Thursday, May 21, 2015

Uptown Funk a Parody by Taylorsville Elementary School





Uptown Funk a Parody by Taylorsville Elementary School

May 20, 2015

I had such a blast making this video. Now it is finally up and ready for the world to see! 
I was contacted months ago to produce this video. The Principle, Mrs. Love-Day wrote new lyrics for the popular song, and Mr. Hilder the music Teacher performed the voiceover. We incorporated the whole school in the making of the video. What a blast!
During the one of the shots, we had the full student body in the multi purpose room where some Teachers took it upon themselves to spray silly string all over the 6th graders in a last prank. 

The video has been done for some time, but with the School wanting to unveil the video in the presence of the whole school, and local news organizations, we've been keeping it under wraps until NOW! 
Please share the video with everyone you know!


Saturday, May 16, 2015

Danielle + Andy - Millennial Falls Draper Utah

One of the biggest parts of planning a wedding is picking the perfect wedding venue. Have you chosen yours yet? 
Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing a wedding in Draper for Danielle and Andy. The venue was called Millenial Falls, and it did NOT disappoint! Beautiful gardens on the back of the property, waterfalls everywhere, top notch catering, and plenty of room to dance made this venue a place to remember. 
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If you haven't booked YOUR venue yet, it may be worth checking out Millenial Falls. I don't get any sort of compensation of course, but if you found an amazing place to get married wouldn't you share it with YOUR friends? 
Here are a few of my favorite images from the wedding.































Friday, May 8, 2015

Josh Withers Marriage Celebrant

Josh Withers Marriage Celebrant

“So are you a priest? Like, in a robe and everything?”

That’s what a shop assistant asked as I rushed in to get a bottle of water on the way to a wedding ceremony, in a suit, on a Tuesday afternoon. Apparently not many people, wearing suits, bought water on Tuesday afternoons from this shop and my presence was cause for concern.

The IGA staffer wondered at first if I was a Mormon or a Jehovah’s Witness. “I’m a celebrant!” I replied, telling him that I married people.

It all got very confusing for the young man.

I’ve had many similar experiences at wedding fairs and expos as well. So many people just don’t know what I do, so on behalf of the civil celebrants, priests, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses of this great country; let me clear a few things up.

Dresses, cakes, flowers, photographers, videographers, ice sculptures, caterers, invitations and lolly buffets should all be on your priority list, but, they all mean nothing without a celebrant. Your celebrant marries you (to your fiancé)!

Who can be a celebrant?

In Australia there are strictly two types of celebrants:

Religious celebrants
Civil celebrants
Not all priests, pastors, ministers and church leaders can be a religious celebrant; this is left to each denomination to determine, but many or most church leaders can marry people. Some churches restrict who they can marry, and some ask for church membership.

As for civil celebrants, it’s not quite like Friends where Joey can oversee your ceremony as long as you’ve gotten a marriage license. In fact in Australia we don’t even have marriage licenses, you do get a certificate after your ceremony though.

To become a celebrant in Australia today you need to complete a Certificate IV in Celebrancy then you must apply to the Attorney General’s office to become an authorized civil marriage celebrant.

What does every celebrant have in common?

Every single celebrant in Australia has this one thing in common: shoulder-pads, I said jokingly, as other celebrants send me death threats.

Seriously though, every single celebrant in Australia, religious or otherwise has the power and the authority to marry a man and a woman on Australian soil. Religious celebrants only have a few geographic limitations imposed by their state government and their church.

Every celebrant must see you more than at least 30 days before the wedding and help you complete some paperwork and see your ID. They’ll also ask you if you’re over 18, not related and not already married.

On the wedding day your celebrant’s legal responsibility is to make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into, and that at least two other people see it happen. They’ll also record the fact, and make sure the government knows all about it.

Where do celebrants differ?

This is where the shoulder-pads come in.

Celebrants, as you’d expect, are people, and you get to choose which person you want standing between you and your love on your wedding day. I won’t list all the ways that I differ to a colleague or another differs to me, but they are all different people with different skills, personalities, attitudes, experience and technology. Everyone charges a different price as well.

Now you get to go celebrant shopping!

So what the heck is a celebrant?

The celebrant is the guy or girl in charge of how boring your wedding is, or isn’t.

I explain it to couples like this: The celebrant is the CEO of your wedding, the bride and groom are the board of directors. I’m leading the company/wedding but you’re in charge and it’s important that before the wedding all of your expectations, desires, hopes and dreams are communicated so that your celebrant can be awesome!

Can I marry you?

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Perfect Wedding Venue In Utah

One of the biggest parts of planning a wedding is picking the perfect wedding venue. Have you chosen yours yet? 
Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing a wedding in Draper for Danielle and Andy. The venue was called Millenial Falls, and it did NOT disappoint! Beautiful gardens on the back of the property, waterfalls everywhere, top notch catering, and plenty of room to dance made this venue a place to remember. 
ryan-hender-utah-wedding-photographer
If you haven't booked YOUR venue yet, it may be worth checking out Millenial Falls. I don't get any sort of compensation of course, but if you found an amazing place to get married wouldn't you share it with YOUR friends? 
Here are a few of my favorite images from the wedding that I couldn't help but edit right away.