“We barely noticed Eoghan on the day…”
This is exactly how I want you to feel. You shouldn’t spend your wedding day thinking about cameras. You should be laughing with your friends, hugging your parents, listening to your partner's vows and enjoying every second.
I’ll be there early, stay until the important moments have unfolded, and quietly capturing the moments that can’t be recreated. You want the memories. Not a camera following you around.
Eoghan, videographer/editor
based in Navan Co Meath, Ireland. I’ve been creating cinematic wedding films since 2014.
Why I make films
I suppose it comes naturally to me to have a camera in my hand.
Even at home, I’m the one filming. Family gatherings, birthdays, the little things that might otherwise be forgotten - but my favourite by far is our annual family trip with my wife and kids.
Every year I document it, edit it and make a film of the time we spent together. It isn’t for social media or anyone else. It’s our own little treasure chest of memories, and we’ve built up quite a collection over the years.
It’s a big deal to me.
I usually wait for a cold winter’s evening to surprise the kids with the latest one. By then, the sun-filled memories of the holiday have started to fade, so the film brings it all back. In fact, I look forward to making the film almost as much as I look forward to the holiday itself.
Every now and then, we sit down and watch them again. Sometimes we make a proper evening of it — the living room becomes a cinema, the popcorn comes out and the films go up on the big screen. Other times, it happens completely naturally. The kids pile into our bed on a Sunday morning, we stumble across one of the films on my phone, and before long we’re all watching it again.
And I won’t pretend it doesn’t make us a little emotional.
But that’s part of what I love about them. They give me perspective on how quickly time is passing, and a reminder to make the most of the here and now.
Seeing our children as they were, hearing their voices and laughter from years ago, and noticing how much has changed in such a short time is a wonderful reminder of what these films really are.
They freeze a little piece of life that would otherwise simply become a memory.
That’s also why I believe so strongly in wedding films.
On the day itself, it’s difficult to know just how meaningful a film will become. You’re busy living it - surrounded by the people you love, taking in as much as you can.
But with time, the film becomes something more.
It brings back voices, expressions, mannerisms and the atmosphere of the day. It can bring people back into the room who may no longer be there, and remind you of moments you had almost forgotten.
I think a wedding film is one of those rare gifts you give your future selves without fully realising it at the time.
And that’s why I approach every wedding much like I approach my own family films: quietly, attentively and with a genuine desire to preserve what it felt like to be there.