That’s what I was called as a kid, cuz, I would cry for everything.  I was an attention whore even back then.  I don’t think I was craving attention so much back then, I was just very emotional… ya that’s it.

My sister and friend Mark kept tally at how many times I would cry during the reception… I think their last count was 12!  And that was the reception only!

Our cinematographer Michael made this statement on the StillMotion blog:

“So last week we finally shot Nick + Nat(Nat’s) wedding; and she is every bit as funny, quirky, and cool as you’d expect from her blog posts. With that said, I believe that Nat always wanted an emotional SDE, and by looking @ the crazy tear shots in her SDE (including one that is arguably the mother of them all), she made the job easy for us.”

DAYUM!  He just baited me out!  I think he was talking about when I stepped out of the limo just bawling… not sniffling, audible sounds came out of my mouth!  I was a mess!  This pic of my niece is classic… it’s like “wha di @ss are you crying about?”

look at me trying to cover up my face while I ball.

If you though it stopped there, your wrong… but I paused just long enough to make sure my make-up was all in check.  Look at my swollen tear filled eyes!

I suck :(

I was all for the tear jerking vid for our guest, cuz I figured if I’m gonna be crying y’all are too, but at the last minute, I changed my mind and asked them to go with a fun and upbeat Same Day Edit (SDE) cuz I didn’t want to cry, but my choice of music didn’t quite fit (Jon B‘s All For You) so I let go of the reigns and let Patrick and his crew do what they do best.  Don’t get me wrong though, I not or wasn’t one of those brides who tried to tell the pros what to do, I just wanted a song by my fav artist to be played.

That being said, Patrick suggested we use “All For You” as the music for the slide show.  And boy did it ever work.  They started the surprise presentation with the slide show and it was perfect!  It just showcased Nick and I growing up, and then couple shots throughout our relationship.  Then it ended.  People started to clap thinking that was it but it went right into the SDE.

I felt like a star the whole day, with the paparazzi following me around.  Our guests didn’t have a clue.  Some were asking “who are those computer guys?”  Micheal and Patrick were editing the video throughout the day.

The song they ended up with is my new favuorite… “Say” by OneRepublic.  I can’t get it out of my head!  They are the ones that sung that song “Apologize”.

Patrick was all ready to use use “Lost without You” by Robin Thicke cuz again, it was my fav, and Micheal and Konrad was like “oh hellz naw, use this song”… or something along those lines.  Good looking out Micheal and K-Dog, I mean Konrad.  I don’t even know if people call him that, but I’m gonna cuz after seeing his performance in Jamaica… well you be the judge… he’s got some moves!

Break it down!

We were sooo fortunate to get this SDE done, as it was one of the last Premium SDE’s that the team at StillMotion will be doing for some time.  Nick was so impressed, he asked Patrick on the sneak to continue filming so we could get the full feature film!

I’m sure tears will be flowing then too!

A full vendor review will be coming soon, but in the meantime… thanks sooooo much Micheal (who did most of the editing on the SDE) Patrick and K-Dog (Konrad).  You made sure I stayed true to my nickname.

The Ceremony is up next y’all!

{All original images and post-processing courtesy of Karen Tracanelli}

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Previously:

2.21.09: Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner
2.21.09: Me and my crew
2.21.09: Nick and his crew
2.21.09: Rollin’ wit da homies!