Jadon & Pearl
Jadon and Pearl, in the green shade of Kingsburg. Sound on.
Deep green shade.
Jadon and Pearl were married in Kingsburg, on the flat farm floor of the San Joaquin Valley. The frame we kept is the two of them closed in by heavy green foliage, her flower crown catching what light gets through, his black tuxedo and bow tie going almost to silhouette against it. In a place this open, shade that dense is worth walking to.
Kingsburg sits at about 302 feet on the banks of the Kings River, twenty-one miles from Fresno, in vineyard and stone fruit country. In a valley this open, shade that dense is the rarest thing on the property, and it is worth walking to.
Notes on filming in Kingsburg.
Kingsburg sits at 302 feet on the floor of the San Joaquin Valley, on the banks of the Kings River, and the ground is as flat as ground gets. That flatness is the brief. No ridge drops the sun early, so golden hour runs long and comes in almost horizontally across the vine rows and the stone fruit blocks. Book the portraits for the back end of it. Midday is the problem: the sun is straight overhead and shade is scarce, because most of what grows here is pruned low. Find the mature trees, usually near the river or an old farmhouse, and work there. Sound is the other tax. Farm roads carry pickups and irrigation pumps, so lavs on both of them and a backup recorder near the officiant.
Do you film weddings in Kingsburg?
Yes. We filmed Jadon and Pearl there. Kingsburg is worth knowing because of what the valley floor does to the end of the day: the town sits at 302 feet with flat farm ground running out in every direction, so the last light holds low and level for a long stretch and arrives warm off open fields. That is a gift if you have built the schedule around it and a waste if you have not. We travel to Kingsburg and the wider Fresno County farm country regularly, and we plan the day backwards from that window.
How much does a wedding videographer cost?
Our collections run from $6,000 for The Moment to $10,000 for The Legacy, our most complete collection. Each one is a full cinematic wedding film of your day plus a custom wedding website. Everything is set out on our Collections page.
When do we get our wedding film?
About 8 to 12 weeks for the full film. The Portrait and The Legacy also include a shorter teaser, delivered sooner, so you have something to share while the main edit is still running.
Will we notice you during the day?
Barely. We film the day as it happens rather than staging it, staying close but out of the way. Most couples tell us afterwards that they forgot anyone was filming.