| When planning a wedding, folks are often concerned | | | | that it is possible to retain these complete memories |
| with the budget and allocation of resources. It\'s only | | | | through the ages, past your lifetime and into the hands |
| natural, unless one is independently wealthy. Nice | | | | of future generations. Imagine your feelings if you |
| work if you can get it, but for the rest of us, we\'d like | | | | were able to dive into the past and see and hear your |
| to think we are getting the most for our money, | | | | great-grandmother on the happiest day of her life! |
| especially when faced with a large expenditure for a | | | | Interestingly enough, another common statement is |
| once in a lifetime event. | | | | \"photography is the one area of my wedding where |
| One of the last items to be considered before the | | | | I\'m willing to splurge, and I\'ll cut back somewhere else |
| blessed event is videography, which also happens to | | | | to make up for it\". This is perhaps the worst |
| be one of the first items considered afterwards in the | | | | misconception of all. If you are considering a |
| \"I wish I would have\" category. Quite often the | | | | photographer who is so expensive that you are |
| argument is that since there will be many pictures, | | | | making concessions in your budget, then the simple |
| video is not needed, and nothing could be further from | | | | truth is you are overspending. There are a multitude |
| the truth. Photos certainly have their place and | | | | of quality wedding photographers out there with loads |
| obvious advantages (portability, ease of sharing, | | | | of talent AND great rates. If you pair them with a |
| hanging on the wall), but alone they cannot convey the | | | | reasonably priced videography team, then it is certainly |
| depth of emotion complete with sound and movement | | | | possible to have the best of both worlds for the same |
| that is so evident in a wedding video. | | | | or even less than the cost of a photographer who has |
| Occasionally I hear someone say \"I\'ll only watch it | | | | already proved by their exorbitant rates that they care |
| once or twice and then put it away, never to be seen | | | | more about themselves than they do about you. If |
| again\". What I hear from folks who have a wedding | | | | nothing else, please only hire wedding vendors who |
| video of their own is that it is priceless, among their | | | | realize the importance of making the wedding day all |
| most treasured possessions and irreplaceable, | | | | about the two people who matter the most- the Bride |
| especially as memory begins to fade. Digital video is | | | | and Groom! |
| capable of transcending storage mediums, meaning | | | | |