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Be patient with your vendors

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.

Welcome to Aperture Lane

This has been a long time coming. I often get the following request: Tell me about Aperture Lane. It’s been almost six years of building my wedding videography brand and I feel that I only now understand it well enough to not only explain it but to teach my team.  In the early years, I […]

Moody & romantic library wedding style

I just got back from my trip to San Francisco, and opened my inbox to some fabulous news: An editorial shoot that we participated in got featured in Today’s Bride Magazine! Check out this moody and romantic shoot we did in the Royal Canadian Military Institute library! Here’s also a behind-the-scenes look at some of the […]

Let the pro choose music for your wedding film – 8 reasons why

This meeting with this prospective couple, Ben and Alisha, was going well. The three of us sat in the coffee shop sipping on our peppermint teas with ever-flowing conversation. We hopped between “getting-to-know-you” and “wedding planning” topics, smiling ear to ear accented with frequent bouts of laughter. It was such a good connection that I […]

Thank you for 2018 from Aperture Lane

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 […]

Wedding Ride-Along with Ryan and the crew

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 […]

ABOUT the Author

I'm Ryan. Documenting life isn't a job; it's a lifestyle. The unfiltered version lives here.

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.

Real tips, behind-the-scenes stories, and the answers couples usually find out too late. Consider this your head start.

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