I’m Brjánn Batista Bettencourt (3B) — a Toronto-based documentary wedding photographer and filmmaker.
I photograph weddings and elopements on analog film, and I create wedding videos on Super 8 and 16mm motion picture film.
Before weddings, I came up through journalism and editorial work. TMU Journalism, then time at the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, and later as a lead photographer at Country Music Television Canada. Those years were loud and fast. They taught me how to see clearly, move lightly, and never over-direct what’s already real. That instinct never left and it’s why my work is documentary at the core, with just enough guidance to give the day shape without taking it over.
On a wedding day, I’m present without trying to steer the room. I pay attention to what’s easy to miss, the small bits that don’t read as “moments” until you’re looking back. The quiet shifts, the in-between moments, the way people are when they stop performing. The goal isn’t to make your day look like something it wasn’t but instead to hold onto what was actually there.
I grew up in Ottawa, but my family is from Portugal, and that’s always been in the background of how I see and feel things. Toronto has been home for over a decade, and the shooting weddings has taken me across Canada and around the world.
I work closely with my wife, Ryanne Hollies. She’s my partner in life and in business. She photographs alongside me on wedding days and larger projects, and she designs our albums and products with a fine art and curatorial eye. Over time our approaches have started to mirror one another, so what you receive carries both of us: our taste, our restraint and our way of seeing.
I treat every wedding as a creative collaboration. If you’re a couple planning a day, or a planner looking for more detailed info, send me a note below and I’ll follow up with everything you need.
