A dolce video is an elegant video documentary you’ll want to watch again and again...

Featured in Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington, D.C.'s Best Videographers in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Featured in The Knot Best of Weddings among the Best Videographers in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Featured in Grace Ormonde’s prestigious Platinum List 2009, Wedding Style magazine.

An award winning company, our expertise is in bringing your memories to the screen. Specializing in unobtrusive filming and tasteful editing, we employ a documentary approach in our filming style and cinematic techniques in our editing style. Never overproduced, your video captures your memories and allows you to rewind time to revisit them.

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dolce video is an award winning company specializing in documentary style filming and cinematic editing. Founded by Haynal Papp in 2004, it won acclaim within its first year of business with its inclusion in the prestigious “Best of” list of wedding vendors featured in Washingtonian Magazine, and has been included as a member of this list ever since. Dedicated to high standards, friendly service and affordable pricing, dolce video’s mission is to bring a high-end product to a greater number of brides through affordable pricing and flexible service options.

dolce video's talent is the culmination of professional video journalists and editors selected and trained by Haynal Papp as experts in the dolce video style of filming and editing. While each artist brings his or her own personality to the project, the filming and editing style is strongly united under the brand. This results in an artful creation that captures the sentiment of the moment while remaining consistent in standard and quality from one film to the next.

Working with digital cameras, dolce video journalists employ a documentary approach to filming. This approach lends itself to working with or without a strict timeline and allows for greater unobtrusiveness on site. Always discreet, we believe that a subtle presence is what is required for capturing successful footage. Professionally dressed journalists seemingly take their position within the background of your event while documenting everything that happens at the forefront.

Although we use a documentary approach when capturing your story, dolce video embraces a cinematic approach when bringing it to your screen. Montages and live footage are combined, resulting in a video that is artistic and tasteful while keeping your project, your story, as the main focus.

Your video is not just a souvenir of a day long gone, it’s an heirloom that you’re creating for those who mean the most to you. dolce video strives to let you enjoy the moment. While you’re busy being involved with the most precious moments of your life, we’re busy documenting them for you.

Here are some words of thanks:

"I just can’t even begin to explain how great of a job you did! You got everything we wanted and just captured it all over again for us. I am so impressed! As I was watching, I was dancing along to the reception music and re-living the whole day. The sound was spectacular, your editing was fabulous and I absolutely love what you did with the honeymoon pictures…I am just speechless and grateful from the bottom of my heart."
-Jeff and Danielle Sant

"...my wife is now very happy I talked her into having the wedding video made, it brought tears to her eyes as we watched it. Thanks for doing such a great job and making us look so good. If anyone asks us for a recommendation for a wedding videographer we will certainly highly recommend you."
-Jim Cole

"In the months since the wedding, I have been most impressed by how prompt you are to respond... I'm amazed at how perfectly you captured everything and really, without a whole lot of communication and certainly with zero stress!"
-Danielle Porcelli

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We offer a range of packages to suit every budget and we’re happy to help you decide which best suits your needs. If our packages do not include a feature you would like, or if the price point doesn’t fit your budget, we can customize to meet your exact needs. With this option, no customer wishing to include us in their day need ever be turned away! Our main packages are described below:

If you have champagne tastes and a beer budget, this is the package for you!  The maybe later package tapes your event, gives you the raw footage and lets you choose to come back for an edit at a later time.

The solitaire package gets it all done tastefully without a lot of gimmicks; one camera shoots your event and you get an edited video.

For equal coverage of the bride and groom, opt for the double camera duo: two cameras, two shooters, an edited video, and a copy of your raw footage.

If you would like all the bells and whistles, the signature series is the haute couture of video journalism! You get multiple day coverage, 3 camera coverage options, upgraded sound, 2 different edited videos covering your events and a copy of all the raw footage we filmed.

Finally, the raincheck special lets you submit your raw footage to us for editing if you happen to change your mind or wish to upgrade your package after the Big Day.

These packages are further described in our price list, but if you have special needs not covered by our packages, please contact us and we can draft a quote for your own customized package. All of our packages are available in Hi-Def and on Blu-ray. We also offer emailable video highlights, audio upgrades, additional dvd copies and overtime options.

If you would like to receive our price list by email or in our media kit (which is sent via snail mail and includes a dvd sampler), then please request one here.