Today's guest blog is from Tom Haggas at Cheshire Moon Films.
As a wedding planner, I encourage couples to make Videography a very important aspect of their wedding. As soon as the Photographer is booked, a Videographer should not be long behind. Your Photographer will capture a moment, magic scenes of your Wedding, but your videographer will capture these moments with sound and real-life movement. The two go hand in hand.
Tom is a not only a great friend and trusted colleague, but is a wonderful artist that captures a couple's day with an eye towards perfection. His notes about videography are good advice for couples considering whether a professional videographer is worth the investment (It truly is!).
The Jerry Maguire Effect
Tom Haggas
Cheshire Moon Films
I'll be the first to admit it. Video cameras are intimidating. Ironically, everyone is great on-camera as long as they don't know or care that the camera is rolling. There is a fear about the unblinking eye of the wedding video camera. (Cue scary music.) This raises the anxiety of an already anxious day. People are usually on guard when a camera is roaming. As they should be. We've all wasted hours watching unsuspecting people become reluctant stars on YouTube and no one wants to be caught in a compromising situation.
I call it "The Jerry Maguire Effect." There's a scene in the 1995 film when the wedding videographer catches Tom Cruise's character in a subtle moment of doubt/distraction/sweatiness just before the wedding. Renee Zellweger's Dorothy catches the look and it casts doubts on their marriage. Boom, just like that, even before the garter has been stretched out on the ring bearer's head.
When I edit a video, the unflattering shots are the first to get cut. This goes for the wedding couple, wedding party, parents, everyone. A great wedding video should make the couple feel like movie stars and the wedding party, their entourage. Knowing what to cut and what to keep is why you hire a wedding videographer. From knowing how to deal with unpredictable light to editing a great video that you want to watch again and again.
Above all it's a matter trust. One reason so many couples hire relatives to shoot the wedding video is trust. All of my clients put an enormous amount of trust in me to not only preserve the good stuff, but also to know when to leave a shot on the editing room floor. I've built that trust from the ground up with every wedding and it's included in every wedding I shoot. So let your uncle sit back and enjoy the ceremony (unless your uncle is Martin Scorsese.) With a professional videographer you can enjoy your day and let down your guard.
Cheshire Moon Films is a member of The Preferred Wedding Book
As a wedding planner, I encourage couples to make Videography a very important aspect of their wedding. As soon as the Photographer is booked, a Videographer should not be long behind. Your Photographer will capture a moment, magic scenes of your Wedding, but your videographer will capture these moments with sound and real-life movement. The two go hand in hand.
Tom is a not only a great friend and trusted colleague, but is a wonderful artist that captures a couple's day with an eye towards perfection. His notes about videography are good advice for couples considering whether a professional videographer is worth the investment (It truly is!).
The Jerry Maguire Effect
Tom Haggas
Cheshire Moon Films
I'll be the first to admit it. Video cameras are intimidating. Ironically, everyone is great on-camera as long as they don't know or care that the camera is rolling. There is a fear about the unblinking eye of the wedding video camera. (Cue scary music.) This raises the anxiety of an already anxious day. People are usually on guard when a camera is roaming. As they should be. We've all wasted hours watching unsuspecting people become reluctant stars on YouTube and no one wants to be caught in a compromising situation.
I call it "The Jerry Maguire Effect." There's a scene in the 1995 film when the wedding videographer catches Tom Cruise's character in a subtle moment of doubt/distraction/sweatiness just before the wedding. Renee Zellweger's Dorothy catches the look and it casts doubts on their marriage. Boom, just like that, even before the garter has been stretched out on the ring bearer's head.
When I edit a video, the unflattering shots are the first to get cut. This goes for the wedding couple, wedding party, parents, everyone. A great wedding video should make the couple feel like movie stars and the wedding party, their entourage. Knowing what to cut and what to keep is why you hire a wedding videographer. From knowing how to deal with unpredictable light to editing a great video that you want to watch again and again.
Above all it's a matter trust. One reason so many couples hire relatives to shoot the wedding video is trust. All of my clients put an enormous amount of trust in me to not only preserve the good stuff, but also to know when to leave a shot on the editing room floor. I've built that trust from the ground up with every wedding and it's included in every wedding I shoot. So let your uncle sit back and enjoy the ceremony (unless your uncle is Martin Scorsese.) With a professional videographer you can enjoy your day and let down your guard.
Cheshire Moon Films is a member of The Preferred Wedding Book
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