If you have decided to have a wedding video in Melbourne for your wedding day, get your hair stylist and make up artist to come to you, and allow extra time if you have a big bridal party. Otherwise you may not have enough time to cover all the moments you want captured.
Often brides are running late due to a delay at the hairdressers.  Some hairdressers take on extra clients at the salon, even when they have an entire bridal party’s hair to style, and we all know hairdressers never run on time. 

You never know what the traffic in Melbourne is going to be like, going to or coming back from the hairdressers. This means less time for your wedding video and photography, let alone the stress it will cause you if you have to rush!

Getting footage of your beautiful wedding hairstyles looks great on small sections of your wedding video. Having your wedding hair stylist and make up artist come to you, means that you can have more of your wedding day captured for you to remember for a lifetime.

• Can I see a couple of full wedding albums and proof books from the one wedding?
• Will you be the photographer on the day?
• Are you an accredited AIPP photographer?
• How long have you been in business for?
• Do you have any testimonials we can look at?

• The photographer- as you spend the entire day with him/her, so you want to like and get along with them.
• The Style- you have to like what you see, every photographer has a different style.
• The package inclusions and pricing- In Johl’s opinion, “charging under $1500- 2000 for a wedding package should be considered a risk, you can’t put out a quality product charging less than that, and if they are they probably have a full time job and do wedding photography as a hobby”.

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• Tall table centre pieces, they can be very hard to film around.

• Darkly lit with candles or low light can be very tricky to film in to get great quality shots, our cameras can handle very low light but there is some quality loss if it is too dark.

• Inform us of the running sheet and also tell your MC that we need to know everything that is happening and to make sure we are ready to film when things are about to happen.

• Make sure we are catered for and seated in the reception centre. Otherwise the risk of us missing things increases a lot. Sadly we have missed some important events at weddings because we were seated away from the guests and weren't told by anyone that things were about to happen ahead of schedule.

• Have your reception finish at 11 or 11:30pm. Why you ask? We have been to more weddings than most people will go to in their lifetime so why do we say have your wedding finish then? The few biggest reasons is so many people start to leave once 10:30 ticks over so you want to make sure you still have people left before you do. It starts to get messy once it gets later every family has those people that don't know when to stop drinking and we have seen some interesting things happen as it gets later and later, this isn't something you usually want to remember that happened at your wedding. And the biggest one is you get to the wedding night quicker which for some couples is a very special time so why stick around at the reception when you could be doing what newly weds do best!!

• We all know that at a wedding many people can drink a few too many wines and beers, so why not make up a hang over kit for your guests.
• This could include two paracetamol, two berroca, a can of V, a coffee satchel, and a small bottle of refreshing mist spray for the ladies. These types of bonbonieres are easy, not too expensive, and your guests will appreciate it the following morning.

• You could get a picture frame and put a nice thank you message in it, that way they can either use the frame for a picture from the wedding later on, or they can keep your message in it so they can always be reminded of your wonderful celebration.

• You could use candles and put there name on it as their place setting and they can burn it at home as a symbol of your unity.

• Photo frame glass coasters look great with a picture of the bride and groom, or a thank you message.

• Rock candy with the bride and groom names and a love heart is fun and also tasty.

• Tea light candle and name cardholders look really sweet, and they come in many different designs, such as elephants, love doves, boats and many more.

• Bottle stops are fantastic and you can get them with a love heart on the top.

• Chocolates or even a cupcake in a decorative box look really sweet.

A survey commissioned by Wedding & Events Videographers Association International (WEVA), showed that 38% of brides married and surveyed in 2005 regret not getting their wedding filmed. 63% of them 'strongly recommend that future brides hire a professional videographer'.

98% of brides surveyed used a professional photographer and only 29% used a professional videographer. Those that used both professional services expressed that video does a better job of capturing the emotions and history of the day. They strongly believe that future children will enjoy a wedding video more than wedding photos.

'Brides need professional services for both.'

We have all seen the bad videographer or the Uncle Arthur home video job, so I don't need to draw you a picture.

Just make sure that you do your research to make sure you know what you are getting. It doesn't always come down to price. Every professional films and edits in a different styles and have different inclusions in their packages.

Don't be someone with regrets!

Wedding videography should be in your 'TOP 5' wedding services. Don't just take my word for it, ask your friends and family who have had their weddings filmed professionally and take a look at our testimonials.

Get a WeddingMovies movie and feel confident that your precious memories are preserved for all to enjoy time and time again.

For more info on the WEVA survey go to the link below:
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