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I shot this promo a few months ago for Joel Flory. Joel was the guy who first told me about the SLO life about 8 years ago and I really have to thank him for that info! Joel shoots amazing work and is one of those guys who is super fun to be around. He has an awesome personality and his photography is set apart. I love the work he is producing up in the San Francisco area and I would love to work with him again! Joel Flory Wedding Photography from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo.

Last Saturday we were down in Santa Barbara shooting Derek and Shelly and their amazing wedding. This couple had a sweet style going on making it a blast for Drew and myself to capture day. I loved their colors and really wish I wore my pink tie for them. So here is my movie I made that night. Bravo to Drew for writing once again an amazing track for this wedding. Congrats Derek and Shelly and I was so glad we got to be apart of this day. Enjoy. Preview: Derek and Shelly from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

I had the honor of being the best man in this wedding and only grabbed a few clips during the night. Tim is an amazing friend and I am so thankful that I was able to be apart of his wedding. I love you guys and am praying for you always. Music is by Drew Barefoot Enjoy. Highlight: Tim + Marijke from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo.

We shot this wonderful couple last night at the Monarch Club in Nipomo CA. Roger is a firefighter and Amanda is a cop. They are the perfect duo and were a fun couple to shoot. The movie showing went great and it is always a joy to show our footage to the couple the night of their wedding. Adam Pasion wrote and produced our amazing music for us. Thank you Adam. We shot this wedding with a 50mm, 85mm and a 12-24mm. I think we will be adding to the lens quiver shortly. Hope you enjoy the movie. Preview: Roger and Amanda from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

This is very special movie for me. My baby brother Sam is now engaged! This all went down a few weeks ago up by Hearst Castle, CA. We weren't really planning on shooting after the actual engagement, but I couldn't hold back. I asked Drew to write a little something for this movie and he once again killed it. I hope you enjoy these two and the love that God has created. Enjoy Engagement: Sam and Anna from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo.

Last weekend we were having killer time at Dancing Horse Ranch in Paso Robles. Drew and myself had the pleasure of filming for Damion and Emily at this beautiful venue full of huge oaks and open pastures. Although I thought I might pass out with the heat we seemed to still pull it off without any casualties. We almost lost our fish eye lens while shooting in a field full of horses. So I set a lens down for second to grab some other shots with my beloved lens of choice only to look over my shoulder to see a giant horse about to do its business on my lens. Not a good situation, so I ran to rescue and grabbed the lens from its death before Drew could see what happened and break off the partnership. Anyway we had a ton of fun and made this little flick to show that night. Enjoy. Damion and Emily from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

Last Saturday we had a good ol time down in LA for our first traditional Chinese Wedding! Johnny and Cicilia were so much fun and scoped out some sweet spots for us to shoot. At one location I tried to get the local police authority to help us out with a shot, but he said "Absolutely not!". Bummer. So our next option was to try to get a crane shot out in the middle of the street of downtown LA. It worked out pretty good. Thanks to Seth Roberts for writing another amazing track for us! You should check out his band, Lakes! This movie is made up of our shoot we did before the actual wedding. Enjoy! Preview: Johnny and Cicilia from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

Last weekend we had a good ol time shooting a movie with David and Sophie from Southern California. We shot all of this movie in Paso Robles and ended up at Castoro Winery for the Ceremony and Reception. David and Sophie were super energetic and stoked for their day. Their son Max was super fun to capture too! We had some amazing lighting to work with after the reception and I hope you enjoy the flairs as much as we did. I owe Seth Roberts a big hug for making this amazing track for us and the more we think about it, I think we will be looking into putting an "2009 Season Album" out. Ya we are kinda excited for this idea! Well I hope you enjoy this movie! Preview: David and Sophie from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

We shot this movie in beautiful Santa Cruz, California. Dan and Natalie were so easy going and easy to film. I went to college with Dan and we surfed together time to time. I think my favorite shot was with the 50 mm as we panned down over the couple with the parking lot in the background. Sounds cheesy, but i loved it. We got to show this at the end of the night after the reception. It was a blessing to make this movie for Dan and Natalie. Enjoy. Preview: Dan and Natalie from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

Preview: Dave & Rachel from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Wow this wedding was a gift from God! Drew and myself had the pleasure of traveling over to Kansas City for an amazing wedding this last Friday. Dave and Rachel are wonderfully in love and we had the joy of capturing that love. We arrived Thursday afternoon in Kansas City and met Dave Feyaerabend who owns Aus10 Photography. Matt and his wife Meghan were so hospitable and fun to hang with throughout the weekend. Even when we encountered some pretty restrictive filming and photography rules at the church the ceremony would be held at, Matt fought hard for both of us to be allowed to get the angles and shots we needed. Overall it was a blessing to spend this time with them! There was something about this whole wedding where I could sense the love of God in this couple. It was almost like a presence you could feel. For example when they first saw each other before the ceremony started Rachel came walking up behind Dave with this huge smile on her face and once Dave turned around he began to get teary eyed. It as amazing to see both of these two so excited to see each other as they both were trying so hard not to cry. It was as if the emotion never died throughout the whole afternoon and evening. When arrived to the moment to show the Preview Movie. I as a bit nervous as a crowd began to gather around the screen. I think I was nervous because I knew that this was going to be an emotional movie for everyone. The movie rolled and I watched Dave and Rachel as they watched it trying to read their emotions. They smiled, laughed, and cried. It went great! After the movie they gave me and drew big hugs and thanked us for what we made for them. I can not express in words what a blessing it is for me to make these movies for couples. I thank God that he has allowed me the gifts in art and film to produce these movies for couples. As Christians, Drew and myself feel that God gives all people gifts, skills, and passions for a very specific purpose. That God gives to us so that we can give to others. It is an overflow of serving because God has served us. I am not sure if this makes sense, but it seems that people all over the world desire to be givers and serve others as we are able. I would submit that this desire is from God. I believe we are made in God's image and that part of what that means is that we act and emulate our creator instinctively. That God has created all people with value and worth which leads us in our business to serve and bless all people as God has blessed us. But service to others is not our end. When we make something like this, we do not desire that the glory would end with us, but be directed to the one who has gifted us to make these movies to bless couples and in the end of the day glorify our creator. The give should always get the glory. Thanks Dave and Rachel for having us and i hope that you all are blessed in watching this awesome wedding! Enjoy. Download Movie

Adrian and Jayne are so in love. Our engagement shoot with them was super fun and their wedding was even better! The surroundings and natural beauty of Ragged Point, Big Sur, was breath taking. Drew couldn't stop taking time lapse shots of all the amazing cliffs and fog rolling along the mountains. Since we got to know Adrian and Jayne a few weeks before the wedding it made it easy to get shots that really captured their personality. It is really special for me when we are able to simply capture the un-posed character of the bride and groom. Jayne and Adrian were a joy to work with and it blessed us to see and capture their marriage covenant. Preview: Adrian and Jayne from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

Random: Smile from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. a little raw footage that made me smile...

A good friend of mine, Scott Peterson, invented the Rock n' Roll Trainer that is unlike any other trainer on the market. So when he approached me about making a promo for his invention I was stoked. We shot all the footage in about a day using our Mark IIs. Thanks to Tennis Warehouse for letting us use their giant warehouse to shoot the trainer. Special thanks to Scott for cranking on his bike all day for us! You can find more info on the trainer here I hope you enjoy it! Kinetic by Kurt: Rock n' Roll Bike Trainer from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo.

Here is a fun one for ya! We shot this a few months ago in a secret warehouse here in San Luis Obispo before the car was released. I never understood how hard shooting commercials would be, but now I have a whole new respect for the car commercial industry. I salute you. 805 Collective did the set design for this shoot and oversaw the project. We had the privilege to making the movie magic. So you should watch this, go to a scion dealer near you, buy a new Scion XD Release Series, and tell them "Cana Video Productions had you at hello". Enjoy. Scion XD Release Series from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo.

So this was quite an adventure I must say. We showed up at the venue we knew nothing about and as we got looking around before anyone arrived we were getting pretty excited. The estate was covered in huge cottonwood trees as a river ran right next to the well kept gardens that surrounded the ceremony site. I feel like a poet, but it was really cool! After this we met the land owner and he showed us his gigantic game museum that was kinda amazing! The wedding itself was so beautiful and Drew and myself had a sweet time capturing the day. This couple was a previous wedding we did down this way and saw the preview movie we made at that previous wedding. Right after the movie finished Jenna came up to me and asked if I was booked for a few weeks later and thankfully I was open! I am so glad that she was at that other wedding and I am even more stoked that we got to make the trek up north to capture this beautiful day! Music is by The Adam Pasion Band. I know you will enjoy this! Preview: Justin and Jenna from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

Last Wednesday we had our first Wednesday wedding ever! We loved it! This movie is not from their wedding. That is coming soon... We shot this short movie a few weeks ago up at Hearst Beach near Big Sur. The spot was amazing and the couple was even more amazing. They were so fun and natural to shoot. Their love for each other is evident and it is clear that God has brought these two together. What is fun about this movie is it gives you look into how they met as they share their story throughout the movie. I edited this a bit different than the usual, but I think it works. Their Preview is coming soon and I hope this holds you over for a bit. Enjoy! Engagement: Adrian and Jayne from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie

Preview: Ryan and Emily from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. On Saturday we had the joy and privilege of shooting Ryan and Emily's wedding here in beautiful San Luis Obispo. Throughout the day I could sense the love of Christ in their relationship from beginning to end. When I first saw Ryan show up at the church there was this huge smile on his face and the first thing he told me was how blessed he was to be there and how he had started his day with his brothers in the word of God. It was refreshing and inspiring to see a man like Ryan so stoked on the Lord and seeing that joy in God pouring out into his joy to marry his bride. The day went by so fast and I was so blessed to have been able to shoot this wedding for Ryan and Emily. Drew wrote and recorded, once again, an amazing song for me to use. I hope you enjoy it all! Download Movie

We just got back from the Monarch Club in Arroyo Grande CA. Brad and Megan are so in love and I love it! The wedding went so good and we all had a blast shooting it up. For some reason I got a lot of complements on the stache tonight, so that was encouraging. I think the 85mm and me became better friends too! Drew made a new song for this and I think it work amazingly! That has been one thing that has really been fun this year is having so much original music for our Preview Movies. Drew is such a talented musician and I am blessed to be able to work with him. Well here is the movie we made last night and got to show at the wedding! Enjoy. Preview: Brad and Megan from Ben Potter & Drew Barefoot on Vimeo. Download Movie