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High Country Wedding Films

Cinematic wedding films across Victoria's High Country

Victoria's High Country lies a few hours north-east of Melbourne, around Mansfield, Bright, and the Howqua valley, where the land rises into mountains, rivers, and wide alpine valleys. It's the most remote and the most cinematic of the regions: big skies, working country, and a sense of scale that a film can really open up into. Couples who marry here tend to want a wedding that feels like an escape, often across a whole weekend.

We film across regional Victoria, and the High Country is exactly the kind of place our way of working belongs. The landscape is dramatic without needing to be staged, the pace is genuinely slow, and a multi-day country wedding gives a documentary film room to follow the whole arc of a weekend, not just a single day.

Venues across the region

The region holds a range of wedding venues, most of them homesteads, barns, and wineries set in open country. Bridge Creek Homestead near Mansfield offers a rustic timber barn built from railway sleepers and a quintessential country setting. Feather Top Winery near Bright brings alpine vineyard views, and Howqua Lodge sits on three hundred private acres with river frontage and valley views. High Country Gardens near Mansfield offers award-winning gardens and a hedge maze. Each holds the region's mountain light and big skies differently, and a film made here tends to carry the scale of the country as much as the day itself.

Planning a wedding in High Country?

A wedding in the High Country usually unfolds slowly, often across a weekend, and that suits documentary filming. We work quietly through the day, following it rather than staging it, and the open country gives us room to do that well. The region is a few hours from Melbourne and accommodation tends to be on or near the property, so for High Country weddings we usually plan to stay overnight rather than travel back the same day, which also lets us film more of the weekend if a couple wants that. We build our timing around the mountain light, which here is one of the real reasons to marry in the region.

Other regions we film in

Yarra Valley Melbourne CBD Mornington Peninsula Macedon Ranges Daylesford & Hepburn Springs Bellarine Peninsula

Common questions

Frequently asked

Do you travel to the High Country for weddings?

Yes. We're a Melbourne-based wedding film studio and we film across regional Victoria, including the High Country around Mansfield, Bright, and the Howqua valley. The region is a few hours from the city, so for High Country weddings we usually plan to stay overnight rather than travel back the same day.

What kind of wedding films do you make in the High Country?

We make cinematic, documentary-style wedding films. We follow the day as it happens rather than staging it, and the dramatic alpine setting suits our unhurried, attentive way of working. Because many High Country weddings run across a weekend, we can follow the whole arc of the celebration. Super 8 is available as an add-on for couples who want a layer of analogue texture.

Which High Country venues do you film at?

We film at venues across the region, from homestead barns like Bridge Creek to alpine wineries such as Feather Top near Bright, the private valley setting of Howqua Lodge, and the gardens at High Country Gardens near Mansfield. If you're marrying somewhere we haven't filmed before, that's no issue at all; we research and plan every venue ahead of the day.

Do you film multi-day High Country weddings?

Yes. Many High Country weddings unfold across a weekend, with guests staying on or near the property, and that suits the way we work. We can follow the whole arc of the celebration rather than a single day. We'll plan the coverage with you ahead of time so the filming fits the rhythm of your weekend.

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 10 May 2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Sea of Love collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information about you when you use our website or engage our wedding videography services. We've written it to be readable rather than legalistic, but it sits within the framework of the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and, where applicable, the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Who we are

Sea of Love is a wedding videography studio based in Melbourne, Australia. We film weddings across Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, the Yarra Valley, regional Victoria, and internationally. For the purposes of Australian and European data-protection law, Sea of Love is the data controller for the personal information described in this policy.

3. What information we collect

Information you give us

  • Contact form data: when you submit our enquiry form, we collect your name, your partner's name, email address, mobile number, wedding date, venue, photographer (if booked), wedding planner (if booked), Instagram handle, referral source, and any message you include.
  • Booking and client data: once you book us, we collect the additional information needed to deliver your wedding film — full client details for contracts, signed agreements, payment records, and any logistical information you share with us in the lead-up.
  • Marketing data: if you subscribe to our newsletter or interact with our social media accounts, we may receive your email address or social-profile information.

Information we collect automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically by analytics tools — but only after you have given consent via the cookie banner. This may include your IP address (anonymised), browser type, device type, pages visited, traffic source, and approximate location.

4. How we use this information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to your enquiry and answer your questions
  • Manage bookings, contracts, and the operational side of your wedding
  • Deliver the service itself — filming on the day, editing, and delivering your final films
  • Send marketing communications, but only if you have opted in
  • Improve the website by understanding how it's used (analytics)
  • Comply with legal, tax, and regulatory obligations

5. Cookies and tracking technologies

We use the following tracking technologies on our website. None of them are set or run until you have given consent via the cookie banner.

  • Google Analytics: tracks anonymised information about how visitors use the site — pages viewed, traffic sources, and approximate location. Helps us understand which content is useful and how to improve the site.
  • Meta Pixel: enables Facebook and Instagram advertising and conversion tracking, so we can understand whether our social-media marketing reaches the right couples.

The cookie banner you see on first visit lets you accept all tracking, reject non-essential tracking, or manage your preferences. You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site.

6. Third-party services and data processors

We use the following third-party services to deliver our work. Each receives only the information needed to perform its specific function.

  • Formspree: receives and processes contact form submissions
  • Make.com: routes form submissions into our internal workflow
  • Monday.com: our customer relationship management (CRM) system, where booking and client information is stored
  • Vimeo: hosts the video content embedded on our website
  • Google Analytics: receives anonymised analytics data (only with consent)
  • Meta Pixel: receives advertising and conversion data (only with consent)

These providers act as data processors and are bound by their own privacy policies and data-protection commitments.

7. How we share information

We share personal information only in the following situations:

  • With your wedding vendors: where you have asked us to coordinate with your planner, photographer, or other suppliers, we may share logistical information with them — schedules, contact details, locations.
  • With our service providers: as listed above, the third parties whose tools we use to deliver our work.
  • For legal compliance: where we are required to disclose information by law, court order, or to protect our legal rights.

We do not sell personal information to anyone, ever.

8. Data security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, and disclosure. These steps include using reputable cloud services with strong security practices, restricting access to client information to those who need it, and encrypting data in transit. No system is perfectly secure, but we work hard to keep your information safe.

9. Data retention

We retain personal information for the following periods:

  • Enquiries that don't convert to bookings: 12 months from the date of the enquiry, then deleted.
  • Booking and client data: 7 years from the wedding date, in line with Australian tax and legal record-keeping requirements.
  • Marketing data: until you opt out, after which we remove your details from our marketing systems within a reasonable time.

10. Your rights

You have rights over the personal information we hold about you.

Under the Australian Privacy Act 1988

  • Access: you can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correction: you can ask us to correct any information that is inaccurate or out of date.
  • Complaint: if you believe we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles, you may make a complaint directly to us, or escalate to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) — see Section 15 for details.

Under the GDPR (for EU and UK visitors)

If you are visiting our website from the EU or UK, you have additional rights under the GDPR:

  • Access: right to obtain a copy of your data.
  • Rectification: right to correct inaccurate data.
  • Erasure: right to have your data deleted (the "right to be forgotten").
  • Portability: right to receive your data in a machine-readable format.
  • Restriction: right to limit how we process your data.
  • Objection: right to object to certain types of processing (including marketing).
  • Withdraw consent: right to withdraw any consent you previously gave, at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@seaoflove.com.au. We will respond within a reasonable time, and within any timeframes required by law.

11. Marketing communications

We send marketing communications only with your express opt-in consent. You can opt out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or by emailing hello@seaoflove.com.au. Operational communications related to your wedding booking are not marketing and do not require consent.

12. Children's privacy

Our service is directed at adults planning weddings. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information about a minor, contact us and we will delete it.

13. International data transfers

Some of our service providers (notably Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, and Make.com) are based outside Australia and may store or process data in the United States or elsewhere. Where we transfer data internationally, we rely on the contractual protections those providers offer (such as standard contractual clauses) to ensure your data is protected to a standard equivalent to Australian and European law.

14. Updates to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time as our practices evolve or as required by law. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent change. For material changes, we will let you know by email (where we hold your email address) or via a notice on our website.

15. Contact

For privacy queries, including to exercise any of the rights outlined above, email us at hello@seaoflove.com.au or write to:

Sea of Love
Melbourne, Australia

If you are not satisfied with our response, you can escalate to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC):

Phone: 1300 363 992
Web: oaic.gov.au