Videography

Vlad Chaloupka

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Vlad and Ben have been friends ever since Vlad lent Ben a camera lens while the two were shooting a basketball game for their respective newspapers when Ben was still in college. Since then, Vlad has filmed weddings all over the world alongside the photographers of Chrisman Studios. He even filmed Ben and Erin’s weddings in Las Vegas and Mexico.

Vlad’s wedding films are in a league of their own, thanks to his sophisticated style and eye for subtle, tender and hilarious moments that would otherwise go unnoticed. Vlad’s films show couples as they truly are – beautiful, happy, funny, at times tearful, at times tipsy, at times nervous, and often overcome with joy. Weddings are a blend of all those emotions, and your film will remind you – over and over again – what a deliriously wonderful weekend you experienced with the people you love most.

Vlad lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife Rachel and daughter Mira.

Michael Reed

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Michael Reed studied filmmaking at the University of South Carolina’s College of Media Arts. He began filming weddings in his hometown of Charleston, S.C., before inevitably being lured out west by California’s beautiful golden light, laid-back nature, and, more specifically, the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.

Michael joined Chrisman Studios as a wedding filmmaker in 2011 and has been a talented addition to our documentary wedding team. Brides and grooms appreciate his calm demeanor, eye for beauty, and quirky, humorous side which allows him to uncover the genuine moments of your wedding day that make you who you are. What results is an honest, beautiful, true-to-life film filled with the moving images and voices of all the people you love most, and the moments that brought you together on this day.