Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Miss Southwest Pageant Overview

Miss Southwest Michigan Scholarship Pageant from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Filmed two nights in a row. The Miss Southwest Michigan Teen Scholarship Pageant and then The Miss Southwest Michigan Scholarship Pageant. This overview contains rehearsals and highlights from both nights ending with the crowning of Miss Southwest Michigan 2010.
Many hours of preparation, hard work and attention to detail resulted in two wonderfully enjoyable pageants filled with dazzling moments provided by our cast and crew, our special guests and of course, our twenty-seven beautiful and stunning young ladies representing Southwest Michigan.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Bill's 50th Birthday

Bill's 50th Birthday... from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

What a great birthday party Bill's wife Tina planned for him. The food was delicious, the band played many of Bill's favorite songs, a slide show of Bill's life that made you laugh and cry, college buddies with funny stories from past, sisters that performed a special song, children that spoke of wonderful times with their dad and a wife that expressed how grateful she was that Bill picked her to share this incredible journey with him. You could tell that Bill is loved and admired by many people.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Cala's Sweet Sixteen

Cala's Sweet Sixteen from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Oh, to be 16 again...my niece Cala turned this magical age this past year....enjoy it while it lasts, Cala...soon, before you know it, you will be, well, uh, er, never mind... Happy Birthday, Cala! We love you!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Katy+Ken

Katy+Ken from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Reception at the Heritage Center in St. Joseph, MI. Jessica Pennington from Stella Event Design was the event planner for this wedding and what an event it was. Ben and Dan of Ben Pancoast Photography were there capturing all of those beautiful moments on film. The Matt Reed Band provided excellent entertainment throughout the night. (good job, guys and gal) Cudos to the Heritage Staff, they did an amazing job. Congratulations to Ken and Katy. Two wonderful families joined forces that day. Kim and I had the privilege of being the videographers at this reception to catch all the romantic and fun stuff. Here it is...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wedding Ring Finger



Just in case you were wondering....

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Happy Birthday, Bill & JoAnna!

Happy Birthday! from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Bill and JoAnna's birthday bash out at Lake Michigan. What a crowd. They were roasted and toasted by friends and family alike, all with the love and admiration that comes from lifelong relationships which are built to last forever. Great job everyone. It was a night to cherish and remember. Happy Birthday Bill and JoAnna

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Vi Shafer Dancers Recital Overview

Vi Shafer Overview from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

I needed two songs for this one. So much happening throughout the day. Whew!! (that's for the performers, the parents and the staff at Vi Shafer) But it's a good 'whew' Look at all of the exciting things going on both behind the scenes and onstage. Everything was done just right. Lot's of fun as always. Thank you Deanna....

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Gretchen & Cory

Gretchen & Cory from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

There is nothing like an outdoor, beachside wedding. As I began filming in the morning at the beauty salon it started raining. Gretchen just continued on getting ready and was really enjoying her wedding day. It rained off and on all day. Gretchen smiled and ignored the rain. When she arrived at her wedding, the rain stopped and the sun broke through the clouds! There was an awwwww, that broke out too among the guests! Everyone was very grateful to God that the rains had finally stopped and Gretchen and Cory had a beautiful dry beachside wedding. Well it was almost dry, except for the tears that flowed....

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Miss Blossomtime 2009 Overview

Miss Blossomtime 2009 Overview from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Wow, another action packed Miss Blossomtime Pageant. It's amazing how much time, talent and effort goes into a pageant like this. Everyone involved gives 100 percent and it shows. For the pageant office it's a year round, non-stop developmental creative process. The contestants and behind the scenes people hit the ground running as well. Congratulations to everyone involved. You make it all work. Thanks again for inviting us to come along.

Dan & Lisa

Dan & Lisa from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

A beautiful bride, a handsome groom and a fun loving family. What more could you ask for! Dale & I had such a good time filming Dan & Lisa's Wedding. I feel like I have known them for a long time. Thank you for allowing us to capture your wedding memories, I hope you enjoy them for years to come!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Your Engaged Now What....


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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Troy's 40 Year Journey

Here is a slideshow I just finished for a special birthday. Troy's wife Michelle wanted to surprise her husband with a different kind of gift. So Michelle and I met in secret, looking over photos, choosing music and squeezing 40 years of living into 15 minutes. Of course we were doing all of this while trying to avoid a curious Troy and with toddler Evan just as curious about what was going on. Michelle you have a beautiful family and your son Evan is a delight. It was a pleasure working with you.


Troy's 40 Year Journey from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Mr. Blossomtime Overview 2009

Fun! Fun! Fun! Another year of talented young ladies and gentlemen. It is so much fun to work with all who put Blossomtime on each year. I can't believe how much work is involved in putting a pageant like this together. Take a peek...


Mr. Blossomtime 2009 Overview from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Curtain Call (part 2)

Here it is...I don't think I need to repeat myself...Thanks to everyone involved. It was a blast!


Curtain Call (part 2) from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

"Curtain Call" part 1

Here is the first of two installments of the "Curtain Call" photo session that my son & I filmed. I had so much footage that I couldn't decide what cut and leave on the editing room floor. So the next installment will soon follow. Actually there is no film on the editing floor anymore, its in my computer somewhere. We all had lots of fun and it hardly seemed like work at all.



Curtain Call (part 1) from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

"Curtain Call"

What a fun day I had working with my son Jordan, (he helped me film the photo shoot) Wedding Planner Jessica from Stella Event Design, Photographers: Ben from Ben Pancoast Photography, (these are his photos below) Leda from LVL Photography and Justin from JL Photography, and of course Jordan and I, the videographers. Erica Henninger from Salon 1341 in Stevensville did Lisa's hair and David from Veranda at the Whitcomb provided us with a lovely room to use for home base.

Leda had a great idea to give our local brides an opportunity to put on their wedding dress one more time to get some seriously, really cool pictures out and about in the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor area. I had a blast! What a privilege and opportunity I had to work with such a fun bunch of talented people.

Dale and I had just filmed Dan & Lisa's Wedding the week before, so they were fresh off the wedding whirlwind. They are both such fun people and so photogenic, don't cha think? What good sports they were about having 8 cameras in their faces, flashes go off, traipsing to numerous locations and still smiling! They were probably thinking to themselves what the heck are these people doing to us?

But take a look at the photos (the video of all the fun, will be up shortly) and I am sure they would do it again, in an instant! If you think this is something you might like to participate in you can contact Jessica at Stella Event Design and she will let you know when the next "Curtain Call" is going to be held. Wouldn't you like to put your wedding dress on just one more time?

Cool place in downtown Benton Harbor, complete with 2 green doors and an old shovel we found for props.

I think this is the old, abandoned House of David Fruit Market in Benton Harbor. How appropriate, we are were all a little fruity that day.


Of course, we had to go to our beautiful Lake Michigan!



Our Beautiful Bride, Lisa


The Happy Couple! Dan & Lisa


One Last Time


Wanna see more of the photo shoot? See ya!
Ben Pancoast
Leda
Justin

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Here's is my son Michael's band participating in Battle of the Bands locally. They won 1st place. This is a song that they composed themselves. Mike is on the left, then Taso, then Adam. Good Job guys! Congratulations, Mike!

Love you...

Mom





Perfect Failure from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

We filmed this for a promo for Lory's Place in St. Joseph. They are a great organization and I know they help a lot of kids locally for grief counseling. It is nice to know we have a service like this available to us here in the Twin Cities.


Lory's Place from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

We filmed this for a promo for Lory's Place in St. Joseph. They are a great organization and I know they help a lot of kids locally for grief counseling. It is nice to know we have a service like this available to us here in the Twin Cities.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Mr. Coloma 2009 Overview

Each pageant has a theme which dictates the music used in the show. We then incorporate these songs into our videos. We edited this song for the show and it was faded out after the ladies were finished with their presentation.

This is the Mr Coloma Pageant so we used the entire song edit and mixed in a lot of footage of the guys and gals behind the scenes rehearsal along with the live event. Not necessarily in the same order as it happened that night.

This song called out for fast moving action, just like Elvis, so I hope you enjoy it. For those of us who remember the Ed Sullivan Show we will only show this video from the waist up.

It's a lot of work but we always have a blast and these fine contestants will have an action packed DVD of that fun filled night.

Dale


Mr. Coloma 2009 Overview from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Miss Blossomtime 2009 Crowning

Here the crowning unedited... enjoy! If you want to see it in a larger screen, click on the "Vimeo Button."


Miss Blossomtime 2009 Crowning from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Here's the crowning unedited. Enjoy!

Friday, March 20, 2009

Mr. Blossomtime 2009 Crowning

Here is the crowning section, no edits, live as it happened that night. If you want to see larger screen, click on the "Vimeo" button.


Mr. Blossomtime 2009 Crowning from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

30 Years!

Well, today is my 30th wedding anniversary! Wow! I can't believe it. Where has the time gone? It seems just like yesterday that we said our own "I Do's." We went to high school together and he was one of those "popular guys," who was in all the talent shows, marching band, school plays and he played in a rock n' roll band. Oh Yeah! Some of you older ones might remember Atlantic City Steel Pier. He was the cutest lead singer ever. I remember what a good band they were, I can still hear the music they play at the "Back Alley," which is now "Pebblewood." "Stairway To Heaven and Maybe I'm Amazed," was my favorites. And I am still amazed, how much fun we have and how much I still love him. I love his sense of humor, his bad jokes, even though I roll my eyes sometimes. Yes, I would marry you again! Thank you for our 3 handsome sons (they take after you, you know, including the bad jokes). I love you always.....

Your Wife,

Kim

P.S. The only thing I would do different, is having a really cool wedding video filmed. What I wouldn't give to see just a glimpse of my wedding day now on video.


Our Invitation




We Still Wear Our Original Wedding Rings




Oh, So Young!




I Do, I Do, I Do




Here's to The Next 30 Years...I Wonder What We Will Be Doing?





Hey, Hey, Lots of Brides Choose These Colors, Honest




Pretty Cool Effect For Back Then




And Here We Are Recently...

Monday, February 2, 2009

Wedding World 2009

Thanks to everyone for stopping by our booth at Wedding World 2009. We had alot of nice folks stop in to inquire about wedding videography. Dale and I are looking forward to a fun filled year of filming all the magical moments that wedding days provide for us to capture for our brides and their families.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Another group of wonderful young ladies...Dale and I are glad we are not the judges! All of them would be the queen. We can tell you that after spending just one day of filming their pageant that all the young ladies love their chairperson Shari Westerhof very much. I know all the people involved with the pageant must work alot of hours to put this together. Their work and dedication definitely shows as pageant night came together was a truly entertaining program.


Miss Stevensville 2009 from All Star Productions on Vimeo.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Welcome To Our Blog

Well All Star Productions has finally made it to the next phase by adding our blog. This will hopefully keep everyone that is interested up to date with our busy lives and allow others get to know us a little more. Plus you can take a sneak peek at some of the many projects that we have the pleasure of working on. We get to meet so many wonderful people that we just can't keep quiet about it any longer.