Makeup/ Hair AND Videographer

Definitely talk to Marci, who is "BVP" on this board. She and her husband Enrique do video for a great price and they were fabulous to work with!

You know, I never asked Cain about a Video. I guess I just remember when I was married before that I never looked at it, but this wedding is different because hardly anyone is going. Janet do you have pricing info on BVP?

I don't know 2007 prices but I think I paid $50/hr for raw footage but sometimes I kick myself for not paying a few hundred more for edited video. But I was on a budget. If you can spare a few hundred dollars, I'd do it for sure! Even if we don't watch it a ton, I like the idea of having it, and we loved watching it right after the wedding to fill in some of the holes. Plus, Tammy, working with Marci will not add to your stress, I promise. She is super on top of things!

Janet, since we may end up with only a hand full of guests do you still see added value to doing a video?

I know you will have really amazing pictures from Juan, but there is something about the video that is cool too. Actually, the fact that the wedding is so small may provide MORE reason to get it: to show all the people who couldn't attend. (Unless they consider that some kind of punishment, lol)

If I was looking at my own wedding budget and deciding to spend $200 either on cake or on a video, there is no doubt in my mind I'd pick the video. But that's just me and my 2 cents

Reasons not to get a video that I can think of: There will be less that you miss, just because it's smaller. One of my fave parts of our video is when we were off taking photos and they filmed everyone at the cocktail hour giving us speeches and messages to the camera. Some of them were hilarious! Also, the other downside is that there is a big camera in your face at times. Now, I was so oblivious that I didn't notice or care, but with a smaller wedding you might?

Sorry for hijacking the thread!

Thanks Janet.. I'll send a PM to BVP and see what Marci quotes me and then I'll talk to Cain.

I used HIVE spa. I had them come to me. Highly recommend. they are pricey but very worth the $. I posted a link to my photog's blog with some pics of me.

eta we also used BVP. Marci and Enrique were great. I can't wait to see our video

Tasha, welcome back..