I don't always write reviews but after all that we experienced with Brandon Vincent, I found that AMAZING is an understatement for him.
I had been shopping around for a videography/photography team for a while and even though I put in a few inquiries to other teams, I already knew I wanted Salty Trades Wedding Cinematographer (Andrew Barrera) and their photographer of BV Maui Photo (Brandon Vincent) based on their pictures and videos on their Instagram profile and their website. I knew that this was going to be our special day and I wanted a team that knew how to work well together and that they would be the team to capture it and I'll remember it for the rest of my life. Little did I know how true it would be and how well they would really capture it.
I was so ecstatic when Andrew, the owner and cinematographer who handles the invoicing side of everything, contacted me and told me about his packages that he had. He even suggested things based on my concern for what we wanted to do and our budget. Not many businesses are that considerate where they think of the client first. We were in the middle of the pandemic with businesses shutting down on the island so they knew that money was tight, but I still wanted to have the wedding because love does not stop and they were super accommodating! During our first contact (pre-pandemic), we were originally going to have a reception the same day as the ceremony and he was able to create a package where we could do ceremony and reception. However, when I told them that we were no longer able to have a reception due to covid restrictions, but was still able to have a small ceremony, they were so flexible and accommodating in changing the agreement to ceremony only. Then they asked if we wanted to do a sunset photo shoot since we weren't doing a reception and you bet I said yes!
For our wedding day, they executed everything flawlessly! Once the ceremony was done, we took some family pictures and then after we got to relax for a bit before going to our sunset photo shoot.
That experience with the sunset photo shoot was definitely amazing! They made you feel like you were the only people on the beach and it felt like we were making a movie. We don't take photos or videos professionally so we're kinda awkward so doing all the things they told us to do felt weird, but I definitely trusted them. A prime example was while on our way to sand area of the beach from the little parking lot, we were passing by a small Kiawe filled forest (think dead looking trees with thorns on the branches, not so good looking for pictures but great for firewood) and Brandon had stopped us and told us to follow him into the Kiawe forest and said he saw something great and he wanted to capture it before the sunset lighting was gone. I didn't see the what he saw but I was excited to see what he captured!
That trust did not go wasted as we fast forward to a week later and they're done with everything. Guys, ONE WEEK! Who else does that?! Talk about speedy service. But that speediness did not compromise quality one bit cause when I say I was blown away I mean I loved it and felt like I was there on my wedding day all over again and in my feels with everything AGAIN! Andrew invited us to his house so that we could see the pictures and videos they had created for us and whew I was completely in awe the whole time.
All the pictures they captured were so phenomenal, I could not believe that this was from my wedding! They captured all the emotions plus me trying to hold back tears from seeing my almost husband during our first look before the ceremony. During the ceremony they were able to capture everything I wanted and more. All the family pictures that they had made it hard to choose which I wanted to frame up on my wall because there were so many! The icing on the cake was the sunset photos. They made the pictures look like it could be on a magazine cause it was so much more than beautiful! They had such great ideas (kiawe forest) that I would never think of and the way they use their lighting and natural lighting was *chef kiss* perfect! I still can't get over it!
They could have treated us as a simple transaction, but they didn't. To me they're more than a business, they're actual people who care about the people that they will be working with. They've actually become our friends who I'll forever be thankful for capturing such wonderful memories!
To say that I am happy with everything is an understatement, I am over the moon as they made everything so much more beautiful than I ever envisioned. This was a simple wedding, but they made it look so much more than that! Thank you Brandon Vincent! read more