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Megan & Alan’s Kansas City Wedding Film

They are high school sweethearts, brought together thanks to a big move for Megan’s family from London to the United States when she was young. Their story is one of chasing dreams — both as individuals and as a couple. Their wedding day was a classic, elegant celebration at Indian Hills Country Club, where they welcomed family members and friends who traveled quite a way to be there on such a special day for Megan and Alan.

When we take the hours of footage filmed on a wedding day, and combine it to tell a complete story about who a couple is and what has brought them to their wedding day, we always look for something to tie it all together. In this case, Megan’s father gave a wonderful toast that told the couple’s story and narrated very beautifully their journey to the big day. It is one of our favorite wedding toasts, and it only seemed fitting that a lot of it was included in their film.

Megan and Alan are two of the most genuine, caring, talented people you will ever meet. Their wedding day was such a reflection of who they are and why they are so loved by the people around them!

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Alisha - They look so incredibly happy and in love!! =) Beautiful couple, beautiful wedding, and beautiful film. Well done!

A big day in Zion’s adoption story.

This has already been shared quite a bit on the internet, but we wanted to also post it here on our new blog, since it’s one of the most recent stories we’ve been able to tell, and such a big part of a grand story that has led Zion to his forever family. Our dear friends, The Parsons, first met their son back in June, and it’s a story so full of every emotion that I can’t even explain it here. If you want to read more about their journey, you can visit their family blog.

This video combines the footage Jeff shot on the official adoption day in court and the photos I took on the day. We weren’t allowed to film during any of the proceedings, but we did get to record the audio of the events inside the courtroom. It was a wonderful day, celebrated by a huge group of friends and family.

(When you play videos on our site, it’s best to hit the play button, then hit pause and let it load for a while so it doesn’t skip!).

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Chad Z. - So awesome :)

Melissa - Very sweet. I love the pic of the “bunny ears” behind Zion. That’s exactly what big brothers do! :-)

Shalynn Howard - What an amazing story! Great footage and photos!!

Welcome! We’re glad you’re here.

It’s official! Today is the day we’re announcing our new-and-improved mission statement, brand name, website, and blog. For quite some time, it seemed as though this day would never actually arrive. We worked for months and months dreaming about what we wanted our combined business to be about (for those of you who are new to us, we’re a husband-and-wife pair who have been operating two separate businesses for photography and cinematography). We wanted it to express everything that we love most about our jobs, and the one thing that we always want to direct how we shoot photos or films: a commitment to telling stories.

We wrote a “brand story” at the beginning stages of the process, with the help of the talented team at Brought To You By, who walked us through the entire process to help us create something that was intentional and meaningful. The story we wrote about our brand affected everything else during the brainstorming and designing process — the name of our business, the logo and colors, and the look and feel of our website presence. It also unexpectedly dictated how we transformed a former coffee shop into our new studio space, located just around the corner from our house (we’ll share more about that soon). It’s a story about what we do, what we love, and where we’re going.

We created a little video to share a little more about why our names have changed into one shared business, and why we’re excited about it. As you’ll see, we’re not really great at being in front of the camera. Ha ha!

 

Okay, okay… let’s be honest… we are WAY more dorky in front of the camera than that video made it seem. To keep it real and keep our own story authentic, we created a fun little blooper reel from just a few of the outtakes of us trying to shoot a video of ourselves. This is the video you really want to see.:)

 

Thank you for visiting our new website and blog. We hope you’ll stick around for all sorts of fun things, shared stories, compelling short films and beautiful photos of real people. Save our URL to your Google Reader or RSS feed! We can’t wait to share all of this with you!

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allyson - hi guys!!! congratulations on the launch of such an exciting new adventure!! your site/branding looks incredible! i’m excited to see where you’re new journey takes you!!

Kendra Garcia - This is wonderful. Just great you guys! Wishing you the very, very best in 2012. I can’t wait to see what stories Anecdotally Yours shares in its very first year. Big Hugs!

Kayley - Priceless!! I love the Passion Pit music, it fits well :) I’m so excited for you guys!!!

Olivia - Love it!!!! Congrats!

Betsy Jo - I am just plain so happy for you guys! (And it’s funny to me that I think this may be the first time I’ve heard what you sound like?) :) All the very, very best to you guys!

kasiedaniella - HOORAY!!
also. i was waiting for jeff to say, “ooh hellooo” like the meteorologist guy from youtube…

emily olafsen - this is such a beautiful website! i am absolutely in love. and…dying for a new business card!

Melissa - Love the website and the intro videos. The blooper video was awesome….Congratulations on this next phase of your lives together. We are very proud of you both!

Connie - I’m so proud of you guys! I’ve very tickled that you guys have taken the leap to join your two awesome businesses to create one fabulous business that you can both enjoy forever. You are both so creative and fun. You will have great success and enjoy sharing many peoples stories in your own unique way, just like each story is unique. :) Love you both.

Chris - Yippy skippy!

Beth - Congrats guys! This so exciting!!

Catherine - Congratulations to both of you and I wish you the best! The videos are great!

Lynsay Holst - I love you two!! This makes me laugh so much!

maria - i love your videos!
i’m so so happy for this new beginning.

Corrie - What a wonderful new adventure! Looking forward to all the stories you will tell in 2012!

Aubrey - This looks awesome!!! Great work!!!

Emily - Congratulations!!! Love the color scheme & look of the site. The bloopers are the best! :)

Alison - Like peanut butter and jelly, wine and cheese, cookies and milk, movies and popcorn (or in Erica’s case, candy!)–some things are simply better together. Now that you’ve officialy joined forces to bring us Anecdotally Yours, I know we’ll continue to see the same great work we’ve come to expect…only better! Congratulations :)

Alisha - How exciting!!! Congrats on all the new changes! =)

Nathan - Congrats guys! Website looks great, videos were awesome. I laughed out loud at the bloopers, probably because it was like a normal hangout session with you two. Much success in 2012!

The Making of Anecdotally Yours

We are so excited about all of the details that went into creating our new brand. We wanted our new venture to be all about the details that make each story unique, about authenticity, about personalization, and about focusing on the little things that make tales worth telling. So when we approached the details of our own business, we wanted to focus on those same principles.

Our new brand look, feel, and concept was born through a lot of Skype calls and emails with our super talented designers at Brought To You By. We started with our brand story, which resulted in a paragraph that encapsulates what we’re all about. From there, we explored naming options that fit within the scope of what we wanted to be about (telling real, often short stories about people). Then, we looked at graphics, logo options, typefaces, colors, textures, patterns, and on and on…:)It took months. And then came the business card design, the website design and opening our new studio!

It has been such an exciting process, and we’ve created some fun content for you to engage in the process with us, and share in the journey we’ve been on in 2011 in anticipation for 2012. We are starting something new. Something that we hope brings you little anecdotes of people’s lives that share joy, hope, heartfelt moments, dreams, and celebration. Something that we’re so thrilled to finally announce and include people in.

There’s more to come, lots of fun stories to share, and a new year to kick it all off! For now, enjoy this little video we made while our business cards were being made at the best letterpress shop that just happens to be right here in Kansas City, Hammerpress. They let us come and film during the process, which is so handmade, personalized, and makes every card completely unique. We love that.

Enjoy!

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Chris - Your Launch Blooper video had me rolling! Everything looks great though, guys! We’re so excited for!