Though I would share this.

Here is a snapshot of our top ten played trailers from our website. Darren & Leza had a whopping 774 downloads!

And this is the Top Ten Downloads for this year.

Diamond Films were recently shortlisted in the Global Mofilm Awards for a commercial for V8 Vegetable Juice

We shot a wedding on Saturday at Stapleford Park, Leicestershire, for Luke & Emilie Shaw and had the pleasure of working with one of the best photographers in the Business, and our good friend Simon John and his assistant Yvonne. We have worked with Simon many times since we first met in 2007.

Simon has won many awards for his work and is a Fellow Member of the British Institute of Professional Photographers.

Working with Simon you never quite know what’s going to happen! His modern ‘quirky’ fun approach to wedding photography has seen us recording the craziest of moments from The groom running the streets with his Best Man and Ushers in their underpants (They all wore superhero underpants), to finding a local industrial estate for the perfect wedding photo!

Received a lovely card from one of our clients today, Ola & Jarv. The card was created by Julie Kim Photography.

Thanks for the kind words guy’s.

We filmed at Brocket Hall again yesterday for the second time this year for Dan & Sosena’s wedding.
This venue is absolutely fantastic. The house, the golf Club, the grounds. It’s all great.
I found myself staring at all the beautiful paintings on the walls again. They just draw you in.
Sosena & Dan were great to work with. We nearly wrecked a camera by letting their vintage Rolls Royce drive over it for one shot. But it survived…
Their day started at the Brides house with Dan and the boys having the traditional chinese wedding games. After a fee was paid by Dan he was then allowed in to the house to see his Bride.
Lunch followed at the Golf Club, then off to Brocket Hall for the wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast.
The photograph session went well and although very windy, everyone managed to keep their hats on!
Trailer of this wedding.

We received this letter today from one of our client’s, Gareth & Lola. Thank you!

We feature Chi & June’s Wedding Teaser, filmed at Brocket Hall on 20th August 2011.

Had a great shoot yesterday at Brocket Hall with our friend and wedding photographer Kerry Morgan for Chi & June’s Wedding. We have known Kerry for many years and Diamond Films are one of very few video companies that is recommended to her clients. Thanks Kerry!

Roger Lowe, our main cameraman, works very well with Kerry and they both know each others workflow which is excellent for achieving great results for film and photography.

Kerry’s wedding photography style is very unique and has the ability to relax the Bride and Groom giving them an overall pleasant and fun wedding portrait experience.

Check out Kerry’s awesome work on her website at www.kerrymorgan.com

Great working with you Kerry

We experienced Britain’s Got Talent Semi Finalists ‘Signature’ the other week at a wedding in Park Lane, London.

These guys were superb and added a great addition to the wedding evening entertaining around some 300 guests.

We worked with Kelly Hearn (Photographer) today in Hampshire on Nikki & Glenn Edwards Wedding at Stansted Place, Rowlands Castle.

We came recommended to Nikki & Glenn by Kelly Hearn.

It was no ordinary wedding for Kelly as she knew the Bride & Groom and as well as being the official photographer Kelly also came as a guest often jumping into her own group shots and having her hubby, Rob, take the photo!

Kelly worked with Simon John (A photographer friend of ours) for many years until she decided to venture into her own style of wedding photography winning Wedding Photographer of the Year 2007 with this amazing photograph -

Working with Kelly and her hubby assistant, Rob, was a pleasure. Kelly had the whole wedding party in her hands and directed them with ease creating a fun and happy atmosphere.

With Kelly’s unique direction I can only imagine the couples wedding album is going to look fantastic. As well as there DVD of course!

Check out Kelly’s website and more of her ‘funky photos’at www.kellyhearn.com

We keep good relationships with many Photographers and today we had lunch on the Isle of Wight with Richard & Laura of LJ Photographics and their new born twins Max & Isla. Had a lovely afternoon. Check out their work at www.ljphotographics.co.uk

LJ Photographics

It’s not often I blog about photographers as all the photographers mentioned in our links page are exceptional, however, I thought I would mention our Friend and Professional Wedding Photographer, Julie Kim.

We met Julie a few years back and have worked with her at various weddings since. We met again today at Christ Church in Whitechappel, London and it really is a pleasure to work with her. I won’t ramble on about her work on this blog as her website describes her work on her ‘about’ page which you can see at http://www.juliekimphotography.co.uk/#About/

Great working with you again Julie!

Diamond Films have been approached by a new Self Storage Isle of Wight company to produce a commercial about their new storage facility in Ryde. They want to use the commercial for the front page of their website to show visitors around the facility.

We have already started scripting the commercial which will include a bride and shooting will start this summer. When we were shown around the three floor, huge building we were taken back by the size. 100′s of units of all shapes and sizes with CCTV cameras in every direction.

You can visit the companies website at www.storageisleofwight.co.uk

Diamond Films second cameraman Nigel Montague saved the day for a Bride (Lillian Yewlim) by re-arranging the Brides and Bridesmaids bouquets after they arrived in the morning with slight disappointment. “Don’t worry” said Nigel, “I used to be a florist”.

Nigel created, what was described by the Bride as ‘The Perfect Bouquet’, in a short space of time then continued filming the Brides morning preparations!

“The bouquets turned up in the morning and they looked like what I can only describe as large pillows with a trunk for the handle. Lillian looked upset with the arrangement so I put the camera down for the moment and re-arranged them. There were lot’s of flowers left over” Said Nigel.

Well done Nige! Anymore secrets we don’t know about?

Some of our Wedding Photography taken purposely for the DVD covers and DVD Menu Systems of our films. Why not enquire with us for your Photographs as well as video!

The wedding season has started and we are looking forward to trying out our latest DSLR cameras and digital audio gear to bring our films, your film, to another level. Investing in the latest professional editing software from Apple, upgrading our hardware and grabbing a few extra goodies along the way we are excited in showing off our new work on our website.
Keep checking our front page for our coming soon films.

With the popularity of some fantastic Wedding Dance videos on youtube no wonder we are seeing more and more couples wanting to surprise their guests on the wedding night.
It is essential for us to ask the question “Is your first dance going to be something special?”.
Quite rightly so the couple want to keep it a secret, but we need to know what to expect if we are going to successfully record it.
We have not had the “Thriller Dance” yet, however, have seen some spectacular efforts from the Bride & Groom. One of the most memorable was Sarah & Barry’s break dance attempt which they practiced for. You can see that clip here -

It’s always great I think for the couple and their guests to put on a show for the first dance and there are some good websites out there that teach wedding dance routines.

All weddings are beautiful and over my career as a professional wedding video producer I have seen many different styles. From the traditional British wedding, to Chinese, Italian, African, Indian, Vietnamese. It has been quite a privilege to be involved.

Each style comes with it’s own traditions. From Chinese Bride’s walking out of the home in the morning under a red umbrella to Italian’s tapping the champagne glasses in order to make the Bride and Groom Kiss. Having filmed many Black Weddings I find a trend of the Bridal Party walking into the church/ceremony in two’s, step by step to music. It is a well paced entrance and very elegant. Often the Bride and Groom proceed out of the Church/Ceremony dancing to music.
From our experience there is always entertainment such as a steel band, gospel choir in the church, Dancers, and after the speeches, which can take a while as guests are invited to make a speech, everyone is up dancing after the first dance to the DJ’s banging tunes.

Last year we filmed Sarah and Barry’s wedding in Kent. A white couple that had a caribbean feel to their wedding day. They had the steel band, gospel choir, breakdancers in the evening and they even had all the bridal party dancing during the church service to the gospel choir.

It’s amazing to see so many different wedding styles and again, it’s a privilege to be involved.

We met George at Lora and Robert’s wedding. A cheeky chappy that creates rather swish images! Here is a video of George at work.
See his website here – wedding photography

The recent wedding of Salma and Wilfred took place at the Lathe Northbrook in Surrey.
This venue is a delightful place, set in it’s own private grounds and is an ideal location for any size wedding. The only distraction coming from the wildlife and doves in the gardens.
Set in 120 acres of parkland with views over rolling countryside on the Surrey, Hampshire border. The privately owned Grade II listed eighteenth-century estate is easily accessible with the entrance on the A31 a mile outside of Farnham

Licensed for Civil and Partnership Ceremonies. Salma & Wilfred’s ceremony was set in the beautiful dressed Vine room with loads of natural light and plenty of space.
Their wedding breakfast was in the Marquee which again has plenty of room and is very well dressed.

Here is a clip from the video we are making for Salma & Wilfred, due to be complete soon.

Featured on the wedding TV website, Kevin Cook from the Institute of Videography talks about the National Wedding Video awards. See the clip here –

http://www.weddingtv.com/advice-and-ideas/wedding-photos-and-videos/32/wedding-advice-iov-award-winners

The wedding of Lora & Robert on 20th May 2010.
South Farm is an ideal location for a wedding venue. It is a restored farm and offers total seclusion and privacy.
The grounds are well kept and offers great opportunities for Photographers and Videographers.
They have facilities for indoor or outdoor weddings.

We had a good time filming Lora & Roberts wedding and came back to the studio with fantastic results. We also worked with George Impey, a professional photographer from Cambridge.
Here is the trailer we released for Lora & Robert.

There are many Photographers we know and love to work with but I have to give these guys a mention on our blog.

LJ Photographics

We worked with Richard from LJ Photographics yesterday at The Great House, Sonning in Berkshire. What a great guy. His photography is excellent, the style is very modern and funky and the wedding party was having a real good time around his work. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the experience of having a professional wedding photographer.
They are a Husband and Wife team, Richard and Laura based in Hampshire. Like us, they travel all over the UK.
Diamond Films actually filmed their wedding in 2007. Nice to know that a professional wedding photographers chose Diamond Films to shoot their wedding.

I recommend many photographers that I know are exceptional. So check out wedding photography in hampshire LJ Photographics on their website at www.ljphotographics.co.uk

Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex has to be one of my favourite wedding venues I have ever had the pleasure to film at.

The wedding of Lisa an Mark in April 2010 was held there and what an impressive place to get married.
For photography and Video Herstmonceux Castle is excellent.

The grounds are well kept (as you can imagine) and every angle of the castle makes a stunning background.
The ceremony and wedding breakfast room are very spacious with plenty of room for us to shoot and with the bonus of a flat wooden floor means we can give our camera supports wheels to get some nice gliding shots.

Mark arrived by Helicopter which made an awesome photo and video shoot with the castle in the background as the aircraft landed.

Have a look at their website www.herstmonceux-castle.com for more information on this fab venue.

Wedding dresses on the isle of wight just got better.
One of our friends Louise Driscoll has started Bellissimo in Ventnor.

A snipit taken from her website reads –
“A Fabulous Wedding Dress Awaits You

With our extensive industry experience and contacts, we are uniquely positioned to offer you gorgeous wedding dresses at a very affordable cost.”