when we started the flashdance we had this wedding in mind. not that it was booked already, but the essence of this wedding. the idea is to get all of the most talented people you know in one place and really create a true labor of love. well here it is! (and there is a lot more to see on once wed and 100 layer cake

FLASHDANCE for everything! photography event design video / 8mm film smilebooth dj (yours truly!) our buddies! coordination jesi haack floral design jl design dessert sweet and saucy shop bluegrass band the bluegrass hoppers valet jeffrey valet

if you didn't already see this on once wed last week, then your in for a treat. our very own ashley meaders created a crazy cool installation out of paper and fabric flowers for this atlanta wedding in june. with real flowers done by one of our favorites, amy osaba, this wedding definitely knocked it out of the park...

Photography by Kyle Hale Flowers by Amy Osaba Paper and Fabric Flower Installation by Ashley Meaders

if you haven't been following along catch up here... but either way, you are in for a very special installment of the max and margaux saga from the incomparable shark pig

andi & jarrett are dream clients of the highest order. beautiful, stylish, talented, people who really know how to have fun! it's not just the unique style that every guest possessed, or all of the amazing hand made details that all of the couples' mega talented (and quasi famous) friends created, not the ferrari (though that was dope) or the cake! (the first wedding cake i have ever loved!) it was all of those things and something else... (read on) just when i am scratching my head wondering what the hell he is going to do to top the last one max does this... there is a lot more on max's blog & 100 layer cake

linda [scroll down and play the video]

jarrett is friends with our friends at the ace which made this wedding a real family affair... so when things were running behind schedule, (the speeches ran hella long!) and there was only 45 minutes left for dancing before curfew, we were very lucky to be able to call in a favor. since all of the ace heads of state were in town we set up an impromptu danceparty in their rad little bar king's highway. for the next 3 hours 100 plus people crammed into the 45 person capacity bar. and i put aside the pg-13 wedding songs in favor of the nasty, sweaty, r-rated club set. boys were inexplicably shirtless the girls were sweaty and disheveled, shots were streaming out of the bar, the whole place was losing their shit screaming out lyrics to dmx, & T.I. and carrying on like it was nye! truly unbelievable. it was so much fun that the ace has asked me to play a monthly danceparty in kings highway! (more on that later...)

annette & brian kinda had the best of both worlds (in more ways than one!) first they had max shoot their amazing engagement photos, and our labor of love shot their wedding, they had a smilebooth & i played records!

annette is a librarian and there were amazing details everywhere that she put together (many revolving around books and book references)

annette has a huge armenian family so they had some pretty awesome traditions that you don't see everyday like family members showering the couple with cash all night while they danced, and some pretty amazing traditional dances to an armenian dance set that brian pre sequenced and mixed ahead of time!

they really managed to walk the line between tradition and individuality. they are a lovely couple and we are very glad to have had the chance to work with them!

that last shot slays me! looks like a madonna video!

well i guess you can tell by the title that this one is gonna have multiple teasers... we go all out when we all work together, but this was really something special because it was a family affair! our very own max and margaux tied the knot and every member of the flashdance team was on the case. we'll get into the details later but for now here is a snippet from brian's HD footage. enjoy.

jessica and jay had a truly unforgettable wedding at the viceroy in palm springs, with the help of this amazing planner! whitney and i handled the photography, michael played records, we even broke out some toy cameras (more on that a little later!).

we made a weekend of it and stayed at the ace, where we ran into a slew of old friends and associates, all of our friends from the ace were in town, and we were lucky to meet up with joanna & alex & loop... learned about some hilarious new i phone apps, and really soaked in the beauty of palm springs all weekend long. it is always so much fun to all work together in sunny california! -jesse

well well, we got some ink in photo pro magazine from our good pal kat from rock & roll bride who writes a monthly roundup of the blogs... we were so happy to see matt & danielle get such a great feature (see more of their wedding here and here) wanna read the article? click here