| Many brides struggle whether to include a | | | | the day, they tell the story. The photographer |
| videographer in their budget. Unfortunately the value | | | | captures that grandma was there, the videographer |
| of a videographer is often not considered until after | | | | captures what grandma was doing. These things |
| the fact. According to a recent poll 70% of brides | | | | become precious as time goes by and as some |
| surveyed that did not use videographers regretted it. | | | | depart into eternity, a photograph will never be able |
| Stating that so much of their wedding day was a blur | | | | to recreate that. |
| and that because of stress they really could not | | | | One of the dearest events that we ever produced |
| remember the details of it. Being a professional | | | | was a 50 year anniversary. The family fought the |
| videographer in the wedding industry I would highly | | | | entire time trying to pull the event together. Some of |
| recommend the services of both. | | | | them did not want to participate and thought getting |
| Why is it significant to hire the services of both? You | | | | a videographer was not all that necessary. It was |
| have to understand that professional photographers | | | | absolutely crazy. But somehow in the end, they all |
| and professional videographers have different | | | | got together and pulled it off. |
| purposes. Note the term professional because many | | | | The couple did not know that they were being |
| people conclude that the services are interchangeable | | | | re-married. They were told that they needed to stop |
| and therefore one would be as good as the other. | | | | by the church because someone had left something |
| That might be true when you are dealing with people | | | | at church at a prior service. When they walked |
| that are not professionals in the field, but it is not | | | | through the door everybody was there, they walked |
| true when you are dealing with professionals. | | | | down a candle lit aisle and re-married in a beautiful |
| This is the reason why, professional photographers | | | | ceremony. We captured every shred of emotion the |
| are not just interested in capturing images. They are | | | | entire evening and it was wonderful. |
| not concerned with just putting 1,000 pictures on a | | | | Three months later the wife died unexpectedly in her |
| disc and concluding a job well done. They are | | | | sleep. What do think the family concluded was most |
| interested in detail, editing, visual appeal, composition | | | | valuable at that time? Was it the joy, laughter, and |
| and compositing. All with the objective of creating a | | | | funny moments of mom having the happiest day of |
| library of memories. | | | | her life that they had all captured from the video or |
| One of the photographers that we work with spent | | | | was it the picture of her smile? Family members |
| 30 hours just removing sand that you could barely | | | | concluded that they were so glad to have the video. |
| notice from a photo shoot on a beach. A person | | | | You might say, well I can't afford both. I find that a |
| concerned with just images would not have done | | | | weak excuse because most people say that without |
| that, because in actuality the sand was barely | | | | ever really investigating the cost. Most professional |
| noticeable. But professionals are concerned with detail | | | | videographers and photographers have budget plans |
| and anything even remotely noticeable counts. That | | | | or will at least work out payment options that make |
| is why their prices are higher. You will get the best | | | | it affordable. So it really all boils down to what you |
| service and less regrets using a professional. | | | | value. |
| A professional videographer is not interested in just | | | | If you want to see some pro's at work, I would |
| capturing a picture. Anyone can point and click a | | | | recommend these sites, their work is amazing: |
| camera. They are concerned with capturing emotions | | | | This will give you an idea of the difference between |
| and then taking those images, tell a story and then | | | | just capturing images and what professionals that |
| develop them into an art form. The difference | | | | love their work and respect your memories do. |
| between a professional videographer and a standard | | | | Hopefully it will help you to truly be able to evaluate |
| videographer is where the production actually takes | | | | what you really want. My hope is that you will not |
| place. With a standard videographer the production | | | | cheat yourself of the joy of maintaining a once in a |
| takes place in the camera. With a professional | | | | lifetime event. They really are worth it. |
| videographer the production takes place in the mind | | | | I've been married 20 years and the best thing that I |
| and that can not be recreated. Each image shot and | | | | could ever have done for myself concerning my |
| edited has a specific purpose to create a legacy. So | | | | wedding day was to have both at the event. The |
| you truly do get what you pay for. You see, a | | | | funny thing is, my wedding album sits in my closet, |
| professionally v/s standard can have the same | | | | wrapped in plastic and has not been viewed in years, |
| equipment yet the results of the end production will | | | | yet my video gets played every anniversary and it is |
| be extensively different because to one it is just | | | | a joy to watch. I am wonderfully transported back |
| another image and to the other it is an art form. | | | | into time and can experience the sight, the sound, |
| So in essence a photographer is excellent if you only | | | | and the sheer emotions of the happiest day of my |
| wish to remember elements of the event, but a | | | | life. |
| videographer is essential if you want to remember | | | | |