I am thrilled and honored to introduce you to Tim Twinem of Velare Imaginarium.
Velare Imaginarium is a couture cinematography service based in Denver Colorado. Specializing in weddings and creative story-telling.
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When and why did you start your business?
Velare Imaginarium has existed for a long time, in the form of passion and hobby. I’ve shot and edited video for fun since I was in middle school. It came to full fruition as a business in early 2011. Honestly it was a snowball effect, just one small job leading to the next, to the next. I quickly found an intense LOVE for shooting weddings. I love people, and I love being invited into their special day, it’s such an honor! So after my first wedding I shot in 2010 in Nashville, I was hooked and spent every step after that moving toward starting this business.
How did you learn your craft?
Self taught, with a little help from this great film school called ‘The Internet’. It’s really just been years of hobby and tinkering, researching and testing. I have a gracious wife who has allowed the purchase of gear, and more gear……. and then some more gear and I just spent (and still spend) as much time with my hands on a camera learning and growing.
What/who inspires you?
Oh man, that’s a tough one. A lot of my inspiration comes from music to be honest. My first love was a guitar I got when I was 10. I spent 6 years in Nashville doing music and just absorbed the craft and practice of music. I think cinema and music have SO much in common: timing, dynamics, emotion, story, etc. So when I see a piece of film, and the music just fits, it gets me deep inside. I’m a passionate follower of the Icelandic band, Sigur Ros, and if I’m feeling dry on the inspiration side, I’ll just listed to them or watch a piece of film they’ve put out, always jump starts the inspiration quadrant of my brain. (That’s a real thing… right?) :) I’m also a huge fan of the director and film-maker Wes Anderson, he has this ability to combine theses beautiful shots, often slow motion, with the perfect music, and it makes me want to watch his films over and over.
A motto you live by?
I’ve never really thought about this. No, I’ve never tattooed a motto on my arm, or have one hanging above my computer. But I think I could answer this by saying in every aspect of my life, I try and keep my priorities straight. As a man, husband, artist, cinematographer, there are things that are important and beautiful, and if I sacrifice those things for selfishness or personal gain, I’ve made a mistake. So in my life, faith, marriage and career, I try and take time to sit back and evaluate real priorities, maybe that’s my motto.
Any advice to the bride and groom?
I have a great brother in law, he shot some video at my wedding and put together this great little video. Before I saw it I was honestly concerned I was going to be judging the video the whole time and tearing it apart technically (I can be hyper critical of wedding videos), instead…. I balled my eyes out. Everything got out of the way, the editing, the music, the color correction, everything. All that was there were these moving images and audio from the day I married my best friend and I was sucked right back into the emotions I had on that day, more so than with our photos. My brother in law hadn’t used cheap tricks, popular video effects or a top 40 song, he just let beauty and emotion drip from the screen. I think having video of your day is SO important, so my advice: Archive your day with video. Evaluate your priorities not only for your wedding, but for your life, and make the decision to have your day documented and archived in a way that is timeless and meaningful.
Have you always lived in Colorado? Where else?
I was born in Arizona and moved to Colorado when I was 2. I moved away when I was 19 for a short time in North Carolina and then landed music work in Nashville, TN. Spent 6 years there, met my wife, got married, honeymooned back here in Vail and decided right then and there that we wanted to start our life together in Colorado. We love it here so much, the crisp dry air, the mountains, big skies…. it really is a magical place. So once we got back to Nashville from our honeymoon we basically started packing for the move. Living in the South for a while and moving back gives me this massive new appreciation for this state, an appreciation I didn’t have growing up here.
What is your favorite Colorado pastime?
Well, I grew up snowboarding but I’m super rusty from my time in the south. This winter… time for me to de-rust and get back on the slopes!! My wife and I and our golden retriever, Tobias, love hiking and camping. I’m really sunburned right now from camping last –weekend. Worth it.
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I absolutely LOVE this wedding in reverse. I can’t believe it but it tells the story so nicely.
Here’s a recent destination wedding in Costa Rica the Tim documented.