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Toast Weddings Detroit is a family-owned, complete wedding media company specializing in photo, film, and social content creation. We are committed to inclusivity and serve couples of all backgrounds in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Statewide.
Toast was founded by Zach & Callie, a husband and wife team.
Zach is a documentary cinematographer and producer known for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning documentary, The Price of Free, with another 5 documentaries premiering at Tribeca Film Festival.
Callie, in addition to being an experienced wedding and travel photographer, has collaborated with some of the most renowned photographers globally, editing photos for the covers of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, and more.
Since 2014, we've been honored to capture over 3,000 weddings for incredible couples, winning Couple’s Choice on Wedding Wire, Knot Hall of Fame and Knot Best of Weddings eight years in a row.
We pride ourselves on creating all of your wedding media as a collaboration, deeply valuing what matters most to you. We understand that we're not just capturing any event, we’re telling a love story that becomes a part of your family history, through multiple different mediums.
All aspects of your wedding media package (photo, film, and/or social content creation) are completely customizable. We encourage you to be as hands-on as you like, and we make it easy for you to help guide every aspect. Even after the first draft of your wedding film is delivered, you'll have complimentary rounds of edits to ensure your film is exactly what you envisioned.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Online Proofing
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Video
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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4.7
out of 5.012 reviews
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Toast Wedding Films receives glowing reviews from multiple couples for their exceptional videography services. Reviewers highlight their professionalism, attention to detail, and responsiveness throughout the planning process. They praise individual videographers for being accommodating and creative, seamlessly capturing key moments of the wedding day. The editing process is described as user-friendly and efficient, with Toast Wedding Films delivering high-quality videos that meet couples' expectations. Overall, they are highly recommended for their outstanding work and dedication to creating memorable wedding films.- Top reviews
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I'm shy and didn't feel shy whatsoever infront of the Toast videographer "Gee". He was so kind and just let my husband and I be ourselves. Our video is beautiful and the opportunity to advise on edits we'd like to make is awesome. I am super picky and when I asked for changes to be made, they were done and I was listened to- our video turned out amazing. I highly recommend hiring Toast as your videographers.
Professional team! I really love my highlights film! They will fulfill all of the ideas you have!
Response from the Vendor on 02/07/2023
Hi, Mengyao! Thank you so much for your kind words! You and Bo were so wonderful to work with, and I absolutely loved your film :) Thank you for choosing us to be part of your special day!
Communication with Toast was easy both online via email and also on the phone. It was helpful that they had several options to choose from for packages, though I was disappointed none of them included raw footage like some other videographers. Overall though, they're prices were better than most other options I found. All communication was professional and timely. My main complaint was our videographer, he and our photographer struggled not to interfere with one another and we found several shoots shaky and/or my husbands head cut off. Just felt like the quality could have been slightly better and the use of a second shooter helpful. (though I know the cost is kept down by using only a one) Overall we received what all we wanted for a better price than other competitors.
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Toast was absolutely the best vendor I could have asked for. Charlie is accommodating and quick to respond - which is amazing. They really take into account the style and look/feel you want to evoke in your end videos - and the review and revisions process ensures you get exactly what you are looking for in your "Forever Video".
Our videographer, Silvester, was the best. So professional, creative and excited to capture our day. He worked seamlessly with our photographer to ensure all the best moments could be captured in an optimal way.
If you're trying to decide whether to spend the money on a videographer - I would say, hands down, you should do it! And you should do it with Toast. We have gotten so many compliments on our video, and are thrilled that we did it.
Response from the Vendor on 01/10/2023
I'm so glad that most importantly, you love your film. I'm also glad you loved working with Charlie and Silvester and our whole team! Your film turned out so beautifully and it's all thanks to teamwork!
The team at Toast was excellent! Very great with with communication.
Response from the Vendor on 01/10/2023
Thanks for the kind words!
My daughter booked Toast for her wedding in April 2022 and I was worried how much they would interfere with the wedding experience. Matt was very professional and respectful of people’s viewpoints all while gathering footage.
Response from the Vendor on 01/10/2023
We work hard to maintain that "fly on the wall" presence on the big day! No one wants a videographer messing up the moment live. I'm glad you got to see that part of what we do in action :)
All I knew is that I wanted a wedding film to be able to look back on and Toast did NOT disappoint. They were great to work with, easy communication, and took constructive feedback on the film and made it happen. 10/10 recommend working with Toast!!!
Response from the Vendor on 01/10/2023
Love a 10 out of 10! :D So glad you love your film and working with us. <3
Toast was great to work with from the beginning! I had no idea what I was looking for in a wedding video and they sent me so many samples so that I could pick and choose elements and styles that fit for me. Our videographer day of was kind, professional and efficient. Post-wedding, Toast met all required timeframes and was able to make the few edits I requested. Overall, we are so glad we choose Toast for our wedding video.
Response from the Vendor on 12/28/2022
I'm so happy that you're glad you choose us! :) Thanks for trusting us with something as big as filming your wedding!
You will not be disappointed booking your videographer with Toast! I promise you that! Right from the beginning of inquiring about prices, availability, etc, Jaynani and staff were nothing but amazing! She also answered all of my emails in such a timely manner and was ready to move at my pace in terms of the booking process. She was so friendly, kind, and made the entire process easy going and stress free. Our videographer was “Devin”, he showed up on time, he always gave me and my husband a play by play informing us of what he was going to film next or prepare to film next, he catered to our needs, and was able to fit in things that we wanted in our timeline that didn’t seem possible. He made us feel comfortable and at ease. Choosing “Toast” or “Devin” you will not go wrong! I highly highly recommend picking them as your next videographer for your wedding! They were outstanding to work with and so personable.
Choose Toast!
Response from the Vendor on 07/20/2022
Thanks for the kind words Kayla! So glad you liked working with Devin and our whole team :)
Toast wedding films did a good job. Our video in the end turned out beautiful. I requested a lot of changes to the first draft of the video and they accommodated every request with no fuss. Reviewing the video and pin pointing the change I wanted was super easy through the system they use.
I had one complaint. I had the videographer start at the church so I never officially met him. He was set up at the church when we got there. My biggest complaint is that he was not present for our bridal party photos. I actually don’t 100% know what happened, maybe he got lost on the way to city hall from south philly? But this ultimately ended up leaving us with no video of our bridal party together or of my husband and I in city hall (where the majority of our photos were taken). He ended up making it at the end of this part of the day, and got a few clips of us on broad street.
We had a lot of time between the photos in city hall and the reception and he never requested our bridal party to get together to make up for that missed time even though there was plenty of time to do so. Unfortunately I didn’t realize it myself that day (a little preoccupied lol) so that stinks. The bridal party was all handing out in the bridal suite so that was a second opportunity to get everyone together but I think he was concentrating on getting video of the reception hall... but I wish he thought to get my bridal party.
When I expressed my disappointment they offered to use some of our wedding photos to add in our video. It doesn’t look great, but we felt it very important that our bridal party be present in the video so we went with it, and it turned out okay. They tried their best to rectify the situation and apologized. And I am confident that after we spoke they used this as an opportunity to learn from this.
In the end the video was beautiful. And I don’t think anyone one else who watches the video sees the pictures of the bridal party as misplaced or anything. I think it’s just something I notice because of course I’m the bride and all the small details are important to me.
I would suggest hiring wedding toast even after this small mishap. I think it’s something they learned from and they do make a gorgeous video. Tons of people reached out to me to tell me how beautiful our video is.
Response from the Vendor on 07/27/2020
Hi Ashley, Thanks for leaving a review! I'm so glad we were able to create a film you love and we so appreciate your feedback. Best of luck!
They were a lot of fun to work with! We had a few small edits that we wanted to have changed on our videos and they were able to change them in a timely manner and with great professionalism! We could not be more pleased with how our videos turned out! We hope they had as much fun making the video as it was to watch the finished product! Amazing!
Response from the Vendor on 03/11/2019
Hi Brock, thanks for appreciating our hard work! We loved working on your videos and are so glad you love them too :)
Toast Weddings Films created an unbelievable video summary of the most important weekend of my life! While I treasure our wedding pictures, as they say "if a picture is a thousand words, a video is a million" -- the video that Toast made communicates so much emotion and color and captures all the unforgettable moments of our wedding weekend. Toast is highly professional and produces an ultra high quality product. I cannot recommend them enough!
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Zach & Callie
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Toast was founded by Zach & Callie, a husband and wife team.
Zach is a documentary cinematographer and producer known for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning documentary, The Price of Free, with another 5 documentaries premiering at Tribeca Film Festival.
Callie, in addition to being an experienced wedding and travel photographer, has collaborated with some of the most renowned photographers globally, editing photos for the covers of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, and more.
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