Shane & Rosie
Shane and Rosie, married in Riverside. Seven minutes. Sound on.
Among the vines.
Shane and Rosie were married in Riverside, and the frame we kept returning to has them standing among the vines, his arms around her from behind, a split-rail fence running off behind them and bougainvillea coming over the top of it. Seven minutes of film.
Riverside sits around 850 feet up in the inland valley, roughly a 47 mile drive from the Pacific. We plan for hard sun and a short, clean golden hour there, not for the soft grey mornings you get nearer the water.
Notes on Riverside.
Riverside is semi-arid: about ten inches of rain a year, most of it between September and April, so a spring or autumn date is a safe outdoor bet. What you are managing instead is contrast. Summer highs run past 90 and the light is direct through the middle of the day, with no coastal cloud to knock it down. Get people under a canopy or into the vine rows and expose for skin, not sky. The Santa Ana Mountains run to the west along the Orange County line, so the sun leaves the ground earlier than the almanac says. Build your portrait window backwards from when the light goes off that ridge, not from published sunset. Then it cools hard, thirty degrees or more after dark, and the wind comes up. Get lapels wind-protected before speeches, not during.
Do you film weddings in Riverside?
Yes. We filmed Shane and Rosie there, and we travel across Southern California for the rest. Riverside is worth knowing because it does not behave like the coast. It sits about 850 feet up in the inland valley with roughly ten inches of rain a year, so outdoor plans hold, but the light is harder and the day cools fast once the sun is off the western ridge. Knowing that in advance is the difference between a rushed portrait session and an unhurried one.
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.