This is home. I live in Vacaville, and Suisun Valley, the quiet wine region ten minutes from my door, is some of my favorite wedding country anywhere. Rolling vineyards without the Napa crowds, golden hillsides at sunset, barn venues and Victorian mansions that photograph like a dream: Solano County is one of Northern California's best-kept wedding secrets.
Because I'm local, everything is easier. No travel fees anywhere in Solano County, easy venue walkthroughs before your wedding day, and a videographer close enough to walk Suisun Valley Inn with you and plan around where the light lands at five o'clock in June. Couples get Napa-quality cinematography without Napa minimums.
My style is documentary at heart and cinematic in craft: your real vows, real toasts, and the in-between moments you didn't know were being filmed, edited into a film you'll rewatch on every anniversary. One wedding per day, always.
Suisun Valley sits in a bowl of hills, and that shapes the whole evening. The hills to the west take direct sun off the valley floor before the sunset time on your phone, so at Suisun Valley Inn and both Vezér properties I plan couple portraits to finish before that moment, not at it. Then comes my favorite part: ten minutes of soft, shadowless light on the vines while the sky keeps its color. Keep toasts out of that window. The valley also does wind. Summer afternoons bring a breeze up from Suisun Bay that cools everyone down but pushes on veils, florals, and open microphones, so every vow mic I run is wind protected.
The two Vezér properties film differently. At The Blue Victorian the house is the story, and blue paint against green vines and a warm sky is a combination that needs no help in the edit. Mankas Gardens is about texture: dappled light under the old trees for the ceremony, then the darker, warmer barrel room, where I plan for gentle light so the reception looks the way the room feels. Il Fiorello is easy to underestimate. Olive leaves are silver underneath, so when low sun comes through the grove from behind, the whole orchard flickers.
Elevation matters too. Bally Keal sits above Green Valley, so you keep direct sun longer than a valley venue does. Out at The Timbers at Silveyville the land is flat in every direction: a wide horizon, a slow sunset, and orchard rows that line up for a walking shot. Jefferson Street Mansion gets cooler air off the Carquinez Strait and looks its best in the last hour of daylight.
Timing: in June the sun is down around 8:30, so a 5:30 ceremony leaves room for cocktails and portraits in the best light. By mid October it is closer to 6:30, so I ask fall couples to start earlier or plan a first look. July and August afternoons are hot in Fairfield and Vacaville; a later ceremony is kinder to your guests and to the film.
I live here, and that local knowledge goes into your film. I plan around which Suisun Valley ridgelines glow last at sunset and when the Vacaville hills turn from green to gold, and I route a wedding day so we catch the valley's best light without rushing anyone. You get a local's knowledge, zero travel logistics, and full-day coverage that starts calm because the videographer slept in his own bed.
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I live in Vacaville, California. Suisun Valley is about ten minutes from my door, Fairfield fifteen, and I film across all of Solano County. This is genuinely my home turf, not a market I drive into.
Never. There are no travel fees anywhere in Solano County, or anywhere else around the Bay Area, Sacramento or Yolo County.
My wedding films start at $2,700 for full-day cinematic coverage, and elopement films at $2,500. Most couples invest $3,000 to $5,000. See the pricing page for current packages.
I film weddings at venues across the valley and the rest of Solano County, such as Suisun Valley Inn at Monroe Ranch, both Vezér properties (The Blue Victorian and Mankas Gardens), Il Fiorello, Bally Keal Estate, and Green Valley Country Club, plus venues across Vacaville, Fairfield, and Dixon. Wherever you are marrying, I'm happy to scout your venue before the day.
Yes. Napa Valley is 30 to 40 minutes from my home, so a rehearsal dinner in Suisun Valley and a wedding at a Napa winery is an easy weekend for me: one videographer, no handoffs.
Yes. I offer combined film + photography coverage, and I work happily alongside any photographer you've already booked.
Per my contract, wedding and elopement films are delivered within 6 to 8 weeks, and I share sneak peeks along the way.
I limit bookings to 20 to 25 weddings a year and often book 1 to 2 years out. Summer and fall Saturdays fill first. If your date is closer than that, reach out anyway; closer dates can still open up.
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