Cortney & Chad

Cortney & Chad got married at Homestead Resorts, a beautiful setting for a beautiful autumn wedding in northern lower Michigan. Here is the opening of their movie:

Cinematic Wedding Opening from Joe Bauer on Vimeo.

New Name- New Look- Now in HD!

While we've been busy finishing this season's wedding edits, we did some editing to the studio also! We have a new corporate identity, pictured in the blog header you see above, and new company colors: chocolate & pink. We changed the name to 'Joseph F Bauer Studios' to better describe the type of contemporary boutique service that we offer, and had a new logo designed. Pretty cool?
To go along with all those changes, we'll now be shooting in HD. The technology has advanced to the point where we can't deny that an HD picture is clearer and more detailed, and the cameras which we've just purchased are just as sensitive in low light as our old SD cameras, so no worries about bringing flood lights with us to the reception!! We're excited. It's going to be a great year for artistic video and a great year for our new company! We're shooting our first HD wedding in January, and well post some clips both here and on our website (www.yesmem.com) for you to check out.

Latest Movie

We've been working hard to complete the videos which we filmed earlier in the year. The latest on we're editing is from August 2nd. We got some beautiful shots. Christina and Dan, you're gonna love this movie! Here's a peak at the opening.

Allison & Chris- August 30th, 2008

Allison & Chris were married at the Pine Knob Mansion. What a beautiful setting!! The photographers, Harold & Robyn from Modern Photoglyphs took full advantage of the lovely grounds and historic building. We really enjoyed working with them. The DJ was Dave from Solid Gold Sound. He helped to deliver the sound for the ceremony, even though it wasn't originally part of his contract. We concentrated the trailer on the couple and the beautiful surroundings, because they were both soo impressive in their emotional expression. Here's the trailer of their day:

Carly & Rob

Carly & Rob were married at St. John's Lutheran Church in Fraser. Their reception was held at Club Monte Carlo. We worked with DJ Mike Shea, from Shea Sounds. Mike's a great DJ to work with! The wedding party spent the time between the ceremony & reception at the Heritage Gardens in Shelby Township. When Carly & Rob came in to record their voice-over for their wedding film, Carly asked if she could have a movie trailer...So...Here's the trailer of their day:

Julie & Tom

8-15-08
Julie & Tom were married at the White House Wedding Chapel. This was our first time filming at this location. It was very elegant, but rather small. Julie was a beautiful bride and Tom was the cool (at least on the outside) groom. The photographer was one of our favorites, Amanda Williams. We worked with DJ Eric, from Music Box for the second week in a row,LOL! The wedding party spent the time between the ceremony & reception at the Edsel Ford Estate...very cool! Here's a trailer of the day:

Misty & Brian

Last Saturday's Wedding (August 9th)was certainly unusual. For one thing, it rained and rained, and ,yet, everytime the bride and groom had to go out...it stopped! The reception was held at Partridge Creek. The Power went out in the middle of the bridal dances, but the photographer, Martin Sonders, saved the day by bringing in his generator. The DJ was Eric, from Music Box. Thanks for keeping your cool through all the power problems, and for helping us with the sound for the montage, which was very well received. Here's a trailer of the day:

Christina & Dan

Congratulations to Christina & Dan! It was a wonderful wedding. Christina was a beautiful bride and Dan kept everyone in stitches with his comments about everything. We also had the opportunity to work with Kathleen Voss of Kathleen Voss Photography for the first time. She was alot of fun to work with and I'm sure Christina & Dan will have tons of fabulous pictures. Dan & Mario from Elite Entertainment manned the DJ booth. Thanks for helping with the montage sound, guys, and keeping the party moving. We have a special Preview video for you, Christina & Dan. Hope you enjoy it!

Erin & Dan's Wedding Trailer

We had the opportunity to film Erin's wedding recently, and since their music video got rained out, we thought they might like this Trailer of their day. I hope you like it, too!

Frank Sings!

Wedding Reception legend in these parts says that the most exciting part of the reception is when Frank sings. We saw it, and now so will you!

Lisa & Ray

We got the nicest note from Lisa after she saw her video that we just had to upload a section for all to see. Now THIS was a fun wedding!! Congratulations Lisa & Ray and God Bless.

New Trailer

We filmed Genevieve and Michael's wedding on May 9th. They are a very nice couple who will show their wedding movie for Genevieve's relatives in Uganda later this summer. Here is their trailer:

Smile for The Camera!

Just to kick start our new photo service, we're going to offer one Engagement Photo/Video Shoot(a $600 Value!) FREE to the first person who replies to this offer and meets with us to discuss their project. In fact, we're going to give away two of these...one to the first 2008 bride and one to the first 2009 bride. Just two qualifications- you must come to the greater Detroit area for the shoot(kinda silly since you have to meet with us here anyway) and we must be able to schedule your shoot before your wedding. You'll get a disc of photos and a DVD video of the shoot and we'll get some samples we can show to future clients. Sound like fun? ---the tricky part is You have to figure out how to contact us!

Our First Wedding Day Edit

We shot a wonderful Italian wedding last night. Now, you might not think the wedding was 'Italian' since the groom's last name was LaFleur, but it certainly was! We composed our very first 'Wedding Day Edit for this wedding...we edited the film immediately after the ceremony and presented the bride and groom (and guests) a short highlight at the reception. Here it is. We hope you like it!

Come to Jamaica!

Hey, Mon! ..just got back from a week in Jamaica! We have a couple of photos to share. It was WARM!!!! We'll be posting another winner of our Photo/Video Engagement Shoot soon. If you're interested in participating, just shoot an email to: info@yesmem.com and put "Photo/Video Engagement Shoot Contest" in the subject line. Good Luck!!

And The Winner Is!

The FREE Photo/Video Engagement Shoot was won by Amber McKinney from Highland, Michigan. Congratulations Amber! You can be a winner too! Anyone who books their Yesterdays Memories wedding film in February gets a FREE Photo/Video Engagement Shoot! (Makes a GREAT valentine's day gift, guys!)

FREE For YOU!!

Hey, If you live in Michigan and you're getting married this year, you might be interested in our drawing for a FREE photo/video engagement shoot. The drawing is Feb. 2nd, so don't delay. Send your name, address, phone and wedding date to: info@yesmem.com .Good Luck!!

Video '08 News

Greetings from Video '08! We've spent the last week in Orlando, FL at the 4Ever Group Video Conference. It's been exciting to hear about all the new ideas in personal cinema. We will certainly be incorporating these new ideas into our 2008 projects. We're one of only six companies from Michigan attending. Our passion is video, and our commitment is to keep improving our work... AND...we've won over $1000 in prizes that were given away at the conference.I hope our good luck continues for the rest of the year!
For our friends in Michigan, the weather in Florida has been fabulous! We had a great week of learning and fun, and soon, it will be time to get back to reality.
See ya!

Bridal Show

We're going to have a booth at the Novi Bridal Show this weekend (Jan.19-20) at the Rock Financial Center. Come stop by and say Hello! We'll have a show special all weekend--anyone who books a wedding movie this weekend will receive a FREE photo/ video engagement shoot. That's a $600 value! Get a great film and save some money...can't beat that!

New Demo

Here is our new demo for the 2008 wedding season. We've made a lot of improvements. I hope you like it! (if you do, please leave a comment)