There are only four more months till my wedding, and while busy-bee planning, I heard an interesting stat: Videography is usually the first thing to go when the budget gets tight. I admit, I thought about forgoing it, too. But after speaking with a few recently married friends and family members, those who hired a videographer had no regrets. Those that hadn’t? Well, they wished they did.
So, deciding to make cuts elsewhere to stay within budget, I pursued a videographer. First, I asked our photographers for recommendations. Then, I spent an hour on the phone with Jeffrey Stoner, a videographer in Orlando, Florida. We chatted about his method and his experience while I perused samples of his work online. Based on his answers and the great footage, I knew he would be a perfect fit.
In the end, I feel it'll be worth the investment. He'll be able to capture all of the speeches at the rehearsal dinner and reception -- something a picture just can't do justice.
Are you planning on hiring a videographer? If so, check out these questions from Martha Stewart Weddings. They helped me a ton!
From: Robin @ Our Semi Organic Life | 11/17/11 at 10:21 am
We chose not to have a videographer just because that's what we felt comfortable with. We already had a great photographer and we both felt awkward to have a video camera following us around all day. We both wanted to be able to enjoy our big day to the fullest and knew not having a videographer made us both most comfortable.
From: ERB | 11/17/11 at 10:59 am
DEFINITELY a videographer! When planning, I didn't think much about it but everyone I talked that had video from their wedding told me how much it meant to them - and our videographer pointed out that we could have it to show our children some day and that was definitely the clincher. Now I LOVE having video of our wedding ceremony and reception - the footage was put to music by our videographer and edited to be only about 5 minutes long which is perfect. I absolutely love it and recommend it to everyone - we feel so lucky to have that to show our future children and our parents like having it too as they live far away.
From: Angela Sledz | 11/18/11 at 3:11 pm
We were pretty sure we were nixing a videographer, and then when we were talking to our photographer he mentioned that he finds it really hard to work with a videographer. He said they always get in each others way and instead of really nice photos (or a nice photo) you end up with bits and pieces and each can only really do half their job. He then showed us tons of photos he had taken that were ruined by the videographer being in EVERY single shot! We're paying a LOT of money for our photos so we would rather have really nice photos then some photos and some video
From: Ingrida | 11/20/11 at 4:05 am
I am having my wedding in less than four months and we decided too to hire a videographer. First thinking its not really necessary (cuz how many times are you actually gonna watch it), we talked to recently married friends and those who didnt have one, they greatly regretted. I remember the best one guys comment (and they dont care much about wedding videos for sure), saying he is so happy they hired videographer, cuz the day goes by so fast and you miss out on so many moments while posing for pics and chatting to other guests, yet you can see them on the video afterwards. Hope we will feel the same way about it after our wedding and will have a great memory to keep!