March 16, 2012

The value of YOUR wedding video: The bride's mother writes in!

"Dear Tim,

My family would love to thank you for the amazingly professional and
artistic job you did for our
daughter's wedding on October 22nd at the Harvard Club.

When BG suggested we have a videographer we were at the end of our "must
haves" for the wedding.
We honestly thought that all we needed was a photographer. BG gently
suggested that since we had
come this far...the videographer would be the one thing we just might be
the most thankful for. By this time
I had come to COMPLETELY trust his judgement...but, talking my husband
into that next "must have" was a bit
of a challenge. He had hit his "Steve Martin" moment. As I type this to
you...the most important memory we have
of the wedding is your video and EVERYONE has seen it. I really don't
even think of sending anyone the pictures...
I want them to see the video. The video captured the day, captured the
love and the comfortable union between
Ashley and John that a still picture could not freeze in time. Your
video captured it all.

You are incredibly thorough and managed to pull together the moments of
this wonderful day.
Because of you, we get to revisit that day, those moments, that
sentiment, that life and love.

Thank you...your work may be more important than you realize.

Best,
Elizabeth B.
(mom of the bride!!)

February 24, 2012

John & Ashley, The Harvard Club; NYC



A beautiful fall day was the backdrop for John and Ashley's wedding at historic St. Thomas Church on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. After the ceremony the couple headed over to the Harvard Club for an evening of revelry. The Harvard Club is an amazing space for a NYC Wedding! Click here to watch the TAS signature recap of their amazing day!

Cycle for Survival, A cancer charity event for Memorial Sloan Kettering


For the past two years Tim Alan Smith's NYC corporate video company- Avenue 5 Films- has filmed the charity event "Cycle for Survival" at various Equinox Gyms in Manhattan and Long Island. The event is a fantastic fundraiser to help cure rare cancers in which people create teams of spinners to raise money to fight cancer through Memorial Sloan-Kettering. Here is an excerpt from the website about what it's all about and why you should consider signing up for the 2013 event!

2011 Cycle for Survival, the fastest growing national, indoor relay-style team cycling event in support of rare cancer research. "Co-founded in 2007 by Jennifer Goodman Linn and her husband, Dave, Cycle for Survival is the national, indoor relay-style team cycling event that has raised more than $9 million in support of lifesaving research on rare cancers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and in the past five years has funded twenty-five clinical trials and research studies.

Cycle creates an opportunity for each of us to truly make a difference — every dollar raised by Cycle goes directly to Memorial Sloan-Kettering for research on rare cancers, paving the way for new, more effective treatment options.

Cycle is one of the world's fastest-growing athletic fundraising events. Cycle 2012 will be the biggest ride to date with over 10,000 cyclers from across the country teaming up with friends, family and coworkers in New York City, Chicago, Long Island, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and at satellite events worldwide!

Join the movement that brings hope to lives touched by rare cancers. Register or join a team today or make a gift to Cycle. No one beats cancer until we all beat cancer. Together, we can make a difference!"

E-Harmony Parody- funny stuff!

Our slogan is about fun weddings, so naturally we attract fun couples! One such couple who met on E-Harmony decided to do a parody of the E-Harmony commercials to show their own person story. Since we were filming their wedding, they asked if this was something we could do so of course we said yes. Check it out!

February 23, 2012

David and Yaffa's Wedding


Click here to view David and wedding video signature recap filmed by Tim Alan Smith!

Customers write in.... They like what they see!


It's always nice to hear from her clients after watching their video or signature recaps. Here are a few recent e-mails:

"Tim. We just watched the video. It is incredible!! You did a great job. Thank you so much."
Rachael and Mike

"Fantastic- we can't stop watching it!"
David and Yaffa

"Video was so great. Thank you tons!"
Sabrina & Jon

"I just wanted to write and thank you for the wonderful work you guys did on the videos. Andrea
and can't watch it without crying (and smiling). The black and white recap and the slideshow
were great additions. I'm really so glad that we decided to get video!"
Chris and Andrea

"This is fantastic, Tim!!! I love, love, love it. I happen to like your little comment too: "your most talkative bride ever" hahaha...amazing!! ahhh...I'm so happppy!!"
Kerri-Lynn and Patrick

"We LOVE the recap video! You did an outstanding job! We keep hitting replay...we just can't get enough! We are so thrilled that you were able to personally shoot our wedding day. It was a true pleasure working with you. Please let us know if there are any websites or wedding resource sites that we can post our rave review!"
Kevin and Gina




Michelle and Manish; Church of the Blessed Sacrament and The Surf Club


Michelle and Manish were all about two things: fun and rock and roll! They knew that they wanted to have a fun wedding and they planned accordingly with a reception theme of rock and roll. They started off getting ready in separate places before the ceremony at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament on west 71st street, which was very sweet and emotional. The couple then took photos around Manhattan before heading north to New Rochelle and the Surf Club, where they partied the night away! Click on this link to see their video! NYC Wedding videographer Tim Alan Smith had a great night documenting the fun day and can't wait to get more FUN weddings like this in 2012!