About

Hi, I'm Brian.

It all started with a ten-year-old me and a borrowed video camera. I recruited my siblings and friends to star in home movies (and gave myself a cameo or two) and showed them to anyone who'd watch. I may have even staged a game show in the backyard, complete with commercial breaks.

Twenty years and 500+ weddings later, from Nashville backyards to Sicilian hillsides, it still feels like I'm just getting started.

My mom always said, "Find something you love so much that it's not a job, it's fun." Turns out, I did.

Exhibit A: circa 1989
Brian, camera rig in hand, walks a groom to his first look while the groom covers his eyes and keeps a hand on Brian's shoulder
Exhibit B: leading a groom to his first look. No peeking!

This is my crew.

Behind the scenes

From mic check to last dance.

  1. Brian filming the rings and bouquet set out in a wallpapered cabinet at CJ's Off the Square
    01

    Details first.

    Rings, flowers, the little things you picked out. We film them before the day gets busy.

  2. Brian putting a mic on Ellyn before her ceremony in an open field in Alaska, mountains and storm clouds behind
    02

    Mics on.

    We mic up the people whose words matter. Here, Ellyn, minutes before her vows in Alaska.

  3. Nicole and Jeff seated side by side at CJ's Off the Square as Nicole reads her private vows from a small book, Brian's camera rig in the foreground
    03

    Just the two of you.

    Nicole and Jeff read private vows at CJ's Off the Square. We stay quiet and let it be theirs.

  4. Over Brian's shoulder: he holds a sprig of wildflowers in front of the lens while the couple kisses, soft in the background
    04

    Little tricks.

    A sprig of wildflowers in front of the lens wraps the moment in a soft frame of color.

  5. Our drone hovering in front of a wedding venue's porch, lanterns and white flowers soft in the background
    05

    From above.

    Licensed, insured drone pilots get the view nobody else at the wedding gets to see.

  6. Brian filming Tonya and Ori kissing under the palm trees on the beach on the Riviera Maya, Mexico, at their destination wedding
    06

    Wherever you say yes.

    Nashville is home, but we travel. Tonya and Ori, under the palms on the Riviera Maya.

  7. Reception selfie: Brian and Micah with our second-shooter photographer, the groom and the father of the groom, string lights and city views behind them
    07

    Part of the party.

    By the reception we know everyone. Brian and Micah with our second shooter, the groom and his dad.

    By the reception we know everyone. Brian and Micah with our second shooter and the groom's dad.

  8. Brian on the floor beside a grand piano during the reception speeches, giving a thumbs up while holding the key cover shut
    08

    Whatever the moment takes.

    Even sitting on the floor during the speeches, holding the piano's key cover shut so a tiny guest couldn't add a solo.

Areizo and Tom's kids watching their parents' wedding film on the living room TV

Ten years later.

Areizo and Tom married at Keswick Vineyards, near Charlottesville, Virginia, in April 2016. A decade later, they sat down with their kids to watch the film together.

See their 2016 sneak peek →

“We both said that we are excited to show our kids and grandkids down the road!”
Morgan & Alex · Google review

20years of weddings

500+couples and counting

1team for photo and video, start to finish

As featured in

  • Vogue
  • Brides
  • The Knot
  • Martha Stewart Weddings
  • Maharani Weddings
  • Style Me Pretty
The January 2017 cover of British Vogue beside the inside spread Vogue's Big Day, with our wedding photo and listing circled
British Vogue · January 2017
The May/June 2017 cover of Brides UK beside the inside page A Photo Finish, with our listing circled
Brides · May/June 2017
The Alaska mug: cream ceramic with a blue inside, illustrated mountains, evergreens and a mooseThe Costa Rica mug
The Seattle mugThe New York mugThe New Orleans mug
The Italy mugThe Boston mug

Mug Stories

Brian brings a mug home from every wedding city.

Each one has a story that never made the film. So he's telling them, one mug at a time.

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