5 Tips For The Perfect Wedding Video

You only have one shot to get the wedding video of your dreams. Use this list to help you find the videographer that will complete your big day!

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million. While photographs help document moments in time, videos truly help tell the bigger, more genuine story of your wedding. That’s why one of the essential tasks on your wedding checklist should to be to hire a videographer so that you can get a great wedding video.

Many brides underestimate the amount of effort it takes to find a great videographer – it’s important to pick someone who will capture the moments that will be the most priceless to you. To help you pick the wedding right for you, our friends over at Flower Explosion have five tips for getting the best videographer hired for the job!

1. Watch demos/sample videos

You should see how much experience a videographer has before you go ahead and hire them. See a portfolio of work they’ve done in the past and search for testimonials from someone whose wedding they’ve videographer before. Samples and demos should be available for you to view if you have approached a professional or check out their website.

2. Understand what they do

Understand that a wedding videographer is not a cinematographer. Videographers are great at capturing scenes on your wedding day so that you can look back and cherish those moments forever.

3. Stick to a budget

Of course you will have price options if you approach a professional. The best thing to do is to plan a fixed budget and then stick with it. Different packages have different features but if you overspend on the videography you may not have enough to put towards the rest of the event.

4. Don’t get carried away

Everyone likes a bargain. Who doesn’t? But when it comes to picking a videographer, you have to get it right since you only get one chance. The best situation is if you are hiring someone you have worked with before. But if you are looking for someone new, you have to make sure they offer a good deal. If it looks too good to be true, then it probably is. If you get a steep discount, it’s best to find out why.

5. Pick a style that suits you

Different videographers come with their own sense of style. There could be some who focus on the decorations and apparel at the wedding, while others enjoy videos of the cake being cut and the family smiling. It is important that the style the artist is going for suits what you want.

If you want someone to cover the precious moments of the speech delivered by the father of the groom (read more on Barry’s blog), then get a videographer who understands this and will be willing to deliver what you want.

Key moments in a wedding are too good to miss. The emotions the father of the groom displays while toasting the bride and groom could be captured forever if you pick the right person to photograph the whole event.

Once at a wedding I attended a little girl wanted to stand up on the chair and toast the bride and groom. When she opened her mouth the only thing she could do was sing her A, B, C’s. The moment was really special but because the wedding only had a photographer, the little girl’s adorable voice was lost forever.

Don’t let that happen to you. Hire a videographer or use this affordable wedding video alternative.