Wedding Videography
I can?t be the only one out there who hates seeing herself on video. I?ve avoided it since I was a child—I find home movies deeply embarrassing. I knew I would never want to watch a wedding video and that pictures would be sufficient. Therefore, wedding videography was an easy pass for us?
?until I saw a dear friend?s wedding highlight reel on social media. It blew me away—so lovely and classy and professional! I think I cried watching the video, and I had been IN the wedding. When I told the bride as much, she said that it was a last minute decision but that she was SO GLAD she had done it.
Well, shoot. Where?s the money-flying-away emoji when you need it"
I started cruising reviews of videographers in our price range. Since we hadn?t planned on doing video, I didn?t want to allocate a ton of funds for it; but I was also very, very nervous about going budget on this. The few example reels I watched were?not good. And if that?s the product you receive, what can you do about it" Nothing. You can do nothing. No do-overs, no erase-ys.
I knew my general preferences regarding the style of final product (similar to the lovely Mrs. Squid?s video), but I also knew I probably couldn?t get that level of quality for the price I was willing to pay. I even thought “I wish I could just do the editing myself” as long as someone caught the actual footage. I spent about 10 minutes fantasizing about burdening my poor friends with this un...