How much does videography usually run?

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It usually depends on the package coverage you want for your wedding. If you only wanted to have the basic and cheapest rate, it usually ranges from $800-$1000 (depending on your region). It includes a single-camera coverage with a video length of 60-90 minutes. You can browse for more reference about Wedding Videographer Rates here: https://valoso.com/blog/how-much-should-i-charge-as-a-wedding-videographer/ Hope this helps!

Joy, above, makes some excellent points. Many people just think you point a camera, record some video, and upload it to the internet or burn a DVD, and of course, if that is all you want, then have your cousin bring his Go Pro and a tripod and go for it! But, if you want it done professionally, there is SO MUCH MORE to it, that most people never see or even realize occur.

So, here's some other things to consider when you are deciding whether or not it's worth your money to hire a professional videographer (and keep in mind, there are many levels of "professional" too, so check out their work and make sure you like their shooting and editing style, before you buy).

Photographs are great, and a good photographer not only knows what, and how to shoot, but they can also do a lot of tweaking in post to insure that each photo looks great. Of course, you... the consumer... rarely see or even know about that part of the process. So, a trained professional photographer can do a lot of amazing things with photos, but, they are only one moment in time captured on film, as has already been pointed out. That being said, I think a photographer's contribution to the overall wedding experience adds so much to the event, that I think it's a necessary part of the day too.

However, what a photographer cannot capture, unless they are shooting video, are the speeches, the full range of an expressions as they happen, the random comments between the bride and groom captured as they occur, the timing of the comments, the cheers, taunts, laughs & cries of the wedding party, the family & guests, or the other words, sounds, or elated cries of happiness that occur all day and evening long. Instead of capturing just a single joyful moment in a photo, a video captures the entire range of things that are happening constantly and all around us, from the moment of recognition as something begins to happen, the reactions of those involves, through the final outcome of that particular sequence of moments. A video captures what was said, who said it, the reactions of those within earshot, the music, plus all the ambient sounds that were occurring nearby, and whoops and hollers made by surrounding onlookers. It can capture a ranges of emotions, as they happen, of one person, or several persons standing or seated in a group, so you can watch them again and again. You simply do not get this from photograph. Period.

Whether you are the wedding couple, a part of the bridal party, the family or the guests, there will literally be many dozens of moments that you will miss during a wedding celebration. This is especially true for the couple, since the day often goes by so fast, with so many things happening all at once, that it's easy to miss quite a bit of it. With a quality video, you can go back and recapture those lost moments, as well as all the special ones you do remember, and re-experience them any time you want.

I offer a wide range of wedding video packages, from three designed for a small or Do-It-Yourself budget with various features, where you get all the high quality raw video and audio footage, to several other packages with a wider range of features & prices, including more HD cameras & operators, pro audio recording, more hours of coverage, varied lengths of wedding highlight or full feature films, day-of-prep or first look sequences, guest interviews, and much more. You can also customize your package from a list of add-on options.

Our wedding video packages range in price from $350 on the lowest end, to $2,200 for a package with all the frills. We offer three budget-minded packages, and five large packages with a wide range of features and prices.

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