the video tell the story. There’s an s-word or two if you’re into censoring those sort of thing, so cover the kiddies’ ears. Otherwise, enjoy Lara’s finest video to date.

We’ve got lots more video to come to share with everyone, but I thought this was just to rich not to post asap. Cheers!

Update from Whistler!

Tom — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:30:05 +0000

We’re one week into our time here in Whistler / Vancouver, and having a great trip.

We rode Whistler Blackcomb’s Peak 2 Peak gondola, which takes you from one mountain to another (no, really), with 1.88 miles of unsupported span between towers. Video is coming. It’s awesome. The photos from the top of the mountains can be seen in this photoset on Flickr.

Needless to say, for someone who’s not usually a big fan of heights, I didn’t have a ton to complain about, scarily enough. Here’s some more details on what the trip is like.

We also had some fun with the wildlife, including this little guy on the left who isn’t exactly wildlife, but also didn’t seem to care that I’d just eaten a smoked pork sandwich from the farm he lives on. Lara’s been chased out of the barnyard by chickens, and we saw baby bears from a ski lift. And their mom, too. Vancouver didn’t disappoint when it came to animals, either. We saw some great birds all about, including ducks new and old on the water, blue herons in a tree making a racket, and this excellent bird whose name escapes me but had excellent color on its wings.

Our second night in town, we had dinner in the Fairmont’s Wine Room, which aside from the awesome prix fixe menu that was offered while we were there, was topped off with vanilla-flavored cotton candy. Stupendously awesome.

We also got to meet the powers that be behind @WhistlerBlckcmb and @FairmontWhistlr, got to hang with them a bit around town, and go to Fairmont’s version of the ever-popular happy hour, Fairmont Friday.

Between the pitchers of Kokanee Gold at the Garibaldi Lift Company that we hoisted while watching the excellent moves in the bike park and ridiculous views in the area, it’s certainly going to be tough to go home later this week.

Tom & Lara’s wedding weekend video #1

Tom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29:37 +0000

Hey everyone – finally had some downtime (five hour flight to the West Coast and some naptime for Lara on Monday) and got to compile some of the great video shot by me, Lara, Brett, JRL (who wins the award for best footage ever), among others, into a short clip of what happened on Friday, pre-rehearsal, during rehearsal, and at our little BBQ afterwards. Huge props go out to Debbie and Liz at Baristanet for the Flip Mino HD, which is absolutely stupendous and made all of this video possible. Enjoy the next 4:14!

I’ve got a couple days more worth of footage that I’m still going through, and should have video #2 up for you in the next day or two. In the meantime, enjoy the video stylings featuring Brett, Emily, John, Kate, Lauren, and a host of others. Thanks to all of you who made our weekend hugely awesome, we’re happy that we got to see so many of you in person – and hope that we wrapped together a little bit of the fun for everyone who wasn’t there for it all!

Lara on the CBS Early Show

Tom — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:25:29 +0000

This morning, you’ll never guess who made it on the CBS Early Show? No, not me (though I did manage to get in one of the shots from the crowd), but Lara! You can check out the segment for Nikon’s “Look Good In Pictures” below, and here’s the original article for your reading pleasure.

And if you’d like to check out our photographers, Ulysses & Jenni, you can find them here, and their blog here.