Hello — I’m Daniel
I shoot weddings the way I shoot my own life: on film, mostly quiet, always a little grainy.
Based in Las Vegas with a second base in the Bay Area, and on a plane anywhere a good excuse takes me.
How I got here
My grandfather left behind a shoebox of Super 8 reels — birthdays, a road trip, my mother at nine years old squinting into the sun. No sound, no titles, half of it overexposed. I have watched it more times than any wedding video I have ever been sent.
That is the bar. Not cinematic, not viral — watchable in thirty years by someone who never met you. Film gets there faster than digital does, because it is picky about light and generous about everything else.
How I work
One person, one bag, no lighting rigs and no posing. If you notice me, I am doing it wrong.
I shoot two or three rolls on the day and cover speeches, first looks and anything unrepeatable digitally, so nothing rests on a roll surviving the lab. You get the edited film and every scan, untouched, to keep.
- Super 8
- Loose, grainy, closest to memory. Best for elopements.
- 16mm
- Sharper, wider, worth projecting. The one most couples pick.
- Digital
- Sound, low light, long speeches. The safety net.
Cameras
Canon 814, Bolex H16, a digital body I do not talk about
Lab
Processed and 4K scanned in Los Angeles
Delivery
Film in six weeks, scans as they land
Travel
Las Vegas and Bay Area included, anywhere else quoted plainly