Not to belittle the real disorder known as ADD, but I think I MIGHT have it, with a touch of OCD.
I’m ADD in the sense that I get distracted very easily and I am OCD in the sense that I demand perfection in my film work, and once I start a project, I can’t stop for a day until it is done.

I know other wedding videographers who take 40, 50, even 60 weddings in a year! I simply am not one of those. I take less than 20 weddings per year. That’s it. I do not “over-book” and I have ZERO “backlog” (In other words, I am not working on more than one wedding at a time and I don’t have 3 or 4 weddings waiting to be edited while I work on another.)

My clients benefit from this because this means their wedding is my entire focus. No other distractions to cause my ADD to go into effect.

And while someone with true OCD does NOT consider it an advantage in their life, my ‘touch’ of it does allow me to get wedding films done in less than 3 weeks. (My quickest wedding edit was 6 days, my average is 10 days, but my longest was about 2 and a half weeks… still far faster than most in the industry).

But these aren’t the only reasons I limit how many weddings I take in a year. One of the main reasons is my family. I treasure time with my wife and children. Our weekends together are amazing and memorable. No amount of money a client pays me is equal to the time I could be spending with my wife and kids that day. In a few years my oldest son should be old enough to be a PA (Production Assistant) for me at weddings. That’s a really fancy name for the person who carries all the heavy stuff on the wedding day.

One other rule I have; I do not take more than 3 wedding weekends in a row. This allows me to ‘breathe’. I once did 4 weekends back to back and the stress was more than I (and my family) could handle.

Your wedding day is one of the most special days of your entire life. I do not take it lightly. Your love story is my only focus; not just when I am at your wedding, but for the next few weeks after your wedding day as I am working on your film. I cannot and will not allow the distractions of “backlog” and stress to cause me to rush through creating an heirloom for you and your future generations to enjoy.