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James Ryan Films provides wedding films for clients in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since 2001, James has loved to be behind a camera filming. He takes a documentary approach, capturing moments in a natural way without any posing or staging.


Services Offered
His style is unique because he will provide you with the day's worth of raw footage. From there, you’ll have the power to make a completely custom video. Many couples will edit themselves or hire someone else to do so. James takes this approach to help you save on the expensive cost of wedding films. Choose the coverage you need and your raw footage will be delivered to you quickly. His services include:

  • Additional hours
  • High-definition videos
  • Multiple cameras
  • One event per day
  • Liability insurance
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Def Video
Multi. Cameras
Raw Footage

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Add'l Hours
Client Revisions
High-Def Video
Multi. Cameras
Raw Footage

What primary style do you identify with?

Documentary
Storytelling
Traditional

Which wedding events do you service?

Ceremony
Pre-Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What videography services do you offer?

Highlight Video
Multi. Cameras
One Event / Day
Raw Footage

What final video formats do you offer?

Digital Download
SD Card
USB Flash Drive
USB Hard Drive

Reviews of James Ryan Films

James
James Sent on 08/05/2022
5 out of 5 rating

James was exactly what we wanted and more

Looking for a videographer in the beginning was a little daunting. Most that provided editing and "movies" were very expensive and some charged extra for all of our footage. I feel lucky that we found James. He does no editing, but provides all the raw footage and at a reasonable price. You can also edit it yourself or pay someone to do so, but at least you will always have ALL of your footage. He met in-person and he gave us great vibes. He arrived at the wedding and he did not just have 1 camera, but 4. We ended up with lots of footage from multiple angles. He was running around filming everything for 8hrs. He worked hard and stayed kind and humble the entire time. He worked well with the photographers. He had nothing but kind words to say to us. When our footage was delivered it even came with a hand written letter. The videos were very high quality. Like we had our own movie production team. You will not regret hiring James.
Jaqi
Jaqi Sent on 11/22/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Great Videographer

Go to experience James’ work at my sisters wedding, and had to hire him for mine the following year. I love that he gives raw footage so you can see everything. He’s a one man team but he uses multiple camera to catch multiple angles, and he captured little things that otherwise would’ve been unnoticed. He was also very quick about sending us the footage. Great Value, Great Quality, Great Videographer. Thank you James!!
Melissa
Melissa Sent on 09/28/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Incredible!

James was so easy to work with and got our wedding video back to us super quick!
Crystal
Crystal Sent on 09/15/2022
5 out of 5 rating

James gets it done!

We loved having James film our wedding. For just one guy, he was everywhere! He is a raw footage only videographer but one of my sisters is a film director and agreed to edit our film as a wedding gift. We loved the idea, the cost and James did us right. He was a total pleasure to work with and got into the WeddingFest theme we had for our big day. I am happy to refer him!
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Daniel Sent on 11/14/2021
5 out of 5 rating

kind and professional

James was professional and kind in all aspects of capturing our day. He filmed both our Sangeet/Rehearsal Dinner and wedding the following day and got us all the raw footage one week later. He captured so many happy little moments between our family and friends we didn't even know happened!! Thank you for being a pleasure to work with, James!
Allison
Allison Sent on 03/08/2021
5 out of 5 rating

AMAZING in every way!!

James is amazing! He is incredibly professional, kind and such a wonderful videographer!! We loved the fact that the film was unedited - it helped us see and hear things that we hadn't throughout the day. We had lots of laughs and "omg, I didn't know that happened" moments. We got the unedited film quickly in the mail and watched parts of our day over and over again. The video is high quality too of course :) we high recommend James!!
Lily
Lily Sent on 11/06/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Exactly what we were looking for!

He was great to work with for our wedding! He was professional, his set up was impressive, and was quick to get us the raw video after the wedding. We had a larger wedding planned that went through a lot of changes during the pandemic and James took all those changes in stride. We would definitely recommend him!
Ashley
Ashley Sent on 01/23/2020
5 out of 5 rating

So many angles of our wedding day!

We are so happy we went with James for our wedding videography! It has been so much fun looking through all the footage of moments that we didn't see and multiple angles of our ceremony and reception. James was great to work with, so nice, and literally filmed every thing on our wedding day! I didn't see videography as a must have item because I was so used to seeing the short 5 minute clips that have become popular, however there were so many moments during the night where I thought "I'm so glad this is on video!". We love that we have all the raw footage, so we will be able to pick and choose what we want to go in our final wedding video and put it together ourselves. Would definitely recommend James if you are looking for a documentation type of videographer, and then you can make your video what you really want! Thanks so much, James!
CVC
Cvc Sent on 01/13/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Great experience. Very accommodating

James was great to work with! Listened closely to every special request.

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Ciara Sent on 08/13/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Great Videographer!

James was a pleasure to work with for our Wedding! He captured all of the angles of our wedding and everything that we wanted. We have all of the footage to re-live our special day and that is exactly what we were looking for. We received the footage very quickly in the mail along with a handwritten thank you card.
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
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