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Before Heartstone was Heartstone, there were pengu Before Heartstone was Heartstone, there were penguins. 🐧

The idea came from a story I loved about penguins choosing a stone during courtship and presenting it to their mate.

To me, it felt like their version of an engagement ring.

A stone chosen for someone you love.
A stone given from the heart.

A Heart Stone.

And once the penguins arrived, I apparently committed.

They were on our logos, wedding show displays, packaging, delivery boxes, USBs and client gifts. We even delivered actual heart-shaped stones with our wedding films.

I eventually got one of the penguins tattooed on my foot. My first and still only tattoo.

And yes, when I finally got the chance to meet a real penguin, I was exactly as excited as you’d expect.

Looking back through all of this now, though, I see more than an old logo or a brand aesthetic.

I can see Heartstone growing up.

The logos changed.
The packaging changed.
The films changed.
I changed.

But looking all the way back to that very first penguin logo, there’s something I love:

The heart was already there.

Chapter II: Becoming.

Heartstone turns 18 on October 9.

Come walk through the story with me.

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There’s a difference between pointing a camera at There’s a difference between pointing a camera at something and learning how to see a story.

That took time.

Wedding after wedding. Thousands of hours behind a camera. Learning when to move and when to stay still. When the thing happening on the edge of the frame mattered more than the thing happening in the middle of it.

Somewhere along the way, I started to understand that the perfect shot wasn’t always the most important one.

It was the people. The voices. The glances. The moments that disappear almost as quickly as they happen.

I didn’t know it then, but those years were teaching me far more than how to make a wedding film.

They were teaching me how to tell a story.

Chapter II: Becoming.

Heartstone turns 18 on October 9.

Come walk through the story with me.

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Wedding filmmaking in the MiniDV era was a differe Wedding filmmaking in the MiniDV era was a different kind of commitment. 

Before memory cards and instant file transfers, we were carrying cameras like the Sony PD170 around for 10-hour wedding days and going through 8–10 MiniDV tapes at a single wedding, sometimes more because I couldn’t miss anything. 

And then we came home.

Every. Single. Tape. had to be captured onto the computer in real time.

One hour of footage = one hour just to get that footage onto the computer.

So yes, I quite literally relived your wedding in real time more than once. 

Was it wildly inefficient by 2026 standards? Absolutely.

Do I still have boxes of MiniDV tapes to prove we paid our dues? Also absolutely.

There’s something really fun about going back through 18 years of Heartstone and remembering just how much wedding filmmaking has changed.

The MiniDV Era. We survived. 🎥

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Heartstone turns 18 on October 9. And before we g Heartstone turns 18 on October 9.

And before we get there, I want to go back to the beginning.

Before the studios. Before the destination wedding films. Before hundreds of wedding days and thousands of hours of footage.

There was a camera, a girl who didn’t want to miss anything, and absolutely no idea where any of it would lead.

Over the next few weeks, I’m opening the archive and sharing pieces of the story I’ve rarely told.

Not just how Heartstone became what it is.

But what 18 years of telling other people’s stories taught me about the ones worth keeping.

This is where it started.

Chapter I: Beginning.

Come walk through the story with me.

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This has always been the heart of filmmaking for m This has always been the heart of filmmaking for me.

Not just documenting what happened, but noticing what mattered.

The way they looked at each other.
The sound of someone’s laugh.
The people who filled the room.
The voices you don’t yet know you’ll miss.

Because years from now, the smallest moments may become the ones you treasure most.

That’s why we tell stories.

Not just so you can remember what it looked like.

So you can remember what it felt like.

Stories worth remembering. Films worth keeping.

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10 Things Couples Tell Me They Wish They Knew Befo 10 Things Couples Tell Me They Wish They Knew Before Their Wedding Day

After filming weddings for nearly twenty years, certain themes keep appearing.

Not the color palettes.

Not the trends.

Not the things that looked beautiful for a moment.

The things people wish they protected.

The moments they wish they slowed down for.

The words they wish they had written down.

The ten minutes they wish they had taken alone together.

And the things they kept long after the flowers were gone.

The best wedding days aren’t perfect.

They’re present.

So I put together a free guide with ten observations from two decades behind the lens.

Not as rules.

Just reminders from someone who has had the privilege of witnessing hundreds of love stories.

If you’re planning a wedding, I hope it helps you focus on the things that matter most.

Download the full guide at the link in bio.

Because some stories are worth remembering.
And some things become family heirlooms.

⸻

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