Elopement wedding videographer
Two people, a celebrant, and a film of the whole thing — not a thirty-second reel. Auckland based, and we travel.
The single biggest regret we hear from couples who eloped is not about the photographs. It is that nobody recorded the vows. You spent weeks writing them, you said them once, to one person, on a beach or a ridge — and then they were gone.
A film fixes that, and it is the one thing photography genuinely cannot do. You get their voice, the pause before they said it, the wind, the celebrant laughing. Ten years later that is the file you open.
Three things, not one reel
The highlight film
Three to six minutes, scored, the shape of the day. The one you send to family and post.
The full ceremony
Vows and the legal words, near real-time, clean audio. Unglamorous and the most valuable thing we hand over.
Short-form cuts
Vertical edits for the people who were not there. Included where the package covers them.
Why elopements are harder to film than weddings
A 120-guest wedding gives a filmmaker a hundred things to cut to. An elopement gives you two people and a landscape, and there is nowhere to hide. It needs a different approach: longer takes, more patience, and a willingness to stop filming and let the two of you have a moment that is actually yours.
It also needs sound to be right first time. There is no second take of a vow, and no crowd noise to bury a mistake. We mic both of you and the celebrant, every time, even on a windy ridge — especially on a windy ridge.
Where we film them
Auckland’s west coast beaches, the city registry, Waiheke, and the vineyards north-west of town — the options are laid out in our Auckland elopement guide. Down south it is helicopters, ridgelines, vineyards and lakes, covered in the Queenstown elopement guide. We shoot photo and film with one team, so a two-person day never turns into a crew of five.
Before you book
Is a film worth it for just the two of us?
Honestly, more than it is for a big wedding. At a 120-guest reception there are dozens of cameras and everyone remembers it differently. At an elopement there is you, your celebrant and us — and if we are not recording, the vows exist only in your memory of them. That is the argument, and it is the one couples tell us afterwards they wish they had heard sooner.
Can you film and photograph at the same time?
Yes, and for an elopement we would encourage it. One team means one plan, one set of decisions about where to stand during the vows, and two people rather than four crowding a moment meant for two.
Do you record the whole ceremony or just highlights?
Both, delivered separately. The highlight film is what you will share; the full ceremony edit is what you will keep. They are different things and we do not make you choose.
What about wind and audio on a beach or a ridge?
We mic the two of you and the celebrant on separate recorders, with wind protection, every time. Wind is the number one killer of elopement audio and it is entirely solvable if someone plans for it.
Do you travel outside Auckland?
Yes — Queenstown, Wanaka, Waiheke, the Waikato, Wellington and further. Travel is quoted with the package rather than added afterwards.
When do we get the film?
The highlight film is contracted at twelve weeks and normally reaches you around six. The full ceremony edit follows on a longer clock. Full timings are on our packages page.
Eloping, and want it filmed?
Tell us where and when. We will tell you what a film of your day would actually look like — and what it would cost.