Hiring Twenty Valley was the best last minute decision that we made for our wedding.

We made the decision to knock down our guest list from over 200 people to only 27 due to Covid, which meant the majority of our friends & family wouldn’t get to celebrate with us. Over the holiday season, many people expressed how much they wished we’d do a livestream of the ceremony, so we started looking into it a month before our wedding (which was at the beginning of Feb). Most wedding streams we’d tuned into over the past 2 years had been through webcam or iPhone, which is fine and free! We even did a test run at the venue using Facebook live, an iPhone, & a tripod. But when we saw the size of our venue, the limitations & logistics of self live-streaming, and the number of people who planned to watch live, we knew that we wanted a professional to make the viewers at home feel like they were truly part of the experience & ensures that the livestream would stream without a hitch!

Enter Mike from Twenty Valley Media! Ever the professional, he walked us through the packages available for a one hour stream and explained the process. He’d live-streamed a wedding at our venue previously and was completely reassuring that he’d capture all the best angles (3 cameras were set up!) and provide great footage.

He didn’t disappoint! He set up our livestream link on YouTube a few days prior to the wedding so we could share the link with our loved ones ahead of time. The livestream started 15 mins before the ceremony, and he had YouTube-licensed music playing over footage of our guests chatting and seating themselves, so people coming to watch early from home were reassured that they were watching the right channel. (BTW Mike, lots of people said they loved the songs you chose!). He captured the entire ceremony, cutting between cameras to ensure the camera was focused where it needed to be. When the ceremony was over, he had organized with us ahead of time to approach the camera on our way out of the chapel to thank everyone online for watching, before the livestream ended. This was a nice touch and truly added to the feeling that those at home were included and valued for being part of the ceremony.

I’ll also add that the livestream chat / message board was such a lovely addition to the ceremony. When we watched the video back a few days later (Mike provides you with the footage and the link is replayable on YouTube) Mike had edited it so we could see the messages people were leaving us throughout the more mundane parts of the ceremony. So cute and fun!

In all honesty, I first thought it would be too expensive to hire a professional live-stream company. Is it REALLY worth it when it can be done on your own phone? But now that I’ve heard the appreciation and genuine happiness from our loved ones who watched from home, and seen the quality of the video afterwards, I can say that it was 100% worth it. The dozens of compliments and words of appreciation we got from people watching from home was enough to know that hiring Mike was the best choice. People were SO impressed with the quality of the production and we were asked multiple times from different people how we managed it. Goes to show how people are really used to seeing these events through shaky iPhones or grainy webcams, and that services like what Twenty Valley Media offer are still rare, niche and unique. Now that I’m on the other side of the pandemic wedding planning, I can say with certainty that hiring a professional livestream company was the right decision.

Live-streaming with this vender truly made a difference to our wedding experience in terms of providing a unique and memorable experience to those who couldn’t be there physically. Plus, we now have a cute wedding video with lovely & funny commentary that we wouldn’t have had otherwise! An unforeseen keepsake, like a wedding book! If you want your livestream event to have the “wow” factor, or simply want someone you can trust to execute the tech flawlessly & professionally, then go with Twenty Valley Media! You will not regret it!

We hired Mike Austin of Twenty Valley Media as the videographer for our wedding in August. From the initial consult, I could tell how genuine he was and how much passion he had for his work. We had a very specific vision for our wedding video and Mike was so great about accommodating our needs! The final product turned out AMAZING and we are so happy with our video!! Communication was great throughout our time working with him too! We can't thank him enough for creating such a special piece for us to watch for years to come! Thank you Mike!

We were so happy with the experience with Mike. We hired Mike during the pandemic when we realised that many of our family would not be able to travel for our wedding. We got married at this tiny chapel… with no wifi and a difficult connection! Mike went above and beyond for us to get it to work and I’ve heard nothing but great feedback on the quality of the video stream. Thank you so much Mike!!

One of the best decisions my wife and I made was bringing in Twenty Valley Media to stream our wedding. Mike at Twenty Valley Media was hands on and quick to respond throughout the entire process of our wedding. My family from America, UK and Jamaica were able to tune in without a hitch. I’d highly recommend getting the Diamond package, it has everything you need and the editors at Twenty Valley Media are AMAZING. Mike and his team at Twenty Valley Media exceeded our expectations in every way imaginable. My wife and I have already watched our wedding live stream and wedding video more times than we’d like to admit. These are memories that are priceless. Thanks to everyone at Twenty Valley Media for helping us make them possible!

We knew we wanted to livestream our wedding, but we didn’t really know what we wanted! Mike was helpful and patient throughout the whole process. We bumped our wedding date early by a week because of covid restrictions, with two days notice, and Mike was available and ready to go! Our families and friends loved watching from home and many have commented how they felt like they were there with us.

Mike was amazing to work with. We got married during Ontario’s lockdown and resultantly could only have 10 guests at our wedding ceremony. Mike live-streamed our wedding ceremony perfectly, and our virtual guests felt like they were with us there in person. The quality of the livestream was amazing. We are very pleased!

Twenty valley media was a great videographer. Very transparent when it came to pricing as well as logistics of the service being provided. We were given clear outlines of each package and the different things we could add on to better our footage. We did encounter a hiccup when it came to our wedding video as we had payed for raw footage and received a trailer however they were kind enough to allow us to keep the trailer as well as sending us the raw footage taken that night.

We are so grateful Mike was a part of our special day capturing all the important moments from our celebration. From the moment we got in touch, he was responsive, helpful and friendly. The process for booking and prep for the wedding day was super easy. On the day of our wedding, Mike had such a nurturing, personal and fun energy about him. He went above and beyond - checking in on us throughout the day/evening, offering to bring us water, tissues, etc., and was graciously flexible with his timing. Above all, the final product of the wedding video just blew our minds. It captured the essence of our day - the energy, the love, the emotion - and we couldn't have asked for more. We highly recommend Mike for you videography needs. He's the best of the best.

Thank you Mike. We're exceptionally appreciative!

We hired Mike as a videographer for our wedding after going back and forth on whether or not we wanted to even have video, and we are SO happy that we decided to go with it! Mike was very responsive in communicating with emails or by phone and made the process leading up to the wedding day so easy. He was professional and made us feel comfortable in front of the camera, and we are thrilled with the result - he truly captured the feel of our day perfectly and we are excited to have a video to share the video with family and friends and have the memories to watch back for years to come. Video definitely captures some moments in a way that photography can't. Highly recommend!

My wife and I were so amazed with Mike's live stream service for our wedding. Mike was very professional in his service, and even tested our venues prior to the day, so we had peace of mind on the day of. Our virtual guests felt like they were right there with us. We would definitely recommend Twenty Valley Media. Mike is great at what he does!