About Us
Baby Blue Film is a reoccurring Award Winning Wedding Photography & Cinematography Studio (“Best of the Knot 2016-2024” and Wedding Wire’s “Couples’ Choice Award 2016-2024”). We are a team of filmmakers & photographers that produce highly stylized imagery for unique couples in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sarasota FL / Tampa Bay Area, and the Portland Maine area. We are a family run, mom and pop shop style of business with our head office located in Portland, ME but we also have a team of shooters in San Francisco, CA and Sarasota, FL.
When you hire us for both photo and video you will be guaranteed a hassle free day of shooting with our in house team of photographers and cinematographers. Since we are all on the same team, we have it down to a science and there is no stepping on each others toes to get that perfect shot, plus all of your imagery will be cohesive and have that same gorgeous look across the board! All of the shooters on the team have been personally trained by the owner Wilson McCourtney and each one has an upbeat / down to earth attitude which makes working with us so much fun!
We bring a refreshing and artistic approach to our work and we are known for our landscapes and our focus on nature. Our cinematography style can best be described as a high production value music video with a cinematic ceremony and a hype reception and our photography style can best be described as the perfect balance between fine art and candid. We use natural light 90% of the day and we always look to nature to help guide us, frame the perfect shot, and inspire us to create magic with your special day!
Music is at the forefront of what we do. If you watch our films and can’t quite pin point why you loved them so much or why they gave you that magical feeling that you wanted to revisit again and again, it was because you liked our taste in music and how each cut was placed perfectly on the beat. We dig and dig for hours and hours to find that perfect track that will make our footage sing and soar off into the sunset and when you couple that with state of the art footage and a master editor (Owner Wilson McCourtney), it’s a home run every time.
Unlike our competition, we do not open our films with a speech because that never made sense to us. Why start with a clip from the end of the night? Why force the audience to be dragged through some time warp when you can just go in chronological order and properly tell the story from beginning to end? These are the questions we asked ourselves when we started the business.
We are a 4K 10 Bit Resolution Production Company which means our image quality is twice as good as our competition and we hope that you can see the difference in the color and clarity of our films and our photographs. We are camera nerds and we spend our money on the best gear on the planet in order to stay ahead of the curve. The beauty of hiring Baby Blue Film is that you get to sit back, relax, and enjoy your wedding day while we work hard in the background creating stunning imagery that will leave you breathless and have that modern feel even ten years down the road.
We pride ourselves on excelling in this ever-evolving industry by keeping the most cutting edge technology as well as ensuring each client feels well taken care of with a very personal approach to customer service from each and every person on our team. This is illustrated perfectly in the hundreds of five star reviews we have gathered on multiple platforms during the 11 years we have been in business.
Since we operate in three states, we have a California Team, a Florida Team, and a Maine Team of shooters. Each member of the team has been hand selected and trained by Wilson over the course of many years to ensure that we deliver the highest quality imagery with an elite standard of professionalism that includes a good sense of humor, a go with the flow style and a down to earth attitude on your wedding day!
The Owner, Wilson McCourtney comes from a family of photographers & filmmakers and was practically born with a camera in his hand. When he was 15, his father handed him a Nikon FM2 35mm camera, a few rolls of film, opened the doors to the darkroom they had inside their Florida home on Siesta Key, and the rest is history. Upon finishing college and working on his own feature documentary, he discovered his talent for crafting unique and vibrant wedding films that fulfill his creative spirit and attract a unique set of clients that love his filmmaking style and visual aesthetic. Wilson is the client relations / bookings manager, our New England Lead Cinematographer, and the Master Video Editor who cuts all of the films. By directing the team and editing the films, he keeps the final product consistent with his signature Baby Blue style, all while having multiple shooters in various regions around the country.
Wilson has 3 boys (Nico Ocean, Santiago Storm, & Rio Midnight) which keeps him on his toes and full of joy. Santi, his middle son was born with a rare genetic disorder called Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome which left him severely handicapped and unable to ever walk or talk. This was obviously a traumatic event for the family but they have all embraced and it never let it slow them down. Santi is considered their “magic man” in the family and is the sweetest thing on Earth. Given the circumstances, some of the most valuable players in Wilson’s life are nurses, doctors, and neurologists. Nico is the star athlete of the family and Rio is the little rocker dude who loves his trucks!
He is grateful to be able to split his time between his hometown of Sarasota Florida and Portland Maine (where he currently lives). He enjoys all outdoor adventures (especially birding – yes he’s a HUGE Bird Nerd), traveling the world to go scuba diving, watching wildlife documentaries, gardening, and playing tennis once a week.
Wilson is an Eco and Ocean Warrior that spends his free time filming nature and fighting for Wildlife Conservation Efforts. As an underwater cinematographer, loves being in the water (shark diving is his favorite hobby) and he has dedicated his life to protecting the ocean in order to ensure that his kids grow up snorkeling and scuba diving with a vast array of beautiful marine life. When he’s not underwater, he’s in the woods of Maine searching for hawks, owls, or foxes. That’s him on the right filming Humpback whales in Mexico!
Look for updates and consider donating to his feature documentary about saving sharks and fighting red tide nutrient pollution in Florida here: https://www.dreamreefcinema.com/fighting-for-florida/
With his nature and wildlife cinematography company, Dream Reef Cinema, he uses the proceeds to fund his Ocean and Wildlife Conservation Efforts throughout Florida and Maine.
Please click below to like and subscribe to his Youtube Channel where you will find a wide array of his wildlife cinematography that is neatly packaged as relaxing nature videos from his expeditions around the world. https://www.youtube.com/@dreamreefcinema
SO BY HIRING US TO SHOOT YOUR WEDDING, YOU ARE ALSO SUPPORTING OUR GLOBAL MISSION TO PROTECT THE PLANET AND SAVE WILDLIFE!!!
