Posted by peter on 07/25/06 23:02

<sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com> wrote in message
news:44c63273$0$34572$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
>I just went to a friend's wedding, and was so appalled by the
> videographer that I had to ask how common is what I saw.
> It was as if the videographer (actually it was a team of two)
> was trying to make a feature film... telling everyone look this
> way, say this then pause 5 seconds, move over here so I can get
> a good shot. And he had this huge flood light that he was
> always moving around, even to the middle of the dance floor.
> Whenever the bride and groom did something (like cut the cake,
> say a toast, etc.), you couldn't actually see them, because there
> were two videographers and a cameraman between them and the guests.
> The gall! I kept expecting him to yell "cut!". The bride and groom
> didn't seem to mind (so I didn't say anything), but I don't know if
> that's because they wanted it that way, or were too preoccupied to notice.
>
> What angered me the most, was that the videographer kept telling
> people: "this is just 5 minutes, but THIS <pointing to his camera>
> is for years." The arrogance of thinking that the actual wedding
> pales in comparison to his "production"!

If you have evidence that the videographers are not doing what they were
paid to do, then get mad at them. Otherwise, get mad at the bride/groom for
hiring them.

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