That’s right, we’re excited to announce that Wedding Wire chose Monachetti as a favorite wedding videographer of theirs in the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards! This means Monachetti is in the top 5 percent of wedding vendors nationwide!

Wedding Wire is not only a great resource for Brides, but it is an amazing tool for wedding professionals as well. Below you can click the image to see all of the winner’s from 2009.

I am super excited to bring you this post today! When we did the Dream Wedding, we had the privilege of capturing a beautiful and emotional performance from Van’s sister and cousin during the ceremony. Van and I talked recently about putting together an edit of this performance, and I got to say I was delighted to do so. I asked Van to tell us a little about the performance, so after you take a look, be sure to read what she wrote below.

“Its hard to explain the significance of the song because the peformance was all a surprise to us. It all started when Eric and I decided we wanted Eric’s sister, Andrea, to be the one who marries us. Andrea and I grew particularly close while Eric was deployed– she was always there to comfort me and understood our situation well, being an army wife herself. So while putting together our wedding ceremony, Andrea wanted to personalize the program by incooperating the letters we exchanged during Eric’s deployment and enlisted my talented sister and maid of honor, Bao for musical help. Bao recruited Linh, my cousin, to sing as she accompanied on piano. Andrea told them the general concept, and Bao and Linh put their heads together and selected “Lucky” by Jason Mraz to be a wedding appropriate song but also just the perfect song to describe our story. What they didn’t know at the time is that Eric and I listened to the Jason Mraz CD all the way out to Shenandoah the day he asked me to marry him, so the song selection was perfect.”

Hi all!

I wanted to make our faithful followers and our potential brides aware of the website change that is going on. We are in the process of having a whole new site designed, and to keep things easy to follow, we’ve decided to put up a simple looking blog in the mean time allowing us to continue to update you on the fun weddings we are so lucky to be a part of!

If you are a bride, take a look through some of our newer posts and if you are looking to get in touch with us or schedule a consultation please send us an email at hello@monachetti.com or come say hi on Facebook or Twitter.

Below is the rest of the wedding video for the “Dream Wedding” we had the privilege of being a part of. For more information on the wedding and the other vendors involved, click here see our post below!

I’m very excited to bring to you a special Monachetti video today. Sabine and Jeff were married this Halloween and when I met with them, they had a very special request. They wanted Monachetti to create two videos. One in our own style, and then one in the style of a vintage, 8 millimeter film. Using an older digital video camera, and a few of the great tools in Final Cut Pro, we came up with something we are very proud to show.

Let us know what you think! If you are interested in having us do this style for your wedding, get in touch with us today.

Couple (Van and Eric) wins a Celebrity Inspired Wedding from The Wedding Channel and US Magazine and Monachetti was there to cover it! I just got word that they made the video live this morning, so go there now to see what they’ve said about the video and the wedding. Earlier in the summer we announced that we were asked by Amy Shey Jacobs to cover the Dream Wedding. We worked with Amy when we covered the Lisa and Roey wedding (video to come), and she reached out to us as she began to plan this special event. See the prep segment below!

Meet winners Van Ngo and Eric Oberly! Photography by Robert Evans.

Monachetti had the privelage of covering the video for this special event but for more info on all the other amazing people who contributed to make it  all happen, check out the links below!

Venue, Decor, Food & Lodging

Venue and Food: Ronald Regan Building & International Trade Center

Gobo Lighting: PROjection Presentation Technology, Ronald Regan  Building/International Trade Center

Flowers: Janet Flowers: Janet Wedding and Event

Wedding Cake: Sylvia Weinstock Cakes

Hotel Rooms: The Madison, A Loews Hotel

Favors: Garretts Popcorn

Table Linens, Plates / Flatware: DC Rentals

Attire

Wedding Gown: Vera Wang

Bridesmaid Gowns, Flower Girl Dress, Bridesmaid Shoes: Lela Rose

Bridal Party Shoes: Unforgettable Moments by Lela Rose for Payless Shoes

Tuxedos: Men’s Warehouse

Wedding Gown Alterations: Maria’s Bridal Designs

Jewelry

Bride & Groom Wedding Bands, Bride Wedding Day Jewelry Rentals: Tacori

Bridal Party Jewelry Rentals: AdornBrides.com

Vendors

Photographer: Robert Evans

Videographer: Michael Eller of Monachetti

Wedding Invitations / Stationary, Wedding Menus, Placecards: Ceci New York

Entertainment: The Source from Elan Artists

Guest Book, Ring Pillow, Trackarita Beverage Napkins: WeddingChannel.com WedShop

Makeup, Hair: Carola Myers Makeup & Hair Artists

Transportation: Reston Limo

Sound: Capitol Media Systems

The second of our newest videos comes from Chenise and EJ Henderson. They their wedding reception was hosted at the Pier 5 Hotel in Downtown Baltimore. Chenise reached out to us to let me know they were looking for us to cover just the reception portion of their wedding. The reception was filled with exciting opportunities to capture things we never otherwise would be able to. We posted some photos below our video from Olesha Haskett Photography. Enjoy!

So we’ve been a bit backed up and because so are blogging has been a little behind. However, we have some exciting videos in line to push out, so stay tuned! One of the first is a wedding we were super excited to do. Alexandra contacted me and said that our great friend Justine Ungaro referred her to us. With Justine on board for doing the photography, and a ceremony and reception at the National Musuem of Women in the Arts, we were sure it was going to be a fun night. We put some of the people below who helped make it all come together.

Hair: Giselle Chreky
Makeup: Kim Giammaria
Gown: Pronovias
Coordinator: Jessica Tremblay
Caterer: Design Cuisine
Florist: Petal’s Edge
Lighting: John Farr
Photography: Justine Ungaro