Wedding Videographer in Mount Vernon, NY

Mount Vernon starts where the Bronx ends, and a wedding here usually spends the day crossing that line more than once. Getting ready on a block off Gramatan Avenue, a church service in the city, a reception on the water in New Rochelle or in a Yonkers ballroom twenty minutes up the hill. Nobody plans it that way on purpose. It is just how the geography works.

The city itself is compact and it photographs like it. Brick two families, the long rise of South Columbus Avenue, a park block with old trees on it. We shoot the small spaces close and let the wide frames wait for the reception room, which is almost always bigger than anything Mount Vernon holds inside its own borders.

We cover the day end to end, the processions in, the moment the room turns loud, the cousins who will not leave the dance floor before midnight. That is the part people rewatch, so it gets the same care as the vows. Everything is shot vertical, because the aunt in Atlanta and the cousin in London are going to watch this on a phone, and that version should be the good one.

Mount Vernon is a straight run up the Hutchinson River Parkway from our side of the river, and we schedule around the Cross County merge rather than pretending it is not there.

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A wedding film, start to finish

Featured venues

  • Luxe V Events

    A 3,200 square foot multipurpose room at 58 Gramatan Avenue in Mount Vernon, shown by appointment only rather than walk in.

  • Glen Island Harbour Club

    Ten minutes east in New Rochelle, on an island in Glen Island Park at 50 Weyman Avenue, with ballrooms, a bridal suite and tented ceremony space on the water.

  • Grand Roosevelt Ballroom

    A 1904 hall at 2 Hudson Street in Yonkers, Italian Renaissance detailing and vaulted ceilings, seating up to 585 with a raised stage and a wood dance floor.

  • Marina del Rey

    Family run for more than thirty years at 1 Marina Drive in the Bronx, with indoor banquet rooms and outdoor space looking out on Long Island Sound.

  • Alder Manor

    A 1912 Carrere and Hastings estate at 1097 North Broadway in Yonkers, six acres of gardens, open for film and photo work with weddings anticipated in 2026.

How the house works

  1. A conversation first

    We start with the day itself. Who is in it, where it moves, and the handful of moments you would be heartbroken to lose. Nothing is quoted before we understand that.

  2. A quiet camera

    On the day the house works small and close. No blocking the aisle, no staging your guests, no directing a room that is already doing something worth keeping.

  3. The film, finished

    You receive a cinematic edit built for the way people actually watch, cut to the sound of your own day. Everything included is agreed in writing before the date is held.

Mount Vernon weddings, answered

Can we get married at Alder Manor?

Not yet, as of this writing. The estate is open for film and photo shoots now, and its own site lists weddings and events as anticipated in 2026, so the honest answer is to call them before you build a date around it. It is worth the call. There is nothing else this close to the city that looks like those gardens.

Our ceremony is in Mount Vernon but the reception is not. Does that hurt the film?

No, it is the normal shape of a Mount Vernon day and we plan for it. What matters is where the portraits happen. We shoot them on the ceremony side, before the convoy moves, so a slow parkway takes time out of cocktail hour instead of out of your film.

Do you film Nigerian, Ghanaian and Caribbean weddings?

Yes, and the thing to settle early is the shape of the coverage rather than a package. A traditional ceremony and a white wedding are two full events, often on two days, sometimes in two buildings, each with its own dress, its own music and its own order of service. That is two crew calls with a plan for both, not one long day stretched thin. Tell us the format in the first conversation and the schedule gets built around it.

Church service, then a hall in another town. How much room do we need in the timeline?

More than the map says. Southbound on the Hutch or across the Cross County on a Saturday afternoon, budget forty five minutes for a drive that looks like twenty. We would rather stand around early than shoot your entrance from the parking lot.

Where do people take the outdoor portraits around here?

Usually somewhere with trees and room rather than somewhere famous. The Bronx side and the New Rochelle shoreline are both a short drive, and public parks in both places set their own terms on commercial filming and seasonal access. We confirm the current rule for your date before a location goes on the shot list rather than assuming last season's answer still holds.

Tell us about your Mount Vernon wedding.

Dates go quickly through the season. Send the day, the place, and anything you already know, and we will tell you honestly whether the house is the right fit.

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