Insider's Tips: Tip #51 - All about Videography

We are videographers.  We are cinematographers.  We are film makers.  We are video ninjas.  Whatever you want to call us, fine.  We are passionate about the work we do.  The work speaks for itself.  But not everyone is like that. 

 

When you are searching for a videographer (and you should be!!!), look for someone that you connect with.  I feel that you should have an emotional reaction to our work.  Brides call/email us crying because they just watched the clips on our website.  That’s an emotional reaction.  If you don’t have this emotional reaction, then we are probably not the company for you.  

 

I got two calls in a row one Monday looking for a wedding videographer for a low budget.  We get random calls like this thanks to our Google ranking – they do keep me entertained!  One groom told me that his fiancé was trying to find someone and the cheapest she could find was $700.  He thought that price was ridiculous!  Well, so did I, but not in the same way!  He was looking for someone that would stand in the back and press record.  We were not it.  I may or may not have had fun quoting him our top package just to hear his reaction!!! Hee hee.  He didn’t value our work – we were not going to be a good fit.

 

I hear it over and over from bridesmaids and others.  "I just got married last month and I didn't hire a professional videographer for my wedding."  It's unfortunate because you can't go back and redo your wedding day.  If the company you hire knows what they are doing then you are going to get a priceless treasure from your wedding day.  

 

Last year, a bride's grandmother got very sick the day after the wedding and never recovered.  We had captured some great footage of her at the wedding.  We were able to use every piece of usable footage as a tribute to her grandmother. We even had natural audio of her grandmother laughing.  I don't know if you have ever lost a loved one, but to be able to remember how they looked and sounded is such a gift.

 

The above example was used to help you understand that a wedding video not only will capture the things that you understandably find important  - your wedding ceremony and vows, your first dance, the funny moment during cake cutting - but it will also capture the things that you might not realize how very important they will become.