Northernlight Filmworks on LensFlare35

John was recently interviewed by an organization that provides resources to photographers called LensFlare35. LensFlare35 happened to see one of our recent films that we used the Canon 5D Mark II. It was the Heirloom Session that was previously highlighted on our blog. John enjoyed speaking with the show's host Dave Warner. You can check out the interview here...LensFlare35... and some other cool interviews on the site.

Romantic Super 8 Film

Alicia & Chad - In romantic Super 8 from Northernlight Filmworks on Vimeo.

This is a short film shot all in Super 8 film. Super 8 film was very popular back in the late 60's and early 70's. We shoot this on a vintage Canon Super 8 camera. The film is ordered on an as needed basis from California. We shoot the film and then have it processed at the same lab in California.

Super 8 does have a different feel to it. The texture is more organic than video and it enhances the romantic feeling of the day.

We also shoot 16mm film with another vintage 16mm Canon camera. 16mm is a very beautiful format.

This particular film of Alicia and Chad was shot at the historic Scottish Rite Cathedral in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.

ReFrame = Inspiration

We had an incredible time in New Orleans this week.  So many of the attendees and some of the speakers we have collaborated with over e-mail and different forums in an effort to improve the art of wedding cinematography.  We are proud members of ReFrame in an effort to raise the bar of the industry to bring to the front, a product that we are proud of and that all of our clients will cherish.  We are all about pushing ourselves to the very edge of profound creativity and ReFrame helps in that process.  

The French Quarter was fun and what seems to be a 24/7 party.  This was our first visit to Bourbon street and we had a late flight when we arrived.  We got into our room at the Royal Sonesta, which is very nice hotel, and we were hungry.  We ventured out into the streets of Bourbon Street and all I can say is the balcony's were full and the cross dressers were out in full force.  We ended up having a slice of pizza and watching all the action.  

Our second day, I was working on our laptop in the lounge area of the hotel.  Jen was sitting with me and then I realized she was gone for quite a while.  I heard music on the streets but this was not out of the ordinary but it sounded like a parade.  I walked out to see if that was where Jen was and as I walk out the door, what seemed to be in slow motion, beads were flying through the air.  Turning to my right there was Jen, laughing and having a great time.  But...I see that she has this award winning collection of beads around her neck.  I have never been to Bourbon Street but I know exactly how those beads are obtained :)   I said, "So....how did you get all those beads?"  She started laughing and then I noticed that they were throwing beads to everyone, even me.  

We met so many people who have become good friends and really enjoyed sharing information with each other so as to improve our craft.  The ReFrame Collective did a great job in organizing this workshop.  While we were there,  we attended a dinner / party in a combined event with ImageX.  We got to see one of my Photographer idols John Michael Cooper.  Jessica Claire and Marc Eric were also there.

You come away from an event like this with tons of ideas.  Some of these ideas will encourage us to go deeper into some techniques we already employ and others are completely new and emerging.

We will be going to Austin for another ReFrame event in April and hope to be able to show some of our work on the big screen there.

John and Jennifer

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Scott + Jessica

Engagement shoot documentary style By Northernlight Filmworks
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Assisting me with this shoot was my bro Steve.

Thanks Scott and Jessica for being great subjects.

-John

Style Me Pretty

Several weeks ago we received a call from Style me Pretty, which we were familiar with and am a frequent visitor to their site. They apparently had been visiting our site as well and called to tell us how much they liked our work and wanted us to be one of their preferred vendors. As a business we get many companies wanting us to advertise with them and some are better than others. Style me Pretty, however, got our attention because we loved the content on their site first and foremost. As we talked, they explained that we would need to submit a full wedding film to further evaluate our work. As we talked a bit more, they discussed with us how they only want the best of the best.

We submitted some samples of our work, some recent work and some older work. We received a call yesterday informing us that they were very impressed with the work we do and we were formally invited to be a part of the section of their site called "Little Black Book". We will be listed under Cinematography and the Indiana section will be launched July 31st, 2008. We are familiar with some of our collegues nationwide and can tell you, they are some of the very best in the world.

We are thrilled to be a part of Style Me Pretty. Spend some time and check out the site, there is some really cool and chic stuff there.

John and Jennifer