Videographer

sparky_2011

Hi everyone,

Recently engaged and just at the budgeting part of the planning and I'm just wondering from those of you who used a videographer what kind of ball park figure could I expect to pay?

I'm totally clueless but have seen on several sites that this is something we shouldn't do without.....

Redsox Rover

Hi sparky,

We have just booked ours and we got charged €800. that includes the videographer coming to the brides house and filming, the church and the reception right up until the band starts.

It depends on the package you want and the style of video but from our research you should be looking between €800-€1,000

blindside88

Budget for €1000 and you won't be too far off the mark. We're paying 850 ourselves

sparky_2011

Thanks for the replies, more than I was hoping but then again I'm coming into this clueless and I'm sure it will be worth it!

pwurple

Not sure why you think you can't do without it. We had one (he wanted it, I didn't) and I found it slightly annoying on the day to have that camera in my face all the time.

My parents and husband have watched it. I prefer the stills. Haven't gotten around to seeing it years later.

sparky_2011

pwurple wrote: »

Not sure why you think you can't do without it. We had one (he wanted it, I didn't) and I found it slightly annoying on the day to have that camera in my face all the time.

My parents and husband have watched it. I prefer the stills. Haven't gotten around to seeing it years later.

Thanks for your input Pwurple, it's good to hear both sides. I guess I feel like I'd like to have one because I've never heard of people regretting having one but I've heard of them regretting not having one, if you know what I mean. So I'm just aiming to have no regrets basically!!

I definitely don't fancy the idea of the camera in my face all the time though as you say so hopefully we can find a happy medium somewhere...a tripod set up somewhere might do just as good a job. Lots fo think about!

brinty

We got ours for 250 but he was only starting out, did church, reception, testimonials for guests, speeches and early dances...
for a guy who was 6'8' i didn't even notice him during the day TBH
we decided on it late and went low end but couldn't have been more happy with the end product, he had stills in at the end of the video too

sparky_2011

Wow, that sounds brilliant Brinty! Bargain! I'm definitely more concerned about the photos but if there was a bit of decent footage of the day it would be great, just to refresh the memory, so if was possible to get a new starter when the time comes that would be perfect. Feeling much better about it now!

brinty

Failing that Sparky if ye have someone at the wedding who has a video camera its handy too.

My sister had one and she caught loads of other stuff and guests at the end of the night, us greeting guests at the chapel etc, dancing the video guy missed (she got some really funny footage too, which ye get once people are after having a few beers etc)

There's no guarantee's of course with someone starting out, all i can say for this guy is he was extremely polite and professional to us, nothing was a problem at all. We invited him as a guest and aksed him to sit for dinner but he said no, we tried to get him something before and after dinner too but he'd organised a dinner with the hotel. just a genuine nice guy who i would recommend.

Chocoholic84

pwurple wrote: »

Not sure why you think you can't do without it. We had one (he wanted it, I didn't) and I found it slightly annoying on the day to have that camera in my face all the time.

My parents and husband have watched it. I prefer the stills. Haven't gotten around to seeing it years later.

For starters, if you felt like you had a camera in your face the whole time, then he wasn't doing his job properly. A good videographer should fade into the background so you actually forget they're there!

I would say DEFINITELY get a videographer. Stills are great, but a DVD of the getting ready, ceremony, receiving line, EVERYTHING is so brill to have! (we got a glimpse of a few feckers who didn't bother coming to the church, only to the reception!)

And of course you can have a laugh at the dancing as well

sparky_2011

I thought of that too Brinty, even investing in a camera and asking someone to film some parts of the day but not sure how I feel about asking someone to take on "a job", even for a small part of the day when they could be off enjoying themselves.

I'm getting waaaay ahead of myself here since I'm only trying to get an idea of our final budget at the moment but all your advice has convinced me that we'll definitely we having someone behind a video camera! Will budget €1000 and hope that we can afford to spend it when the time comes.

Thanks so much everyone for all your comments!

lazygal

Would recommend getting one, and getting a professional job. A relative/friend with a camera will miss things, the shots can be hit and miss and they can run low on battery or forget about the job at hand in the rush of the day. I can recommend d-digital, we had them for our wedding, paid 500e for full day and are delighted with the result, money well spent. I wasn't that keen on a DVD but now we have it, its extremely precious.

brinty

I would agree with lazy gal, get a pro but also some off your friends will bring a video so asked some off them to record different parts of the day, one for speeches, one in the church, one for dancing etc etc...should cut out battery problems or whartever

sparky_2011

Thanks for the recommendation Lazygal, will make a note of that - great price too. Things are looking up!

ABajaninCork

Think we paid E900 for ours. Three copies and we set it to our own music. My cousin got his friend to write music specially for us, and we set that to the DVD. He videoed up to our first dance.

Never even realised he was there, he was that good.

Crybabygeeks

Hi there...

Does anyone have experience of videographers in the Galway/Mayo region? Thank you!!