I sat down with Morgan of Let’s Talk Eventz on her podcast a while back and we had an amazing conversation about what makes a wedding video so special. When she initially reached out with the topic idea “Why Video is a Necessity” my first thought was “It isn’t”—but I think Morgan might have changed my mind. Read on to find out how!
Paige and Justin had THE BEST DAY! Despite a pandemic reschedule they were happy as could be and surrounded by LOTS of family and friends. Held at Corona Ranch Venue in Laveen, Arizona, this was one of the biggest guest counts I’ve worked with and while it took a bit of brainpower to plan camera angles for the ceremony, it was such a fun day! They were masters of being their authentic selves and it totally shows in their video!
I’ve always maintained that wedding video is a luxury. I don’t get my feelings hurt when someone says it’s just not in their budget, and I sometimes feel weird about pushing it. I’m not very “salesy”—something I should probably work on huh—and it always felt weird to tell someone they NEED what I’m selling. But one thing I hear over and over when I’m out shooting weddings or when I tell people what I do is “I WISH we had invested in a wedding video”.
Video is different than Photo and one thing I know is true is that video adds something completely separate from photo. You might be asking “why would I want video when photo is pretty much the same thing?”. The answer is that they’re not the same thing!
Morgan and I go over this in-depth during our podcast episode along with a lot more detail about what videographers do behind the scenes so I highly encourage you to check it out, but here’s a little snippet that I think really highlights the key difference:
Photo is documenting the who, the what, the where and the when. With video we’re really trying to drill down and get the why—and you know when you’re married there are times where you can kind of forget the why, so it’s great to have a wedding video to look back on and remind yourself of that.
There is definitely overlap between photo and video. Photographers DO capture meaningul moments that give a sense of the why, and videographers definitely capture the who, what, when and where. We work as a team and in my opinion, each play an vtial role in documenting your day. But there’s something powerful in combinin captured visuals and audio—the way things moved, they way the wind sounded in the trees, a tremnling lip, how he didn’t just grab your waist, he pulled you in tight and kissed you on the forhead.
One of my biggest hype girls, the cutest bride ever, has told me more than once that she watches her video all the time. She watches it when she’s sad, when there’s been a disagreement, when she wants to laugh and smile…
You don’t NEED video to have a good wedding. I’m just never going to try and push someone to add an expense that will cause strife. As you think about what matters most to you on your big day though, you might want to think about how often you’ll want to revisit it. If you could go back and feel the love and joy and closeness over and over, would you?
