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5 out of 5 stars and 43 reviews Best of Weddings (2x).
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(43)Santa Barbra, San luis Obispo County, Bay Area
About this vendor
I would say my videos are very candid and organic, and never look forced or posed. I find joy in capturing the special moments of my couples on their wedding day and my creative eye allows me to transform those moments into a story of their love. My hope is for my couples to be reminded of the emotions they experienced on their wedding day each and every time they watch their video. When my video evokes tears of happiness, I know I have done my job.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Video
- Full-Length Video
- Highlight Video
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Lifestyle
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.
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Chelsea is amazing at what she does! Her eye for detail is unmatched. She captured our intimate wedding and executed it more perfectly than we could have ever dreamed of. She is pe...
rsonable and makes it so easy to feel comfortable. She was on time and communicative.
We can’t say enough good things about Chelsea! She was such a joy to work with on our wedding weekend. She was calm, creative, and so much fun to be around. She made everything fee...
l effortless and really helped us enjoy every moment.
She captured the sweetest moments and it is something we will cherish forever! Thank you, Chelsea, for your hard work, professionalism, and kindness. We couldn’t have asked for a better person to help tell our story!
I could not recommend Chelsea more. Before the wedding weekend even started, she was incredibly helpful making sure our venue and band had all the right equipment so everything ran...
seamlessly. During the wedding, my dress broke and Chelsea was one of the first people to rush to my side with a sewing kit and safety pins. She truly went above and beyond.
And the videos… perfection. They captured every emotion so beautifully and were delivered unbelievably fast. My whole family cried all over again watching them. We’ll never stop replaying those memories. Thank you, Chelsea, for giving us something we’ll cherish forever.
TL;DR for anyone needing a quick opinion, Stories Told By Film is a 10/10 MUST for your wedding. Chelsea and her team had worked with us from the earliest steps of wedding planning...
to ensure that our vision was captured. This included everything from aerial views of the venue via drone to table decor and florals. She had given us notice that she would likely need to split her team up to capture every moment from the Bridal Party and Groomsmen getting ready. Everyone on her team showcased their experience and professionalism knowing exactly how to direct us to capture the perfect video. We also had a wedding party consisting of 24 individuals and managing this many of us is no easy feat. Nonetheless the Stories Told By Film team handled us with such grace and put out phenomenal work. The team went above and beyond just videography and would engage with our party to get to know our hobbies and interests so that they can capture those moments too. Oftentimes, they’d even check in to see if we needed anything such as water, drinks, or anything else to make us more comfortable. Chelsea was also in sync with our photographer and was mindful of ensuring their teams did not clash and were all given the opportunities to be at the right place at the right time. We cannot recommend this team enough.
Chelsea videotaped our wedding and I really cannot recommend her enough, because not only was she extremely professional, she was also the first one to step up and be extra helpful...
, even doing things like running me a water bottle or whatever came up that needed doing at the time. Chelsea made me feel comfortable and I was able to maintain a feeling of presence despite the cameras and busy schedule of a wedding day. I would absolutely hire her again in a heartbeat, but I’m never getting married again! I have, however, already recommended her to a friend whose wedding is upcoming. Truly, 10/10 recommend!
Chelsea is the most amazing person, and truly is the best choice when it comes to a videographer for your big day. She makes sure to consult with you beforehand on what shots are i...
mportant for her to capture, and on the big day she gets straight to business with detail shots and getting ready clips. We had a blast with her in the bridal suite during our getting ready time, and she was incredible with getting perfect shots during sunset as well. She delivered a super fun preview video to us just 3 days after the wedding, and she had all of our edited videos delivered within 3 weeks! Her talent for making the perfect cinematic video of the day is truly unmatched. The way she incorporates vows, ceremony bits, speeches, first look moments, dancing, and so much more had myself, husband, and everyone we shared it with crying because it captured the emotion of the day so well. And of course having our full ceremony, dances, first look, and speeches are memories that we will cherish forever. If you are debating whether or not to get a videographer, this is your sign to absolutely do it. Having these moments on film is worth every single penny.
We’re so grateful to have worked with Chelsea for our wedding day in Sept 2024. She was so on top of it throughout the day always making sure she was capturing our most special mom...
ents, while also having such a lovely and kind presence. Chelsea sent us our video footage super quickly a couple days later, so my husband and I enjoyed watching all of the videos continuously while we were on our honeymoon. The videos are stunning and really capture our day beautifully. We’re so excited with how they turned out and will enjoy getting to re-live those moments for many years to come! Thank you so much Chelsea and team for an amazing experience and amazing videos!
Chelsea is unbelievably talented! She's calm, cool, collected, and just an absolute joy to work with. I 100% trusted her expertise and vision, and my husband and I will cherish the...
videos she created of our wedding for the rest of our lives!
Chelsea was amazing! So professional and easy to work with. My videos were better than I ever could have imagined! I highly recommend her as your videographer.
Stories told by Film is exactly what it sounds like – Chelsea captured our wedding and love story perfectly. We loved the idea of capturing video moments – all the reactions and la...
ughter that you can watch back later, after what feels like a lifetime of love. Chelsea did that for us.
Chelsea was incredibly relaxed as she walked us through the logistics before the wedding – she captured our wedding exactly as we wanted it – the first video she sent us brought us to tears on our honeymoon. I highly recommend working with Chelsea!
Chelsea was WONDERFUL! She was communicative in the planning process and made the whole experience great from start to finish. The day of, she was SO thorough in all that she captu...
red and yet somehow totally unobtrusive - it never felt like the camera was in the way of our experience or the guests'. She also got us our videos in a week!! They are perfect and we can't stop watching and reliving the magical day.
Chelsea and her team were amazing, inside and out!!! I cannot thank them enough for being a part of our special day. They were so helpful, so patient, so kind, and just seemed genu...
inely happy to be there. They went above and beyond to capture so many importance aspects of our day. I lost count on how many times I have played our video, and I can definitely say we relive the day every single time! We have received so many compliments on how beautiful the footage was put together. We are so grateful! Thank you for this lifetime memory.
Chelsea was absolutely incredible!! She came highly recommended to me by my wedding planner and a friend of mine and I am SOO glad I hired her!! She made my day so special. She w...
as sweet, easygoing & such a rockstar. She got amazing footage of our special day. She beautifully captured all of our most special moments! Plus she was able to add our personality into our teaser video by making it FRIENDS themed. She also sent a beautiful package after the wedding with the flash drive of our video. I would HIGHLY recommend Chelsea to anyone who is looking for a great videographer.
Chelsea with Stories Told by Film will literally make your WEDDING VIDEO DREAMS COME TRUE! As a local wedding planner and a recent bride myself, I can't express how INCREDIBLE Chel...
sea is! She is truly a ROCKSTAR and EXTREMELY TALENTED at what she does! She captured my husband and I's wedding day even better than we anticipated! Our wedding video is not only, completely US, but also SO MUCH FUN and puts us in tears every time we watch it. We thoroughly enjoy reliving our magical day over and over and OVER again! We can't thank Chelsea enough from the bottom of our hearts for a memory that will last us a lifetime! WE LOVE CHELSEA AND ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU!!! <3
HIRE STORIES TOLD BY FILM WITHOUT HESITATION! You will not regret it, one bit!
Investing in Chelsea as our wedding videographer was the best decision we made. She is extremely talented and delivered the most stunning video. We will forever look back on it and...
be able to remember exactly the way that day felt because of how she captured each moment. I highly recommend her for your events!
We decided to invest in a videographer because after the wedding, photos and video is all you will have to remember the special day. We have no regrets with spending the money to h...
ire Chelsea as our videographer! Chelsea was a joy to have around during our wedding day. She was kind, laid back, professional, and went above and beyond for us. First off, our videos were edited and back to us 3 weeks after our wedding (SO FAST). Especially with how many weddings vendors are taking on the 2021 season, I was so impressed with how fast our wedding video was delivered. Second, we absolutely love our video - the quality is great. Our package allowed us to have our entire ceremony, vows and toasts in addition to the highlight video which I really appreciated. Next, I did a lot of research on videography and Chelsea's pricing is extremely reasonable for a high quality videographer. Finally, Chelsea also went above and beyond and stayed past her contracted time just to get our grand exit and that didn't go unnoticed on our end. I cannot say enough wonderful things about her. Thank you a million times!
This review is way overdue but we wanted to take the time to write down just how incredible Chelsea and her work is!!!
Our original wedding date had to be postponed because of the...
pandemic. We had originally booked with another great videographer who was booked on our new date. Chelsea and him offered to take on each other's weddings that had been postponed on a day they weren't available so that neither wedding would lose out on a videographer.. that kind of kindness just doesn't happen that often these days!
Not knowing too much about Cheslea's work when we agreed to the switch... we literally hit the lottery!!!
She is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING at what she does. She was so calming and fun to be around (so important as you spend all day with your wedding team by your side). She made everything so easy so we could just focus on having fun that day.
She asked us so many questions about the type of video we wanted and provided helpful tips and suggestions on how to figure out what you want. Our video was better than we could have ever imagined.. it captured who we were as a couple and our vision for our wedding day.
I don't know how she does it but she's also a turbo speed editor! We got our video so quickly after our wedding.. she knows how excited you are to see your special day.
Do yourself a favor and book Cheslea.. she is worth every penny and her work is just as awesome as she is!!!
Our wedding video is phenomenal and we absolutely love it. So many people have told us it's the best they've seen! Chelsea was wonderful to work with, especially with all of the ch...
allenges of this past pandemic year. We highly recommend her and we are so thankful for our beautifully captured memories!!
We're extremely happy we hired Chelsea to be our videographer! We weren't sure if we want to higher a videographer due to the extra cost, but it was well worth the money!! I can't...
imagine not having the video. It was so well put together, and I've had multiple people comment that it's the best wedding video they have ever seen. It was absolutely worth the money. I highly recommend Chelsea!!
Chelsea exceeded all of our expectations and went above and beyond to make our cliffside elopement spectacular! She not only masterfully captured our day and provided us with an in...
credible video but when we had a last minute change of location due to weather she scoped out a new location for us to have our ceremony and helped us execute our first look seamlessly! She sent our ceremony video the day after our wedding so we were able to send it to our families who weren’t there for the elopement and they were able to feel like they were a part of our day! She also sent the highlight video in only a week and it turned out more beautiful than I could have ever imagined! It has brought tears to every single person who has watched it! Thank you Chelsea for being the most amazing videographer we ever could have asked for and for capturing our wedding day so perfectly! We will treasure these videos for the rest of our lives!
Hiring Chelsea to video our special day was a decision we will never regret! Her final product far exceeded our expectations and we are so thrilled with how it turned out. Due to C...
OVID, we had to cancel our wedding and go for a smaller and more intimate setting . Chelsea still just captured everything so perfectly and beautifully. Being able to share that video with our friends and family who could not attend our wedding was truly so special. We are so grateful to have this and be able to watch it for years to come <3 Can't thank Chelsea enough!
Hiring Chelsea for videography was the one choice about our wedding that I never questioned. Planning through the pandemic, she was flexible and understanding as our wedding develo...
ped. Her calm personality and straightforward nature immediately put us at ease. She is unendingly talented, professional yet easy going, and a joy to work with.
The payoff for videography was priceless. Having the moments of our wedding captured in video, full joyful expressions, voices cracking during vows, post-ceremony cuddles and kisses, is a level of emotion that photography just couldn't fully do justice. Get the wedding portraits for family, but I encourage every couple to do videography for themselves. For your 70 year old selves rewatching your special day for the millionth time, marveling at how young you once were.
I have treasured my wedding video far more than the still images from the day. She captured the special moments even better than our photographer did, dedicated to getting the best angles and shots. While still filming during the wedding, I could see her starting to weave our story together. Chelsea truly creates love stories, and I felt beautiful through her lens.
There is a lot I would do different about my pandemic wedding, but hiring Chelsea is one decision I would never change!
Wish we could double the Stars & give a 10!
Amazed & over the moon in love with our Video. Chelsea was so engaged in making sure our story was told on film. The final product was m...
ore then we could have possibly imagined. Due to COVID, we could not have our close family & friends in attendance of our wedding, therefore our video will be shared once we can all get together again. It truly is a beautiful piece of art that we will be sharing with our family. Chelsea is now our official videographer for all family events! Hire her, you will be so pleased & love the final product!
We seriously have lost count the number of times we have already watched our video, and every time we watch it it blows us away! Chelsea was incredible to work with. She was so res...
ponsive and was patient with us when we couldn’t make certain decisions about what we wanted out of the video. She had never been to our venue before, so she came during the rehearsal to get a lay of the grounds and some epic drone footage. Chelsea made us feel incredibly comfortable from the start! We felt like we were hanging out with a friend all day! Watching people’s reactions to our video has been one of our favorite things since the wedding. She captured our day PERFECTLY! After we finished watching the video for the first time, we immediately started it from the beginning and watched it again. We didn’t ask for a single thing to be changed. The morning after we saw our video for the first time, I texted a friend who is getting married in the area and told her if she hadn’t already chosen a videographer, to go with Chelsea hands down! Each time we watch our video, we love it even more, which we didn’t know was possible considering how much we’ve loved it since the beginning.
Thank you for creating such a beautiful memory for us, Chelsea! We’re so incredibly happy to be able to relive our special day each time we watch! :)
Cheslea was personable, organized and created a spectacular highlight wedding video for my husband and me. She captured the most beautiful moments and was able to recreate the feel...
ing of our big day, which was really important for us. Every person whom we have shared the video with has been extremely impressed with Chelsea’s talent. We were lucky to have her as part of our wedding vendor team and highly recommend her.
We hired Chelsea upon the recommendation of friends who used her for their wedding in 2017. We are so grateful that we found her!
Our wedding was on Sept. 21 and she completed the...
13-minute video by Sept. 27. An unbelievably quick turnaround, and she nailed it.
We've watched the video countless times already, and just about every time it leaves us laughing and crying tears of joy all in one. She perfectly captured our day, from the ceremony to the cocktail hour, toasts, first dance, cake cutting and celebration.
We were on the fence about hiring a videographer until our friends told us, "You have to hire Chelsea. You won't regret it." It was the best advice we received while wedding planning. Now we have a keepsake to watch for the rest of our lives.
On a personal note, Chelsea was incredibly easy and fun to work with. She is such a great person and made us feel at ease in front of the camera.
Thank you, Chelsea! We appreciate your hard work and attention to detail more than we can ever adequately express.
Chelsea Schmitz 'Stories Told By Film' is truly a talented and amazing individual. I was recommended by a good friend of mine to use Chelsea's Videography services, and she exceede...
d my expectations plus some! Not only is she extremely professional, but she is one of the kindest humans. She was extremely responsive, cooperative, and organized. She knows how to capture the most intimate moments of the day. We got our video back so quickly after the wedding, it was such a delight! My entire family and I watched it over and over and couldn't stop crying. It definitely encompassed all my favorite parts of the day and I am so so so happy we used Chelsea. Thanks for everything, Chelsea, you are SO great at what you do!!!!
As soon as we started planning our wedding I knew I wanted to work with Chelsea, I had seen her work before and am so glad she was available for our date. She is so amazing to work...
with! Chelsea communicates well, makes you feel comfortable and at ease and man is her work beautiful! We love watching our video and being able to relive our day! Stop looking... book Chelsea!
Chelsea was great to work to work with, she is very personable and fun to work with! The video is better than I ever imagined. I watch it all the time and reminisce on how beautifu...
l the day was. I would recommend Chelsea to anyone getting married!
Chelsea was amazing! We had a great time together. She’s so sweet, and made sure that we got all the shots that we wanted. She made this all a lot less stressful, and I knew I coul...
d trust her to catch all the special little moments. Thank you Chelsea!
Cheslea was personable, organized and created a spectacular highlight wedding video for my husband and me. She captured the most beautiful moments and was able to recreate the feel...
ing of our big day, which was really important for us. Every person whom we have shared the video with has been extremely impressed with Chelsea’s talent. We were lucky to have her as part of our wedding vendor team and highly recommend her.
If you are looking for a videographer, do yourself a favor and BOOK CHELSEA!!! You will NOT regret it, I guarantee you! Hiring Chelsea was one of the best decisions we made! She is...
AMAZING in every aspect of her business. She is so professional, sweet, caring, helpful and just damn good at what she does. Her talent is insane. She’s like a ninja, you don’t even realize she’s around and then you receive your video and BAM! It’s perfect! She captures every single detail you could have possibly asked for and turns it into the most beautiful masterpiece that you can’t help but watch over and over! We can’t thank you enough Chelsea
I searched high and low for a Central Coast wedding videographer and I am so so so glad I stumbled upon Chelsea! Chelsea was so responsive and helpful and even helped customize to...
give us exactly what we wanted.
The day of the wedding Chelsea and her second shooter came in and were so professional and calm, it was like they weren't even there!
Chelsea sent us our teaser video (3 minutes) within 1 week of our wedding and our full highlight video (10 minutes) a week after that! They are both so amazing and everyone is in love with the videos!
I highly suggest Chelsea to anyone looking for a talented, professional and speedy Videographer! Would book Chelsea again in a heartbeat!
We hired Chelsea as our videographer for our wedding in June as a recommendation from our photographer. We chatted a few times on the phone before meeting for the first time at ou...
r wedding (we had a destination wedding). She was so friendly and professional! After our wedding, she had our highlight video ready in 2 weeks and our full video was done in 5 weeks! The video captures all of the fun and special moments of the wedding that we will forever treasure! We have already watched the video over 50 times and know it as the best money spent at our wedding! Thanks Chelsea : )
Chelsea was an absolute DREAM to work with! Not only was she super flexible with my last minute planning, but she was totally laid back and in her element on our wedding day. She c...
oordinated with our photographer to make sure we got both stunning video and photos!
Our wedding video is more than we ever could have imagined, and we will cherish it for years to come. She had a super quick turn around too, so we got to watch our video and relive our special day on our honeymoon!
If you’re looking for an amazing, kind, laid back videographer that is affordable and produces a great product, look no further!
Misha & I would like to say a BIG thank you for such an amazing wedding video! The attention to detail is immense and we are both completely overwhelmed with how it well it came ou...
t. Our highlights video is like watching a movie trailer! Your vision, coupled with your professionalism has given us a wedding video that exceeds any of our expectations!
Chelsea was such an incredible addition to our special day. She truly captured the most intimate, funny, unique moments of the day that a photographer probably couldn’t. And I bare...
ly noticed she was there! I would use her all over again in a heartbeat. Thank you cgealsea for a video we will cherish forever.
We feel so lucky to have found Chelsea to be our videographer for our wedding. We hesitated at first trying to determine if we really needed one, and it was by far the best investm...
ent we made looking back. The day goes by so fast and Chelsea does a great job of capturing all the little moments you missed or forgot about. Everyone I've showed her work to has been so impressed (and jealous that they didn't hire her for their wedding!). She does a great job of being there for all the key moments, but in a way that you don't even notice she's there with a camera. I had several family members surprised to hear we had a videographer afterwards because they never noticed her in the crowd. I can't think of anybody who would do a better job! We have watched our footage over and over and over and love it more and more each time. Thank you Chelsea!
Chelsea made THE most beautiful 10 min wedding video for us and got it back to us only 10 days after our wedding! She even had a 3min sneak peak preview just a few days after our w...
edding day. Chelsea was always professional and was willing to meet with us via Skype to accommodate our schedule. Her prices were incredibly reasonable. We loved that she was able to perfectly combine our requests with her natural artistic abilities. Seriously, you cannot have a better videographer than Chelsea!
I recently used Stories Told By Film for videography at my wedding and the entire experience was better than I could have imagined! Chelsea was great to work with leading up to the...
wedding, very prompt in her response time and was willing to answer all of our questions happily. The day of the wedding her and her second shooter were calm and efficient. They worked great with our photographer and everything just flowed so well. Within a week we had a sneak preview of our video and within a couple weeks we had the finished product. We absolutely love our video and we have gotten so many amazing compliments on it. It truly feels like we are back at our wedding and it captured exactly how amazing it was! I couldn't speak more highly of Chelsea and Stories Told By Film.
Chelsea is an incredibly talented videographer and video editor. Although she's still relatively new to the wedding industry, she is an advertising and marketing industry veteran w...
ho has worked on many professional campaigns (some with me). I would hire her any time.
Chelsea was awesome!! She was worked really hard and was flexible and talented. She added some really great ideas to our vision for our wedding video. From the beginning she was ...
friendly and professional and she made sure that she captured what was important to us. Did I mention her talent~wow! Amazing work! We love Stories told by Film~Chelsea
We were so pleased with Chelsea's professionalism, ability to work with others and personality. We were her first "official" wedding, by watching the video you would think she is a...
veteran videographer. She sent us our video shortly after the wedding. Her video captures every perfect (and candid) moment of our wedding day. We highly recommend Stories Told by Film. Thank you Chelsea for all you did for us, #twowhitneyswed.
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Paso Robles, CA | Santa Barbra, San luis Obispo County, Bay Area
Stories Told By Film