The calmest person at your wedding.

I’m Darius — a filmmaker from Newcastle, and the founder of DS Media. Since 2020 I’ve filmed everything from conferences to national sport campaigns, but weddings are the work I care about most, so they get their own home: DS Media Moments.

Here’s what I’m like to have around on the day. Mostly, you won’t notice me — I film like a guest who happens to have a camera. When direction helps, I give it clearly and kindly: I’ll put my teacher voice on for the group photos, get your gran laughing, and have the couple session done in twenty easy minutes — bang, bang, bang — before you’ve missed your drinks.

And I plan. Properly. After our calls I turn my notes into a written schedule and send it to everyone, so the venue, the suppliers and your families are all reading from the same sheet. I’ll tell you when your timings won’t work, when the light will be behind the wrong table, and when your makeup artist needs to be told an earlier time than the real one (always).

I’ll also always tell you what I can’t do. If your budget doesn’t fit me, I’ll say so and point you somewhere honest. If you don’t need something, I’ll tell you not to pay for it — couples with 28 guests don’t need a second shooter, and I’d rather tell you that than take the money.

After the wedding you get a sneak peek within 48 hours, your full film within 8–12 weeks — and, more often than not, a message from me months later checking how married life is treating you. My couples aren’t transactions. Quite a few of them are now mates.