Why I film weddings alone

I get asked about this on nearly every call. The honest answer: a second filmmaker adds coverage, and it costs something too. Two strangers in a getting-ready room feels different from one. People perform a little more. The room tightens.

Working alone means I move slower and I notice more. By mid-afternoon I'm not a vendor anymore, I'm just the quiet guy who's been around all day. That's when people stop adjusting themselves for the camera, and that's when the footage gets good.

It also means there's no handoff. The person who heard your story on the first call is the person deciding which four seconds of your father's toast make the final cut. Nothing gets lost in translation because there's no translation.

There are days when a second set of hands genuinely helps — large weddings with simultaneous getting-ready locations, or multi-day celebrations. When that's your day, I'll say so and we'll plan for it. But for most weddings, one person paying complete attention beats two people splitting it.