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Wedding Videography
Wedding videography started long before digital cameras and sound
systems of today. A few people tried using 8mm and 16mm cameras to
record the weddings of family and friends. This idea was also used by a
few daring individuals who tried starting a business recording weddings.
However these cameras had short load times for the film. It was
expensive to develop and most had no sound. Around 1980 Sony came out
with the camcorder and once again a hobby of recording events grew to
business ventures for some. Though some better than their earlier
counterparts they produced fuzzy pictures and poor quality sound. With
the introduction of digital cameras and the sophisticated sound
equipment that exists today a wedding video is the ultimate re-enactment
of one of the most important days of your life.
A video of your wedding can be one of the most memorable ways of
preserving the day for family, friends, and someday maybe your children
and grandchildren. A story can be told starting with the birth of the
bride and groom, growing up, meeting, and getting married. The
videographer can capture the magical setting of your wedding. It could
be a tropical setting with the ocean as your wedding backdrop. Or it
could be a winter wonderland wedding with snow hanging from the branches
of trees glistening as the vows are spoken. A midnight arrival of the
bride in a horse drawn coach with the wedding being performed in a
castle lit by candlelight. A wedding in a Spanish villa or at a Greek
seashore with the monstrous ships in the background can make some
interesting video.
These life moments can be molded into a movie about you and your fiance
before, during, and after your wedding. It can be added to in later
years to show the birth of your first child. The purchase of your first
home and the two of you interacting with your children as they grow up.
A whole life story can be told on video so that over the years you can
treasure and reminisce your vows, your family, and loved ones. A great
idea for a wedding video that is sure to be watched many times is to
have family of the bride and groom relate their memories of them as
children. Sometimes grandparents, aunts, and uncles remember some great
stories. The wedding couple might have some great stories to tell about
their early relationship also. A 25th wedding anniversary party could be
added in later years to help make a great life video.
One thing you absolutely need to do is let the videographer know any
special circumstances that he might encounter when the time comes to
record this wedding. He will make sure he is in attendance early enough
to set everything up and be as unnoticeable as possible. He also needs
to put sound equipment in the right areas to capture the music, vows,
and anything else relevant to what he is recording.
A special thought from the bride and groom is having a short video
showing them in the first moments of being husband and wife made and
presented to their very close family and friends. This will let them
know how special you think they are and make great viewing for them in
later years too.
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