My Wedding Day Regret

We were married on a picture perfect May day.  We had a short 7 month whirlwind engagement packed with a lot of DIY projects.  Both my wife and I are type A personalities and wanted to do as much as we could to put our budget towards items of major significance – a live band, top shelf liquor, hall – man what a party!.  In retrospect it seems crazy what we pulled off ourselves- invitations, built a website, my wife made her own dress (didn’t know how to sew!), and made the cake.

So, what was my big regret?  Tripped over my shoelace while I walked down the aisle?  Invitation had the wrong date?  Cake had clumps of baking powder?  Nope, the big regret was not having any video footage from the best, most fun day of my life.  Let me tell you what happened.

Like most couples, we had a budget, just around the average amount spent in our area.  When we started deciding where to allocate our funds, a pro videographer was low on the list.  To us, other things like music, food, and photography were more important.  Good photos would be enough right?  Besides, there were a few people who promised us they would be bringing a video camera.  Well, we didn’t get as much video as we had hoped, but we hadn’t really asked anyone to make it a priority.

After the wedding it didn’t seem like a big deal.  There were so many other things to worry about.  Then the tapes we had ended up getting destroyed in a flood.  As time went by we started to realize how valuable those memories would have been on video.  Both of our grandmother’s passed away and it was the last event they were able to be at with family.  A friend died in a snowmobile accident.  Of course my wife dancing on the table with a centerpiece on her head would be so fun to see.

As the anniversaries go by I wish more and more we had a video from our wedding.  Our photos are fun to look at, but the sounds of our band, the laughs from friends, and the hugs with grandmothers can never be truly experienced again.  And that is part of the reason we started Storymix Media.  We want to provide a great service to every wedding couple so they can capture, share, and enjoy their big day for a lifetime.