Creative Weddings by Your Story Matters Videography and Personal Documentaries

, Gay-friendly wedding services from Your Story Matters Videography and Personal Documentaries

Personal Documentaries for All Couples, Creative Weddings, Commitment Ceremonies, Vermont Civil Unions

Sample videos: scroll to lower left

What clients are saying:

Pediatric Social Worker and Surgeon, OH
…one of the best uses of our wedding budget

Founder and Executive Director
ACT NOW! Inc.
Empowerment through Improvised Movie Making
…a real gift for editing in the camera

Social Worker and IT Manager, MA
…highlighted key characters and chapters in our lives

Quality and filmmaking experience make all the difference for...

Weddings
Reunions
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
Anniversaries
House & Garden Tours
Births & Birthdays
Coming of Age
Adoptions
Graduations
Living Memorials
Retirements
Celebrations of Life
Your Story Matters Videography

Sample Work

   Introduction   2:52
Getting Ready 2:41
Your Ceremony 1:12 Telling A Story   4:22
Listening to You 1:32
    Humor & Joy    2:42

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Wedding Documentaries for All Couples

When it comes to planning your festivities, are you and your beloved…
• creating all or part of the ceremony yourselves?
• finding new ways to express what's most important to you?

"If so, these are the kinds of events I enjoy filming most of all. Ever since I shot my first films of West African ceremonies over 20 years ago, I've had an eye and a knack for catching the nuances of events where tradition and change meet and mingle.

It’s fun to imagine that when your descendants see your wedding documentary, there's a good chance they'll see the roots of ceremonial elements that have since become one of their traditions." --Carlyn

All works by Your Story Matters are available on VHS, CD, and fully indexed DVDs.

Carlyn Saltman's unobtrusive style captures timeless wedding memories

Selected Honors for
Carlyn Saltman's work

Outstanding Social Documentary
New England Film and Video Festival
Awards for Excellence, two-time recipient
Society for Visual Anthropology
National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities Fellowship, two-time recipient

Free Customized Estimate

Each personal documentary is as unique as you are. Carlyn consults with you to create a film that's in tune with your preferences... Voiceover narration? Photo montage? Additional music? Interviews with your nearest & dearest?

Carlyn can help you decide.

Call for a fee initial consultation and estimate.

Tel: 413-863-4480

"Dear Carlyn,

You captured both the flow of events from informal to ceremonial and back without a hitch and the emotions of our nearest and dearest. You put people at ease whether you were filming candidly or doing your conversational interview magic.

We were not sure we even wanted a wedding video at first. Then your approach as a trained documentary producer and personal historian changed our minds. You understood right away what we wanted and the video is nothing shy of a masterpiece."

Mari and Craig Mielcarski, Amherst, MA

Please select About Us for more information about Carlyn's training and experience. References and other work samples are available on request.