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Wedding Tips and Guides

Lachelle

Weddings can be stressful but don’t necessarily have to be. Here are a few quick tips and guides for help in planning a beautiful wedding on a budget.

  1. Set a Budget. Everything you do after the proposal is going to be based on your budget and how much you can afford. Once you set that limit, you can view vendors and venues with clarity and a much more realistic approach. Here is a handy tool to set your budget: My Wedding Planning Budget and Checklist. Two more checklists come from TemplateTrove.com, a PDF checklist which can be downloaded HERE and from Wed Plan, which can be downloaded HERE.
  2. Get Organized. There are several planning sites out there that help you get organized and pull your thoughts together for your big day. Here are a list of three great resources: MyWedding.com, WeddingWire.com, and The Knot.
  3. Find the Perfect Venue. Here Comes the Guide provides different venues for different states. Our favorite thing about this site is that you can do a search by region or city, as well as having a very comprehensive search tool that allows you to select Site Type (Ballroom, Church, etc.), Site Views (Canyon, Cityscape, Coastline, etc.), Catering Options, and Your Budget ($ Bid dreams, small budget / $$ Everything in moderation / $$$ Budget? What Budget?).
  4. Attend an open house of the venues you have narrowed down. This allows you to get a good feel for the place and imagine yourself getting married there. A lot of venues offer open houses during the month but if they don’t, don’t be shy to call and set up an appointment to view the venue before you make any kind of final decision. Something that looks good on the web doesn’t necessarily look good in person. You have to be there in person to know if that venue will work for you.
  6. Create a Wedding Website. These are really neat resources that allow you to put everything in one place. Three of our favorite wedding website creation tools are on Wedding Wire, The Knot, and My Wedding. These allow you to customize your wedding experience, share photos, plan a wedding registry and so much more. Definitely a must in today’s technology driven world. The website is even mobile and tablet friendly and responsive.
  7. Find Vendors. There are so many vendors out there. From floral, invitations, wedding cakes, caterers, DJs, photography, videography and more, choosing can sometimes be really tough. One good way to find a top notch vendor is by checking their Google or Yelp reviews. People that are happy with something are going to write about it to let everyone know about their experience. The same is true about people who are unhappy. Reading their reviews gives you a little insight into if their clients were happy or not. Here at Austin Wedding Videographers, we have dealt with our share of vendors in the Austin, TX area. If you should need any help finding one and would like our opinion, please feel free to give us a call. Austin Wedding Videographers offers so many options and packages for videography, photography and DJ and would be more than happy to work with you to customize a packages that works for you.
  8. Prepare for the big day. With all of these checklists, plans and guides, you should be on your way to a smooth wedding day. Remember to delegate responsibility when possible and try to enjoy this wonderful time in your life.

The Importance of Wedding Videography

Lachelle

Wedding RingI came across this article explaining why it is so important to have wedding videography, not just photography at your wedding. Here is a little bit of the article:

We’ve all sat through wedding videos, some were beautiful, others were painful. Some were too long, others were too short. Some videos were so fuzzy, you couldn’t really tell who was getting married. Others, you could see the participants, but not hear a thing. In order to capture a quality video, please, turn down Uncle Bud when he offers to pull out his camcorder.

I learned the hard way. My wedding videos were ruined by a family camcorder enthusiast who had no tripod, and couldn’t even hold the camera still. Everyone in the wedding looks like they are jumping around like neurotics. After 18 years, the marriage has lasted, but the videos are long gone. Despite various attempts to rehabilitate them, they are a lost cost.

I understand the importance of a quality video. Photographs capture a moment in time. They can be staged and many are copy-cat from wedding to wedding. Your wedding, however, is unique. You deserve to have memories captured in high quality that you can enjoy for years to come, and even share with your children.

Hire a professional videographer. I don’t mean someone who has a card and a camcorder and calls himself a videographer. I mean, find a professional service, with experience, to capture the very best of your wedding, and edit and compile a video you will be proud to share.

To read the whole article, you can access it at the link below.

http://voices.yahoo.com/the-importance-wedding-videographer-buddy-381116.html

A really good reason that you should trust Austin Pro Video to capture your wedding day with high quality video and audio is so you can share the special moment with your kids and grandkids to come. This is a time in your life that you will want to remember for a very long time. Book your wedding now!