Videography Compared to Photography

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Michael Burton, we're here talking about choosing a wedding videographer for your wedding day. Weding videography has always been the second runner compared to photography. Back in the day photography was the main staple of someone's wedding. You always had to have the photographer. That was the most important because everybody loves to look at those afterward photos and the family loves to come and gather around to view these photos. People have huge copies of their photos hanging on their walls in their homes. But, now, the video has really taken a huge leap forward towards matching with photography. The reason being is that because now that the digital age is changed and everybody has access to DVD's, and a lot of videographers have access to digital and HD cameras now. And it's so cheap that, just like photography, it's easier to get your hands on a video camera and to go out and shoot a wedding video. Not only that but the brides have a way to actually play back these videos and view these videos anytime they please. Not to mention, they can make copies and give copies to friends and family members as gifts or just for fun. The videographer, even in most cases still, is always the first person to get cut when people are doing budget cuts. They always think, "Well where can I scrimp? Where can I save? What can I do away with that I don't need on my wedding day?" and they always end up cutting the videographer first. I believe that this is a huge mistake because the videographer and the wedding video can capture so much more of your wedding day than a wedding photographer can. A wedding photographer can only capture stills of you on your wedding day, as opposed to candid moments and motion of your wedding day showing off your dress, showing off your tuxedo. It's just a much better way of viewing your wedding day and it really, when you watch it, it brings back those memories and it's almost like your there again, when you're watching this video."