Annika & Jacob

An intentional day. A film entirely their own.

Hobble Creek Manor · Springville, Utah

Their celebration

A shared vision.
Beautifully considered.

Annika and Jacob came to us with a clear sense of how they wanted to remember their wedding. Drawn to the composed, deliberate world of Wes Anderson, they envisioned a film with an editorial eye: still frames, thoughtful direction, and portraits that held their own.

They described it almost as photography in motion. Rather than constant camera movement, they wanted room for a composition to settle and for a look, a gesture, or the setting itself to carry the moment.

Four film stills of the property across a pond, Annika and Jacob by a window, the couple in a gazebo, and Annika beside a fountain.

Their celebration took place on a beautiful property with an expansive lawn, a pond, and a gazebo. With family and a few close friends around them, the day felt intimate and calm.

That atmosphere gave us the space to create together. We spent the morning exploring the property with them, finding settings for the stylized portraits we had discussed before the wedding and making room for new ideas along the way.

Four film stills of Annika and Jacob in the gazebo, standing by a window, seated together on the lawn, and the reception grazing table.

The film began before the wedding.

Long before we picked up a camera that morning, we were sharing inspiration and talking through the images Annika and Jacob had in mind. Those conversations helped us understand the style they wanted and the shots that mattered most to them.

We planned alongside them and their photographer, so the wedding day began with a shared direction. They brought ideas, we brought ideas, and together we could give each image the attention it deserved.

Four film stills of Annika and Jacob on a terrace, posing by a window, raising their glasses, and moving across the lawn.

Photography, in motion.

Some of their favorite portraits were deliberately still: a direct look into the camera, a carefully chosen position, a frame allowed to breathe. Annika and Jacob welcomed that direction and leaned into the quiet confidence of those compositions.

The property became part of the visual language. Its windows, lawns, and gazebo gave us distinct settings for images that felt considered, with the couple at the center.

Four film stills of the couple reaching for each other, looking toward the camera in front of the house, walking beside the gazebo, and a toast.

A place among the flowers.

For the ceremony, guests sat in a semicircle on the grounds, facing Annika and Jacob as they stood within a patch of flowers rising from the earth. They stepped into the arrangement rather than standing in front of a conventional backdrop.

It was an artistic, intentional choice that made the ceremony feel closely connected to its setting. The flowers surrounded them while the people they loved gathered nearby.

Four film stills of the grazing table, the couple in front of the gazebo, their joined hands among ceremony flowers, and a composed walk across the lawn.

Their closest people, close by.

The guest list was intimate: immediate and extended family, a few friends, and the loved ones they wanted beside them. There was a calmness to having that smaller circle together in one place.

The formal portraits and family moments belonged to the same day. Our job was to make room for both, carrying their editorial vision through the film while remembering the people who made the celebration theirs.

Four film stills of Jacob greeting a guest, family portraits on the lawn, and loved ones gathered among the flowers.

Personality in the details.

The stills hold so much of the day’s character: a table filled with colorful cakes, flowers arranged across the lawn, and glasses raised beneath scalloped parasols. Those details gave the more deliberate portraits a setting full of texture and life.

They also helped connect the film’s visual style to the celebration itself. The compositions came from what was there, and from the choices Annika and Jacob had made for their day.

Four film stills of colorful cakes, Annika sharing a drink with loved ones, a vase of roses, and guests serving cake.

The conversation continued in the edit.

Their input did not stop when the wedding ended. Annika and Jacob shared music they loved and films that inspired them, helping us understand the feeling they wanted to return to when they pressed play.

We carried that direction into the edit, balancing the composed portraits with the moments and details that told the story of the day. The goal was a film that reflected both their visual taste and their experience of being there.

Four film stills of a pianist beside the pond, the couple silhouetted at a window, drinks being poured, and a glass and shoes beneath a tree.

Their day, in their own language.

This wedding is a reminder of what thoughtful collaboration can make possible. Getting to know Annika and Jacob, listening to their ideas, and planning together gave us a way to create something personal from the first conversation through the final edit.

They wanted to remember their wedding in a particular way. Our role was to understand that vision and help bring it to life, so the finished film would feel like their day and their personalities whenever they returned to it.