Jun 22, 2013 | Posted by: abi s

Finding someone that is willing to shoot a video of your wedding is a simple task. The problem starts because not everyone who claims to be a wedding videographer will have the skills necessary to compile an added a great wedding video. The goal of this article is to help you weed out the con artists and fine the professional videographer that will capture a captivating once and a lifetime event.

Unfortunately a few years back, there was an article ran on the Internet, extolling the virtues of 10 businesses that you could start for under $500,and wedding videography was one of them, and since that time, thousands and thousands of amateur wedding videographers have cropped up with ads and websites all over the Internet. The problem with this is that you only get one opportunity to have your wedding film correctly, is not like anything else, there is no opportunity for do over.

One of the worst things you can do when hiring a wedding videographer is to hire without viewing their work. One way to weed out the less than professional wedding videographer is to request that they bring five or more full wedding videos to the interview. If they flat out refused or stumble over the requests move on to the next interviewee. Ask to see testimonials from former customers. If the videographer cannot produce 3-5 written testimonial and are willing to share contact information for the person that wrote it, then it's probably bogus. Your best bet with this fellow is to pass them by.

Find out what type of cameras the wedding videographer will be using the average camcorder is not good enough to professionally capture a wedding. You'll want them to have some type of high definition care and all HD cameras are not created equally also asked them if they provide their own additional lighting, because most reception venues do not have the proper lighting needed to make great movies. Also is important to know if this is a sideline hobby or their main vocation. This is important because if they have a full-time job. They will not have enough time to adequately, edit and score a wedding video.

As you can see when you are in the middle of wedding planning, there are a lot of details that must be considered. Finding the best wedding photographer or wedding videographer adds to the number of things that must be included in your wedding budget and on the to do list. That is where iwedplanner can help, not only do they offer state-of-the-art wedding planning tools like the budget calculator and wedding planning checklists . You can also find great articles with information about choosing wedding videographers, wedding DJs and any other wedding vendor, you might need while you're on the website download the free wedding planner apps for iPhone, iPad and android so you can keep your plans with you everywhere you go.