Film + Photo Bundles - The advantages

After shooting 250 plus weddings, I've seen enough and experienced enough to know the reason why having the same company cover your marriage with both film and photo. Don't get me wrong, I can work alongside anyone, but sometimes the flow between videography and photography isn't easy. Some have different approaches and run different timelines. Some are just downright ego-maniacs and impossible to work alongside. Remember, you will be sharing yourselves with both video and photo on your day, and it's essential to have synergy. If you decide on choosing your videographer and photographer from a separate company, it's a good idea to arrange a meeting with all parties to ensure it will work. Either meeting in person or over video calls will ensure that everyone is on the same page when your day arrives.​

When shooting photos, I pack a small backpack, and that's it. Inside the backpack are a drone, spare batteries and memory cards. Maybe a flash or lighting depending on where and what time the wedding is happening. It's easy. Well, to me, wedding photography is easy.​

When shooting video, I pack a large kit. Two run bags in fact and they contain everything from tripods, lighting, spare batteries, recording devices, cables through to tripods and extra camera bodies needed to make my films. Honestly, there's too much to list and I want to keep this post on the advantages of booking videography and photography form the same place.​

Overhead images are my signature and they are used to give scale and perspective from above.  I use them in films and photography and hold current drone licence and operators certification (RePL/ReOC) and insurances. ​This shot was taken a Newcastle Baths and wouldn't be possible without the proper clearance from CASA.

​Let's discuss your options when you're looking to get both videography and photography for your wedding day. Can we do this? The answer is yes! When you want the same company covering your wedding, then get in touch with us. Here's why.

When I first started, I began as a wedding videographer. Then, as time passed, I honed my skillset to understand the process of wedding photography. I learnt early on that video and photo are two completely different things with two completely different workflows. I'm so glad that I learnt videography first because it is the master of disciplines. What I mean is that when a wedding day starts to flow, shooting video is exceptionally demanding. You carry a lot more gear and need to think about audio and how you're going to ensure you get great audio. Because without audio and dialogue, a cinematic wedding film isn't going to have an impact. And you aren't going to hear your story. I can talk all day about the gear I carry when shooting video. But I'll leave it for another post as it deserves to be told on its own.

When shooting photos, I pack a small backpack, and that's it. Inside the backpack are a drone, spare batteries and memory cards. Maybe a flash or lighting depending on where and what time the wedding is happening. It's easy. Well, to me, wedding photography is easy.

I'm saying here that I have learned the hardest of the two first, videography, and I am now an experienced wedding photographer. So booking both video and photo with us for your wedding makes sense. You can save in so many ways by getting both at the same place—travel fees, coordination, initial costs on the package price as well. And the most important thing is that your day will run seamlessly. If I feel the wedding is too big for me to shoot alone, I have associate shooters I know and trust join in on the fun. We work in tandem and understand each other, and we know how to work together, so you get the best experience possible. Because for our couples, wedding video and photo are precisely that, an experience. And I want my couples to have a great experience. So I guess that's the actual outcome when you book a combined film and photo package with the one company, a great experience. 

So when you're considering both wedding videography and photography for your wedding, think about the experience on the day above everything else. Because ultimately, that is going to make getting photos and film of your day fun.