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When we first defined our wedding budget, Mr. Caro and I did not even discuss the option of having a videographer as we didn’t think we’d need one.

Once I realized how common it is to have a professional wedding video, I started wondering if we should consider it as well—but I quickly changed my mind. I found all the videos I saw too cheesy, too cool/fake, or too amateurish. It just didn’t seem to be our thing, so we opted to spend more on photography instead and I was quite content with the decision.

That is, until I saw this video from Winston Tao. This video succeeded where all others had failed: it moved me to tears. Even Mr. Caro got emotional watching it! You should also check it out; I am sure it will brighten your day.

Dennis & Patricia (Wedding Trailer) from Winston Tao on Vimeo.

I fell head over heels in love with this video. The lighting, the colors, the people, the love—everything is so authentic and beautiful. I almost felt as if I were in the video with them! This is the only wedding video so far that has made me think: wow, this is worth it! I checked out the videographer behind it, and imagine my surprise when I found out that it was a film student from Orange County, California.

As I now could see the value of videography, I started looking at vendors in Italy. Unfortunately, I could find no one who could even come close to matching the talent and skills that I’d seen in that video. This is when I decided that I might as well contact Winston directly: I figured these American students are always at some point or another traveling through Europe and that in any case he’d probably be glad to know he had a fan.

I wrote to him and asked him if he’d consider coming to Italy to be my videographer: imagine my happiness and surprise when he answered that he’d love it and that he’d be happy to work with me to find an arrangement that would suit us both!

I wish this story had a happy ending, but unfortunately it doesn’t. Even with Winston being very flexible about his fee, we realized that we’d not be able to afford to pay for all his travel. We were counting on some external help that never came, so we sadly had to come to the conclusion that we would have to do without videography.

Did you ever have to turn down an amazing perfect incredible deal because you just could not fit it in your budget?