09/27/2025
Really long story ahead, so if you just wanna skip to a beautiful love story go ahead, but if you want to learn a little more about me keep reading:
When I first started shooting both photos and video, I immediately fell in love with landscapes, as I've always loved the outdoors and it made sense as the subject of my work. It might seem weird if you've followed me during the last ten years, but I genuinely didn't care or think much about taking pictures or videos of people. After a few friends asked me to photograph their weddings in the early 2010s, I realized that I actually enjoyed working with people more than I would have expected, and figured that it might be something fun to pursuit. Fast forward a couple years and a friend asked me to film her wedding, and it was at that time I had a realization that I really liked telling people's stories, especially in the format of video.
Since then, I've spent the last 10+ years learning more and more about how amazing people's stories and lives are, getting the chance to document over 200 weddings and a handful of “Love Stories” in between. With each project completed, I grew more of an appreciation of the importance of family, connection, and how important it can be to document those moments, as time is fleeting and memories fade a lot faster than we'd like to believe. I never got to really know or be close to my grandparents, but I learned so much about how important those relationships can be through so many of you beautiful souls. After a few years of shooting, I grew the biggest soft spot for grandparents and am now always on the lookout for them while shooting because I realize just how special and meaningful it is to have them there on wedding days.
Kids. In all honesty, I spent many years entirely unaware of how amazing, wonderful, and important kids are, as my own life didn't really have room for them, given I was traveling pretty consistently for a long time. That all changed when my wife and I had our son Julian back in 2021. Ever since that day, I have become increasingly more sentimental (which is saying a lot because I've been pretty sappy for a loooooong time) and see kids and families in general in such a deeper, more holistic way when I'm working with them. Every grandparent I now see brings about the realization that they held their own kids in their arms just like I did my sons, and then that kid grew up to have their own kids who they got to know and support, all culminating in this beautiful moment that is the celebration of finding love and starting their own family. Every mother son dance makes me realize I'll be watching my wife dance with our sons one day at their wedding, and just how unbelievably special that is.
When I started shooting Love Stories years ago, I knew that it would be fun to document a piece outside of weddings that would tell the story of how two humans met and how they fell in love. When I started to film Mike and Heidi's Love Story, we realized there would be an opportunity to not only tell the story of them and their son Gatlin (who was already born), but to include the birth of their next child who was going to be arriving before the wedding. Getting to be a part of that and capture those memories for them was one of the coolest moments of my professional career, and I've realized that I am now 1. Officially the sappiest person on the planet and 2. Even more committed than ever to carving out the time to make family videos happen. The goal was initially to do it this year, but with a lot going on I've had to put it on the back burner.
All of this is to say, thank you Mike and Heidi for trusting me to capture so many amazing moments in your lives and helping me learn and evolve my craft. It was an honor to film this Love Story for you, Gatlin, and Lenni Jo :)
This is "Heidi and Mike - A Love Story" by Jasper Meddock Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
