Getting ready
Finishing touches, dress and suit details, and calm candid moments before City Hall.
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My recommendation for your $7,500 budget
Keep the day complete. Refocus the coverage.
The recommended collection does not remove the moments you care about. It makes two intentional production choices: document brunch for a focused 30 minutes, and place the second video perspective and dedicated audio at City Hall, where vows and reactions have the greatest impact on the finished film.
Your celebration
A day designed in distinct chapters
Coverage follows the energy of the day, with an intentional pause between the morning ceremony and evening celebration.
City Hall ceremony + portraits
Your arrival, vows, family portraits, Rotunda and grand staircase, supported by a ceremony assistant for a secondary camera angle and dedicated audio.
San Francisco street portraits
A dedicated, unhurried hour for the street-crossing and architectural portraits Ashley Rae loved.
Brunch highlights
Thirty focused minutes for arrival, greetings, candid interactions, and informal toasts, without using an hour or more on repeating mingling coverage.
Afternoon break
Coverage pauses while you relax, freshen up, and transition. Exterior establishing footage can be captured during this time, weather and regulations permitting.
Charmaine’s celebration
Entrance, first dance, toasts, dessert or cake, guest interactions, and dancing through approximately 8:30 PM.
Your collections
Choose the film coverage that feels right
The Complete Celebration collection is the recommendation. Expanded Film Coverage is available for the preference of two dedicated videographers throughout the full day.
Complete coverage
Complete Celebration
$7,500
Total investment · $2,250 reservation feeThe strongest balance of complete storytelling, cinematic ceremony coverage, dedicated portrait time, and full evening celebration coverage within the budget you set.
- 1 photographer throughout the coverage day
- 1 dedicated videographer throughout the coverage day
- City Hall ceremony assistant for secondary camera coverage + dedicated audio
- 7 hours of split-day coverage
- 30 minutes of focused brunch coverage
Expanded perspective
Expanded Film Coverage
$8,400
Total investment · $2,520 reservation feeEverything in Complete Celebration, with two dedicated videographers present throughout the complete coverage window from getting ready through the dance floor.
- Everything in Complete Celebration, except the ceremony assistant
- 2 dedicated videographers throughout the full day
- Additional video perspectives across every chapter of the day
- 7 hours of split-day coverage
- 30 minutes of focused brunch coverage
At a glance
What stays the same, what expands
| Coverage | Complete Celebration | Expanded Film Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Photography | Included · 1 photographer | Included · 1 photographer |
| Dedicated videographer | Included · 1 all day | Included · 2 all day |
| City Hall ceremony support | Included · Assistant + dedicated audio | Included · Two videographer perspectives |
| Engagement session | Included · 1 hour within 30 minutes of San Jose | Included · 1 hour within 30 minutes of San Jose |
| Photo sneak peek | Included · Within 1 week | Included · Within 1 week |
| Full gallery | Included · 4–6 weeks | Included · 4–6 weeks |
| Cinematic highlight film + full ceremony edit | Included · 6–8 weeks | Included · 6–8 weeks |
When you are ready
A signed agreement and 30% reservation fee officially reserve your date. The remaining balance is due on the wedding day.