Wedding Blog

But what the heck do you do with a wedding video? I don’t understand. Who’s going to watch it? I can’t imagine that it’s going to see the light of day more than once.
I’d rather throw another few hundred at the photographer for additional pics or help and then decorate like crazy!

You will have the video for ever, that imo is a great place to put your money.

video! i don’t know that many people, granted :), but i’ve never talked to someone who regretted doing a wedding video. in fact, more than one couple has told me that they watch it every year on their anniversary. besides, your parents, gp, etc, aren’t going to be around forever and wouldn’t it be nice to have their voice and their smiles on film during a joyous occasion? when else is everyone going to be together like this?

Video! A video is about capturing motion and sound more than images. You may not watch it much in the beginning but over time it does become something you care about. My mom got married 35 years ago and she is still upset about the fact that her wedding wasnt filmed. Still upset. It’s a bit of a sad note, but my parents wont be here forever and the ability to hear my father’s voice, see the way my mother walks (struts, really), watch the very goofy way my FIL dances are all the reasons we got a video. Hearing your vows, seeing your first dance, they cant be captured with photos no matter how great the pictures are. And I cant wait to show my future nieces and nephews the way their father, my brother, boogied down at my wedding. He totally stole the show!

I would put more money into the videographer instead of the decorations for the same reason many have said: the video will last long after the wedding, the decorations are only there the day of. Another great thing you would be able to do with the video is someday show it to your children and grandchildren.

i’d go with a video. sometimes the wedding day can be a bit of a blur and it would be nice to sit back and actually watch and experience what happened afterwards. to actually hear the speeches and people dancing and having a great time…you even get to see the moment you both lay eyes on each other again and again, and that’s always great. plus it would be a great thing to show your kids and grandkids.

I was iffy about getting one, but after my wedding I am very thankful I have it. Still pictures couldn’t have captured our personal vows, string quartet music arranged by my husband and performed by our friends, the way the flower girl ran down the aisle to give her future uncle a petal, my father-in-law’s touching speech, and an impromptu performance by our old a cappella group (where we met) - with us as the soloists (surprise!). It’ll be nice to have a “living” memento years from now…in that time, most people won’t remember how the lighting looked (or didn’t look). You may not miss the video if you don’t have it…but you probably won’t regret it if you do.

definitely video. and get a good one. we had a terrible home movie video done, and though we rarely watch it, i know i would watch it more often if it had been done really beautifully (like so many videographers are doing these days!). and after bring married nearly four years and with children, i know i’ll love showing it to my kids down the line.

my husband and i had an amazing wedding sermon that made BOTH of us cry at the beauty of it. i love that we have it in its entirety to listen to if we need a little reminding on how to go about this marriage business when times get rough (which it will). so make sure if you do go this route that you get the ceremony recorded totally and then a beautifully edited summary of the day as a whole.

you won’t regret it.