Posted by simster69@gmail.com on 07/25/06 22:50

jakdedert wrote:
> sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com wrote:
> > David McCall <david--------@techshop.net> wrote:
> > : The people at a wedding should barely notice that a video is being made.
> >
> > That's what I thought. These two were front and center, in everyone's face,
> > the entire time, during both the ceremony and the reception. And I very much
> > doubt it was what the couple wanted. Hmm, I guess there are horror stories
> > on both sides of the aisle, so to speak.
> >
> >
> That said, the videographer will have to be a little pushy at times.
> Nobody wants to pay (much) for a video that was shot over someone's
> shoulders...especially with the shoulders in the shot. What the pushy
> guy in the OP said 'was' true. People will forget the momentary
> distraction IF the video is of high quality.
>
> Of course, there's a sliding scale of annoyance which will be tolerated.
> You don't want to make yourself (as in the OP's example) such a
> nuisance that you totally wreck the actual event itself. Doing so
> (especially if either the bride or the groom disagreed with the choice
> of video contractor) may contribute to a beautiful recording of the
> beginning of a failed marriage.
>
> jak

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