Dan and I have been friends for a couple years now (he's guested on the /Filmcast a few times, always to great effect). It was an honor to capture images from his big day with his bride Priscilla, who looked absolutely stunning in her wedding dress. The wedding took place at Marvimon in Los Angeles. Beautiful location, great food, amazing people. I could not have asked for a better wedding to shoot!
Here is a video I put together of the festivities. It is my first attempt at assembling a video slideshow out of my photos. Hope y'all enjoy it:
The Wedding of Dan Trachtenberg and Priscilla Hernandez from David Chen on Vimeo.
Dave-
As someone who has both studied photography (and done nothing with it) and is the son of a professional wedding photographer, let me just say these are fantastic. A lot of photographers either mechanically capture all of the right beats without personality or are fantastic photographers technically who miss the key moments. You capture the emotion and beauty of the day and the bride and groom's unique personality with a lot of technical skill. Awesome job!
100 Years of Movies
November 1, 2011 at 3:20 PMThanks for the kind words, 100 Years!
David Chen
November 1, 2011 at 3:23 PMOK ... Michael Bay needs a photographer for a celebration ... he asks you ... what do you do?
simoncolumb
November 1, 2011 at 3:24 PMi recently saw a montage on a british tv series using this same Adele song, but the camera work was nowhere near as beautiful as this.
Marlon Wallace
November 1, 2011 at 3:24 PMDave, this looks and sounds great (even if Beatles covers generally grind my gears). I look forward to a bunch of videos now that you've got your Vimeo page.
Stubble on the wedding day seems like an interesting choice on Dan's part, but it looks like everyone had a fun time. I particularly like the shot in the street, with the sunset and the green light.
Just a minor note: you used the Tobolowsky Files Live URL twice, though I imagine you intended Trachtenberg's name to link to something about him.
Toefer
November 1, 2011 at 3:28 PM@Toefer
Thanks for the tip! Fixed :)
David Chen
November 1, 2011 at 3:32 PMReally beautiful pictures. I clicked the link just out of curiosity, and found myself mesmerized. Such moving & intimate portraits. Very awesome.
Albie
November 1, 2011 at 4:30 PMThe pictures are awesome Dave, kudos sir!
Wesley Burleson
November 1, 2011 at 5:09 PMgreat job dave. loved the off camera flash shots with the sunset.
BretK Photo
November 1, 2011 at 9:42 PMBeautiful images- Thanks for posting! I did one of these for my sister-in-law's wedding with Van Morrison's "I'll Be Your Lover, Too". Great song for a romantic photo montage.
James Brookman
November 3, 2011 at 2:28 PMGreat photos
Cool to see Dan's wedding too
Hugh
November 6, 2011 at 12:47 AMGood stuff, David.
Stephen Caissie
November 12, 2011 at 6:26 AMAmazing! Wonderful pictures.
LeeTsa
November 14, 2011 at 11:37 AM