There is no such thing as a professional wedding videographer
Fortunately most people realise that the photographer is the talent at a wedding and it's easy to get the video monkey moved from the best spot. Derek's Tip: If you're the photographer and you stroll up to the front and find a big clumsy tripod in the way, with a camera left running, it's a fun idea to nudge it slightly so it's filming the Vicars backside. This will in no way detract from the miserable, cliched, under edited waste of TV viewing time that you will receive about 6 months after your wedding. It will have taken so long because during the week he'll be doing his real job as a prison guard and won't have had time to finish it. When it does finally arrive you'll be amazed how even after ruthless editing he has managed to make the wedding appear 3 times as long as it really was. You'll laugh and marvel at the genius idea of interviewing the guests but wonder why he failed to get anything interesting out of them.
The worst is yet to come when you get your wedding photos back and realise that for some reason the videographer, with an uncanny knack for always being in the wrong place at the wrong time, is in ALL your pictures. Lurking around in the background of every key moment, creeping out the bridesmaids. At least you'll remember what a waste of money he was for the rest of your life.
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Anon
In fact, he would deserve horsewhipping!
A case of "Do as I say, don't do as I do"?
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Scott
You are a moron and probably some old hack being pushed out of the business. VHS camera? Are you kidding me? Actually, its more likely that a brides event will be ruined by some shmo who just bought the latest greatest slr type digital camera and started selling their services as a photographer. Funny, I've seen the pics from 2 of the very good photographers that I've worked with recently and I'm curiously not in any of their pics. Maybe it's you who needs to work on your technique. Truth is, there are people who suck in every profession. I can tell where you must fit in.
Scott
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Anonymous
Methinks someone has a chip on his shoulder here! What about the professionals I know who are UK broadcast-trained and whose work is absolutely superb - and who dress respectably as well?
What the piece above doesn't mention is the number of smug, patronising stills men who continue to live in an age before video existed. Remember one thing: the customer is the person who chose to commission video as well as stills, and what the customer wants - the customer gets!
So - wake up.
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Anon
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Space Cadet
Well done.
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Anonymous
satisfaction of pissing off the humorless and untalented with a good tweak.
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v***otosser
Later they insist on putting a 500w light on top of there camera and running around the reception chasing the bridemaids.
I had one once who pushed this big trolley tripod around during the ceremony with wires everywhere and a massive boom microphone. Not exactly discreet.
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Don't Book!!
@@@@ oh and have you seen HIS waistline - seriously huge, he can't even make
it through the vestry door at St $$@%%'s !!
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Anonymous
What a clown
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Quiksnap
posted on this site so far. Derek is usually quick with a handy tip, but he hasn't
responded at all yet to my request for info on the use of an inflatable church. I
wonder if you might have some advice? (See the Coffee Table Wedding Album
Table T thread, 8th Feb.) Many thanks
Quicksnap
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Ted Rumble
More than once a perfectly composed shot has been ruined by a 'flighty' photographer flouncing through my shot saying something like "ooh the light, the light..." (in a Kenneth Williams voice). Some forget that the bride and groom should be the real star of the production; at a recent wedding the photographer resorted to taking most of the register signing shots with his trousers around his ankles whilst muttering something about 'jelly on a plate'.
So Derek before you critise videographers get your own house in order. Most stills men are on the sex offenders register and the rest are on the waiting list.
yours
Ted Rumble
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Derek
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JOJo
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Bing Crosby
you may indeed earn vast amounts of cash turning out for Man City, but you are proof that money doesn't equal manners.
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Derek
All the best
Derek
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Andy J
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Bing Crosby
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jesuswept
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