About
A small studio that would rather film one wedding well than three badly
We take one wedding a day, two filmmakers at most, and edit everything ourselves. This page explains how we got here and what that means for you.
Amber Reel grew out of filming friends’ weddings with a borrowed camera and then being asked, more than once, whether we did it properly. We do now. The kit is a pair of full-frame mirrorless cameras, fast lenses that work in a dim church, a gimbal for the moments that need to move, and more audio recorders than most couples expect. The approach has not changed: stand where the photographer is not, stay out of the aisle, and let the day happen.
The edit is where the film is made. We pull every usable moment, lay the vows and speeches down first, then build the highlights around the words rather than around the music. Colour is graded by hand to match the light the day actually had, so a grey February wedding looks like a grey February wedding, only beautiful.
We are a new name, and this site will fill with films as couples give us permission to share them. Until then we send private links to recent work when you enquire, and we would rather you judged us on a full film than a thirty-second trailer.
How we work
What you can hold us to
Licensed music, every time
Films are cut to music licensed from a production library under a licence that covers your personal copy and online sharing. We do not use chart music, because we cannot licence it and neither can you.
Your footage is safe
Two copies at the venue, a third off site that night, cards untouched until the masters are done. Raw footage is kept for 12 months and master files for 3 years.
Insured and, for drones, certified
Public liability and professional indemnity cover are in place and certificates go to your venue on request. Drone flights are only made by a pilot holding a CAA Operator ID and A2 Certificate of Competency, with aviation-specific insurance, and only where the venue and airspace allow.
The team
Who turns up
Imran leads the studio and is the first camera on most weddings. A second filmmaker joins on feature bookings and for multi-day Asian weddings, drawn from a small group of people we have worked alongside and trust with a couple’s only chance at the vows. Everyone who films with us has shot a wedding under supervision first, and nobody edits your film except us.
Company details
Amber Reel is a trading name of MINIX MART LTD, registered in England and Wales, company number 14845184. Registered office: 47 Charlbury Gardens, Ilford, Essex IG3 9TU.
Insurance: public liability and professional indemnity in place, equipment insured, certificates to venues on request. Drone operations under a CAA Operator ID and A2 CofC with aviation-specific cover. ICO registered. Footage handled under our privacy notice.
Have a date? Ask whether we are free.
Send the date and venue and we reply the same day, usually within the hour between 8am and 10pm.