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Why video is important at your wedding

by Marion Abrams Tweed River Video

I recently read an article that suggested money conscious brides are skipping the video at their weddings. I was shocked. In today's media-savvy world, a good quality video of your wedding is more important than ever. Here are just a few of the reasons:

Life Moves, Photos Don't
Photos are a wonderful way to capture moments in time. Video captures time itself. At a wedding I recently videotaped one of the bridesmaids composed a song and sang it to the bride and groom at their reception. They are moved each time they watch it. Many times video of toasts by parents and grandparents create lasting keepsakes of far away family members.

Make it an Event
Watching a well-edited video of your wedding can be an event in itself. Have a premiere party! When you watch the video together, you share the experience with friends and family. With DVDs so easy to mail, many new couples send copies to relatives who couldn't attend the wedding. Many save the videos to share with their children some day.

It's a New Networked World
Ask your videographer if they can help you share your video online. Video isn't just on TV anymore. Post in on Facebook, add it to your blog, load it on your iPhone so you can watch the first time you have to be away from your loved one.

Safety Net
Even the best photographers in the world can make mistakes or misunderstand your wishes. I recently worked with a bride who called me in tears because certain relatives were not represented in her photos. The bride had hired a well known photographer with a good reputation, but for some reason, the photos were not there. You can imagine how relieved she was to find that I had recorded several scenes with these family members.

PLEASE...Use a Pro
Everyone's got a video camera these days, so why not just ask a friend to capture your wedding? There's a simple answer. Your wedding is not just any day. Anyone can bake a cake, but you need something really special for your wedding. You want a beautifully crafted wedding cake. So you hire a professional with the right experience, attitude and equipment. With a professional videographer you can relax and enjoy your day knowing you've hired someone with the right experience, attitude and equipment. And you know in a few months you'll be celebrating the premiere!

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Comment by The Wedding Planning Audiocast on August 12, 2009 at 6:45am: We could.nt agree with you anymore. However this has been an on going issue with brides even before the state of our present economy. Somehow videography has never gained the prestige of photography and this needs to be changed. In the past through our many years of experience we found that many brides will put hiring a professional videographer last on their list. if on their list at all. This has increased even more so again because of our economy. They simply can't comprehend having their wedding documented by a professional.videographer, but yet will deeply regret in the future years ahead that they should have.

Comment by Magical Marriages on August 12, 2009 at 3:07pm: I'm right there with you. I try my hardest to push for videography. I mean, I've seen my video over 7 times and just got married a little over a year ago - I love it. It makes me happy to hear when my brides chose to hire a wedding videographer and I hope brides will read this and realize that the photographs and the video is all that's left from a wedding. Knock out the few hundred on the dress, flowers, and cake and get a videographer! It's definitely worth every penny.

Comment by Hans Ayala - Videographer on February 18, 2010 at 3:35pm: Marion this is a great post. I hope you don't mind if I add my two cents on another post I found. For more info on this article: http://toshots.com/blog/why-hire-wedding-videographer/

Only the video brings back the voices, the laughter, and the music – capturing not just how everyone looked, but how they were. It preserves moments to be relived and to be shared with people who weren’t present (or weren’t even born).