Don't Be Shy

It's finished! Our date video is now officially posted on Lilly McDowell's blog! Just click here to check it out! Matthew and Vanessa's Video We had an absolute blast filming with her! She was enjoyable to be around and put us at ease, she knew exactly what to do. Both Matthew and I love her sense of humor as well. The shoot went by "swimmingly," as she says and we were able to get a ton of footage! Some of that footage made for some strategic positioning as Matthew had her sitting and filming on his lap while driving! At one point, shooting the video cost her a face plant in Matthew's vehicle, haha! Apparently I adjusted the seat and pushed it back just as she was bracing herself on it so she could hop on top of Matthew. Instead, she ended up toppling over him. I was laughing so hard so it's a good thing she came out A-ok, lol. 


Matthew and I recommend this for any of you couples out there! It was truly a fun time together and created memories we really enjoyed and will be able to have forever now. Engagements are a must of course, but a candid video clip like this gets the couple into other surroundings and catches them being their lively selves. I think it is really unique and different than a lot of wedding videos and I'm glad Matthew and I chose to do this. I Love being outside of the box and it was a treasure to find Lilly because this is exactly what Matthew and I wanted! I wanted to do something like this back during Christmas and these types of videos are just now beginning to be quite popular this summer actually. He and I are going to shoot another one for our anniversary next summer along with a Love Story [how we met, what was our first kiss, how the year has been and other types of questions, etc...]. If you view her site I'm definitely sure you can see what a blast they are to film and how fun-loving all the videos are. She does a great job making them turn out so well. So, even if you guys are shy and awkward, you are not out of luck! lol. But really, I recommend doing something fun like this because it is super cute and is a neat way to catch the two of you interacting. It was nice to get away and it takes all the stresses from your wedding planning and throws it out the window. Bonus, right? lol!


Matthew chose the song "Don't Be Shy" by Shwayze and the song was really unique and different. It was nice to do something a little out of the ordinary because other people generally just use the same songs. We are the first couple to do a hip hop genre, haha! She had us play the music throughout the whole video shooting and we were able to dance, sing and goof around to it. It was a lot of fun to have the music blasted while washing the car. Matthew and I, however, will need a little break from the song...there is such a thing as overplaying something, haha! But it is just a chill summertime song to have. If you would like to see the lyrics you can go to this site for their viewing: "Don't Be Shy" Lyrics  Matthew like the parts where Shwayze kicks out a little rap, lol. You can also see Matthew lip syncing to "Do ah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Doo."
Anyways, hope you guys like the video! I'm full of giggles in it, but I think the video is really cute. Hope you enjoy it :)