Instagram story viewer> @garretteffa> Posts

Garrett Effa

@garretteffa

1.6K

followers

1632

following

☯︎ ☯︎ ☯︎
» 🏺 @effa.ceramics » 🎥 @effa.creative.co

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Download All

Why Choose Super 8 for your Wedding Day?

I think it comes down to something pretty simple: we want to remember how moments actually felt.

Super 8 has a way of slowing everything down. Because you can’t endlessly shoot, review, or recreate a moment, there’s less temptation to perform for the camera. You just keep moving, stay present, and let things happen naturally.

And behind the camera, it forces me to do the same. To slow down, pay attention, and trust that the moments worth remembering don’t need to be manufactured.

that’s why Super 8 feels so different—it carries the feeling of how it was captured.

The grain, the movement, the flicker, the little imperfections—it all makes the footage feel lived-in. Like a memory rather than a production.

In a world that’s becoming increasingly digital, edited, and even AI-generated, there’s something really meaningful about preserving the people we love exactly as they were. Laughing, dancing, crying, running around, doing absolutely nothing.

Not performing for the camera.
Just living.

Years from now, I want your wedding film to feel less like something you watched and more like something you remembered 🖤🎞️

#super8film #weddingonfilm #shootfilm #weddingfilm #weddingvideography taken in Lake Tahoe, California by @garretteffa

3

7

6 days ago

Man this summer flew by.. Between weddings, long days, late nights, and way too much time behind a computer, I feel like I’ve grown a lot — personally and in my business.

For the past few years, weekends have mostly been reserved for work. I’ve gotten used to missing out on things, making sacrifices, and spending a lot of time behind a camera or computer. Yet, feeling extremely grateful. Working weddings has pushed me to open up more. To let people in. I get to experience love every weekend, hear stories from people with completely different lives and backgrounds, and somehow find little pieces of myself in all of them.

And somewhere between a camera in my hand and a computer screen, I’ve been trying to slow down + actually notice my own life too

Warm nights that turned into mornings. Random plans. Getting outside. Friends that make everything feel lighter. The little moments that don’t really need to be captured or turned into anything. They just happen, and then they’re gone🖤

Major takeaway from this Summer: make room to be present for the life happening in between work by @garretteffa

3

10

8 days ago

Kruger Pt.2 🙏🖤📸 taken in Kruger National Park by @garretteffa

3

5

4 months ago

Kruger Pt. 1 — Finally getting around to editing some of the frames I captured during my time in Kruger. Forever grateful for the opportunity to experience the bush,
surrounded by good friends and @heidipeinthorphoto

#krugernationalpark #bigfive taken in Kruger National Park by @garretteffa

3

10

4 months ago

“They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled grey bodies, and soar away, light spirits at the end.”

I’ll never forget my first encounter with these magnificent creatures 🖤 taken in Kruger National Park by @garretteffa

101

8

5 months ago

Spring has finally arrived.

Winter moved quicker than I expected—full in ways I didn’t quite plan for. Not as much of this as I would’ve liked, but somehow still enough… and enough always seems to meet you right where you are.

Finding gratitude in the quiet moments tucked between the chaos.
Listening to my body. Staying present with what’s in front of me. Feeling stronger than I have in a long time—just keeping it moving

🙏🩷 taken in Lake Tahoe by @garretteffa

123

8

6 months ago

East shore reset🤍 taken in Lake Tahoe by @garretteffa

3

8

8 months ago

Most of the damage was done by the simple belief that we were above what we were born from.

Ego taught us we were separate, fear taught us to conquer, and instinct will finish the work. taken in Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico by @garretteffa

3

0

8 months ago

Mexico iphone dump. A week of waves, doggos, sunshine, endless tacos & margs. ☀️🌴🖤 #vivaméxico #sayulita taken in Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico by @garretteffa

192

42

a year ago

Finally working through footage from this magical day at @laplayaca 🙏

@carocarolcaroline & Will 👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️🖤
@handjflowers 🌸💐
@beningramvisuals 📸
@blushhairandmakeupdesign 💄
@chiceventrentals
@theonicollection
@dartcollective
@liaadamsevents 🎬

#carmelbythesea #carmelwedding #coastalwedding #weddingvideo #weddingfilm #cinematicwedding #weddingvideography #californiawedding taken in Carmel by the Sea by @garretteffa

3

7

a year ago

Adios summer 🥶✌️🖤 by @garretteffa

3

2

a year ago

This and forgetting about the world 😴 taken in 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 by @garretteffa

3

5

a year ago