Jewish Wedding Videography in Miami and Boca Raton: The 2026 Guide

South Florida has one of the largest and most varied Jewish communities in the country, and the weddings reflect that. In one season we can move from a Reform ceremony on a Miami Beach rooftop to a black tie affair at a Boca Raton country club to an Orthodox wedding where the men and women dance on opposite sides of a mechitza and the film has to respect that without losing either room. These are not interchangeable jobs, and the crew you hire should know the difference before the first call ends.

We are Live Global Studios, a full service production company based in Miami Beach with our own studio at 420 Lincoln Road, The Chat Room. We cover the full corridor from Palm Beach through Boca Raton to Miami. Every booking includes a director, a DP, an audio engineer, and a producer, and the producer’s job on a Jewish wedding is heavier than most, because the schedule is built around religious timing rather than convenience.

The parts of the day that carry the film

The tisch and the bedeken happen fast and they are the emotional spine of the morning. The bedeken in particular is thirty to ninety seconds of the strongest footage of the entire day, it happens in a crowded room, and there is no version where you ask for it again. That means two operators minimum in that room, positioned before anyone walks in, not finding a spot while it starts.

The ketubah signing is quieter and often crowded with family, so a longer lens from the edge of the room reads better than an operator standing over the table. Under the chuppah, the officiant, the sheva brachot, and the breaking of the glass all need clean audio more than they need dramatic camera work. The hora is the opposite problem: chaotic, fast, and lit by a DJ. We shoot it with a second operator on the chairs and a wide that never leaves the floor, because the chair lift is the shot every guest will ask about and it lasts about four seconds.

Observance, Shabbat, and what it does to the schedule

For shomer Shabbat families, nothing is filmed until Shabbat ends. In South Florida that means a Saturday night ceremony that cannot begin until well after sundown, and in June that can push the chuppah past nine o’clock. Every hour of the day compresses behind that. We plan for it by pre lighting the room in the afternoon where permitted, staging gear, and building a timeline with your planner that assumes no setup time after guests arrive.

Some families ask for a female operator for the women’s side during separate dancing, and we staff for that when it is requested rather than treating it as an exception. We also ask, in pre production, whether anyone in the family should not appear on camera, whether the rabbi has rules about camera position under the chuppah, and whether the synagogue restricts equipment inside the sanctuary. Those three questions solve most of the problems that otherwise show up on the day.

Where these weddings happen in Miami and Boca Raton

In Boca Raton, the work concentrates around the Boca Raton Resort, The Addison, Boca West Country Club, St. Andrews, and Woodfield, with ceremonies often at B’nai Torah or Temple Beth El and receptions at the club. The country club rooms are usually well built for sound and badly lit for cameras, so we bring lighting rather than relying on chandeliers.

In Miami, the range is wider. Temple Emanu El and the Shul of Bal Harbour anchor the ceremony side, while receptions land at the Fontainebleau, Faena, the Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key, the Miami Beach EDITION, or a private estate on the water. Vizcaya still gets asked about constantly, and it photographs beautifully, but its rules on timing and equipment are strict enough that they belong in the planning conversation early.

Crew, audio, and the chuppah

The chuppah is an audio problem disguised as a camera problem. The officiant may be unmiked, the sheva brachot are often read by seven different family members who step forward for ninety seconds each, and outdoor ceremonies on the water in Miami add wind. We run wireless on the officiant and the couple, a recorder at the chuppah itself, and a board feed when the venue provides one, then cut from the cleanest source. Losing a grandparent’s blessing to a bad microphone is not a fixable mistake.

Camera placement is agreed with the rabbi and the planner in advance. One locked wide that never moves, one long lens from the aisle side, and a roaming operator for parents, is a structure that works in almost every sanctuary and on almost every lawn.

What it costs, and what you get

A full day with a proper crew, multiple audio sources, drone where the venue allows it, and both a highlight film and a longer documentary edit generally runs $6,000 to $12,000 in Miami and Boca Raton. Add a second unit for simultaneous preparation, a female operator for separate dancing, a welcome dinner the night before, or a same day edit, and the number moves toward $15,000 and up. Smaller ceremonies with limited hours and a single highlight film start closer to $3,000.

Most couples end up with a three to six minute highlight film, a twenty to forty minute documentary edit, the full ceremony uncut with clean audio, the hora and speeches in full, vertical cuts for social, and a short teaser early. Full delivery generally lands eight to twelve weeks out.

Frequently asked questions

Do you film on Shabbat? No. For observant families we begin after Shabbat ends, and we build the entire production plan around that start time.

Can you provide a female camera operator for the women’s dancing? Yes, when it is requested in advance so we can staff the day properly.

Will you work with our rabbi’s rules on camera placement? Yes. We ask for those rules in pre production and confirm them with the synagogue, rather than discovering them ten minutes before the chuppah.

Do you cover weddings in both Boca Raton and Miami? Yes, and we cover Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale as well. Travel inside that corridor is not billed as a separate line item.

If you are planning a Jewish wedding in Miami or Boca Raton and want it filmed by a crew that understands the day, start the conversation on our Connect page.