Gemma & Jamieson
Your day, in your words
Three years engaged, and the date is set: Friday 27 August 2027 at Doltone House Sylvania, in the brand-new room with its staircase. The church is the last piece — St Francis fell through with its renovations, and you’re choosing between St Brigid’s in Marrickville and a couple of others closer to home.
You came to us for film: natural and unposed, the day caught as it actually happens, from a team that works things out with you rather than handing you a form. Photography is still open — you’re weighing up a few photographers — so you asked to see it alongside. You’ll find both below.
A morning with room to breathe
Your best friend’s 12 o’clock start was chaos — not enough time to get ready. Yours won’t be. Two hours at your parents’ place: the girls in robes before the dress, then the reveal with family, without anyone watching the clock.
Jamie, keeping it low-key
Jamie at home with the four boys, about an hour, nothing fussy. Only three minutes around the corner from you — but in the same window, which is why each of you has your own team.
The moments around the moment
At a friend’s wedding, you watched the only photographer aim one way while the couple shared something the other way. You noticed — and you’re right to. Two teams means someone is always on the two of you, and someone is on the people around you.
A highlight to share
Five or six minutes — plenty, as you said, in an Instagram world. The film you send to family and friends, shaped around your music and the editing style you choose.
The long film, minus the lazy moments
You want more of everything — the morning, every speech, the dancing — just not every minute of a full mass. That’s what the Episode film is for: the ceremony down to eight or ten minutes, the fast-forward bits gone. Your documentary still keeps the whole ceremony for later, and every angle is on your hard drive.
Worked out together
You asked whether we collaborate — on locations, timings, the edit. That’s the whole approach: a planning session for the day, a creative session for the films, and sharing examples of what you love, from us or anyone else.
Flow of the day
Here’s the day as it stands today. We refine every timing together at your planning session — church, travel and light included — so nothing gets rushed.
Gemma’s preparations
Robes and the girls first, then the dress and the reveal with family.
Jamie’s preparations
Low-key, with the boys.
Ceremony
Including the congratulations out the front, and a group photo with everyone on the steps before guests drift away.
Photoshoot
Water, gardens or city — we’ll find the spot that suits you, planned around the late-August light.
Reception
The start time, and the light
You were clear you don’t want a rushed morning — and the ceremony time is where that gets decided. A Friday start can have to work around a parish school, and the drive from Padstow Heights to Marrickville is around half an hour. If it’s St Brigid’s, 1:30 would give your morning the buffer you’re after. We’ll settle it together once the church is locked in.
The same thinking goes for family photos. The light goes early in late August, so rather than doing immediate family at the church, they can meet us back at Doltone House around 5:00 for photos in the room or outside, before guests arrive. Small calls like these are what keep the day from feeling hurried.
Final timings and locations are refined together as we get closer to the day.
Why two full teams
You and Jamie are getting ready three minutes apart — but at the same time. One team could bounce between you, but only by having Jamie dressed three hours early, which you ruled out yourself. So a second team in the morning isn’t an upgrade here; it’s what it takes for neither morning to be missed. On film alone, that’s John and a second cinematographer; add photography and each becomes a full team, with a photographer beside each cinematographer. Either way, both are there for the church. What changes between collections is how far the second team runs into the night.
With you all day
From the morning through to the end of the reception — ~11:30 PM on The Essentials, ~12:00 AM on Your Story and The Full Collection — with locked-off cameras running through the night alongside the handheld work — so the room is covered from every angle without anyone crowding the floor.
How far into the night
Where a day gets squeezed is rarely the ceremony — that sets its own pace. It’s the morning, and the half hour straight after the church: the congratulations, the group photo, getting everyone to the cars before the light goes. That’s where we act as your timekeepers. We don’t make the day longer — we make sure you’re present in the time you have.
And a straight answer on the night: a second angle earns its place at the entrances and the formalities. Once the dancing starts, the locked-off cameras already have the room — which is why no collection keeps a second team on the dance floor.
Your films & photographs
Four ways to relive the day, from a quick share to the full record — and, if you add photography, every photograph alongside them. Tap through a real example of each; yours will be shaped around your own moments and music.
Teaser Film
A 45–60 second teaser, delivered within two weeks in both vertical and horizontal formats — the first taste while the day is still fresh, and easy to share. Included in every collection.
Highlight Film
A five-to-six minute cinematic edit (six to eight on The Full Collection) — the film you share with family and friends. Slow and cinematic, story-led with parts of your vows and speeches woven through, or something more up-tempo: the style is settled together at your creative session.
Episode-Length Film
The long story with the lazy moments taken out — 30–40 minutes in the order the day unfolded, or a Love Story of up to 20 minutes woven around your own words. A fifty-minute mass becomes eight to ten watchable minutes.
Documentary Film
The deepest record of the day — the mornings, the ceremony, every speech, the formalities and the dancing kept at real length. The archive you park for a few years, then return to.
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Prewedding & Engagement Film
A short film in the lead-up to the wedding — time together in front of the camera before the day, and a keepsake in its own right.
Our Wedding Photo Style
Natural and unposed, with no cap on how many photographs we take. Every image professionally edited, in colour and black & white, and delivered to a private online gallery you can download from and share.
Film on its own, or photo & film together
You came to us for film, so that’s where we start. Photography is still open for you, so the photo & film collections sit underneath. Every line is spelled out, anything can move between them, and the 10% Early Bird rate is already applied.
Your films
John and a second cinematographer — one at each home in the morning, both at the church. What changes is how far the second angle runs into the night, and how deep the films go.
The Essentials
- Two cinematographers from the morning — one at each home
- John — with you all day, to the end of the reception (~11:30 PM)
- Second cinematographer — through to the end of the church (~3:00 PM)
- Sneak peek film — 45–60s, vertical + horizontal
- Highlight film — 5–6 minutes
- Standard Documentary film — up to 2 hours
- Getting-ready montage from each home
- Full ceremony edit
- All formalities — grand entrance, speeches, cake, first & parent dances
- 5 minutes of each dance bracket, chronological
- Private online gallery for every film
- Every RAW video file, on your hard drive
Your Story
- Two cinematographers from the morning — one at each home
- John — with you all day, to the end of the reception (~12:00 AM)
- Second cinematographer — through the photoshoot to the reception entrances (~7:30 PM)
- Sneak peek film — 45–60s, vertical + horizontal
- Highlight film — 5–6 minutes
- Extended Documentary film — up to 3 hours
- Extended getting-ready montages from each home
- Full ceremony edit
- Photoshoot highlights + reception room reveal
- All formalities — grand entrance, speeches, cake, first & parent dances
- Special performances — hired sets, up to 10 min
- 10 minutes of each dance bracket, chronological
- Bouquet & garter + farewells montage
- Private online gallery for every film
- Every RAW video file, on your hard drive
The Full Collection
- Two cinematographers from the morning — one at each home
- John — with you all day, to the end of the reception (~12:00 AM)
- Second cinematographer — through the reception formalities (~9:30 PM)
- Sneak peek film — 45–60s, vertical + horizontal
- Highlight film — 6–8 minutes
- Extended Documentary film — up to 3 hours
- Extended getting-ready montages from each home
- Full ceremony edit
- Photoshoot highlights + reception room reveal
- All formalities — grand entrance, speeches, cake, first & parent dances
- Special performances — hired sets, up to 10 min
- 10 minutes of each dance bracket, chronological
- Bouquet & garter + farewells montage
- Drone coverage — ceremony + reception venue (weather & flight rules permitting)
- Private online gallery for every film
- Every RAW video file, on your hard drive
Your films, and every photograph
A photographer beside each cinematographer — one connected team, so photo and film work as a pair rather than two vendors chasing the same angle.
The Essentials
- Two full teams from the morning — a photographer & cinematographer at each home
- Team 1 — with you all day, to the end of the reception (~11:30 PM)
- Team 2 — through to the end of the reception entrances (~7:30 PM)
- Full wedding photo collection — no cap, colour + black & white
- Pre-wedding photo session — complimentary
- Sneak peek film — 45–60s, vertical + horizontal
- Extended Documentary film — up to 3 hours
- Extended getting-ready montages from each home
- Full ceremony edit
- Photoshoot highlights + reception room reveal
- All formalities — grand entrance, speeches, cake, first & parent dances
- Special performances — hired sets, up to 10 min
- 10 minutes of each dance bracket, chronological
- Bouquet & garter + farewells montage
- Drone coverage — ceremony + reception venue (weather & flight rules permitting)
- Private online gallery for every photo and film
- Every edited & RAW photo and every RAW video file, on your hard drive
Your Story
- Two full teams from the morning — a photographer & cinematographer at each home
- Team 1 — with you all day, to the end of the reception (~12:00 AM)
- Team 2 — through the reception formalities (~9:30 PM)
- Full wedding photo collection — no cap, colour + black & white
- Pre-wedding photo session — complimentary
- Sneak peek film — 45–60s, vertical + horizontal
- Highlight film — 5–6 minutes
- Extended Documentary film — up to 3 hours
- Extended getting-ready montages from each home
- Full ceremony edit
- Photoshoot highlights + reception room reveal
- All formalities — grand entrance, speeches, cake, first & parent dances
- Special performances — hired sets, up to 10 min
- 10 minutes of each dance bracket, chronological
- Bouquet & garter + farewells montage
- Drone coverage — ceremony + reception venue (weather & flight rules permitting)
- Private online gallery for every photo and film
- Every edited & RAW photo and every RAW video file, on your hard drive
The Full Collection
- Two full teams from the morning — a photographer & cinematographer at each home
- Team 1 — with you all day, to the end of the reception (~12:00 AM)
- Team 2 — through the reception formalities (~9:30 PM)
- Full wedding photo collection — no cap, colour + black & white
- Sneak peek photos — 20–30 images within two weeks
- Pre-wedding photo session
- Radiant Leather Album — handmade in New Zealand, 14 × 10″, 40 sides
- Framed canvas print — 20 × 30″, for your reception entrance
- Sneak peek film — 45–60s, vertical + horizontal
- Highlight film — 6–8 minutes
- Extended Documentary film — up to 3 hours
- Extended getting-ready montages from each home
- Full ceremony edit
- Photoshoot highlights + reception room reveal
- All formalities — grand entrance, speeches, cake, first & parent dances
- Special performances — hired sets, up to 10 min
- 10 minutes of each dance bracket, chronological
- Bouquet & garter + farewells montage
- Drone coverage — ceremony + reception venue (weather & flight rules permitting)
- Private online gallery for every photo and film
- Every edited & RAW photo and every RAW video file, on your hard drive
Add-ons
A few things you can fold in — nothing here needs deciding now, and the album can even be added after the wedding.
Episode-Length Film
The middle ground between your highlight and the full documentary. Choose an Episode Doco — 30–40 minutes, in the order the day unfolded — or an Episode Love Story of up to 20 minutes, woven around your own words. Either way: the mornings, the ceremony in eight to ten minutes, the photoshoot, the entrances, speeches, cake, first dance and the dance floor.
It sits beside your documentary rather than replacing it — the one you put on for a viewing night with friends.
Highlight Film
A five-to-six minute cinematic edit, shaped around your music and the moments that matter most.
Radiant Leather Album
Handmade in New Zealand — 14 × 10 inches, 40 printed sides, with matted overlays that frame each photograph on the page. Can be added any time, even after the wedding.
Framed canvas print
A 20 × 30 inch framed canvas from your pre-wedding session, displayed at your reception entrance as guests arrive.
Add-ons can be selected straight from your quote, and the total updates as you go.
You experience your wedding three times
Before
In the planning — locking in the church and a start time that gives your morning room, the run sheet we build together, and the creative session where we settle the music and the feel. Nothing rushed, nothing guessed.
The Day
As it happens — two teams quietly keeping time, from both homes in Padstow Heights through the church and the photoshoot to the dance floor at Doltone House, so you’re present for it rather than managing it.
For Life
In the years after — the highlight you share now, and the long film you come back to. You remember your parents putting on their wedding video when you were a kid. One day, someone will do the same with yours.
Some moments reveal their value only with time.
Delivery & booking
How you receive it
- Your teaser film within two weeks of the wedding — plus 20–30 sneak peek photos on the photo & film Full Collection
- Every film, and every photograph, delivered to a private online gallery — full download access and easy sharing
- Your finished films and every RAW video file from every camera — the whole ceremony from every angle — plus every edited and RAW photograph with photo & film, on a hard drive you provide
- The music, pace and feel of your films settled together at a creative session closer to the day
To lock in the date
- A $2,000 deposit secures Friday 27 August 2027 as yours
- The balance is due 10 days before the wedding
- Every collection can be customised — move a line in, take one out, and the quote updates
- The 10% Early Bird rate is already applied
Ready when you are
Open whichever quote you’d like to explore — film, or photo & film — to choose a collection and fine-tune it. And if anything comes up first — the church, the start time, the edits — just reply and I’ll talk you through it.
