10 Questions for your Wedding Videographer
I wish I could say that the wedding world is just absolutely crammed with quality, competent vendors waiting to prioritize you above all else and pour their hearts and souls into your wedding, that unfortunately isn’t always the case. There’s a lot of money in the wedding world, and while some people truly enjoy working at weddings and are qualified to do so, there are also a lot of people who are still in the “fake it” stage of the “fake it till you make it” approach.
I’ll never complain again…
I’ve shot wedding days for 15 hours straight. I’ve captured one wedding in the middle of a hurricane. I’ve been sick while shooting. I’ve missed just about every Clemson football game. I’ve been sore from holding my camera during a 30 minute toast that I thought was only going to be a couple minutes and absentmindedly didn’t grab a tripod. I’ve driven 8 hours in a day on top of filming a wedding just to avoid paying for a hotel. I’ve skipped so many meals. I’ve missed family holiday gatherings. And I’ve almost been ignited by drunk sparkler wielders more times than I can count.
But nothing… nothing… compares to filming a wedding in Liberia. And I’ve done it twice…
Should you tip your videographer?
Why are we expected to pay money on top of a service? Why do we feel the need to add on to “enough?” Is standard service excellent by definition, and therefore must be rewarded with more than the expected cost? We Americans are in fact pretty weird. So does that weirdness extend to wedding videography? Well, it depends…