Cinematic Wedding Filmmaking Process
I believe in keeping it real. From the way I handle natural light to my obsession with color grading, here is how I turn raw footage into a story.
Here’s a little peek into my obsession: color grading. This video shows how I transform raw footage into a rich, cinematic image with a specific mood and tone. Achieving that dramatic wedding color grading is a key part of my process to give your film a timeless feel.
I get a bit nerdy about lighting. In this short video, I show how I use simple elements like sunlight from a window, a key light, and a hair light to create a professional, cinematic lighting setup. This is the foundation for making you look your best on camera.
This is me in my happy place. Out in a field, setting up the camera for the perfect shot. Collaboration and having fun on set are a huge part of my process, whether it's with my team or with you.
About Behind the Lens: My Process
My process is simple—I don’t believe in over-lighting a scene or staging moments until they feel plastic. Instead, I chase natural light, even if it’s just sunlight streaming through a window, and then spend hours color grading every frame in DaVinci Resolve to give your film that moody, timeless look.
A lot of people ask me why my films look different from the usual, and honestly, it comes down to two things: the gear I use and the time I put into post-production.
Why the film look?
I’m obsessed with cinema, not just standard wedding videography. I shoot with Sony a7s3 bodies, using gimbals for smooth movement and drones for those sweeping establishment shots, but the real work starts after the wedding. While Premiere Pro makes my life difficult sometimes, I’ve moved to DaVinci Resolve for my color grading. It lets me pull out those deep shadows and rich, moody tones that make a 3-minute highlight film feel like a movie, not just a montage of clips.
How I work with light
I don’t carry huge light setups if I don’t have to. I prefer working with what’s available—natural window light, golden hour, or the practical lights at a venue. This helps me capture those genuine, blink-and-you-miss-it reactions at Haldi-it reactions at Haldi reactions at Haldi reactions at Haldi-dance-off reactions at Haldi-moments at Haldi-wait reactions at Haldi-di moments at Haldi or Sangeet ceremonies. If we need to set up a specific portrait shot, I keep the lighting setup minimal: a key light and a hair light to get that soft, professional glow without making you feel like you’re on a studio set.
The Final Delivery
My goal is to give you a story you actually want to watch on a random night, not just something for your Instagram feed. Whether you book my Single Day Highlights or the Three Day Narrative package, that same cinematic attention to detail goes into every cut and every grade.
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