Behind the Scenes · 28 March 2026
Why I Shoot Weddings (Even Though I'm a YouTuber)
People ask me why I still take wedding bookings. Here's the real answer.
Every couple of months someone asks: “Now that the channel’s growing, are you going to stop shooting weddings?”
The answer is no. And the reason isn’t money.
Weddings keep me human
A YouTube channel can quietly turn you into a brand. You start optimising for thumbnails. You start hearing yourself speak in soundbites. You forget that real people exist outside your camera.
A wedding day cures that in nine hours flat. You can’t fake your way through the bride’s dad crying during his speech. You can’t optimise the moment a groom forgets his vows and laughs through them. You just have to be there. Quietly. With a camera.
Weddings teach me about the gospel
Every wedding I shoot is a tiny, broken-but-beautiful preview of what Revelation 19 calls the marriage supper of the Lamb. Two people choosing each other in front of everyone. A covenant made in love. The promise of forever.
Sometimes I’m hiding behind a column with a 70-200mm and I just have to stop and pray, because what I’m watching is theology with the lights on.
The honest financial bit
Yes — weddings still pay better per hour than YouTube. I don’t pretend that doesn’t matter. Faith doesn’t mean ignoring rent. But if YouTube paid triple, I’d still take ~10 weddings a year, because the day I stop shooting them is the day I start losing the part of me that knows how to actually see people.
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