Quinceañera
film

I arrive early, while everyone is still getting ready. That's the part people thank me for later: the nerves, your mother adjusting the dress, the house full of people coming and going. Once the party starts nobody remembers those moments — and they're the ones that hit hardest on screen.

Then comes everything else: the entrance, the waltz with your father, the changing of the shoe, the surprise dance if there is one, the toast and the party. I film without interrupting and without asking anyone to do it again. If a moment has to be repeated for the camera, it already stopped being real.

And I film what's happening around the edges: your grandparents' faces, your cousins laughing at a table, the friend who tears up without meaning to. That's what turns a video into a memory instead of a record.

A five to eight minute film, cut with music, pacing and structure. It's the one you'll play when someone asks how the party went — and the one people watch all the way through without reaching for their phone.

A short vertical cut for Instagram and TikTok, already framed and ready to post. You don't have to ask for it separately or pay extra.

And the complete raw footage, uncut. Everything I shot that day is yours. A lot of videographers keep it; the way I see it, it was your party, so they're your images.

Delivery is four weeks, with two rounds of revisions in case you want to adjust something in the edit.

The Essential package starts at $2,500 and covers six hours. If it's an all-day celebration, the Full package is $3,500 with ten hours, two cameras and a trailer for social.

Thirty percent books the date, the rest is due when the film is delivered. Cash, Zelle or bank transfer all work.

Good dates fill up early, especially May through October and in December. If your party falls in high season, the sooner you ask the better.