Why Hire One Team for Photo and Film for Your Destination Wedding

One of the perks of a small destination wedding or elopement is that you don’t need a long list of people to hire. For some couples it’s a planner, an officiant and the people documenting it. But finding someone you trust to document a non-traditional wedding is hard enough. Finding two, a photographer and a separate filmmaker, doubles the work.

That’s why we believe one team for photo and film is the better way to go, especially when you travel. Here are three reasons.

1. It’s simpler to plan

Travel is where separate teams add up. Hire a photographer and a filmmaker separately and you are coordinating two sets of flights, two places to stay and two timelines.

Destination couples usually want more than the wedding day documented: the welcome dinner, the hike the morning after, the trip itself. With one team, all of that is planned once, by people who already work together.

One team means one travel plan, one contract and one conversation about what matters to you. That’s how the LUVIA experience works.

2. Your photos and film will feel like one story

When photo and film come from separate teams, you never quite know if they will match. You might have a talented photographer and a creative filmmaker whose work looks nothing alike side by side.

Separate teams can also end up in each other’s shots or competing for the same angle, and that tension can show up in the work.

We plan every day together. Olivia photographs, Lucas films, and we always know where the other one is, so your photos and your film tell the same story in the same style.

3. You only build one relationship

The people who document your wedding are with you for some of the most personal moments of your life, and the photos and film are what you’ll look back on for decades. It matters that they know you and your story.

Hiring separately means two relationships to build, and they won’t look the same. With one team, you get to know us, and we get to know you.

We want to be the kind of team you’d call friends: the people who were there when it happened and still care how you’re doing years later.

The bottom line: for destination weddings and elopements, one team for photo and film is simpler, more consistent and more personal. Look for a team that will get to know you and document the whole experience, not only the ceremony.

Curious how we do it? See the LUVIA experience, or tell us your story here.