Hire a Professional Wedding Videographer
Some couples use a friend or family member to
videotape their wedding day. Would you have a
friend or family member take all of your wedding
photographs? Probably not. You don't want
to have a friend or relative running out of tape or
camcorder batteries, not shooting important activities, and taking
shaky or bad footage. And chances are, you will
end up with a very uninteresting video that fails to
capture the best moments of your wedding, and it will
sit unwatched for years to come.
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| A professional wedding
videographer will tell the story of your wedding day.
Using creative camera work, a keen attention to
detail, and artistic editing using music, the
right blend of effects and transitions, the
professional wedding videographer should produce
a wedding video you will watch often and be proud to
show others.
How Much Will a Wedding Videographer Cost?
There is a misconception
that your wedding video should be less expensive
than your photographs. The training and
experience are equally extensive, the equipment
used by both is costly, the time spent producing
a professional wedding video takes longer than
producing your photographs, and your video is a
movie of your wedding day with sound.
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professional wedding videographer should attend your
rehearsal to meet the Officiant, become familiar
with the order of activities, and offer ideas
and assistance to improve the video
- A professional wedding videographer will invest
around $20,000 or more in equipment plus
training and experience
- Typical wedding day coverage includes two
digital video cameras with operators that shoot almost
continuously for five hours or more
- Your wedding video will take 20 to 50 hours
or more to edit so that the raw footage is
transformed into a smoothly flowing story of
your wedding day
And, unlike Steven Spielberg or even your
photographer, your wedding videographer has only one
take to capture your wedding day activities. The
ceremony or special events can't be stopped and
done over if something isn't perfect.
Your wedding videographer must be the:
- producer
- director
- lighting technician
- sound person
- cinematographer
- editor
and they must perform all of these jobs well
to produce the wedding video that you hope for
and deserve. Pricing varies depending on
experience, services offered, time spent, etc.,
but can easily range from $1,000 to $7,000.
Many wedding videographers will
also have streaming video of sample work
for you to watch online. Choose a videographer based on how their work
makes your feel when you see it, and then discuss
pricing based on what it will take to produce
your personal video memory. Couples tell us
that the best money they spent was on their
wedding video and are so happy they made the
decision to have one. Be sure to pick a
Wedding Videographer that can produce a
Wedding Video
DVD and lets you
share your
wedding video online.
When Should I Book a
Wedding Videographer?
As with your first choice for
your ceremony, reception, and other vendors the
best wedding videographers will be booked first.
You should meet with videographers as you would
photographers, if not earlier in your planning
process. There are fewer videographers than
there are photographers. Meeting with your
wedding videographer eight months to one
year prior to your day is highly recommended. |
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