About this vendor
Vogel Visuals is an accomplished videography business situated in Rockford, IL. These visual experts have successfully filmed weddings and other special occasions for over seven years. Today, they look forward to filming your once-in-a-lifetime event so that you and your partner can relive every timeless memory.
Vogel Visuals is owned and operated by married couple AJ and Stephanie Vogel. These professionals are passionate about producing cinematic films that pull your heartstrings. AJ and Stephanie have experience using several film techniques, including artistic, modern, and vintage. With their skill and your love connection, you can have a one-of-a-kind wedding film.
Vogel Visuals’ amiable duo prides itself on providing affordable, high-quality services for engagement parties, rehearsal dinners, wedding ceremonies, and more. By using drones to capture unseen details, each scene can look more breathtaking than the next. You and your partner may also choose between full-feature films or highlight videos.
Details
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Online Proofing
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Video
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Modern
- Vintage
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2023 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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5
out of 5.014 reviews
Phenomenal wedding videography! AJ and Stephanie are absolutely the best. They are kind, great to work with, and their video skills are so amazing! We've watched our wedding videos...
a million times over and everyone who has watched them is so impressed!
AJ and Stephanie are truly remarkable individuals with exceptional talents. From our very first interaction, it was clear that they are not only incredibly skilled at what they do,...
but also kind-hearted, genuine people who truly care about their couples. We thoroughly enjoyed working with them and felt so fortunate to have the opportunity to get to know them, not just as vendors, but as people.
Throughout our wedding day, AJ and Stephanie brought a calm, reassuring presence that allowed us to simply be ourselves and enjoy each moment. Their ability to capture the most meaningful, fleeting moments, both big and small, was nothing short of extraordinary. Watching our wedding film brought such joy. They have wonderful attention to detail and captured key moments perfectly. It really felt like they were able to bottle up our day and understood key points of our relationship and personalities.
We are incredibly grateful to have this memory preserved so artfully and with such care. It’s something we’ll cherish for the rest of our lives.
Please, do yourself a favor and book AJ and Stephanie as your videographers. Their work speaks for itself, but their warmth, professionalism, and heartfelt approach make them truly one-of-a-kind.
Thank you again!!!
Margot, David and Scout
I cannot rave about this couple enough. They really made our day a special. They were so calm while doing their job, but also the greatest help throughout the day. Their composure ...
really set the scene during video/photo time. By the end of the night we felt like friends. We received so many compliments from our bridal party and close family about how fantastic their attitudes were. One of my largest shoutouts from the night was Stephanie, she helped with some of my dress malfunctions so much. She was a trooper with everything we threw her way. I will recommend these two through and through for anybody getting married. I also HIGHLY recommend booking both of them. I know two is definitely better than one, and we haven’t even received our video back yet. I just know you would enjoy having both of them there on your special day.
Vogel Visuals was amazing to work with! They were great with communication and checked in with us along the way. They were incredibly friendly and worked great with our photographe...
r. AJ and Stephanie were incredibly helpful in making the day run smoothly. Stephanie even helped to bustle my dress! The video that they made was AMAZING and conveyed all of the emotions that were there on wedding day! They are clearly passionate about what they do and it shows in the quality of their work. We decided after the fact that we wanted copies of the speeches and they were so kind and quick with getting them to us. I keep joking that if I got married again they would for sure be on my vendor team!
AJ and Steph were absolutely AMAZING from start to finish. They took the time to get to know us as a couple and the style of video we were hoping for. After giving them locations a...
nd a rough timeline, they took over figuring out every detail of the day from there. AJ even helped set up sound at the church. Their calm yet excited energy on the day made it feel like they were a part of our crew and they got along with our photographers seamlessly! The final product far exceeded our expectations and brought all the emotions of the day right back. We are so grateful to have their work as a keepsake of our special day and would HIGHLY recommend them for the Milwaukee/Chicago/Rockford and surrounding area.
After DAYS of research, we chose Vogel Visuals to be our wedding videographer. We are so so glad that we did. They have such a unique and wholesome way of capturing people’s specia...
l days. AJ & Stephanie are two amazing people. Stephanie even jumped right in to help with an alteration on my dress that would have bothered me all day!! Our wedding video has been played on repeat since we received it & we cannot wait to share it with our children and grandchildren some day.
As a wedding planner, I have so many great things to say about Vogel Visuals! Their talent, professionalism, and creativity, is unmatched. Leading up to my client’s wedding, they p...
rovided clarity and confidence to myself and my client, aiding the excitement for the upcoming celebration. On the wedding day, I appreciated their postive presence and ability to colllaborate and assist vendors as needed. I highly recommend Vogel Visuals for your video production needs!
The first perk of hiring Vogel Visuals is you get to spend your wedding day with AJ and Stephanie who are both such completely lovely human beings. We absolutely loved working with...
them! They were super professional and accommodating, and they worked great with our photographer. We knew we could count on them, which was one less thing to worry about on a potentially very stressful day. When we received our wedding video, we were absolutely blown away by the quality and how they were able to capture all the emotion of the day. It was so beautifully done. We couldn’t be happier with their work and we will cherish our wedding video for years to come. We also found their pricing very reasonable. Vogel Visuals was definitely one of our favorite vendors and we would recommend them to anyone looking for a talented wedding videographer.
We worked with AJ for our May 2023 wedding in Madison, WI and AJ is absolutely incredible at what he does. We’ve only seen our teaser video thus far but we are SO IN LOVE already!!...
! He was able to work with us to find a package that fit our needs, and has super professional looking videos which we loved. He is also just an extremely genuine person and we could not have been happier to work with him.
We can not sing the praises of Vogel Visuals enough! AJ and Stephanie are such wonderful and genuine people. They are professional, attentive, and a blast to work with! We were a b...
it nervous about being in front of the camera, but AJ and Stephanie made us feel incredibly comfortable and confident. We were so impressed with the quality of our video and how many personal details and emotions they captured during our special day. We were also amazed by the turnaround time on receiving the finished product. There have been many happy tears and compliments from everyone who has watched our wedding video. We love that we have a beautiful memento that allows us to relive the best day of our lives over and over again. If you are even on the fence about hiring a videographer for your wedding, DO IT and reach out to Vogel Visuals. You will not regret it!
As a last minute decision, we decided to get a videographer. AJ was quick to respond and available to help! He was very reasonably priced and our video turned out PERFECT. We enjoy...
ed reliving our day through his work. The video quality was excellent! Communication was easy, and I never felt like I was “left in the dark.” We got our video back in a very reasonable amount of time. And Lastly, AJ was just NICE! I didn’t feel like he was fake, just that he genuinely cared about the product he was giving us. I could not recommend him more!
Vogel Visuals was an excellent choice for our wedding videography. I am so incredibly happy with the highlight video that they created as well as the extra footage we received. The...
y were such friendly people to have as apart of our wedding day. Stephanie did the wedding morning behind the scene shots for the girls, and she was so sweet and fun to have around as we finished getting ready. Similarly, AJ spent the morning with the guys, and he fit right in and was able to get some awesome shots. During the actual ceremony, they were very discreet. They got amazing video, and I didn’t even notice them anywhere during the ceremony. I was very impressed! They had quick and thorough communication through the entire process. I highly recommend Vogel Visuals to anyone looking for a videographer. You will get a stunning video of your big day, and you will have a blast spending your day with AJ and Stephanie!
I cannot recommend Vogel Visuals enough! We booked them for our wedding and couldn't be happier with the results. They really listened to what we knew we wanted to capture while at...
the same time offering their own creative ideas for shots/poses that turned out absolutely stunning. They worked seamlessly with, and were so considerate of, our photography team the entire time. When your photographer goes out of their way to add VV to their preferred partner list at the end of the night, you know you hit the jackpot! It was obvious to all our vendors and guests alike that the owner, AJ, is a genuine, talented professional who truly loves what he does. The final video we received took our breath away. My dad still cries 6 months later! From the editing, to the music, to the touching voice-overs of our vows – it is truly a treasure we will cherish forever. You won’t find a more invested, reliable, and kind-hearted videography team out there.
I had been on the fence about using videographers for our wedding when a family member recommended AJ and Stephanie of Vogel Visuals. She had shown me the video from her sisters we...
dding and it was absolutely gorgeous. AJ and Stephanie were such a pleasure to work with. I could not have imagined anyone else working with us on our special day. They really fit in with our family and friends and were incredibly easy to work with. I have watched our highlight reel countless times now and cry every time because it is just so beautiful. I am so glad we decided to go with Vogel Visuals. It was one of the best decisions that we made for our wedding. Thank you, AJ and Stephanie for providing us with such a beautiful keepsake from our wedding that we will cherish forever!
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Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana
