One of my dearest friends in the world, Megan Hill, just launched her new 8mm wedding film company: Hello Super8! I'm a 15-year fan of Megan's visual aesthetic — she designed the invitations and stickers for our wedding and also designed my business cards. And her taste in music? She was one of our wedding DJs!

Therefore, you can imagine my excitement to see Megan combine her retro-modern eye and funky-ass musical ear to the world of Super 8 wedding films … and I'm absolutely in love with her concept of the Hello Guestbook. You've got to see for yourself:

Although Hello Super 8 is based in New York and London, Megan travels all over for her wedding films … now, would someone in Seattle pleeeeease book her so that I can crash your wedding as her "assistant"?!

To see more of Hello Super 8's 8mm wedding film work, keep reading!

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Remember Layer Cake Films, the awesome Super 8 wedding video company from Los Angeles?

Well, good news for my East Coast brides! Michelle, the adorable cup-cake loving founder of Layer Cake, is moving back East in March. When I asked Michelle why she was moving, she simply said, "I can't take LA anymore." As someone who lasted only a year living in LA, I hear ya, girl.

Anyway, Michelle's relocation means that — while she can travel where-ever you need her — she's extra available to shoot weddings in:

• New York City
• Washington DC
• Philadelphia
• Baltimore
• Asheville & Charlotte, North Carolina

There's still a team of amazing Layer Cake shooters staying in LA, so us Left Coasters can still get in on the action … but if you're on the East Coast (especially New York!) you've got easy, local access to one bad-ass videographer.

Ooh, and remember that Layer Cake Films does a 5% discount for Offbeat Brides. Just mention you saw the ad here, and reap the sweet rewards.

There's documentation, and then there's art — and Layer Cake Super 8 wedding films clearly takes wedding videography to that second level.

Yes, Layer Cake is an offbeat advertiser. But this is one of those advertisers where I get all clappy and squealy because I'm so freaking excited about Layer Cake's custom wedding films. See, rather than just doing the standard wedding videography thang, Layer Cake's Michelle (who has seven years of film editing experience working on TV, docs, music videos, etc in Hollywood) uses one of those awesome old Super 8mm cameras to make her wedding films — and the results are the most fabulous shade of awesome with their retro, vintage film feel.

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