TESTIMONIALS
Molly & Nevin from Boston, wedding ceremony at St. Elizabeth Seton in North Falmouth, MA, wedding reception at Willowbend County Club, Mashpee, MA, December 2007:
Elena, The video is FANTASTIC!! We just love it and are so pleased with your work - even the covers for the cases and CD labels look great! You did such a good job capturing everything! Thank you so much!!!! I actually received your email with the link to the highlight video during a layover for a flight in Tahiti (after the honeymoon) - we watched the whole thing there (despite paying per min for internet access - well worth it!) and LOVED every minute!!! It looks fantastic and I am just so pleased with your work and so happy that we'll have the video -- the night went by so quickly and it's all a blur to me so it will be a pleasure to watch the video and remember it all! You were just lovely to work with and I can't thank you enough. Again, we really loved the highlights (as have all others who have viewed) and truly can't thank you enough!
Courtney & Stan from Quincy, wedding ceremony at Holy Trinity Church, Harwich, MA, wedding reception at Red Jacket Inn, South Yarmouth, MA, October 2007
Elena, We absolutely love our wedding video... we laughed, we cryed... it was the most amazing gift! So many in our family have already seen it as well and love it so much! I will post a review for you on your website sometime within the next few days. We haven't yet seen the unedited video... so busy... but I can't wait! I will definitelyrecommend your services to anyone who I hear is looking for a videographer! We're so happy, thank you! Both our edited and non-edited videos of our wedding are absolutely amazing! Elena did an incredible job with the editing and our main video has effects that keep it flowing, romantic and fun! The unedited version is great because you catch so many little things that are just so funny, but you're glad they were edited out! hahaha! Elena was so great to work with... She was always professional, personable and truly added to our wedding day! We both would recommend her one hundred percent! And to anyone trying to decide whether or not to have a videographer for your special day/event/etc.... do it! We weren't sure initially and are so thankful we have this amazing keepsake!
Orla & Brad, San Francisco, CA, Ceremony at Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham, Reception at Ocean Edge, Brewster, MA, April 2007
Elena, Thank you so much for the online clip. It looks fantastic!!! We also received the dvds on Saturday it was such a great video. Thank you for sending them so quickly. We just got back from the Galapagos on Friday so it was really nice to have the videos upon our return. They turned out so beautiful. We had such a magical day and the video will let us remember the joy for years to come. Thanks again for helping make our wedding day so wonderful.
Rachael & Joe G., London, Wedding at Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham, September 2006
I just wanted to say thank you for filming our Wedding at Chatham Bars Inn on September 25th 2006! The rushes from your filming are excellent and perfect for editing with! I love the details you have captured, from a bumblebee hanging around when we were having photographs taken to capturing the atmosphere with guests chatting and laughing. It was great to work with you, I have to say it was so nice to open my door on the morning of the wedding and have someone as bright and energetic as you there to film it!! You were so unobtrusive and know some of the guests including my Brother, who was a cameraman, really enjoyed chatting with you about your work. Looking at the footage is like being there again with a fresh set of eyes!
Barbara C. Fine Art Museum, Boston, September 2006
Elena, we got the slide show today. You did a beautiful job. I watched with tears in my eyes. And thanks also for all copies. Everyone will be happy. I have your cards and a friend interested in my results. I'll give her one when I see her tomorrow. Many Thanks.
Anne, Morristown, NJ, Ceremony at Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham, July 2006
We just got home from our honeymoon - and the dvd was waiting at the door. I can't even tell you how FABULOUS it is. You did an excellent job. I've watched it three times - Jesse is ready to kill me I think :) We are so
grateful to have you document our ceremony so well. We are going to put a link to your company on my blog - and our florist is going to contact you
about maybe using a splice on their web site. They thought you did such a
great job shooting the flowers. So thank you again - we'd gladly recommend you to anyone that might need a videographer.
Also - I think my mom is going to call you tomorrow to get another copy :)
Andrea, Chatham, MA
I didn't get to meet you at the wedding, but I am Anne Khoobiar Heap's mother. She just sent me a clip of the video that you took. I was very proud that I didn't cry like a baby at the wedding, but upon viewing the video, I've gone through 1/2 box of tissues! You did an incredible job - thank you, thank you, thank you.... I was especially impressed because you were not visible during the ceremony (either that or I was totally oblivious!!!) Again, kudos for a fantastic job.
Noelle & John, South Yarmouth , MA . Ceremony at the St. Elizabeth Seton in Falmouth , reception at the Sea Crest Resort, Falmouth .
OMG, I am crying as I'm writing this. You did an amazing job. John loved it too. Thank you so much for doing the highlight I am going to email it to everyone. I'm sobbing here....... Thank you so so much
Fondly, Dawn & Dave MacNeill , Sandwich, MA, Wedding at Brookside Golf Club (508) 743-4653 , Bourn, MA, June 2006
We got the DVD on Saturday and it is beautiful. Thank you very much for all of your hard work, we loved how you incorporated the Nobska lighthouse in the video. You caught some moments we even forgot about. Thank you again.
Judy S. & Mary C. , Brewster , MA , Ceremony at First Parish Brewster, August 2004
We so much appreciate the work that you did for us for our wedding. I cannot think of a more cherished memory than our video. We have watched it with tears in our eyes on more than one occasion. It is clearly one of the best decisions we made regarding our wedding services. The quality is excellent, and those who watch it with us, and so very impressed! We thank you again!
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December 24, 2005
Cape Cod Times
Pop culture
By ERIC WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
HEY, there's a fire in your television!
That's what Outer Cape tube-types will be saying as they click around the dial this Christmas. Lower Cape TV , the region's community access channel, is presenting nearly 24 hours of the original reality show: a fire in a Dennis fireplace.
 Lower Cape TV producer Helen Bowman sits by her fireplace with a fire video she filmed for the station that will air this weekend. WPIX in New York City began the tradition back in 1966
(Times photo by Paul Blackmore)
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''In my dream world viewers will just turn it on, turn the sound up a little bit to hear the crackling, and just forget about it,'' said Lower Cape TV program director James Paul Ludwig. ''Maybe every once in a while they can look over and it will warm their heart.''
The yule log concept is already tried-and-true. WPIX-TV in New York City lit the flame in 1966, broadcasting a looped snippet of the fireplace at Gracie Mansion , the mayor's residence.
''The crew singed a priceless oriental carpet,'' said WPIX spokesman Ted Faraone. ''They weren't invited back.''
Despite the rug burn and miffed mayor, WPIX beamed out the yule log show on Christmas eves and mornings from 1966 to 1989, usually in two-to-four-hour chunks, backed by holiday music. After a nostalgia-fueled grass-roots campaign, the broadcast returned in 2001. And it usually won its Christmas morning slot in the Nielsen television ratings, said Faraone, ''unless there's a good football game on.''
The Lower Cape TV yule log will take a good thing and make it even longer. Ludwig said the televised fire will start at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 24 and run through 8 p.m. Christmas Day.
Producer Helen Bowman shot the video last weekend at her house in Dennis.
''This is a professional fire,'' she promised. ''It looks perfect, with nice logs, but behind it all there are wood pellets, which make a nice crackling and popping noise. I used two microphones to get it in stereo.
''Of course, pellets make a lot of smoke,'' said Bowman. ''So after an hour I had to stop filming and open all the windows.''
The yule log idea had been percolating for several years at the Lower Cape cable TV access station, Ludwig said.
''What I like is the minimalist concept,'' he said. ''We decided to keep it really simple, just the snap, crackle and pop of the fire. We figured everybody is going to have their own music at home.''
Lower Cape TV , located in Orleans , has been home to plenty of ambient programming over the years.
''We've had horses jumping, bird feeders, boats going through the Cape Cod Canal , and people really seem fascinated,'' said Ludwig. ''And I've tried to pitch 'The Vacuum Channel,' and 'Doorknobs of America,' but so far no one is interested.''
A roaring conflagration, however, seems a surefire ratings winner. ''No human will appear in the film,'' guaranteed Bowman.
''At one point I was a little scared because a spark flew right out at the camera, but I kept shooting.''
The late Fred Thrower, the WPIX general manager who created the original yule log program was quoted as saying the show was for ''all the cave dwellers in New York , all the apartments that don't have fireplaces.''
Ludwig and Bowman are hoping to reach the brave year-round souls who call the Outer Cape home.
''In so many ways, the television has replaced the fireplace in modern culture,'' said Ludwig. ''But a fire is so primal and it's the darkest time of the year. People want to stay together and stay warm. Maybe our yule log will help.''
Eric Williams can be reached at ewilliams@capecodonline.com 
(Published: December 24, 2005)
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"I wanted to tell you that the fire is a welcome addition to the holiday spirit in my home. It is fun, relaxing, festive, and just plain enjoyable . Thanks and Happy Holidays to you."
Linda Delfino, 2006
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