The Experience
Quiet in the room. Present for all of it.
From the first conversation to the moment your film arrives — here’s what working together actually looks like.
Inquiry
Fill out the form at the bottom of this page or send me a direct email. Three things: your date, your venue if you have one, and what matters most to you about having a film. If you don’t have a venue yet, say so — that is a normal place to start. I read every inquiry myself and write back within 24 hours.
Discovery Call
If your date is available and the work feels like a good fit, I’ll suggest a 30-minute video call. Nothing to prepare, nothing to bring. No pitch, no pressure. I want to know about the day — who’s there, what the flow looks like, whether you’re expecting 40 guests or 400. You’ll know whether you want to book by the end of it.
Booking
If we both want to move forward, I send a custom proposal within 24 hours of the discovery call. Once you’ve accepted: 25% retainer to hold your date and turn away other couples. Two more equal payments, spaced three months apart, with the final payment well before the wedding.
Ontario collections are all-inclusive. Travel within Niagara, Toronto, and Muskoka is included at no additional charge — there is no mileage line, and no surcharge for a venue at the far end of the region. For a destination wedding, travel is arranged and billed separately at cost.
After that, nothing is required of you until six weeks before the wedding.
Before the Day Begins
Everything is arranged.
You focus on the day.
I handle the logistics — scouting, timelines, vendor coordination — so that when your morning starts, the only thing left to do is celebrate.
The Lead-Up
You send me your timeline. I handle the rest.
Six weeks out we have a planning call — the running order, the people I should know by name, and anything sensitive I should be careful around. If you have a planner, I take it from there and work with them directly, so the coordination stops landing in your inbox. Same with your photographer: we sort out how we’ll share the room before the day, not on it.
Most of the weddings I film are close to home in southern Ontario, so scouting a venue is a short drive and I do it in my own time. If your wedding is a flight away, I arrive at least a day early — two for a multi-day weekend or a remote property — to scout in person.
Wedding Day
I show up early. Two cinema cameras, drone. I work the room without being seen and stay closely coordinated with your planner and photographer. There is nothing for you to manage on the day.
You celebrate. I’m there.
Wedding Day
Quiet. Present.
Invisible when it counts.
The best wedding films are made by someone you forget is there. I stay close to the emotion and far from the way.
Post-Production
Within two weeks of your wedding, you’ll receive a 60–90 second teaser: a first look at the feel and tone of your film, before the full edit is complete. The full film takes up to 10 weeks. I take this seriously. The edit gets the same attention as the shooting.
Delivery
Your finished film arrives via a private online gallery. Full 4K resolution, downloadable for life. The gallery holds your main wedding film and every other film in your collection — trailers, speeches, and anything else you asked for. One link. Send it to whoever you like.
Real Kodak Super 8 Film
Some collections include real Kodak Super 8 film — a vintage texture that makes wedding films feel less like recordings and more like memories. Warm. Textured. Alive.
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Thank you for reaching out. I'm looking forward to learning more about your day — I'll write back within 24 hours.
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