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to having missed a moment or two but nothing that made his customers discontented and of course these were in the earlier part of his career. Now he knows what and when to expect certain moments and is always prepared to capture them. He does an average of two weddings per month except for peak season (July/August) when he is completely booked out. On various occasions when events are huge, he has to get up a team. While he videotapes on the ground, another photographer is taking photos while someone else operates the drone in the air to catch all that is happening below. It is just this year, he said, that he has gone big with having the drone. Prior to filming a wedding, Ian, like most other photographers, does photos and if the couple wants it on DVD then he puts a string of them together and plays a song in the background, but he has long since moved forward. A look at two of his videos showed a bride being dressed for her wedding, while her mother tries to assist for probably her last time for a long time. Fast forward to the bride making her way down the aisle, she and her groom catch each other’s eyes for the first time and keep their gazes locked until they stand side by side. Frames after this show the couple arm in arm for the first time as husband and wife while all those around them celebrate. For weeks and months they were preparing for this day, they took pride in getting the best décor; they spent hours finding a pattern and suitable colour for the bridesmaids and groomsmen; much thought was put into getting the perfect bouquet and in the setting of the tables and lots more; then their wedding day arrived and they are too caught up to notice the little things they put so much time and effort into getting. They would have been too caught up to notice who was present and who wasn’t, what dishes were prepared and to remember what their well-wishers had to say. But a few days later, they can sit down with Ian and watch the whole thing. “The greatest moment is when my clients sit down beside me and we watch the film of that day and then they are crying, happy tears of course, and are beside themselves that we were able to capture it all,” a satisfied Ian said. Ian has within his two-year span done more than 100 weddings, which have taken him countrywide. Having accomplished all this so far, Ian hopes to one day be able get into destination weddings and take his passion beyond these borders. He credits his support to friends he built his production with – Vickash Katwaru and Henry Bredner along with his sister Amanda DeFreitas-Baichandeen. Although videography and photography can be rather expensive and exhausting, the thrill of travelling, meeting new people and experiencing different foods and culture by far surpasses any cons of the job. The self-taught videographer said he spent a lot of his time watching tutorial films and is inspired by Ray Roman’s wedding tutorials. Ian is also inspired by Guyanese photographer Fidal Bassier. The Aries born young man enjoys gaming in his free time. He has worked as a videographer on projects in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Guyana Tourism Authority and is currently working on another with Movietown. Ian can be contacted on Facebook at Ian DeFreitas Productions, at email iandefreitas88@gmail.com, his website – www.iandefreitas.com and on 6010788.