Your wedding day will be the most important day of your life, you've spent months planning, choosing, balancing budgets, agonising over guest lists. There's a venue to find, caterers to select, florist, musicians, the all important celebrity wedding photographer...so it's no surprise that, according to a recent survey, less than 50% of 'brides-to-be' regard a wedding video as a top 10 priority when planning their wedding budget.
According to the survey, there are three top factors that led to brides not choosing to have a wedding video were cost, a fear of 'too many cooks' and a concern about capturing something they'd rather forget on film!
And yet, once the whirlwind day is over and the newly weds are back from their 3 week, 5 star safari honeymoon, 67% of brides say that their biggest regret is not having a commissioned a videography to make wedding video. So why the change of heart?
Most brides in the survey said that their day went by so fast, that there was no time to take it all in - least of all remember it 3 weeks or 3 years later. Photographs are great, capturing you and your 'other half' at your best, but it's not quite the same as video record of the day. The tears, the smiles and the ushers careering around on the dance floor at 1am!
And there are quite a few parts of the day that you just miss, either because you are not there to see it, or its happening just out of view. For example, Dad beaming proudly just behind you as he steps back from the altar. Or your bridesmaids and page boys faces as they walk up the altar. Or your intended's lunch with his ushers in the local pub, or your guests arriving at the church.
Most brides in the survey also say that 10 years from their wedding, given a choice between watching a video or looking at photos, most say they would prefer to watch a video as a better reminder of the day. When asked what they thought their grandchildren would rather see - photos or a video of their wedding - almost all brides choose video.
The wedding video world has moved on a great deal from when many brides parents got married. Today, digital technology means that the cost of good quality cameras and editing equipment has come down significantly, so most wedding videographers can offer a budget friendly option. And no longer will you see cumbersome and obtrusive equipment being lugged around, with most good wedding videographers making an art form of keeping out of the way. Of course, you can pretty much 'try before you buy' these days, by viewing a videographers previous work on their website before you book, and, once your video has been edited, most videographers will accommodate any changes that you need - whether thats removing the drunken brother in law from shot, or that less flattering angle on the dance floor!
Check out our guide to hiring a wedding videographer here!
