Peter of studio205films was recommended to my (now) husband and me by our photographer, who had nothing but excellent things to say about Peter's shooting style and personality. We checked out Peter's work online, and both loved what we saw, so... we arranged to meet up with Peter for an introductory interview of sorts, where we'd all decide if we were a good fit to work together.
Before our meeting was even over, my husband and I exchanged a look of knowing: "this guy is totally the right guy for us." Peter was friendly and funny while also being totally professional. He was clearly experienced with wedding videography and his shooting style was exactly what we were looking for: candid and romantic, authentically telling the story of our day without forcing anything. His personality totally meshed with ours, so we hired him on the spot.
On our wedding day, Peter and his assistant arrived early to scope out our venue, which was a huge comfort for me! I appreciated that he didn't just show up the minute before he was supposed to start shooting. When he arrived, he was RELAXED and ready to shoot - he was cracking jokes and being silly, which was exactly what I needed to stay calm and relaxed myself!
He was in the room when I was finishing up getting ready, and BOY AM I GLAD HE WAS! As my mom zipped up the back of my dress, she noticed that the back of my dress was no longer closing all the way, leaving a small gap at the top of the zipper - NOT what I wanted my dress to look like!
So PETER stepped in, told me that he knew how to sew, and he sewed me into my dress! He did a flawless job and the dress looked perfect again!!! It was amazing, and further confirmed Peter's awesomeness. I was surprised and so grateful that he'd offered to sew my dress shut in a pinch.
Once our day got rolling and we started with our first look and formal shots, he basically turned into a chameleon -- in the best kind of way. Peter worked so well with our photographer that I hardly noticed when & where he was shooting. He has a way of sort of disappearing and still managing to get incredible footage - exactly what I wanted from our videographer! I tend to feel really awkward in front of cameras, so I appreciated his shooting style: stealthy.
A few months ago, my husband and I had asked a friend to make a video slideshow for the reception. At the end of our friend's slideshow, the video suddenly went to video footage of our wedding day - wait WHAT?! It turns out, a few months ago, my hubby and Peter had conspired to SURPRISE me with a Same Day Edit at the reception - and WOW, it was INCREDIBLE! Peter is such a stealthy shooter that I never even noticed his absence while he was putting together the edit - yet there we were, watching footage from the beginning of our special day!
I couldn't stop crying (which was a theme of the day that Peter also thoroughly captured), and was so grateful to Peter & my husband for the amazing surprise. For the rest of the reception, people kept coming up to us, raving about how wonderful the same day edit was...they couldn't believe that Peter had put all of that together SO QUICKLY!
Peter is amazing, and I'm SO glad that we chose him to capture our special day. He is friendly and funny, while staying professional and productive. And he's stealthy like James Bond (but with less hair) behind the camera, so he was the perfect choice for us!