This article is to assist you in choosing a wedding videographer for your wedding.
First, a brief history of wedding videography. Filming of weddings has been carried out virtually since the invention of motion pictures. By the 1960’s, there was a range of cameras available mainly shooting 16 mm and 8 mm film. The 16 mm size film was a professional size, mainly used for documentaries but wealthy families sometimes used it for a professional recording of
a family wedding.
a family wedding.
At that point in time there were probably no professional wedding film businesses but in the
late 1960’s Super 8 film was introduced, affording a higher quality image.
Several small businesses commenced, mainly as off-shoots from wedding still-photography.
late 1960’s Super 8 film was introduced, affording a higher quality image.
Several small businesses commenced, mainly as off-shoots from wedding still-photography.
Right up until early1970’s these studios were the main choice for couples wanting
Professional film coverage of their wedding however few couples sought to have their wedding filmed. However around the middle of that decade, video tape, which had already been around since the 1950’s in the television industry started to make its appearance in other imaging fields. By the end of the 1980’s wedding couples were having their weddings filmed or ‘videographed’ by stand-alone wedding video companies.
Professional film coverage of their wedding however few couples sought to have their wedding filmed. However around the middle of that decade, video tape, which had already been around since the 1950’s in the television industry started to make its appearance in other imaging fields. By the end of the 1980’s wedding couples were having their weddings filmed or ‘videographed’ by stand-alone wedding video companies.
As cameras and tape improved many different shooting formats became available, Betacam, VHS, Super-VHS, to name several. With a professional broadcast-quality video camera costing $45,000 only dedicated professionals shot weddings.
The wedding video market kept expanding right up to the late 1990’s. The price of cameras
and technology started coming down leading to more and more people to undertake wedding videography as a profession.
The wedding video market kept expanding right up to the late 1990’s. The price of cameras
and technology started coming down leading to more and more people to undertake wedding videography as a profession.
Nowadays with the price of cameras low and the image quality high thanks to digital tape
and hard-drive storage video cameras, plus the perception by many of imaging-media as a glamour profession, some people think it a great way to make easy money.
and hard-drive storage video cameras, plus the perception by many of imaging-media as a glamour profession, some people think it a great way to make easy money.
Therefore couples selecting a videographer should carefully consider whether they should choose from contracting a professional wedding videographer with a proven record of quality coverage of weddings, or have an inexperienced cheap non-professional. The non-pro could
turn up and capture hardly any footage, or overshoot, ending up with so much extraneous footage that the bride and groom will have to pay a professional editing studio to edit it down
to a viewable length.
turn up and capture hardly any footage, or overshoot, ending up with so much extraneous footage that the bride and groom will have to pay a professional editing studio to edit it down
to a viewable length.
Amateur videographers can make the bad decision of putting all settings on auto, the colour balance, the focus, the sound, the steady-cam, letting the video camera do everything, on
the assumption that it’ll all turn out right in end. The result is a shoot looking like it was
done by a mobile phone camera.
the assumption that it’ll all turn out right in end. The result is a shoot looking like it was
done by a mobile phone camera.
Be wise, to avoid a wedding disaster, choose a professional wedding videographer.
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