Hi. I'm James.

But despite all of that, weddings remain my favourite thing to film. Not because they're easier: quite the opposite.

I started out as a Forest of Dean wedding videographer, filming weddings around the towns and villages I already knew. That's grown over the years into covering weddings across Cheltenham, the Cotswolds, Cirencester, Stroud and Tewkesbury, and further afield still: weddings across the UK, and destination weddings abroad.

Unlike commercial productions, there are no second takes, no lighting crews repositioning the sun, no talent repeating a line until it's perfect. You have one chance to capture a feeling exactly as it happened. That's what I love.

Every wedding is unpredictable, emotional and completely unique. My role isn't to manufacture moments. It's to recognise them before they disappear. The years I've spent directing commercial productions have taught me how to work instinctively, stay calm under pressure and find beauty in almost any environment. Those same skills now shape every wedding film I create. The result is a film that feels effortless, natural and deeply personal, one you'll still be proud to watch decades from now.

Some of the weddings that have meant the most to me have been those of my closest friends. I've filmed Dan and Georgina, Connie and Grant and Rich and Hayley — people who played in bands with me, planned my stag do and stood beside me at my own wedding. Being trusted to preserve those days made the value of a wedding film feel especially clear: it becomes a record of the people, voices and relationships that shaped that moment in your life.

Outside of weddings you'll usually find me travelling somewhere with a camera, skiing in the mountains, searching for exceptional coffee or planning the next adventure. Curiosity has always been the driving force behind my work, and it's probably why no two films I've ever made feel quite the same.