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Excited to have many of our photos, and an article by Amanda,  published in the most recent San Diego Style Weddings Magazine!

Our New Sample Album Cover

Super excited for our new sample album to come in! This is going to be the cover. It's a combination one of our favorite photos from Whitney & Brian's wedding and a photo of a plate that Whitney had on her sign in table the day of.

Holiday Season Photo Shoots

Happy 2012! Now that the holidays have passed I wanted to post some of the holiday card photos we did this season.

Our graphic designer, Christian, and his family do a fun/themed photo session every year. This year they did 1950s Christmas, based off of an old Sears catalog. So creative!

The final product!! Designed by Christian Riggs

 

 

A Sneak Peek at Our Newest Sample Album!

We're excited to premiere our new sample album at the Bridal Bazaar January 29th! Come visit us to see the full album in print!

Contact me if you need free tickets to the show. We have 4 left

- Amanda

Jen + Scott | Thursday Club Wedding Video Highlight

Some weddings are such a pleasure to work. I love when it's obvious how much a couple loves each other and when a family comes together so gracefully to celebrate it.

Jen and Scott were married at the Thursday Club in Point Loma. They hired us for Photography long before the big day, but we're quite set on video. I remember emailing with Jen while I was in New York two weeks before their wedding about how to make it work for them. I was SO happy when she told me they had decided to go for it.

Her email this morning made my day: "We LOVE it! And we are sooo happy that everything worked out and we even have a video to remember our wedding day!! Thanks for helping me see we needed one! It is a blessing!"

Some things are just too special not to be documented. Congrats again Mr. & Mrs. Martin

 

More from Jen & Scott's wedding:  

Photo Blog

Photo Slideshow

Logan & Jillian Fall Portraits

Oh man, I love these kids! Bob and Tara definitely had fun at the Pumpkin Patch for these fall photos.

Gabbie + Mike | Rockin' Pre-Wedding Photo Session

Gabbie & Mike - thank you again for the great session and for trusting me to run around you with fire :) Less than three months until your wedding!! 

                                                                                                                            <3 Amanda

Katie + Brandon | Balboa Park Engagement

Katie and Brandon's Balboa Park engagement session last week with Bob and Tara.

 Katie - your makeup looked beautiful and the two of you look great together! I'm excited to share the rest with you. Hope you both had fun!

Whitney + Brian | The Dana on Mission Bay

This will be my third and final post about Whitney and Brian's wedding (Wedding & Engagement) because their video is finally here!! I am so happy for them and the family they're creating, but a little sad to officially be done working on their wedding.

Whitney gave us complete trust to do whatever we wanted when it came to her video, including a little bit of force to do it in the first place. We gave her a lot of exciting surprises along the way and we're all beyond thrilled that they loved everything we did to make her day amazing.

Her email response to this highlight totally made my day: "That is soooo awesome! I love this video, I loved that day, I love life."



Their wedding was filled with love and focus on their relationship. Almost all of their vendors were close friends and professionals in the industry, so the whole day flowed seamlessly. Eric Scott Gold made sure that everyone had an excellent time and even set up fun, surprise reception lights for when the party really got started. My favorite part was Whitney's surprise voice-over message that we made with her for the father-daughter dance.


Whitney used a lot of our wedding videos to help her plan, so I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you stole a few ideas from her too.

Thank you to the Bob Hoffman  team (Bob, Tara, Tom, Jonathan, Bryan & Tristan) for working so hard to make my friends wedding great :)




Photo + Video | Bob Hoffman Video & Photography
DJ | Classy Event Group, Eric Scott Gold
Venue | The Dana on Mission Bay
Florist | Randi Tucker
Officiant | Greg Tucker
Guitarist | Aaron Tucker
And a little bit of coordination by me :)


- Amanda

Exquisite Weddings Launch

We're excited to reveal the video we made for the new Exquisite Weddings Fall Issue! We had an excellent time gathering beautiful shots at the Rancho Bernardo Inn with some of the area's best wedding designers and of course the Exquisite team.

The party is tomorrow at the Dana, so for now here's a little sneak preview!






- Amanda

Mary & John's Wedding Film

A few weeks ago a man named John came into our office to transfer his 8mm film to DVD. He was married in 1961 in Los Angeles, CA. At that time film cameras were new and very few people had them. Well, one of his weddings guests did! They filmed his wedding with their "new" camera, tucked the footage away in a closet and completely forgot about it......for 50 years!

In cleaning their house many years later, the now 70 year old friends found the footage and mailed it to John in La Jolla. The note read "found this in the closet, thought you might want to see it." John brought it to and we transferred it to DVD and added sound so that he could watch his wedding video for the first time.

The moments of their wedding day were forever captured. It's like being in a time machine. She hugs her mother, who surely isn't alive today. There are shots of their car, their friends, their hometown, her dress, the flowers....everything. They look so in love. This video is so romantic and amazing, I can't even believe it exists. Nobody was able to enjoy it for 50 years, which almost makes it sweeter. John took it home to his wife, children and grandchildren to enjoy and told them stories of all the people in the video. He called a few days later to thank us, and of course I couldn't help from choking back tears. It was the most sincere thank you I'd ever heard.

Do you wish your grandparents had a video like this? I certainly do. Nothing makes us happier than having clients come back to us 2, 5, 10 or even 20 years later to thank us and share their stories of what their wedding video means to them.  I would love to hear your thoughts on wedding videography or what your video means to you. Please comment below.


Amanda Morgan
amanda@bobhoffmanvideo.com
www.hoffmanweddings.com
www.bobboffmanvideo.blogspot.com

Jen + Scott | Thursday Club

Jen + Scott - thank you for trusting us to capture the memories of your special day! And a double thank you from me for letting me be a part of your planning process. I loved helping :) You two have the cutest smiles together. Congratulations!

<3 Amanda