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Devoted May 2021

Can't find videographer for our popular wedding date

Trinity, on February 9, 2020 at 9:35 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 8

Hello All,

I am just writing to let some steam off. My fiance chose 10/10/20 for our wedding date. It turns out it is a super popular date. We had a hard time finding our venue, but knowing it was a popular date, I have already booked venue, photographer, florist, chairs rental, coordinator. Those were all easy process. Videographer wasn't one of the important elements for us so we didn't start looking until now. We are 8 months away from our wedding, and I have a very difficult time finding a videographer that would cover 10 hours for under $2000. I talked to at least 7 places and they are all booked for our date. I am writing to vent because my fiance hasn't really been helping. All he cares about is the budget, but not the quality. At this point, I feel like I just want to opt out the videographer. However, I also do not want to regret it. What would you do?

Very frustrated!

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Latest activity by Melle, on February 10, 2020 at 12:44 PM
  • Fleur
    October 2020
    Fleur ·
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    Can you expand your search to nearby cities? Our videographer is coming from a city 2+ hours away, bc we were blown away by his work on our friend's wedding. We're paying his hotel but it's totally worth it. Good luck!

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  • MOB So Cal
    January 2019
    MOB So Cal ·
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    I know you've got a really popular date.... Daughter didn't decide to hire a videographer until about a month before the wedding when she received an unexpected bonus. While she'd been VERY picky about all her vendors up to that point, with so little time she didn't have a lot of options. She tried Thumbtack (a website for hiring various freelancers) and she was very pleasantly surprised. She found a great couple, who were available for her date. She looked at a bunch of their videos and was happy with their work. I don't know what the going rate is where you're located, but for comparison, daughter paid $100 per hour for two videographers and that included all the raw footage. She booked them for 7 hours, and she paid an additional $800 for a 6-7 minute highlight film (including fully downloadable link and a hardcopy DVD). So, total, she paid about $1500 and received 6 hours of unedited video and a GREAT highlight video (in So Cal, a high cost area). Good luck! (She is VERY happy to have video along with her 1100+ edited photos.)

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    Devoted May 2021
    Trinity ·
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    Will try that. Thanks!
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    Devoted May 2021
    Trinity ·
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    Great idea! Totally forgot about thumbtack. Emailing them now. Thanks!
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  • Onya
    Expert October 2020
    Onya ·
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    Have you also tried colleges in the area that have photography/videography majors? Also you’d be surprised what you can find on Instagram and Facebook.
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    Devoted May 2021
    Trinity ·
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    Hi, I actually am in a FB group, those are the ones that I contacted it first. They are reasonably priced with the hours I need, but they are all booked.

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    Dedicated October 2020
    Shauna ·
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    Try Wedding Bug. I believe they are nation wide. I opted to do 6 hours of video and we get all the raw footage and a 5-7 minute highlight of the day. It cost right around $1,100 for all of that. You have the option to go onto their website and pick video styles you like and they will choose a videographer that fits your style.

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    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Do you have a photographer? If so, can they tack on videography or give you suggestions from people they know?
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