Rachel + Lorne — You shine as my brightest light.

It’s hard to find the right words to describe this cou­ple and their incred­i­ble day at Kurtz Orchard. It feels like any words we con­jure man­age to only bare­ly scratch the sur­face of this pow­er­ful film. For one, there’s the nar­ra­tive — lay­ered through var­i­ous per­spec­tives and aid­ed by visu­al cues that move the sto­ry along. Then, there’s the jaw-dropping imagery — thanks in part to an omi­nous­ly over­cast day and the per­fect light that would break through the clouds every so often. And then there’s the fer­ris wheel, the clas­sic Impala, the stroll through the vine­yards at dusk with beau­ti­ful white hors­es, the tree-lined cer­e­mo­ny, and tent­ed recep­tion amongst the vines.

And at the heart of all of these awe-inspiring ele­ments are Rachel + Lorne and their abil­i­ty to nat­u­ral­ly and can­did­ly lose them­selves in each other’s gaze. Seri­ous­ly, this hap­pens count­less times through­out their wed­ding film.

It helps that R + L are no strangers to being in front of a cam­era (we met them near­ly two years before their wed­ding, days before they took off on their year-long adven­ture across the world as @theywentthere), but this piece is ulti­mate­ly about col­lab­o­ra­tion, trust and lots and lots of love. They let us know about each and every aspect of their cel­e­bra­tion before the day, which ele­ments were impor­tant and made sure we had enough time to exe­cute our vision. Mean­while, they trust­ed us as we went out of our way to cre­ate some­thing unlike any­thing we’ve ever put togeth­er before.

The result is a beau­ti­ful­ly cin­e­mat­ic film that seam­less­ly blends mood­i­ness and emo­tion­al warmth into a touch­ing story.

But again, words can only say so much, so watch, re-watch, and share along 🎡