Videographer.
Neither Dude nor I particularly like home videos and so at first we just said no. But as time passes (stupid one year engagement!) I'm having second thoughts.
I was a singer/dancer in my younger days, and I was always sad that my parents never had copies of my performances, especially because they were good. We always relied on getting copies from my friends who were in the shows with me, and of course that wasn't great because the camera was focused on them.
The one point that really got me thinking was one day a very good friend of mine (whose mother passed away when my friend was 16) copied all of her home videos to DVD and told me that until she watched them, she had completely forgotten what her mother's voice sounded like. That was a really poignant thing to say, and at that moment I thought that maybe, still photos weren't enough.
But then, I look at trailers and clips for wedding videos and I think... CHEESY CHEESY CHEESY. PUKE GAG VOMIT. I have yet to see a wedding video that has not elicited this reaction from me. Yes, I include the artistic ones that my friends have posted about as well.
Sigh. Decisions decisions.
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5 comments:
Although it looks cheesey now, remember that your tolerance for cheese is going to go WAY UP when you have kids and get old. I love watching home movies, because even though my sisters and I look like idiots, I can hear Gillian say "I love you" in her little kid voice and that's beautiful.
I am spending very little on my video, I put all the money into photography. But I want a video because I want a record of the toasts our friends and family make, and I know someone will do some silly move on the dance floor that I'll want to watch again.
i've posted twice on videographers, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna get one! yeah, it's cool to see someone's fancy music video-looking production but then I think, would I ever want to spend the money on this? no. so we won't. I do want someone to tape the ceremony, but that's just because I'll probably forget what happens in the blur of it all- good ole Handycam for that one!
@kate - that's true, we have a few home videos from when we were young and it's hilarious to hear my brother's voice sounding like a little girl.
@sweet t - i'm still debating whether or not handycam will be enough. i go back and forth on a daily basis.
i had asked my cousin neil to video parts of our wedding in lieu of a videographer.
because he couldn't find parking, he missed the majority of the ceremony. and then he videotaped parts of the reception, which i have yet to see.
for now, this doesn't bother me. but i imagine this to bother me sometime later in my life, like when i want to relive the YMCA of my wedding in motion picture.
so maybe it wouldn't totally suck to hire an amateur you are not directly related to.
I'd go for someone outside the family. I can't recall how many times I videoed someone besides "Dude" swimming an event. Too many "oops" moments.
We'll help with that.
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