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Weddings at home by a UK wedding videographer

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It’s time to focus on weddings at home – and by that I don’t just mean UK weddings … For the third in our series of real weddings, we’re looking at couples who choose to have their wedding either in their home or a family or friend’s home. Photos above from L to R by:…
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Swinton Park – a Yorkshire Wedding

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Our recent ‘real wedding’ blog post was brought to you from Switzerland, the place where I live and where Story Of Your Day’s studios are based – so I thought this week I would share with you a wedding from my previous home, Yorkshire in the UK. Swinton Park Estate is one of my very…
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Real weddings – a look back through film

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The 2018 wedding season will be upon us soon. I’ve spent the last six months in the studio editing or ‘wediting’ as it’s known in the industry and so it will be lovely to ‘get out’ again. I’m a storyteller, so don’t get me wrong, one of my favourite parts of the job is actually…
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Who’s filming your wedding?

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So you’ve found your dream wedding videographer… They could have come recommended by a friend, your venue, a planner or another supplier. Perhaps you found them on social media or a wedding blog and were inspired by a film they shared. Or perhaps it was hours of painstaking research on Google trawling through hundreds of…
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Top tips for choosing your perfect Wedding Videographer

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Photo by Kate Nielen Here’s a handy guide to help you in your search for a videographer for your wedding. 1. What Wedding Film style are you looking for? Before you engage on what could be a long-winded search for your perfect videographer, it’s advisable to decide on the style of film you’re wanting because this…

The Making of a Swiss Mountain Proposal

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The last film I made in 2017 was of a gorgeous proposal I captured on Christmas Eve morning in the mountains surrounding where I live in Wengen, part of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. When Chen Yi got on one knee, with the north face of The Eiger as the backdrop, Esther said ‘yes’… but…
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2017 Wedding Videographer Highlights – Living the high life!

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Photo by Ekkelboom-White Photography. Looking back on 2017 and what an amazing year it has been for Story Of Your Day. Our most successful year to date, with so many reasons to be thankful. I worked with the most fantastic wedding planners and suppliers from all over the world, including celebrity photographers from Miami. I enjoyed…

Friends Become Lovers and Marry in a Classical Yorkshire Wedding.

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It was love at first sight for Samantha and Thomas when they met at a high-school party at the tender age of 15. The gorgeous couple dated for two years but the inevitable pressures of youth and university saw them go their separate ways for the next 10 years. But they were never as happy…
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Wedding Videography in Australia – A couples’ reaction

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Wow what an adventure that was… a wedding on the other side of the world. I’ve recently returned home from Australia after filming the most awesome wedding in Melbourne for an adorable couple, Sally and Geoff. I’ve actually known Sally for about 12 years but when she asked if I’d be prepared to travel almost…