A Santorini Wedding Film
Gareth + Sara
Gareth and Sara’s wedding was captured all the way back in 2018 at Santa Irini and Pyrgos Restaurant. Following the earlier success of my viral wedding film in 2017, I booked 15 weddings in one month. Gareth and Sara’s was one of those weddings, and it was my first destination wedding that I captured for myself.
DETAILS
COUPLE
Gareth + Sara
LOCATION
Santorini
Ceremony
Reception
Videographer
Santa IRini and Pyrgos Restaurant, Santorini
Following the success of Jennifer and Luke’s wedding videos on various social media platforms, I was in a fortunate position of being asked to film weddings all over England and Wales back in 2017. It seemed Jennifer’s reach was everywhere, having won Slimming World’s Miss Slinky Award, and I was delighted and humbled to have so many dates being booked up for 2018 and beyond. However, one short email took me by surprise.
Whenever I receive a wedding video enquiry, I absolutely love (LOVE) to see the excitement from a couple when they consider having me as their wedding videographer. It’s an honour to film and create wedding videos for them. Sara and Gareth’s email fitted this mould, and I was so excited by the prospect of filming their wedding in Santorini!
KIND WORDS
Sara + Gareth
“I think we should be thanking you! We’re both honestly so happy that you could come all the way to Santorini to capture the best day of our lives! We are so, so, so delighted we chose you to film our special day and couldn’t be happier with our wedding video, we’ll never get bored of watching it! You really are a wizard!”
“You really are a wizard!”
Destination Wedding Videographer
Writing the next paragraph all the way back in 2018, I’m amazed with where life has taken me over the past ten years. Having filmed all over the world now, it’s amazing to look back on such a paragraph, when I had no idea what was waiting for me just around the corner:
I’ve filmed on multiple occasions in Belgium, with my good friend, NoaFilm. We’ve filmed in the beautiful city of Ghent, and other similarly stunning areas of Belgium. Nevertheless, I’ve always wanted to film a wedding in paradise, and Santorini views appeared to be whimsical! Following a few emails, I went to visit Sara and Gareth at their home in Liverpool. It was clear from our meeting that Sara and Gareth were an absolutely lovely couple, who were just as excited for me to capture their wedding day, as I was to capture it for them. After going through the process of booking with them, Sara and Gareth selected to have an InstaTeaser of their wedding day, along with a sunset shoot the night before their wedding in Santorini.
The Journey to santorini
After a short flight from Manchester, I was welcomed by Sara and Gareth at the airport – a lovely surprise! They were there to see their relatives and friends arrive, and extended their welcome to me, which was really sweet of them. I spent the next day scouting their venues, as well as capturing the stunning sunrise and sunsets over Santorini. After sampling the mouthwatering gyros (which I may have eaten every day that I was in Santorini…), as well as seeing the sights of this stunning island, I knew that I was going to be capturing a wedding in paradise! Before long, it was time to go and see Sara and Gareth once more for their pre-wedding sunset shoot!
And what a sunset shoot it was, as we were met by passing clouds and crimson light! The unbelievable views, partnered with Sara and Gareth’s playful sense of humour, created a wonderful moment, as they toasted to their future together as husband and wife. Following many laughs and giggles, the sun soon disappeared behind the jagged, towering hills. The next time the sun would rise, Sara and Gareth would say, “I do”.
Gareth and Sara have kept in touch ever since, and often comment on my wedding films over on Instagram. They’re a wonderful couple, and I’m glad I can keep their wedding film on my site all these years later!
