Hire your wedding videographer as soon as you have your wedding date secured and have booked your venue! That’s the best possible advice we can give our clients if they want to have a cinematic wedding film that fully captures their love story and special day.
Couples sometimes hesitate to hire a professional cinematographic crew. Budget constraints, as well as a mistaken perception that a simple photographer is sufficient, make them question whether they need to have a videographer at their wedding. And yet, as days and months pass, they realize how much they will be missing from their wedding without a wedding film. By this time, however, it could be too late to hire a filming crew with the right experience, equipment, and expertise.
Instead of risking missing out on a crucial component of your wedding day, organize your wedding early and hire a cinematic wedding videographer as soon as possible. You won’t regret it!
Why Should I Hire a Wedding Videographer?
Your wedding is much more than a series of snapshots. It is all about emotional moments, softly spoken words, and a loving embrace. These precious scenes cannot be printed on paper: they require video to let everything evolve and unfold.
Your wedding video will include loving words from your loved ones as well as laughter and happy tears. It will have solemn vows but also joyful smiles. You will want to watch your wedding video time and time again to remember how that moment felt and relive it with your spouse, your friends, and your family.
When Should I Book a Wedding Videographer?
Once you have booked your wedding date and have chosen your wedding venue, you must book your wedding cinematographer.
Many professional videographers are booked two years in advance and have limited capacity to take on more filming projects.
As professional videographers, we advise our clients to hire their crew 9 months before the wedding. At the latest, they should do so no later than 6 months before the wedding day. Ideally, you should book your videographer and your photographer together and get them to meet each other so that they know how they each work. This will make your wedding photo shoot and video filming go as smoothly and seamlessly as possible.
To help you decide when to book your wedding photographer, we have established some helpful guidelines.
When Should I Book a Wedding Videographer?
Once you have booked your wedding date and have chosen your wedding venue, you must book your wedding cinematographer.
Many professional videographers are booked two years in advance and have limited capacity to take on more filming projects.
As professional videographers, we advise our clients to hire their crew 9 months before the wedding. At the latest, they should do so no later than 6 months before the wedding day. Ideally, you should book your videographer and your photographer together and get them to meet each other so that they know how they each work. This will make your wedding photo shoot and video filming go as smoothly and seamlessly as possible.
To help you decide when to book your wedding photographer, we have established some helpful guidelines.
When Is Your Wedding Date?
Your wedding date will determine how much in advance you should hire your videographer. Spring and fall weddings are in high demand, so filming crews will be booked solid during weekends. If you are planning to get married during the high wedding season, you should give your wedding videographer the heads-up at least 9 months in advance.
Weekday weddings have less competition than weekend ones. If you are getting married on a Tuesday afternoon, for example, you could find a professional videographer 6 months in advance. Likewise, mid-winter weddings are fewer and you could probably hire a videographer just a few months in advance.
However, remember that most of the work a filmographer does is after the wedding to edit the film and create a cinematic version. If your videographer has a lot of wedding films to edit, even if your wedding is on a weekday, they could still hesitate to take you on board.
What Sort of Wedding Film Do You Want?
If you want a short cinematic film without a documentary film, this involves less work than the full package of a long highlight film with a documentary film.
In this case, the filming crew will stay for fewer hours at the wedding and will have less editing work to do afterwards. Even so, don’t leave your videographer booking until a month before the wedding, as it will almost certainly be too late.
How Much of Your Wedding Do You Want to be Filmed?
Many couples want to document everything from their wedding day: the bride getting ready, the groom laughing with his friends, the arrival of the guests, the ceremony, the reception, the party afterward, and every small yet significant detail and moment. Some couples even want the crew to be there during the rehearsal dinner.
Other couples like to only include the most important moments of the wedding, like the ceremony itself and the reception.
Decide how much of the wedding you want to be filmed and book your videographer accordingly. Our suggestion is not to skip hiring a videographer if you only have a limited budget. Instead, find a package that delivers a quality video, even if it covers only the wedding ceremony. If you are opting for a more limited package, you could book 6 months in advance—but we strongly suggest you don’t wait until later than that.
Book Reverent Wedding Films for Your Wedding
We have wedding packages that cater to all budgets and preferences. We want couples to have something as beautiful and unique as their wedding to watch for years after. Don’t miss out on your wedding film. Book your videographer well in advance and choose the wedding package that fits your needs.
Reverent Wedding Films can film weddings in Waco, Bryan, Longview, Woodlands, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, New Braunfels, and San Antonio, Texas, as well as destination weddings all over the world. Check our availability online or call now 832-536-1897 and let’s book your wedding date!
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