Lights, Camera, Action!!~

Lights, Camera, Action!!~

December 6th, 2006 @ 4:34 pm by Mrs. Orchid

Work has finally calmed down for me back to wedding planning. My next item on the list is finding a videographer. I’ve been debating for a while now whether or not to hire a videographer. At first I was leaning towards no, but after talking to many brides, I’ve opted to look for one. Not so much because all of the ones I spoke to had a videographer, but all of them said that they felt that everything happened so quickly on their wedding day. I wouldn’t want to miss a moment of my wedding, and I’m sure I will miss lots of things that are going on including smiles, laughs, and tears from friends and family. If I have a video, I can sit back, watch, reminisce, as well as see things for the first time that I missed during my wedding day.

So I’ve been vigorously looking through The Knot for some vidographers in my area. And of course one that will not cost me an arm an a leg since we are on such a tight budget. How the video looks is important to me too. I guess I’m kinda a snot when it comes to that - if it looks like something I could do myself, I’m not even going to consider it. The last thing I want is my wedding video to look like is a reject from America’s Funniest Home Videos.

Here are 2 of the contenders so far that I have been looking into (in no particular order). I plan to call them up this week and schedule an appointment.

Barnaby Draper

Reeltime Weddings

Does anyone have an excellent videographers in the NY Metro area to recommend?

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11 Responses to “Lights, Camera, Action!!~”

Bee

Mrs. Bee (message) 3,261 posts, Sugar bee

i love barnaby! he is sooooo nice. miss butterfly’s videographers 5 west studios also seemed great (altho i haven’t seen the final product yet. on the pricier side is iris cinema and milk & honey productions who also do gorgeous work.

we didn’t have a videographer because my big head is too unvideogenic.

12/6/06 @ 4:35 pm (reply)

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Leslie

I can’t help you with any recommendations (I’m a KC bride), but I share your sentiments about using a videographer. One of my best friends got married this summer and she had a videographer. She told me that she watches her DVD more than she looks at her pictures, and she cries everytime! It just so happens my mom is in the pageant business, so we know a great videographer that we have used at the pageant for years. I already know him really well, plus he has a partner that does photography that I think we will be hiring (we know they will work together well). Good luck on your search!

12/6/06 @ 4:45 pm (reply)

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Jen

I met with Reeltime and I loved them (husband and wife team). There work is amazing! I plan to book them, but I’ve hesitated only because I don’t have a recommendation or feedback from someone that has used them (I’ve paged the knot to no avail). Good Luck!

12/6/06 @ 5:00 pm (reply)

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sara

I am not sure what you consider within your budget but try David Lammey in CT. He is incredible http://www.davidlammey.com/ I looked at him, but was afraid it was too expensive after all of the things I wanted to add on.

12/6/06 @ 5:14 pm (reply)

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Carolyn

Sometimes the best wedding video isn’t a professional one. I went to 3 weddings within 3 weeks this summer. My neighbor didn’t hire a videoographer but my father had just gotten a camera so he filmed it and I edited it and with about 15 minutes of film it was great. He got just the right parts of the wedding, not too much, not too little. NOw, on the other hand, my cousin, who’s wedding I was in, hired a fancy videographer who taped the entire getting ready, wedding, and reception. 3 WHOLE LOOOONG DVDS. Who is ever going to sit down and watch all that? They are having a “party” for the bridal party- guys and gals- to come over and watch the video. Not cool. My neighbor has a beautiful, home made, meaningful video while my cousin has over 6 hours of boring video. I guess my point is not so much who video tapes it, but how it is edited. YOu want to see it all, but you need a shortened version to share w/others.

12/6/06 @ 5:56 pm (reply)

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Sabrina

Try visionsfinephoto.com they seem to do beautiful work and are SO nice

12/6/06 @ 6:19 pm (reply)

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Ashley

I HIGHLY recommend http://www.serendipityfilmworks.com/
They are a couple of NYU Tische Film School graduates. SO they are trained in film, not someone who has picked it up on the side. They are very reasonable and very professional. Our friend used them this past may, and we’re using them for our wedding in NYC in June.

12/6/06 @ 7:09 pm (reply)

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Anita

I booked Tangerine Media Group. They are in Philadelphia, but have done weddings in NYC and will be traveling up for my wedding at a fee of $350. Drew and Alysca are a husband and wife team. I too struggled with whether or not to get a video and if so, which one and is this going to push us over the budget? After comparing an extensive number of samples, packages and prices from other videographers, I still chose Tangerine. Drew has a real eye for details and shooting them at all the right angles. He and his wife do the editting and they are truly creative. We met with them and they showed us samples and one that really stuck out was one they did for a Christmas themed wedding. They use the bride’s invitation font, made it trickle down like snowflakes and played trans siberian orchestra to their highlight recap. What sums it up is I feel like they capture the way I want to be remembered.

http://www.tangerinemediagroup.com/

12/7/06 @ 3:08 pm (reply)

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Vanessa Berry

You might have already booked someone by now, but after watching Reeltime’s clips (I couldn’t view Barnaby’s for some reason) I would suggest you NOT go with them. I think your uncle Charlie could hold the camera steadier than that. Just because you play Sigur Ros under the footage doesn’t make it art! Just my two cents.

12/9/06 @ 6:03 pm (reply)

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Shel

Not sure if you’re still looking, but I work for a tv station in nyc, and a friend of mine who’s a great cameraman does wedding videography on the side. He recently offered to do my wedding, which is in San Francisco, which I am excited about b/c otherwise I don’t think I could have added that into my budget.

12/10/06 @ 2:50 pm (reply)

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Nancy

Hi ShelSays:

Can you recommend your cameraman friend? I’m also looking for a videographer but since it’s not high on priority (compared to photographer and band), I also don’t want to spend too much $$ but want someone who does tasteful work (not too much posing).

thanks!
Nancy

12/12/06 @ 10:18 pm (reply)