Arlington National Cemetery Photography & Videography

My name is Clifford and I'm the owner of Arlington Media. Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your loved one. During this difficult time, we are here to help with the media coverage of your loved one's Arlington service.

Our sole purpose is the capturing and preservation of memories at Arlington National Cemetery, through photos and videos. This is all we do — period. That's why we're the best.

I personally understand how important your service is, as I have family and friends buried at Arlington.

But it is more central than it first may seem apparent. For all we can ever do for our heroes is to remember them and remember what they did — and memories of these military services are transmitted to future generations through your memories and our pictures and videos.

Using long-range lenses allow us to capture private moments without interfering in the solemnity of the service's military rites. Through captivating professional video and photography, we can bring the service to loved ones who couldn't be there, and provide a moving memorial you and your family will cherish for years to come.

So a year from now, or 50 years from now, you and your descendants can hear the playing of Taps or see the fluttering of the flag, or a flyover in tribute to your loved one's service and the memory and the importance of that day will again be in the forefront of your minds and hearts. We have worked with tens of thousands of families. I personally understand how important your service is, as I have family and friends buried at Arlington.

Our job on every service, every day, is to be able to handle whatever happens, no matter how unexpected or unanticipated while still being professional and unobtrusive. We know where to be and when, and more importantly, where not to be.

My team and I look forward to working with you,

Most families book photography and videography together. One team plans the whole day, the cameras are positioned so they never work against each other, and you end up with a complete record of the service rather than half of one.

For standard, full honors, and chapel services we deliver a minimum of 200 edited photographs. Dependent-only services are shorter and have no minimum.

Photographs are delivered on a photo USB thumb drive or in a private online gallery. Video is delivered on a USB thumb drive or as a private online link. Both are guaranteed for one year from delivery and typically available for up to five years, so please download your files within the first year.

Video packages include at least four professional broadcast-quality 4K ultra-high-definition Sony cameras, not a handful of GoPros.

Historically, we deliver an average of approximately 436 photographs per service – sometimes more, sometimes less owing to the unique nature of each service. We shoot with multiple Nikon or Canon professional cameras and lenses, always in RAW, converted to JPEGs for delivery. RAW files are not provided. Our acquisition and editing practices meet or exceed the production requirements of broadcast companies like National Geographic, BBC HD, and Discovery HD.

We include a copyright release for personal use, so you can print, copy, and share your photographs and video with family and friends. We ask only that Arlington Media be credited when you post them publicly. The files remain Arlington Media’s copyrighted work and may not be sold or used commercially. Our USB thumb drives are not copy protected, so you can make your own copies.

Live web streaming is available as an add-on to video coverage — see web streaming for what we can and cannot control on the day.

Looking for one or the other on its own? See photography or videography.