Common questions

My packages start at £1,195 and go up to £1,995, depending on the types of films you’d like to receive. For a fuller picture of what shapes the price and how that compares across the wider market, I’ve put together a guide on how much wedding videography costs.

Full pricing and what’s included is on the packages page.

When you’re ready, a small payment of £200 secures your date. Once you’re booked, I’ll be in touch closer to the day to walk through the finer details and make sure I’m in the right place at the right time.

If you’re weighing up timing, here’s my take on when to book a wedding videographer.

The whole thing runs through an online booking system, so no paperwork to print or sign by hand.

Full pricing and what’s included is on the packages page.

Standard pricing covers weddings within about an hour or two of Preston. If you’re unsure, just drop me a message.

Films are usually with you around six to eight weeks after your wedding day, often sooner.

If you’d like them quicker, the Faster Turnaround add on brings everything forward to two weeks.

Think of it as a trailer for the day. A 1 to 2 minute edit, beautifully cut, ready to share on your socials within a few weeks of the wedding. It’s the first taste of what’s to come while I’m still working on the longer films.

A 6 to 8 minute film of your day, fully edited with pro audio and licensed music. It includes all the moments you’ll want to watch back over the years, plus snippets of your ceremony and speeches. If you’ve written your own vows, those land in there too.

A 10 to 12 minute film, fully edited. The extra length gives the day room to breathe, which means I can lean into a more story driven edit with more detail and more of how the day actually felt.

Pro audio, licensed music, ceremony and speech moments throughout.

Your Highlight or Feature Film includes snippets of your ceremony and speeches, edited to fit the pace of the rest of the film.

“In Full” means two separate films alongside that. Your ceremony from the first word to the last. Every speech, start to finish. Nothing trimmed, nothing cut.

Same idea as the ceremony and speeches. Your main films include a moment from the first dance, but with the Feature package you also get a separate film of the dance from start to finish.

Minimal, calm, and relaxed. Real emotion shows up when nobody’s being told what to do, so I look for the candid moments and stay out of the way most of the day.

Most couples tell me they forget I’m there after about ten minutes, which is exactly the goal. You shouldn’t feel like you’re performing for the camera.

More about how I work and who I am is on the about page.

Your wedding day isn’t a film set, so the kit stays small and quiet. I shoot on Sony a7iii cameras, paired with professional Sony microphones so the audio from your ceremony and speeches comes through crisp.

A couple of tripods, that’s about it. Less faffing with gear, more time spent actually filming.

Depends on the day, but as a rule of thumb I’ll arrive shortly before your morning prep and stay until after the first dance. The focus is always on filming the best moments, so the timings stretch around what’s actually happening.

If you’d like me to stay later into the evening, the Evening Coverage add on covers that.

I get asked about these more and more. The idea is that you skip the videographer, hand cameras to your guests, and send the footage off to be edited into a film afterwards.

Honestly? I think it’s a fun concept for some couples, and if budget is the main thing driving the decision, I understand the appeal. There’s nothing wrong with wanting your day filmed on a budget.

What I’d say is this. The people you invited because they mean the most to you end up spending your wedding watching it through a small rectangle of glass instead of being properly in it. Worse, the people closest to the biggest moments (your best man during the speeches, your bridesmaid as you get ready, your mum during the ceremony) are the ones most likely to feel duty bound to be filming. That’s the exact moment you want them present, hands free, fully in the moment.

On top of that, your guests don’t know where to stand during the ceremony. They don’t know when the light’s about to change. They’re not watching for the look your dad gives your mum when you say your vows.

That’s the bit that’s hard to replace. Not the camera. Not the resolution. It’s knowing where to be, when to hold the shot, and what’s about to happen next. That comes from experience, and it’s the difference between footage and a film.

The funny thing is, I actually love the idea of guest footage. It’s why I’ve bought an old JVC handycam. At certain points during the day, where I know it works well, I’ll hand it to a guest and let them film from their perspective. Then I combine that with the professionally shot footage so you get the best of both worlds. That raw, personal angle from someone who knows you, woven into a properly told story. I wrote more about how this works in my post on guest filmed wedding videos without your guests filming all day.

If you’re weighing it up, I’d always say have a proper conversation with a filmmaker first. You might find the gap isn’t as big as you think.

Yes, fully. I carry £1,000,000 of public liability cover through Hiscox, which is the bit most venues want to see before the day. If yours needs a copy of my certificate, just send me their details and I’ll get it over to them.

It’s also where I explain how your footage is backed up, in case that’s ever crossed your mind. You can see it all on my insurance page.

Yes, included at no extra cost. Aerial footage adds a lot to the feel of your final film, so it comes as standard across all packages.

Two caveats: it’s weather dependent, and I’ll always check with the venue beforehand. I’m fully legal and certified to operate the drone.

I like to focus mainly on just Film. I do work alongside a lot of photographers across the Northwest though, so if you’re still looking, I’d happily point you in the direction of a few I’d trust with my own day.

If you’re weighing up whether to have both on the day, I’ve written about wedding videographer vs photographer and what each one actually captures.

Your day still happens, and I still film it the same way. Some of the best moments I’ve shot have been the wet ones. Nothing changes on my side, I treat weather as part of the story.