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Sharing email from a recent Bride who made us feel honored but more important remind us why we love what we do.

joseortizfilms — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:45:47 +0000

As us women are growing up even at the mere age of 9 years old we play house. There’s Mr. Perfect and the Bride. We envision and daydream for years of our big day. Spend weeks planning for the event, which we waited so long for. There’s always that one perfect dress that we’ve had our eye on or even that one venue which seems to be the only spot our vows can be exchanged flawlessly. In my case it was neither of the above said. Although my wedding date is set I still don’t have a venue and I know I am not even close to finding my wedding dress, but one thing I ALWAYS did have my heart set on was an amazing videographer, who goes by the name of Jose Ortiz even before my fiancé could even fathom proposing (Men! They take forever!) Many of my friends think I’m crazy for jumping straight to a videographer without anything else planned. At one point my own fiancé, a resident Physician thought I was losing my mind, as I demanded him to alter his schedule to Jose’s. I didn’t even bother looking at venues or finalizing my wedding date till I knew Jose was available. This generation (albeit a bit spoiled) is more visual. In a generation where Face Time on our iPhones gives us the ability to see the other person and make us feel so close to them— pictures just no longer suffice. When was the last time you saw a picture that melted your heart, touched every little cell in your body AND gave you goose bumps? Even a one-minute trailer or commercial has more of a lasting impression than just one photoshopped pictured.For the brides who are on a budget (which consists of the most of us) I just have to say…no one is going to remember how many roses you had in your centerpieces. None of your guests are going to care about your ice sculpture. In fact, most of your guests probably can’t even recall the intricate details of your wedding a month after. The only two items you have to look back on are your pictures and wedding video. You spend weeks and weeks planning an event and in just a few hours it’s already over. A talented videographer can bring out the beauty in just about any setting and most importantly capture the magnificence of all your hours of hard work that you were unable to focus and truly enjoy during your big day.

But you know why I REALLY want you and your cinematography skills?

One day….60 years from today when I am sitting with my husband and my own memory begins to fail me I want to be able to see everything we did prior to building our life together. I want to replay every single aspect of our wedding. I…actually want fall in love with my husband all over again. That gift can only be given to me by Jose Ortiz.

Suniya

Clarissa & Jonathan Wedding Movie Trailer at Bella Collina.

joseortizfilms — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:09:53 +0000

Hello to everyone following us in our blog! We would to share once again a beautiful wedding Movie Trailer from early this year before we say “bye” to the 2011. The beautiful wedding took place in Bella Collina Golf Club. This is in our opinion one of the most beautiful venues in Central Florida. Big Surprise for the Groom was the show of fireworks at the end of the night closing this awesome event and opening a new life for this beautiful married couple.

Congrats to Clarissa & Jonathan!!!

Thank you to all the couples for let us have an incredible year!!

Happy New Year!!

[ Sepideh & Ryan ] The wedding Story in Sarasota Florida.

joseortizfilms — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:52:21 +0000

Dear Friends!!

Now is the time to introduce Sepi and Ryan with their beautiful story. It was a BIG pleasure for us to capture their wedding day and to be part of this unique event! It is amazing how two souls with different cultures can fall deep in love and be forever living their own love story!

Enjoy it!

Katherine & Ray a Global Crossing Wedding Story from NYC to Taiwan.

joseortizfilms — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:49:48 +0000

Discipline is one of those things we try to keep every time we create a wedding movie piece for our couples. The amount of work traveling, shooting and editing weddings is compensated when we experience the reaction and satisfaction of our clients. In this occasion the project went to a new different level. Two different day events with two different locations separated by over 10,000 miles of distance. Also in top of that the real challenge of presenting their trailer in the last event including both days (NYC and Taiwan). Almost 400 guests in Taiwan enjoyed the preview of their wedding movie showcasing a taste of the New York event combined with the last Taiwan event. Honored to get such a positive feedback from everyone in Taipei and not forgetting the first class treatment received since day one in Taiwan by the couple, family together with friends.

Feels like now we have another new home at the other side of the world!!

Now for our web viewers we are presenting the trailer of the wedding movie shown in our Taiwan 11-11-11 wedding event.

Thank you so much!!

Noelia & Daniel / A beautiful wedding in the majestic Lanzarote Canary Island, Spain (Same Day Edit).

joseortizfilms — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:38:47 +0000

This year has been full loaded of blessings and intense work. Every time we produce a Same Day Edit is a new challenge and also a new satisfaction with the results. This time was not the exception when we moved quick overseas to the stunning destination of Lanzarote Canary Island, Spain. This couple stole my attention from the first minute. They made us feel like we were friends, their personalities are awesome and made my work so easy even when I was shooting a wedding a bit different of our American Weddings. The reception event was held in the house of the Bride and a lot of family, friends and Spain personalities were attending to be part of the main event. Next day the local newspaper had the article where they said “It was the wedding of the year” in Lanzarote. I was not surprise at all cause the truth is these two are very real and in love. You can see it from miles away.

That’s what matters in the end!

Jose

Anna & Judson / Beautiful Wedding (Same Day Edit) in Georgia.

joseortizfilms — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:25:54 +0000

There is nothing better than charging in full mode our “Batteries” when we have to produce these Same Day Edits and receive positive feedback of the clients that same day of the wedding event. Thank you!! This is what even their wedding photographer said after watching the SDE that night!

“Yes, I can attest, the same-day edit was a HUGE HIT! Mother cried, sister cried, people laughed and cried more, everyone got so emotional and it was a great ending for a beautiful wedding! Great job, Jose, great job, as always!!!”

Thank you to Nadia D Photography for that testimonial!

For us is always a pleasure to bring the best of us and we know how much our clients appreciate our hard work. Thank you Anna and Judson (Including all their family and friends) for trusting 100% in us!!!

Check what a first look set up by this couple!! Not to forget the stunning wedding location in the Historic Ruins at Barnsley Gardens, Adairsville, Georgia.

Jose

Ammar / Saherish “A Pakistani Wedding in the beautiful Vancouver Canada”

joseortizfilms — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:56:51 +0000

This destination wedding could not be more perfect. We had the opportunity of film and produce the movie trailer of Ammar & Saherish wedding story to be shown on their last event. Not bad at all to shoot in the beautiful Vancouver Canada in summer with an average temperature of 68 F degrees. Their families treat us with an awesome hospitality from Day one and made us feel close and part of all the events in our almost one week stay. We had the chance to shoot on different places in the city for the final movie production. Too bad not all the outdoors shots were shown on the Trailer preview due to time constrain of presenting the Movie Trailer in front of guests at the last event. We could not ask for more! We were even picked at the Canada Airport to go to the hotel by a Limo! Thank you guys but for sure not necessary!! hehe!!

Some awesome Key vendors we worked in Canada: Jamie Delaine Four seasons hotel pink orchid studio royal king palace raymon’s decor

I hope friends out there like this preview of their story!!

The “Mano a Mano” 2011 workshop for wedding filmmakers continues with Jose Ortiz.

joseortizfilms — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:57:29 +0000

Jose Ortiz is on the July front cover of the most known wedding event cinematographers magazine.

joseortizfilms — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:06:25 +0000

It is always an honor to have the top respect of the the industry. This is our passion and we continue working hard to bring the best of us for our wedding-event clients and industry partners following our work. Thank you Even DV for let us share our skills with the rest of the wedding video industry.

From the article….

“It seemed almost too good to be true: three top award-winning filmmakers, combining their talents on three Florida weddings. In our industry of one-man (and one-woman) bands, our chances to collaborate and learn from others’ talents come far too seldom, but here’s what three world top filmmakers learned when they worked together this past spring, both in terms of how they approach their work and the power of collaboration itself.”

Nadia & Adil Indian wedding Movie Trailer

joseortizfilms — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:51:35 +0000

We always feel honored when the clients appreciate the hard work our wedding cinematography. It is a huge responsibility to capture these type of live events and bring the story to the TV screen with the similar look of the Hollywood movies. We totally enjoy filming these Indian weddings events and eventually having the chance to share with the guests and vendors the final product. Here is a preview of Nadia and Adil wedding celebration experience.
Enjoy it!!