As we approach the one-year mark of the pandemic lockdowns, let it never be said that I’m discounting the experience of wedding couples in these times, but your wedding vendors need some love too.
I present the annual Aperture Lane Moments video, chock-full of nostalgia and gratitude!
Super short post today: Today marks 7 years lugging my camera bag and stick (monopod) to every event and shoot as Aperture Lane! 🎉🎊⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I’m not gonna lie: Year 7 sucked (thanks, COVID…) … but it’s that “suckage” that I’m sure God will use to give me the perspective to appreciate the silver lining […]
We gotta believe in our stuff but every now and then some validation is always appreciated. And this is quite timely. This morning I logged on to Instagram and realized I was tagged in the following post: I was voted as one of the best wedding videographers in the Greater Toronto Area! This was kind […]
How do you distill a year of experiences down to 3 minutes? If you want to do them justice, it’s basically impossible. With that, I present the annual Aperture Lane Familia Wedding Moments.
In an industry where most of the popular imagery in magazines, social platforms, and influential personalities is white, I can sometimes feel out of place as a professional who is a visual minority. In light of the blackout Tuesday conversations happening, I’d love to briefly share my experience here.
It was a year full of lemons but we drank a lot of lemonade! Lots of tough business lessons and experiences. In spite of those experiences, the brightest highlight of the year was starting the vlog. A big thank you to those who joined the Aperture Lane familia in 2018. I don’t know where we’d […]
Join the crew as we film a wedding… Aperture Lane style! It’s a wedding ride-along!Check out Ryan’s personal vlog for the video! Big shout-outs to my couple, Marc and Alli, for being cool with being in the vlog!Also, big shout-out to team AL for making this happen! Here’s the sneak peek I mentioned at the […]
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ABOUT the Author
I'm Ryan, founder and lead creative at Aperture Lane. Born in Jamaica, raised in Canada, and over a decade deep shooting weddings across 40-plus cultures right here in Toronto. No film degree, no fancy origin story. Just the School of Hard Knocks, YouTube University, and a knack for catching what everyone else misses.
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