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Wedding Photographers · Brisbane, Queensland
Focus First Studios
About
Overview & Vibe
Focus First Studios is Matt and Jess, a two-person photo and film team based in Brisbane and working across Queensland and northern New South Wales. Voted the state’s number one wedding videographers in 2024 and 2025, they shoot everything from vineyard estates on the Gold Coast to a Queenstown elopement, and their published work runs to more than fifty full weddings.
Style & Approach
Candid and natural, and cheerfully blunt about it: no cheesy vibes, no awkward poses, and a stated habit of slipping in and out of the day to catch the moments nobody noticed — the sneaky kiss at the dinner table, a stray hair tucked back. They arrive early to mingle so the room relaxes before anything is asked of it, and they shoot a great deal: eight thousand frames on the day, cut to the eight hundred or so that meet their standard.
Ideal For
Couples in Brisbane and south-east Queensland who want photography and film from one team rather than two suppliers, and who would rather have a highlights film with the vows recorded into it than a separate videographer to coordinate. Coverage starts at five hours and runs to ten, so it suits a full day from preparations through to the dance floor. Elopements and engagement sessions are offered separately.
The Need-to-Knows
Collections start at $7,800, and that figure buys a photographer and a videographer together — there is no separately priced photography-only collection, though a couple can be photographed without film. Package 2 and the elopement and engagement services are quoted on enquiry. Every collection includes a pre-wedding planning call, a thirty-seven page guide, unlimited edited images, a twelve-month gallery and a print store voucher. Albums are quoted separately. No deposit or travel fee is published.
Standout Feature
The turnaround is stated at both ends and it is quick for the volume: twenty to thirty edited sneak peeks within one week of the wedding, and the complete gallery and films in ten to twelve weeks.
Albums & Prints
- Fine art wedding album. Price: On enquiry. Description: A handcrafted, fully customisable album designed together with the couple, from choosing the design to selecting the photographs, with guidance through the layout until it is signed off.
Appointment Policy
- Enquire through the form, then a pre-wedding meeting over video call covering the full timeline.
Areas Serviced
- Brisbane and south-east Queensland
- Northern New South Wales
Hours of Coverage
- [5,10]
Nearby Landmarks
- Brisbane sits on the Brisbane River in south-east Queensland, an hour north of the Gold Coast and ninety minutes south of the Sunshine Coast, with the Scenic Rim and Tamborine Mountain within easy reach inland.
Photography Packages
- Package 1: The Desert Oasis. Price: From $7,800. Description: Up to ten hours with one photographer and one videographer, unlimited edited high and low resolution images, an eight to ten minute 4K highlights film with the vows recorded into it, cinematic drone footage, ceremony and speeches films, a one minute teaser and thirty sneak peek images within a week, a gallery online for twelve months, a slideshow to keep and a $150 print store voucher.
- Package 2: The Sunset Boulevard. Price: On enquiry. Description: Up to eight hours with one photographer and one videographer, unlimited edited images, a six to eight minute 4K highlights film, the full ceremony film, a one minute teaser and twenty sneak peek images within a week, a twelve month gallery and a $100 print store voucher.
- Engagement shoot. Price: On enquiry. Description: A relaxed session before the wedding, offered partly as practice in front of the camera.
- Elopement photography. Price: On enquiry. Description: A personalised package for an intimate celebration, focused on candid and natural moments.
Photography Style
- documentary
- editorial
- candid
- natural
- timeless
Price Notes
- The published figure covers a photographer and a videographer together; there is no separately priced photography-only collection.
- Package 1 includes a $150 print store voucher and Package 2 a $100 voucher.
- The gallery stays online for twelve months with the option to extend.
Services Offered
- Wedding photography
- Wedding videography and highlights films
- Elopement photography
- Engagement sessions
- Drone photography and videography
- Fine art wedding albums
Starting Price
- From $7,800
Turnaround Time
- Sneak peek images arrive within one week, and the full gallery and films in ten to twelve weeks.
What You Receive
- Unlimited edited images in both high and low resolution
- Between 800 and 1000 photographs selected and edited from the day
- Twenty to thirty sneak peek images within one week
- Password-protected online gallery kept online for twelve months
- Online slideshow set to music, yours to keep
- Print store voucher and access to a personalised print store
- Thirty-seven page wedding planning guide
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Contact
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- focusfirststudios.com.au
Brisbane, Queensland
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