Wedding dvds

smelltheglove

I guess this is just out of interest more than anything else. I just wanted to see who puts importance on a wedding dvd. I have covered so many weddings where friends or family have had small video cameras rather than having a videographer do the job.

I loved my wedding dvd, we still watch it from time to time and if it only comes out once in every 5 years I still think it was worth it. Obviously I find the photography hugely important but I would place the same amount of importance on video to be honest and I am kind of amazed by how many people have no interest in getting this.

Videographers are often very talented and are extremely hardworking. I think they are often undervalued and I always ask my brides if they have arranged one and I always recommend on my own experience and that of friends and family that they do think about getting one. Photographs will be displayed for years and will always be cherised, should dvds not be cherished just as much?

cyning

I'm totally indifferent about dvd's but my oh said it was either him being there or the dvd guy :rolleyes: : so we're not having one! Its the photos I'm more concerned about and what I'll be spending my money on...

tinkerbell

No, if I were getting married I wouldn't have a dvd of it. I mean I'd never watch it ... I don't see the point of it. Photos yah but watching the ceremony again? Nah.

smelltheglove

Thanks for the replies, I know it seems silly me being a photographer and talking about the dvd but the enjoyment I get watching my little ones face when she puts it on, her eyes light up when she sees her mammy and daddy getting married and dancing and she loves watching when her daddy was singing to me. Obviously the photos are really important and she would look at them often enough, photos would be the most important bit to me but the video would be a very close second. Working alongside guys videographers shows me how much effort they put into it.

Heineken Helen

In this day and age, I think there will be enough videos anyway. People video all the speeches and the special parts. I will have someone record it but I wouldn't pay for it . Everything surrounding a wedding seems to be a necessity to somebody... we're on a budget so once I have the man, the priest and the dress that's all that's necessary... anything else depends on how much extra money you are willing to spend. I would rather put the few hundred that I would pay for a videographer into the honeymoon fund... that'd be 3 nights in a hotel or 6 nights in a motel or a massive difference in the kinda car we have for our road trip.

aviendha

absolutely essential, and this is from someone who was absolutely dreading the thought of a video person on the day, but had read SO many people who had regretted not having it on the day, that I thought, what the hell, I'll go for it

with the wedding day over, I now am so relieved to have the DVD, and if I could go back in time, would have put even more importance on the DVD than the photographs.... we have a fabulous album which I love, but they can't capture the atmosphere on the day, all the build-up fun in the house, all the moments.. all the guests that didn't make the wedding photos, from the greeting line outside the church..everything.. it's just so magical having the DVD to look back on, even something as simple as the shots of the family home - imagine looking back on your old sitting room in 20 years time??

didn't notice the videographer all day, and there's no awkward "listening to your own voice" moments, with the music overlay, all you hear are your own vows...

I just can't stress enough the importance of a DVD - so much of the day flies by that it's impossible to remember it all, and the photographs just don't capture the full extent of the day... I wonder how many people who voted "no" actually are married and are glad they didn't have it, or are simply people who don't believe they would like it in the future...

my 0.02:)

artyeva

i voted ''not important'' - cause ''we'' don't think it is. having said that i've decided to mainly cause like yerself rachel i have this romantic notion that when we eventually have kids it'll be nice to let them see how cool we were before they came along.... :cool:

main problem is though is that there's an awful lot of irish videographers who aren't to my taste - quantity over quality a lot of them, and not proportionately [sp?] priced, some of them :rolleyes:

i love the stuff shot on canon 5D's that's popular in the states at the moment - shallow dof, high production values, good editing... i can spend hours on 'vimeo' sometimes

it's definitely waaaaaay down the list after the photography though - that i've spent a looooong time researching and have found someone with exactly the kind of taste we have. yay.

smelltheglove

Oh yeah, the 5d, what got me to post this was having a good conversation with the videographer from a wedding the other day. He was a lovely fella and wow did he work, I was guest at a riends wedding but I was also photographing, I finished at around 6pm, the camera came out for a few minutes for the speeches and also for the cake and first dance but that was it, this guy shot ffrom around 12pm to about 2 am, I mean thats hard work. He used the normal pro video camera but also the 5d which I am looking forward to seeing the footage from.

DarkBlonde

We had decided not to get a video for our wedding next year. But I think I am going to change my mind. I have spent the last hour looking at prices and packages. I was looking at sample videos of wedding days and I think now that I would love to be able to look back on my day on video not just photographs. The samples I looked at were all so well done and looked so professional.
Now I just have to bring my oh round to the idea

Oh and I voted if I can afford it.

TimMac

We were moving an old press at home and I found my parents wedding video and my fathers wedding ring behind it.
both went missing years ago when I was a kid.
anyways I got the vhs tape put onto dvd for the folks & it was lovely to watch it for them me & other relatives. A lot of people not around anymore r.i.p.

for that reason alone im having one for our wedding in april

Ahbegob

I'd say a video is essential (and not just because it's what I do)- but the day does fly and it is nice to look back at all that happened and review all the details that are forgotton in the mad roller coaster of a day.

I know that my wife would rather let the house burn than lose the VHS (remember that) copy of her sister's wedding. Her dad was there but did not make it to ours. She loves looking back ever so often and seeing him enjoying himself.

The digital content of a DVD means that it can be easily transferred to the latest hologram or whatever comes along- your great grand children can see you in all your glory as scary as it sounds.

Having an amateur do it is a good idea if you can't afford a videog. I'd say- organise something though. I've never heard anyone regret having one done. As one bride said to me- the flowers cost more- and they last but a day.

How Strange

I'd say not important. We got married earlier this year and we had such a fantastic time. The fun was completely spontaneous and while it seemed to go by so quickly, although it was 3am when it finished up, I can't see how a DVD could capture it any better than the way I remember it in my head.

Borderfox

I terms of DVD's these guys/girls are (imo) the top of the tree, if you can get one tenth of the creative element in your videographer then you will have something special.

For stills they stand the test of time though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Kvx4lrjmU

artyeva

HOLY BEJAYSUS CRAP - now that's what i'm talkin' bout!!! :pac::pac::pac:

maybe if we win the lotto between now and the big day

aviendha

How Strange wrote: »

I'd say not important. We got married earlier this year and we had such a fantastic time. The fun was completely spontaneous and while it seemed to go by so quickly, although it was 3am when it finished up, I can't see how a DVD could capture it any better than the way I remember it in my head.

to be fair, you only got married this year... how good will your memory be 5, 10, 20 years on? Also, you will only remember the times you were present - DVD captures all the moments you weren't there for, the arrival of the guests, round the tables, the arrival of the groom to the church, all the other shenanigans that you missed out on... I'm so happy with the DVD, and it also gives people who couldn't attend for health/other reasons a chance to share the day - I know my grandmother was thrilled to be able to see the DVD as she was hospital-bound on the day..

each to their own

emma82

Any of my friends who have a DVD love it & don't regret getting it but those that don't say they don't miss it! We are having one- my OH wasn't too keen but he agreed as long as they promised to stay out of his face!!! lol. I just want to have the memories (sap I know!) Everyone says the day goes so fast so I can't wait to be able to watch it afterwards.