A busman's holiday

I got married in September, and while I don’t wish to make this blog an extended homage to my own big day, it does give me a much better understanding of the role of the wedding videographer and photographer. You are going to want to re-live that day so much you will be in pain. You need all the JPGs and .MOVs you can lay your greedy little hands on.

Ironically, I didn’t get a wedding videographer. I thought it would make me too uncomfortable on the day, the one person I wanted never replied to me (tut), and well – I couldn’t be bothered to think about it because there was so much going on. We got our ceremony and speeches filmed, and I’m very grateful we did that. But what I would give to see our first dance again! As the centre of attention, you miss so much of your wedding – it’s just the way it is. I would have loved to see into the corners of the day, see some of our friends meeting for the first time, see how everyone was dancing, overhear some of the stupid stuff they were saying.

Now, when I film, I feel even more privileged. I know it’s my job to make sure you see the details, help you to process it in the months to come and to make the most of that day that you spent so much time and money on. It lives on for years in great photos and video.