met with 4 videographers

Okay so i met with 4 videographers in the past 2 days:

-Rambling Rose
-Wedding Cinema
-JPI Video
-Timeless Treasures


Timeless Treasures: the guy we met with was great and would definitely be great on the wedding day. His personality is great. However my FH didn't really like his work. It was too made up for him and too many over the top effects.

JPI Video: works out of his home, which is fine. Nice enough guy, but a bit more than i wanted to spend (starting at $1600). His menu screen and scene selection screen was impressive. The one thing was none of the samples he showed us was like a similar wedding we'd have. I mean we're 24 years old and want a really fun wedding (not a romantic music video). So it was hard to really like his work because he hasn't filmed a really young crowd it seemed so all the music on the samples were slow, boring music that doesn't interest us. But he is very good at what he does and he uses a small, tiny camera.

Wedding Cinema: Pete was great. A lot younger than i expected (although all these guys seem to be). He seems really flexible and his work is real. He captures the day as it was and i loved his dvd case-cover. He also has a menu with motion pictures, as well as still pictures for the scene selection.

Rambling Rose: We met with Joe because Nick was held up, which was fine. Joe was a great guy and seemed to understand exactly what we wanted (which none of the previous guys seemed to get). Nick does great work, however my FH was disappointed with the menu screen/scene selection screen. He felt that it was something a rookie could do. But everything else was great!

** We can't decide between Rambling Rose & Wedding Cinema. Any ideas? Any dislikes for those that have used either of them?

any opinions would be appreciated!!! Please help! We can't decide between Rambling Rose & Pete from Wedding Cinema (they're the same price).

Anyone?

Basically you have a lot to balance...

cost, quality, and their ability to put you at ease on the day of your wedding.

I personally used Rambling Rose for my wedding and I highly recommend them. Their prices cannot be beat, their quality is as good if not better than the other companies you named.

When I met with Nic, we had just a good rapport I was certain that he would have me smiling and I would be at ease on my wedding day. Needless to say, I was not wrong.

Rambling Rose got an A++++.

it's hard to get an unbiased opinion on here! people will obviously vote for who THEY chose to use--hence the bias.

me personally, i'm biased toward wedding cinema. you know that already though! i loved pete's personality and his sample demos were great! i loved the CD covers and the price is great for all i'm getting. i'm very excited to work with him, and i chose my decision based on MY experience, not the popularity of a name on here. unless someone has visited all 4, which i did not, they can't balance each against the other.

best of luck with who you decide!

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Posted by aliwnec10

Hey carol.... can i ask how old you are? I'm only asking because we're 24 and what we don't want is a wedding music video thats cheesy and overdone. Pretty much all samples i've seen from various vendors are of older brides/grooms with music choices that we would not pick. We just aren't looking for the slow motion romantic video to celine dion. We want a fun video with upbeat music. Do you know what i mean?

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i'm not that old!! i'm only 27. do i really come across as an old fart?

just keep in mind that YOU call all the shots--you choose the music for the videos, you tell the video guy what to tape and what not to tape. you tell him what you want. the only music i plan on including in my video is during the photo montage and during the photo recap. i want the rest to be of the ceremony and party--i'm so not into cheesy! i have written into my contract specifically what I don't want--no interviews, no fancy transitions--just a real version of my day.

hope that helps! i know what it's like to agonize over a decision. after 3 months i STILL can't pick a COLOR for the BM dresses.

You crack me up! No i definitely wasn't implying that you were old or anything. But on here... you don't really know those things until you ask. And everyone has different styles and sometimes a persons age determines that. Does that make sense?

Anyways, thanks again for all your help and your patience with me Carol! You're the best!

anytime allison! i have to be patient...i'm a teacher.

let me know if you have any other questions!

I have to cast my vote on Pete at wedding cinema! I too am using him (thanks to Carols recommendation) I loved Pete!
Hey Carol I'm also a teacher....I'm also very patient from the beginning of the school day to the end...but When I leave school there's no more patience to give!!!