You make moments with your films. Now make moments for your business.
A conference, a community, an event
to remember.
Register now for the Moments Conference, where you’ll build your filmmaking community, create partnerships, gain knowledge and guidance from industry experts, and elevate your videography business.
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Bringing wedding filmmakers together
Monday evening
-Miguel Garcia, conference founder
I have a deep desire for community and believe that the human connection is something we cannot live without. When I first started as a filmmaker, I knew I needed to be connected with others in my industry so that I can grow, excel, and feel part of something bigger. This is the heart behind Moments: to bring wedding filmmakers together!
Make every moment matter with 2 full days, packed with inspiration and fresh ideas.
october 23-24, 2023
1PM—magi fisher
1:20PM—emma K
1:40pm— Harrison films
2:00PM— anna lord
2:20PM— peyton frank
2:50PM— Closing session
Monday afternoon
11:20aM—taylor Petrinovich
11:40aM—Megan Pettus
12pM—break
12:20PM—summer newman
12:40PM—LAUREN FAIR AND MARK YEATTES
Monday, october 23, 2023
Monday Morning
all sessions online
10AM—Opening Session with miguel garcia + sarah kay love
10:15AM— Courtney wolf
10:40AM— 618 studios
11AM—MIGUEL GARCIA
Tuesday AFTERNOON
1pm—bride and groom "getting ready"
2pm—bride and groom together
3pm—ceremony details
Welcome in-person attendees at Marriott Thousand Oaks Augora Hills. Visit any of the beautiful wineries minutes away from the hotel. Cruise PCH South to Santa Monica or head up the coast to Big Sur.
For those attending in-person, you have the option of joining a viewing party with Miguel Garcia + Sarah Kay Love as they host the virtual experience on Monday.
sunday:
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Check-in and unwind.
4pm—tablescape
5pm—sunset shots
7PM—shoot wraps
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styled shoot moodboard
in-person workshop + Styled shoot
Tuesday Evening
We are excited to welcome you to a full day of education and content creation on Tuesday, October 24,2023
Tuesday morning
11AM—welcome
11:15AM—brooke keegan
12pM—flatlays and headshots with jenny quicksall
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Caleb Norman James has an incredible vision for those attending the Styled Shoot on Tuesday! See the inspiration!
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Elevate your business with key insights.
These incredible creatives and expert filmmakers will help you take a fresh perspective and make meaningful changes to grow your brand and your business.
Peyton is a destination wedding, commercial, and editorial cinematographer named by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the Top Wedding Filmmakers in the World. With humble beginnings as an intern at a wedding planning firm and producer at an experiential marketing agency, she has over eight years of knowledge of the wedding and events industry and five years as a self-taught wedding filmmaker.
Based in Napa, CA, Taylor Petrinovich is a cinematographer specializing in multi-day weddings for a bold yet refined clientele. She is also the co-owner of Level Up, an educational brand and podcast whose mission is to help wedding filmmakers take their businesses from mainstream to luxury.
618 Studios
Taylor Petrinovich
Paul and Kelley Gilster are the owners and filmmakers of 618 Studios, a wedding film company based in Southern California. They have scaled their craft and placement in the industry for 13 years while building their brand on story driven films, exceptional client experience and a teammate mindset with all creative partners. Their experience as wedding filmmakers has led them to seek multiple revenue streams including digital products, corporate/commercial filmmaking, and education.
Meet Anna Lord, a destination filmmaker for the nostalgic. She is a Southern California and Colorado based visual artist who is passionate about narrating the quiet moments through a visceral experience. She strives to capture organic emotions & the beauty that surrounds her subjects.
Following the years she spent in university to get her degree in Fine Art & French, she traveled, worked, and lived in many cities in the United States & Europe — both of which greatly influenced her work. Anna has been working as a visual artist for the past 15 years in both the wedding and fashion/commercial sector. Her work has been featured in Elle, The New York Times, Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings, & Us Weekly.
Peyton Frank
Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia is a Los Angeles based wedding filmmaker of 11years. He began his coaching for wedding professionals in 2014-2019 as the Pasadena Leader with Rising Tide.
Miguel spoke at his first conference in 2017 at Showit United and then again in 2018. As of 2021 Miguel has been focusing on helping wedding filmmakers make more money while working less and getting their time back.
Harrison Films
Together, Deanna and Grant are Harrison Films: a husband and wife luxury, destination wedding
filmmaking team, based in Washington DC.
With formal education in film production, combined with over a decade of experience in their
field, Deanna and Grant have developed a distinguished style that has led them to work with
their dream clients, collaborate with some of the industry’s top vendors, and earn features by
notable press such as PEOPLE, Martha Stewart Weddings, and BRIDES.
Between traveling for weddings and editing from their home on Capitol Hill, Deanna and Grant
enjoy exploring their neighborhood, traveling, spending time with their families, and investing
back into the creative wedding community through private mentorships and collaborative
workshops.
Megan Pettus
Megan's experience as a journalist fuels her love of documenting stories while serving others through videography.
She focuses on providing elevated experiences for her clients on digital and Super8mm film. Megan leads a team of female filmmakers around the Country filming luxury weddings and events with an emphasis on capturing romance, story, and family history-all in an unobtrusive method. While the team's sweet home is in Alabama, her goal is to bring Southern hospitality to clients around the Country.
Becoming a mother made the desire to preserve memories all the more important—she is reminded every day how quickly time passes and how precious those moments are as she raises her two daughters alongside her husband, Bart.
Brooke has more than 19 years of experience designing, planning, and producing spectacular events for some of the world’s most ambitious and exacting clients. Named a top wedding planner by Harper’s Bazaar, she has established a reputation of excellence and consistency for producing unique, beautiful, and innovative events that far leave a lasting impression.
With her outstanding organizational skills and love of design, she has established a reputation of excellence in event management, flawless execution and visually stunning events. Brooke’s clients can trust with confidence that they will experience an exceptional planning process whilst exceeding their expectations. She has solid relationships with premier creative partners both nationally and internationally, ensuring that anyone she refers is at the top of their respected field. Her past events are testaments of the quality, detail and experience that make her successful.
Anna Lord
Brooke Keegan
My photography focuses on joyful, editorial, stylish images full of beautiful light and natural emotion. With dreamy film tones and a relaxed approach, my team and I capture our wonderful clients' days with an approach tailored to you.
I spend my free time traveling through the most beautiful corners of the world, restoring our old farmhouse, relaxing in our favorite Jersey beach town, and designing homes. My dream day? A crisp glass of prosecco along the waterfront village of Villefranche-sur-Mer in the French Riviera, with my beloved baby boy Brin and husband Tim alongside me.
I've been gratefully named one of the 100 Most Inspiring + Influential People in the Wedding Industry by the Knot and one of the 50 Top Photographers in the World by BRIDES Magazine - but I believe the best accolades come from happy clients!
Summer Newman
Summer Newman is an acclaimed Destination and Southern California wedding planner with a soft spot for old-world romance and unforgettable affairs. Named “Top Wedding Planner in America” by Brides and Marta Steward Weddings.
Lauren Fair
Magi Fisher
Magi is a lawyer and educator for artists and creative entrepreneurs. Her journey has taken her from photographing professional surfers while swimming in some of the world's most epic waves to receiving a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law. Magi founded Magdalena Studios, a boutique photography studio, which quickly grew, alongside her law career, to serve over 80 couples per year. Magi now oversees the wedding photography studio and team of associates, photographs a limited number of luxury and destination weddings per year, and provides legal counsel to creative business owners with a specialization in contracts, trademarks, copyright, and small business law.
Emma is an LA-based filmmaker who specializes in documenting luxury weddings and events worldwide.
With only 4 years in the industry, she has had the honor of filming over 100 exclusive stories to date and has been featured in world-renowned publications such as People, Brides, ESPN, Green Wedding Shoes, The Wed, and more. She is also the founder of The Wedding Filmmaker Workshop, a 4-day in-person experience for wedding filmmakers, and Co-Host of The We Got You Podcast, a business-oriented space engineered for wedding photographers and videographers alike.
Emma K
Courtney Wolf
Courtney Wolf, Invision Events' principal planner and a founder of Educate | Empower | Encourage is a business and life coach wrapped up in a wedding planner’s body. An award winning speaker, she's been dubbed a “personal trainer for your small biz” and a “small business therapist." Her background includes a degree in Marketing as well as her MBA and with this lens she views our industry objectively and runs all things operational and client facing for Invision. Consider her your personal cheerleader and someone who will transform you into part of the "get it done" crew. Twice named by BRIDES as a Best Wedding Planner in America, Courtney serves high end couples from coast to coast.
Mark Yeattes
Yeattes Productions focuses on the organic moments of a wedding day to craft bespoke films that showcase the unique personalities of every couple.
As no two weddings are the same, we strive to convey true emotion in our work to capture the authenticity of your celebration.
We consider our clients an extension of our family and take great pride in creating a visual heirloom that will be enjoyed and cherished for generations to come.
Originally from Indonesia, and now based in Southern California, my love of travel and culture have led me to photograph destination weddings around the world. My eye for detail, connection with my couples, and seamless creation of natural moments allow me to create impactful images.
Named as a top wedding photographer by Brides, I’m beyond grateful that my work has been featured in publications ranging from Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings and Style Me Pretty to The Knot and the cover of Inside Weddings.
Jenny Quicksall
Kaleb Norman James is a Seattle native who began his career in floral design. When he realized he was designing beautiful events that lacked logistical direction, he took his background in corporate event planning and combined with his love of floral and design to create a full service event planning & design firm. Since its inception in 2014, Kaleb has planned weddings across the world from Italy, to France, Costa Rica to the Caribbean. Rooted in a love of travel, architecture and fashion, his designs have a strong European influence and forever find their roots in a classic, Ralph Lauren inspired aesthetic. These passions have all greatly influenced his approach to developing his signature aesthetic- combining old world grandeur, with a finely edited sense of restraint.
Sam Eng
Meet Sam Eng Films, a talented videographer based in the Orange County area who specializes in crafting wedding videos and creating marketing videos for California businesses and nonprofits. With a fresh and creative approach to filmmaking, Sam Eng Films is dedicated to capturing the substance and meaning of every event. Sam Eng Films takes pride in offering a level of service that sets them apart from others in the industry. Their sole focus is on ensuring that every detail is perfect, creating a celebration that will be remembered forever. Whether it's a wedding or a marketing project, Sam Eng Films brings a unique perspective and expertise to the table.
Sarah Kay Love
Sarah Kay Love is a full service creative agency, specializing in stylish branding, killer content and smart
digital marketing strategies devoted to helping companies build brands that differentiate
themselves and increase business. After working for InStyle magazine and “America’s Next Top Model” photographer Nigel
Barker, Sarah became a lover of all things weddings and spent five years at The Knot magazine
producing and curating visuals on a variety of media platforms from print to digital editorials,
covers, advertising campaigns, and social media channels.
Sarah is now combining her unique skill set and sharing her knowledge with wedding and
creative professionals to properly strategize, create, curate and market content so they can get
noticed, drive revenue and stand out in a saturated market. From website design and logo
creation to content marketing, SEO, social media strategies, and advertising campaigns – Sarah
Kay Love and her team does it all!
Join us for conversation and community online or in-person.
Kaleb Norman James
Moments Conference Team
planner:
co-host + digital marketing director
videography:
photography:
Make this the year you grow your filmmaking business. You’ll learn how to:
Make more money in less hours, gaining back precious hours.
Attract your ideal clients with prices that make sense for everyone.
Build your business and your clientele with smart marketing tactics.
Connect with other filmmakers to grow your network.
Join an incredible, uplifting community of fellow creatives and business owners.
