Choosing the Best Wedding Videographer in Vancouver

When it comes to video coverage of weddings the term “best” can have many meanings. A videographer may consider he is the best simply because he has the best and most expensive equipments. He might charge more because he thinks he is the best.  Unfortunately equipments do not translate to capturing the various shades of fleeting emotions that go into a wedding.

Then there are videographers who act more like directors at a wedding, right from the moment the bride is dressing up to the end of the reception. They forget they are here to cover a wedding, not interfere and dictate each moment and movement of the bride and groom. Their presence can prove intrusive and distract from the charm of the proceedings.

The best Vancouver wedding videographer- Motion Films is neither of the above. Good equipments are a pre-requisite but, as in photography or any creative art, they are only tools. The ultimate tool is the mind and creative eye. He can hover on the sidelines and in the background and use telephoto or come close up with a wide angle lens to capture the fleeting moment that occurs naturally without posing. His mind sees and his equipment captures.

A professional Vancouver video expert will have not one but two or three video cameraman covering the main event and also side acts. For example, a bride may be dressing up and that is captured by the videographer discreetly while another one will capture the interactions between the bride and the bridesmaids—infinitely more interesting that views from various angles of only the bride.

Then there is the wedding. A camera focuses on the bride and groom while another one records audience, capturing some vital moments such as the look on the bride’s father’s or mother’s face or that on the faces of guests or antics of children. Post production these can be blended into a wonderful canvas of contrasting emotions and feelings. It is woven into a story because each wedding is a unique story of a unique couple coming together for life. And the story has feelings and emotions to be captured, not just that of the couple but also of everyone among the guests. A wedding video tells a story, like a film does. Shooting, in this case, is just as important as post.

The best Vancouver wedding videographer, as you will find, does not arrive on the day of the wedding, set up his camera and start shooting. Professional videographers take the time and trouble to know the couple, discuss the event with them and build up a storyline, giving them tips such as facing the camera during the event, prior to the wedding. He takes time to visit the church, the reception site and consider the best angles and natural lighting available as also the need for additional lights. Preparation makes a difference and allows a smooth flow that shows in the results.

Come the big day and everyone enjoys it without even knowing the wedding videographer is going about his business because he is so unobtrusive but the camera does reach where it is intended to, without interfering or distracting. It is an art that comes only from experience.