As a wedding videographer, my approach is simple: to document your day in a beautiful fashion with minimal posing. Rather than relying on industry trends and kitschy poses I seek to work in a style that will age well - classic, soft, and elegant.
I understand that your search for a wedding videographer has revealed many different styles and I hope that you have been able to discover what is most important to you. For me, the priorities as a wedding videographer are to filter my work through these three qualifiers: Is there beauty? Is there emotion? Is there story?
This focus has led me to focusing my lens more on the day in its entirety, rather than creating a wedding video overly centric on poses with the couple. Because let’s be honest, there is more than enough beauty in the day itself without needing to manufacture moments. My philosophy while filming is to simply be present and anticipate these real moments so you can relive them forever.
If you are looking for a wedding videographer to script and pose your day, then you will want to continue your search. But if you are wanting to be present on your day, and have your wedding captured in a timeless and romantic fashion, then let’s talk.
Because it’s forever,
Drew Barrett Meinecke, Owner and Sole Wedding Videographer of D. Barrett Studios
FEATURED FILM // A TWO DAY CELEBRATION
Wedding Videographer serving Des Moines, Minneapolis, + Chicago
with timeless wedding videography
Wedding Videographer for the Real Moments
Having filmed over one hundred weddings over the course of six years I still swoon over the moments of authentic vulnerability and emotion at weddings. These true moments are dramatically more valuable than their posed counterparts and you need a wedding videographer that places utmost importance on documenting them and also holding them sacred by not stepping in to interrupt and direct.
Whether it’s a father seeing his precious daughter in her wedding dress, a mother tearfully recounting her son’s childhood in her mind as she shares a dance, or the countless number of moments that surprise you with their significance and emotion, my goal is to let them organically happen without intervening, so you can truly live the moments and then relive them later with authentic and beautiful wedding videos.
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“It was an absolute pleasure working with Drew for our Engagement Short Film and our Wedding Films. He captured both of these days so beautifully and we received all films very quickly.
Drew is impeccable in his work, and we knew right away from our introductory conversation with him that we wanted to work together. He is professional, personable and truly wants to get to know each of his clients so he can capture the perfect video that is uniquely yours. We now consider Drew like family!”