Booking a wedding videographer: why you should and what you need to know
The date is set, the venue is reserved, catering ordered, invitations sent, and photographer booked. You found the "perfect" outfit and the excitement, a bit of stress, and anticipation of your specific day is building. Now that you have the essentials lined up its time to think of the other important details like videography coverage.
Although wedding videography may not seem as crucial as photography it does many things that pictures cannot:
Movement and sound. Imagine; hearing your spouse choke up during your vows, listening to your friend's toast, seeing grandma's amazing dance moves, watching your first kiss or first dance. The ability to relive those moments is priceless and only possible through videography.
Full coverage and emotion. Lets face it, your wedding day is a busy, tightly scheduled, whirlwind, and unfortunately you cannot be with all your guests at the same time or witness it all. It is our job as videographers to capture as much of your day as possible so that you can witness it all. From your bridesmaids walking down the isle, to your parents slow dancing, or your nephew break dancing, we want to show all of the joy, laughter, and love possible.
Sharable memories that last a lifetime. Sure everyone loves to post all 500+ wedding pictures onto their Facebook, and sure maybe you've scrolled through each one (it happens, we don't judge). With videography you can share with your friends and family a single beautiful video that will get a much better emotional response (these are happy tears!) than pictures alone, with the ability to watch it again and again and again. This is especially important during these unprecedented times when weddings are often scaled down and unfortunately not everyone is able to attend.
Show off your amazing venue. You spent countless hours researching and visiting places to find the perfect venue, but you'll rarely ever see pictures of it. With videography we are able to highlight this important aspect of your day using drone footage that is seamlessly integrated into your final video. That way people who were unable to join in on your big day can still see where it all happened.
Ready to find a videographer? Wonderful, you won't regret it! Some very important things to look for in a videographer are: experience (obvious, we know), equipment (its not just about the cameras... tripods, gimbals, and audio equipment are all essential to a successful wedding video), video style, and communication. Make sure you know how many videographers will be filming (we highly recommend two to ensure complete coverage and better angles) and how long they will be filming for (capturing the bride and groom getting ready is actually quite important, while less than an hour of dancing is necessary). They should ask you what end product you are looking for; a 5 minute highlight video? Full ceremony? Both? What is your budget? At Adventure UAV we have you covered. We built this company with the crazy idea that videography should be affordable to everyone and with our expertise, experience, and compassion you will see why our motto is Elevated Standards.
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