HIRE ARIEL IMMEDIATELY! Professional, caring, detailed, reliable, LGBTQ+ friendly, and showstopping - Leira Productions got the job done!
Videography was a priority on our wedding budget, as you only walk away from your wedding day with photos and videos. We wanted a film that captured the spirit of the day that we can watch for years to come. Ariel delivered!
Our relationship started building months in advance through several zoom meetings where Ariel took the time to get to know us and our story. This attention to detail became key when editing our video, Ariel perfectly told the story of us.
We were our own wedding planners, and Ariel, as a wedding professional, helped keep us organized. His company collaborated with us to create a timeline for the day and even provided us with sound equipment. Ariel and his team went above and beyond on the day by being flexible and encouraging, and even staying a little later than originally planned.
Ariel was within our budget and the invoicing process was broken out into monthly payments with emailed reminders that made transactions smooth.
The final product makes us cry, allows people who couldn't attend to feel like they were there, and makes us highly recommend Leira Productions to couples of any race, religion, or sexual orientation.
Please watch our video on Youtube to see for yourself why we are so thrilled with the final product : https://youtu.be/wW1mLs2VG8c?si=5StPjSoxyb9lwjN6
Cheers,
The Hansons

Having a videographer was one of the few "must-haves" for my wedding day, and I'm so glad that we got to work with Ariel. I met with Ariel twice to get to know one another and plan a loose timeline for the wedding day. Ariel was incredibly helpful in talking through the storytelling aspect he envisoned, while being mindful of my and my husband's comfort levels for the day (no vows, no speeches). He also worked with us to find the best package for our budget!

The entire experience with Ariel was great—from planning and budgeting to working together on the day of the celebration to receiving the final product. It was wonderful to work with someone who is not only passionate about their craft but also extremely skilled and easy to work with. Ariel created a beautiful, high-quality, and personalized video that perfectly captured our family and celebration.

Deciding on who to work with to capture one of the most important days of your life is no easy task. Ariel and Leira Productions came highly recommended by our photographer, and we were so glad we chose him!

Ariel is a true professional - organized, attentive, and very easy to work with. He communicates well, sets realistic expectations/time frames, and responds to requests and e-mails quickly. I had no idea of what to expect when we had our initial call, and I was nervous that I didn't know what to ask or look out for. Ariel was so kind and down-to-earth and immediately made me feel at ease. He explained the whole process to me and even went through potential ideas for my wedding video. I received a quote a few days after and I thought the cost was very reasonable for the quality of his work. From there we had a few more meetings - one with my partner so he could get to know us a little better and eliminate that first meeting awkwardness before our actual wedding day, and another to coordinate with us and our photographer.

The day of our wedding went very smoothly. Ariel was already set up and ready to go before we arrived at the venue and did an excellent job coordinating everyone. He captured us organically, as we were for the most part of the day, and I think that's why I love our video so much. We didn't look stiff or awkward at all.

A few months later we received our highly anticipated wedding videos and couldn't be happier. Ariel is so talented and his videos have such an artistic quality to them. There is so much life in our videos- he captured our wedding day perfectly, and even caught the little, quiet moments in between. The quality of his work is unmatched, and we are thoroughly impressed by what he delivered. We're so happy to have such an amazing video to look back on for years to come.

To Ariel- thank you for putting such love, time, and care into our wedding film, and for giving us the best experience as your clients. We hope for nothing but the best for you!

I was originally a bit skeptical of hiring a videographer for our wedding, but I cannot emphasize enough how glad I am that my wife convinced me to hire Leira Productions. The whole team was incredibly professional, personable, and all around awesome to work with. At one point, my wife squashed a bug and one of Ariel's team members immediately told her to wipe the bug on his shirt. Ariel was such a joy to work with during the wedding day and the video he produced of our wedding was absolutely breathtaking. His attention to detail and vision perfectly encapsulated our wedding day and we are grateful we have such a beautiful video to look back upon for years to come.

Working with Ariel was an A++ experience from our first meeting through receiving our final video. He took the time to get to know us as a couple, and more than that, got to know our vibe through his in-depth questions and easy demeanor. We had unexpected weather the weekend of our wedding, and not only did Ariel make sure to capture footage the day before when the sun was still out, he also was a calming presence throughout the day, making the effort to keep us dry while still capturing all of the details we wanted. His attention to detail is top notch and his creativity when it comes to the final edit is superior. We are beyond thrilled with our final video and loved working with and getting to know Ariel!

From our first meeting with Ariel, we knew we had to hire his team for our wedding day. He had such a relaxed and calming demeanor, while maintaining extreme professionalism and reliability/responsiveness every step of the way. In the months leading up, we had a few meetings where he asked questions to really get to know each of us and us as a couple, as well as our music preferences and wedding preferences on the whole, which helped make the video even more personal and tailored to our wants. His song choices, delicate transitions, speech overlays, and personal touches throughout the videos absolutely blew us away. We are BEYOND thrilled with our choice to hire Leira Productions, and will cherish our videos for years to come!!!

We were referred to Leira Productions by our wedding planner. We are SO THANKFUL that we hired him to film our wedding! Every interaction with Ariel, starting from our initial call was handled with professionalism and more importantly, brought us a sense of calm and trust that we hired the right company to capture our day. On the day of, Ariel and his team provided just the right amount of guidance so they could capture the shot, without ever making it feel staged or uncomfortable. And the end result, the video and the trailers, were literally amazing. We had a home wedding and had some initial concerns about the potential for great video opportunities. We couldn't have been more wrong. We feel like Ariel not only captured our day beautifully, but he made a movie out of it. A movie that still moves us to tears no matter how many times we watch it. Thank you Ariel and Leira Productions. We are forever grateful!
-D and C

Leira Productions MADE our wedding experience! Ariel and his team made us feel heard and comfortable throughout the entire wedding journey.

Before the weekend he was extremely attentive and accommodating to our vibe and vision by truly taking the time to get to know us. During the wedding weekend he and his team brought such positive and lighthearted energy. They were always around to laugh and get excited with us, and to help guide us when we had no idea what were were doing.

When we got the videos back we were blown away. The quality is phenomenal—the music, transitions, filters, and frames captured exactly what we hoped for as a portrayal of our weekend. We were both in tears within seconds and even writing this review gets me re-energized about it. I am so happy with Leira Productions and would use them again for any event!

Ariel was a joy to work with from start to finish. At our first interview, he really took the time to get to know our story and who we were as a couple. He was incredibly communicative throughout the whole process and made everything so easy! On the wedding day, we barely knew he and his team were there. We had heard horror stories about other videographers ruining moments and getting too involved for the perfect shot, and Ariel and his team were the exact opposite. They made everything feel so organic and they seamlessly captured the moments perfectly. When my husband and I got our wedding videos, to say they were perfect would be an understatement. We both started tearing up as he recreated our day for us so beautifully. I can't recommend him highly enough! He was one of the best decisions we made through this process!!

Working with Ariel at Leira Productions was absolutely fantastic. Early in our planning process, we were trying to find places to keep costs down and weren’t sure if we wanted a videographer. After talking to several friends who had one at their wedding, we finally decided we’d consider it. Hearing the speeches, seeing how people interact and how you move together in your wedding outfits is an enhanced memory that goes beyond what photos capture. The challenge we had with a lot of wedding video examples is they come out feeling like a music video, which was not at all what we were looking for. When researching videographer options, we were looking for someone who made videos that seemed tailored to the couple, and truly captured the unique feeling of that wedding. When we watched the videos on Ariel’s site, we both got emotional and even teary about the couples featured there. We felt like we got a real insight into who they were and what their day was like. We knew that if he could make us feel like that about people we didn’t even know, we couldn’t wait to see what he would do for our wedding. We immediately told our planner we wanted to hire him.

Ariel is so kind in his communication and precise in his work. On the wedding day, we saw and interacted with him and his team occasionally, but most of the time we didn’t even really know he was there because he’s completely unobtrusive and gets in no one’s way while still capturing everything. This is really important because you don’t want you and your guests to be distracted feeling like they’re on a film set all day. Whenever he interacted with us, he was calm and gave good direction for the shots he was filming. He asked us if we were comfortable with him using his drone to capture footage during the ceremony and when we said yes, he worked with our planner and officiant to notify the guests before everything started so they wouldn’t be alarmed or distracted. It was totally undisruptive, and the drone footage that he got during the day and into the night was some of the coolest in the video!

We’re both obsessed with the final video and both the moments and the feeling of the day that it captured. We’re so happy we decided to hire Ariel and don’t think any other videographer could have done what he did to immortalize our day. After watching our wedding teaser video, people kept asking us when the “full movie” was coming out because he made it look that amazing!