A place for all our Ramblings, some Nonsense but mainly Good Advice with Good Intentions
Choose the blog title that takes your fancy. Whether you want to learn more about who we are and how we roll to make sure we're not a couple of nutters before sharing your day with us... Or you're looking for some experienced advice on all things weddings and film-related, we've shared plenty of juicy tidbits here!
Ugly laughs for Jacob and Elyse at Fig Tree Restaurant
Months before their Fig Tree wedding in Byron Bay, Jacob and Elyse filled in our booking questionnaire. One of the
Filming weddings at Gabbinbar Homestead, Toowoomba
Ask anyone in the local wedding industry where they most love to shoot, and Gabbinbar is always near the top
The truth about the ‘Wedding Tax’
You’ve heard the rumours… A birthday cake costs $150. A wedding cake? Add a zero. Same flour, same eggs, same
Why we are the ultimate fans of a multi-day wedding
With Shaun’s family Sunshine Coast QLD based and ALL of TJ’s over in the UK we knew, when planning our
Do you do Super 8?
Yes. We do. But also… it’s not usually what we’d push first. Super 8 is very cool and if you’ve
They said it better than we could
Our films land in the inbox, and they write back — and then we know we’re doing something right. Here’s
What we’re actually doing with the camera when we look like we’re just hanging out
From across the room it can look like Shaun is doing very little. Leaning on a doorframe. Small smile. Camera
How to have a kickass wedding
It’s pretty simple really… Plan a PARTY and make that party yours — whatever a party looks like to you.
We will not ask you to walk toward us in slow motion.
Okay so… we need to get something out of the way before anyone books us and then spends three weeks
You’ll forget the day. That’s the point.
You will not remember your wedding as a neat little timeline. You will remember a feeling. We film for that version of you.
We don’t do photography. On purpose.
Before you ask… we don’t do photography. Not as an add-on. Not as a “while we’re here” job. We make
We stay selective so we can stay invested.
Boutique on purpose. We stay selective so we can stay soft — and so your filmmakers feel like friends by the time the day arrives, not a vendor with a tripod.
Who is actually going to be there on the day?
The ‘wedding photography and film’ corner of the internet is full of polished faces… and then, when the morning arrives,
Plan the important bits. Then let the day go haywire.
We love a good run sheet. Not the minute-by-minute kind that turns a wedding into a military exercise. The kind
Watch a whole film because the trailer is lying to you.
The trailer is lying to you. Not in a villain way. In a “highlight reel of the things that were already obvious” way. It shows you we can find pretty. It does not show you whether we can sit still long enough for the bit that actually matters.
The Price you have to Pay for those Shots
There are some bloody cool wedding films out there right now. Static, perfectly framed, Wes Anderson-style ones. Symmetrical. Still. Every
You Want Fast Social Content AND a Proper Wedding Film?
So you want ‘Fast Social Content’ AND a ‘Proper Wedding Film’? Here’s how that could actually work (without the extra
What 16 Years of Filming Weddings has Taught Us
We’ve been doing this for over sixteen years now. That’s a lot of vows and a lot of first dances.
Behind the Scenes: What a Real Wedding Day looks like with Lemon Tree Films
Most wedding content you see online makes everything look perfectly choreographed, as if the wedding was directed like a Hollywood
YOUR wedding day shouldn’t be THEIR Brand Campaign
There’s something that’s been ‘bugging us’… And we’re not the only ones. Every vendor that we actually admire – for
