Secret Fire Media

entire family could not say enough how phenomenal and excellent they both were! THANK YOU for making our day perfect! From the sneak peek/teasers, I’m on the edge of my seat excited to see the rest!

and was able to coordinate all of our pics quickly and effectively. If you are uncertain, just book with them, you will definitely be happy that you did!!

ts of our day beautifully. Additionally, the prices Matt presented were reasonable and absolutely in our budget. At first we weren't planning on hiring a videographer but we are so happy we did! We cannot wait to see the footage from our special day! Thank you Matt for making our dreams come true! =)

w was so responsive and helpful. He came with another photographer and a videographer, set up the live stream, and made sure to get all the important shots as we don't know where to start! I also had some photos from my grandparent's wedding that I wanted to recreate and he was so patient and made sure to get those just right, I can't wait to see the final product! They were affordable, nice to work with and I highly recommend them!

o get the final video!

it would have been such a cool touch however our venue would not allow the drone. Barry was our videographer and he was absolutely fantastic. He was so respectful and we got along great. He made the entire thing a very smooth process. After the wedding we received the video very quickly and it was so good. They did a great job.

he price!!! Thank you Andrew!!

e so much trust in Matt and can’t wait to see what he creates for us. He was so patient the day of and I know he got some good shots. During these crazy times, it’s so important to have trustworthy vendors. Matt was on time and ready to work. I highly recommend using him as your videographer!!

affordable and gave us the memories we were looking for for our special day. I would definitely use him again!

Highly Reccommended!

oughout the reception and wedding day. Would Highly recommend!

municative, and captured our big day in a way I didn't think was possible. We requested that he capture drone footage of our venue, and the resulting video was spectacular. When life finally allowed for us to view our wedding footage, we noticed that the ceremony had a glitch in the video. We promptly reached out to Matt, who then sent us a replacement copy of our ceremony DVD, as well as provided us with a digital copy. His kindness and availability to do this for us 2 years after our ceremony is unforgettable. I will always be thankful that we chose Matt and Secret Fire Media to capture our special day :)

dn't have asked for anyone better to capture those moments!

are so hapy with everything. Thank you!!

we chose them. However, my experience with the vendor and some quality issues with the media products compel me to recommend going with a different vendor for photo/video, even if it means spending a bit more money. After booking photography and videography with SFM, the owner became difficult to get in contact with. I was planning my wedding from afar so my opportunities to meet with him were limited. After missing one opportunity because he never returned phone calls or emails, I threatened to hire a different vendor and he suddenly got back to me. We met the second time I was in town and discussed plans. All seemed well until about a week before my wedding: I wrote and called to check in with him, but no response right away. This made me very nervous. Much like many of the other reviewers, he emailed me 3 days before the wedding to say he had a family emergency and that he'd be sending a second shooter. Obviously this was nerve-wracking but I can't say after the communication issues I was surprised. The shooter and videographer showed up on time and were generally non-invasive which I appreciated. The photos came in about two months which wasn't too bad, but my main issue was with the video. I noticed SFM was posting video highlights in August on their social media of weddings that took place after mine (programs with July dates were showing up in their posts) so I emailed to ask about my video, I believe more than once. He said the video wouldn't be ready until OCTOBER, which was two months away. This really bothered me given that later weddings were blatantly posted on social media two months before I'd see mine for no reason. When I got the pictures, most of the photos were great, though she only got one shot of each family photo and some had blinking family members and that sort of thing which seems careless - I'm sure this would REALLY bother some people. That being said, the majority of the special moments were captured and that is what I cared about the most. The video is a slightly different story - it clearly matters if the person who is editing it was there, because he just made a supercut of the basic moments without including footage of more unique moments that were kind of a big deal (ex: my parents cut the second piece of cake because they had been married longest out of everyone there - photos, but no video) which I really wish I had footage of. Furthermore, the footage was advertised as being in 4K and it is not, it's 1080p, and the raw footage we were expecting to get based on the ads was nowhere to be found in the DVDs he sent. I didn't bother asking for the raw 4k footage that was advertised on the website because working with this company was so frustrating that I just wanted to be done with it, and I knew they weren't going to have it anyway since the operation is obviously so shady. I'm giving 2 stars since it was affordable and SFM at least made sure someone showed up and I got products from the day, but the overall experience was so unfortunate. It is definitely worth the extra $200-$1000 to spring for a company with a bit more professional integrity so that you don't deal with even more stress on what is probably the most stressful day of your life as it is.

wedding, he EMAILED us and told us he was unable to work our wedding, and sent someone we have never met before. We were of course upset that the person we sat down and discussed our wedding plans with a year and a half before our big day was not going to be there. Thankfully, his colleague did a wonderful job, but Matthew was the one to edit our video and send the footage to us. Matthew sent us our footage way later than the date on the contract, and when we would ask him the status on our videos, we would get no answer. Finally, he uploaded some videos for us to view on the Dropbox, and our cd arrived shortly after in the mail. After viewing the videos he had sent us, we started to realize there was A LOT of footage missing from our special day. Raw moments that were important to us. He finally sent them over to us, very sporadically.. not all at once. We noticed in the “highlight” video he created, there were some shots from the drone that we paid extra to have. As we were watching, we noticed it did not look like our wedding day. The trees were very green, and it was a cloudy day. Our wedding day was a sunny, fall day. I sent Matthew a few emails asking him if he could just send us our footage of the drone so we can view the rest. They got a lot of cool shots, such as the drone zooming in on us and zooming out and going back up into the air to get the whole venue on that beautiful day. He replied back to us the quickest he ever has saying that our drone footage was “corrupted” and that he would refund us. So, instead of being up front about losing our footage in the first place he added someone else’s wedding day videos into our highlight video to make us believe that was our drone footage, when in fact it was all lost. We were completely devastated with this whole process, and I was really not expecting to have to write this review at all, but I would like to let other people know while they plan their wedding.

s extremely down to earth, went with the flow, and dealt with many bumps that occurred during the day, calmly and professionally. Matthew did right by us and we would highly recommend him and his team to anyone looking for photography/videography services!!

ate and the end result was AMAZING. He really has a good eye for what will look good. One thing I will say is that most of the footage Matt got was right up in the action, but I don't even remember him taking those shots! This to me was the most impressive part of Matt's talent. He was really able to capture everything organically, rather than trying to direct and dictate the shot.

mperatures to take our engagement photos! Matthew was always communicative and open to listening to any requests we had. On our wedding day, he and his team were PHENOMENAL! They were incredibly professional, not invasive or in anyone’s faces, and took GORGEOUS photos and video! Our wedding party and guests were very impressed and so were we. Definitely use Secret Fire Media for your event!!

efinitely recommend!

grapher, I would recommend putting a lot of weight on trust when choosing your photographer. Definitely recommend.

rofessional. Matt had some great ideas for pictures about which we were very appreciative as my daughter was not exactly sure what she wanted. We have already seen over 40 of the pictures they took and they are absolutely fantastic. I would highly recommend Secret Fire Media to anyone needing a photographer for any event.