Wedding Blog

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A while back, we booked our videographer! Woo HOO! Another huge sigh of relief. Videography was always a semi-question mark on our list (more so on Mr. CB’s than mine, but I was kinda okay with forgoing it if the budget didn’t allow for it.) I’m huge on photography, pictures, visuals…. and especially since I am working hard to make sure we have a fun, memorable, and detailed wedding, it’s naturally important to me to have the memories to flip through a million bajillion times again afterwards (which my girls can vouch for).

I met Monster Crayons last October at my friend’s wedding. They did an amazing job of Same Day Editing of my friends’ morning wedding ceremony so that they could later play it for the whole reception. It reminded me of a great music video that brought tears to my eyes. I wasn’t engaged, but I was taking notes so it was no surprise that I contacted them shortly after getting engaged. They are really affordable and are definitely willing to work with you on your needs. The biggest things I was looking for :

• coverage - because everyone’s wedding is different, they basically cover you for your whole ceremony and reception and up until 30 mins after people start dancing, and they always have 2 manned cameras
• smooth filming/steady hands- I’ve seen one too many videos where even after post editing, they included clips of when the cameramen spun the camera around to capture a moment. From the several videos I’ve reviewed, I have yet to see some without the camera shaking or dizziness that occurs from watching
• price - definitely affordable. Their prices start at $1499 and they include the ceremony and reception, highlights, and a DVD for each person in your wedding party! You have the option to customize your package and add more coverage for different things like bride or groom prep, on site editing, etc.
• communication - I worked with Arneil de Vera who is the owner, and he’s been amazing at responding quickly. He’s been great to work with us and our needs since we moved our budget around to book him for both days.

If you are considering videography, you should definitely consider contacting Arneil at Monster Crayons, please tell him that Ms. Cherry Blossom sent you. I’ve referred two of my friends from HS, and we all got to enjoy the friends promo - so $100 was knocked off each of our packages. From what I’ve heard from the first friend that just got married, he was very pleased with their service and nonintrusive manner the day of.

Here are more promos that they are offering - Monster Crayons Promotional Deals. If you’d like more information and instant viewing of their work/highlight videos of weddings they’ve done, check out Wedding Video Highlights, and you can also request them to send you a full DVD version here Wedding Demo Request.

Good luck! And let me know how you like them if you plan to check them out!