Congratulations, you have just gotten engaged! You and your fiancé are thrilled and cannot wait to start planning the wedding. Then reality sets in. As you begin researching wedding videographers, you realize they are a lot more expensive than you expected. Typical wedding videographers can easily cost $1000 or more and they often only include one camera and cover only the ceremony and a portion of the reception. Full coverage including pre-ceremony preparation, additional cameras or hours can easily run several thousand dollars. Currently many videographers do not shoot in high definition and if they do, they charge much higher rates.
If you and your fiancé have your hearts set on capturing your special day on video, it's important to know that there are other options available. You can rent a camera and ask a friend or relative to record the wedding. There are companies that now offer high definition cameras for rent that are small and very easy to use so even an amateur can get great footage. For a few hundred dollars or less, you can have access to a high-definition 1080i camcorder to record all those memories. Even if you plan on hiring a professional videographer, have a friend use the rented camera to capture those special moments traditional videographers often miss: pre-ceremony preparations like the bride and groom getting ready, pre-ceremony music, or guests arriving at the venue. If your videographer is only using one camera, a friend with a rented camera can provide great supplemental coverage of the ceremony as well as those candid moments at the reception. Some rental companies will take care of transferring all the footage to DVD or Blu-ray disc for you. Often they offer additional services such as making a professional edited home movie for you, complete with music and titles of your choosing. Imagine receiving a professional edited DVD or Blu-ray disc of your wedding for a fraction of the price you would have paid a traditional videographer.
Here's another added bonus of renting a video camera: after the wedding, take the video camera with you on your honeymoon. Many video camera rental packages include a full two-week rental so you have plenty of time to capture a lot of great memories. Remember those special honeymoon moments like basking on the beach with your new spouse or sharing your first breakfast as husband and wife.
Renting a video camera for your wedding and/or honeymoon is a practical and money-saving option. Just think, you can put the money you save toward furnishing your first home or spending a few extra days on your honeymoon!
Amy Webb co-founded Esyncrony Inc. Esyncrony focuses on providing high quality video and still cameras to consumers by renting them at a fraction of the price to purchase. They provide advice on using cameras and take the hassle out of transferring video and photos to the computer or multimedia such as DVD and Blu-ray disc.
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