Meet Chris
There's the practical side of what I do. Turning up on time, staying calm, knowing what I'm doing, and making sure the important parts are covered.
Then there's the deeper side of it.
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I don't really see myself as a typical wedding videographer. I come from a wider filmmaking background — music videos, documentaries, short films, commercial work. Storytelling has always mattered to me, but weddings gave it a different kind of weight.
Because nothing here needs inventing. The emotion is already there. The people matter. The history matters. The day means something before I even lift a camera.
I'm also not the kind of person who turns up and stays back all day. I'm more hands-on than that. I build rapport quickly, guide when it helps, and make things feel easier. I don't want couples to perform. I want them to feel comfortable enough to forget about the camera and just trust me with the rest.
A big part of why I care so much about this work is time.
People change. Voices change. Families change. Some of the people there on the wedding day won't always be there.
When I was younger, I filmed my great-grandmother's 85th birthday on my first camera. At the time, it felt like nothing. Years later, after she'd passed away, I found it again. Hearing her voice changed the way I see filming. It made me realise that footage gains weight with time. Sometimes you don't know what something will mean to you until years later.
That's one of the reasons I believe in wedding films so much. Not because they're trendy. Because years from now, they can give something real back to you.
Not just how the day looked.
How it sounded.
How people laughed.
How they looked at you.
I'm not there to take over someone else's story. I'm there to hold it carefully for a while, shape it honestly, and give it back in a way that still feels alive later.
That's the job, as I see it.
