Your wedding day is going to fly by. We shoot the whole day candidly, side by side — Jason on film, Erin on photos — so none of it depends on your memory alone.
Because it is. You're getting your hair done while your friends are losing it laughing in the next room. You're off taking portraits during cocktail hour while your guests are already trading stories about you over drinks. Two people can't be everywhere at once — even at their own wedding.
Honestly, that's the whole job. Not just the ceremony and the first dance — sticking around for the parts nobody plans for, so you get to see what you missed the first time around.
Full coverage, start to finish — not just the highlights.
We're not going to spend your day pulling you through forty variations of the same pose. Most of what ends up in your film and your gallery is what happens when nobody's paying attention to us — you and your dad losing it over an inside joke, the look on your partner's face during the vows, your grandmother's hug that lasts just a little longer than everyone else's.
That doesn't mean we disappear completely — we'll still get you into the right light at the right time, and gently guide the handful of portraits every couple wants. And if you're camera shy, that's most people; we build in a few minutes early on just to get you comfortable with us being there, so the rest of the day doesn't feel like it's being performed for a lens.
Most of your coverage is candid, caught as it happens — not arranged to happen.
We'll step in for the portraits and family formals every couple wants — a few minutes, not a few hours.
Given the choice between a genuine laugh and a perfect pose, we'll go for the laugh every time.
Camera shy is normal. We spend the first few minutes just getting you used to us being around, so it stops feeling like a shoot.
Not a highlight reel dropped into a template — a short film cut from your actual day, candid and a little funny in places, with drone footage where the venue allows it and a teaser you can share within days.
See real wedding films →Every package: 1 videographer, 1-minute teaser, edited short film, drone (where permitted), digital delivery.
We get to know a couple before we ever raise the camera, and would rather get a real reaction out of you — sometimes by making ourselves look a little silly — than direct another posed shot.
See real wedding photos →Every package: 1 photographer, sneak peeks within days, a fully edited online gallery.
No mystery in between — here's roughly how it goes.
From the first email, we start mapping out your timeline together, and make sure whoever's shooting your day is fully briefed and ready.
Full coverage means we're there before the nerves kick in and still there for last call, not just the ceremony and the first dance.
You'll have a few favourites and a social-media teaser trailer to share within days of the wedding. Full delivery is as little as 2-4 weeks in the off-season, or 8-12 weeks during peak wedding season.
Every videographer, photographer, and editor we work with is carefully vetted and trained in the same documentary, present-in-the-moment style this business was built on. No rotating roster of strangers learning your timeline on the day — just a consistent standard of quality and care, from the first email through final delivery.
I've been making films since I was a kid — my earliest "work" was a series of very low-budget, rip-off Buffy the Vampire Slayer shorts, and I like to think I've improved a bit since then. I spent twelve years as a professional animator in television and film, which is honestly where I learned most of what actually matters for a wedding film: pacing, rhythm, and how to cut a scene so the emotion really comes through. Eventually I pointed that same eye at real weddings, and I haven't looked back since. Eight years and over 50 weddings later, I still think of myself as a storyteller who happens to carry a camera — more interested in catching an unscripted laugh than directing a perfect pose. That's the standard every film we deliver is held to, whether I'm the one behind the camera that day or not.
Full wedding-day coverage, or a smaller package for elopements and intimate weddings — no hourly tiers to puzzle over. Prices are subject to HST, and we don't usually charge travel for venues near Hamilton.
Add-ons: full ceremony, speeches, or first dance edit $300 · full documentary edit $1,000
Add-ons: hardcover album $300
Add-ons: ceremony, speeches, or first dance edit $300 · full documentary edit $1,000
Add-ons: engagement session $500 · hardcover album $300
No charge in most instances for venues near Hamilton, ON. Overnight stays incur an additional fee.
2–4 weeks off-season, 8–12 weeks during peak wedding season.
Natural and candid throughout — minimal posing, on both sides of the camera.
In most instances we do not charge for travel. Weddings located within a reasonable distance to Hamilton, ON incur no travel fees. However, if your venue location requires us to stay overnight in a hotel then travel fees would be added.
We prefer to capture the day in a natural, candid way as much as possible. There are of course certain times when posing is required to get the best possible photos of you and your partner and with your family, but we do our best to keep posing to a minimum throughout the day and capture exactly what is happening in front of our camera.
We strive to deliver everything in a very timely manner. During off-season we can deliver everything in as little as 2-4 weeks. During peak-season it is usually more like 8-12 weeks. We also keep our couples in the loop and provide updates when we can, so you have a good idea when to expect your final products.
Whoever's on your crew, they've been personally vetted and trained to shoot and edit in our documentary, present-in-the-moment style, so the quality and approach stay consistent no matter who's behind the camera. We'll always confirm who's shooting your day well before the wedding.
Because every wedding is unique, we prefer not to put a time limit on the edits we create. However, most will typically fall somewhere between 5-7 minutes long. Some weddings have many aspects to the day — sit-down home video footage of the couple, interviews, activities with the wedding party during the morning, personal vows, fireworks, and so on — which can result in a longer edit. Other weddings are a bit simpler and intimate with fewer things happening throughout the day, which can result in a shorter edit. Rest assured, when editing a film we always strive to include as many important moments as we can while keeping the pacing entertaining.
This is everything captured from your entire day, start to finish, edited in chronological order. We sync up all of our cameras with professional-quality audio during events like the ceremony and speeches so you get the best possible viewing experience. The film can be anywhere from 90 minutes to 3+ hours, depending how long your ceremony and speeches are and how long we're there for in the morning.
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