Before you go to visit a videographer, you will need to decide if you want a video of your wedding and if so, who will take the video. Some choose to have a friend run the video(s), some choose to have a professional come. Another option is to have several cameras running and then take them into a professional to have them edited together.

Before you decide, there are some restrictions that need to be mentioned.

1) We do not allow videographers to walk around with the camera during the service. (We are in attendance to watch the bride and the groom, not the camera operators.)

2) The video camera must be on a tripod either in the choir loft, peeking out of the door up by the altar or in the back of the sanctuary.

3) Once the bride comes down the aisle, the video cameras will be stationary and unattended.

4) A small 8mm video camera can be held by a friend or relative in the second or third row if the camera stays hidden, i.e. below chin level, and the operator does not stand up or turn around.

5) If the videographer would like to use wireless mics they must be tested out before the service to see that they don’t interfere with the wireless mics that will be used during the service. (We don’t want to be thinking about the P.A. system acting up, we want to be focusing on the couple.)

Videography Worksheet

Budgeted amount $                        

Use a professional?                        

Use a friend?                  Who?                        

Placement of cameras                 Door by altar            Choir Loft              Back of congregation

           Rehearsal                 Reception