Fenway Hotel Autograph Collection

August 21st, 2025

Suit ready, full tank of gas and my brain filled up on C4 Jolly Rancher energy drinks - pumped beyond belief. This was a venue I had reached out to looking to collab on an event regarding weddings. I’ve never been a fan of cold calls, but I’m confident in my work and connections to get stuff done, and done right. They emailed back and said they had a Tampa Bay Bridal show Sunday, August 17th and would love some content to share. After that email it was set - Finally I’m back in the Tampa scene. What camera was I going to use, why that camera what lenses etc. I just knew it was a win before the event even started.

I met a ton of Tampa Wedding vendors, some brand new and some older friends that I had worked with years ago. They had asked where I had been, what had I been up too etc. Allegory Weddings was down to earth and rocked the candle game. Which from a dramatic movie like style - I love darker receptions with mainly candle lights, I know what lens looks best for them and how to work the room with mainly candles - so this is a vendor I want to work with for real weddings, and styled shoot weddings.

I linked up with a planner that branched off on her own 42 Lights- Angie, this planner is the real deal because she values what photo and video need and knows how to work a timeline, so couples that book with her are already ahead of the game, not to mention I’m also offering deals with her because it makes my day easier, my couples content better, the experience better.

Another awesome vendor with magazine spread quality I was blown away by was Jolise Photography. I could tell from the first poster she put in her booth she knew light very well - there’s several types of light when it comes to photo and video, bad light, ugly light, I’m new and don’t know light, bright and scary, and dramatic and sexy - this was elite dramatic and sexy. So, if you’re looking into boudoir photography in Tampa Bay she’s my #1 draft pick for you. We had some good conversations on lights and lenses. The knowledge she had and passion was deadly, something you want from your photographer. I could tell she cared about quality, and quality on another level. I’ve still got a few more things to take care of but Hatfield Productions is fully up and running, I’m looking for a sales team to help grow this brand to new levels, I’m looking for more Tampa Bay styled shoots - I wanted to thank Fenway Hotel for the opportunity to show what I can create, as long as I’m rocking a suit and some cool hair I am willing to outwork anyone, if you’re going to get the opportunity and you’re going to work…do it with everything you got, go all in and just do it.

Where did you go Brett?

August 14th 2025

Why did I leave the wedding industry after 2020ish? I get asked this question still a lot today, and the main reason was I felt like I had accomplished everything. I was always the underdog the one who thought differently and always fought for better work (priests refusing to wear lapel mics, vendors ruining timelines because they were paid hourly, djs not allowing hookup for better audio clarity etc). I was the guy who left corporate America at 19 knowing I could dominate the industry after failing for a few years. I knew I had the passion and drive to eventually build up a powerhouse - as a solo shooter. I would need to learn how to multitask dozens of avenues and make it work together, like a giant puzzle. After a few years I was doing weddings all over the USA and was teaching others with free courses on YouTube and being flown around mentoring 1 on 1 with hungry solo shooters as well. I was working weddings with the industry Jesus Ray Roman Films who had mentored me back in 2009, I was doing weddings in Abaco Island working with elite wedding planners. I successfully ran markets in Cincinnati and Tampa for years. I honestly just wasn’t mentally there anymore, I had won the battle and wanted to pursue other aspects of filming. I remember sitting in the gym Sauna thinking I need to do more, anything I can film, create or storyboard i want in. After 6 months of writing gyms, large business, small business and being ignored by 99% I finally struck gold with USF All-Girl Cheerleading (green and gold, see what I did there). I straight up told them - look, I don’t know a thing about college cheerleading, or the school, but I know I can create a docuseries if you give me a chance. I have weddings still contracted out so I don’t really care if you pay me, I want to film. June of 2022 while in Cincinnati doing weddings the coach agreed after everything checked out and on July 20th, 2022 I was able to film a summer practice with your soon to be champions - and dual champions the next season. I left the industry because as creatives we need constant outlets, stories, art etc to document. I am coming back because I feel like I felt in 2008 when I looked around the office and saw these soulless zombies working a job just to get by. I am starving to leave a mark in the tampa wedding videography scene. I lost the drive and hunger back them and its severely hungry now. I’ve learned so much over the last few years with filming 9 months of content that filming a 12 hour wedding day seems ridiculously easy. So if you’re a couple and you want someone that’s starving and has that passion you already know my story - I’m ready to document yours and make something epic. Please reach out on my contact page and tell me your ideas and vision for your wedding film.