Your wedding is one of the biggest days of your life but is also probably one of the more expensive things you'll be spending your money on, which means that you will be looking for ways to cut back.

Videography might be one of the things on the chopping block, but years from now, wouldn't it be nice to be able to look back at your special day? It's the little details-- the conversations you had with family and friends, the words your groom whispered in your ear during your first dance-- that are captured with a video camera and are not forgotten with the passing years.

But, don't take it from us-- here's Cameron Magee, owner of avad3, with his advice on why it's important to make videography a part of your wedding budget. His video below give you a beautiful visual of how beautiful and memorable your wedding can be on film.

Wedding Film Budget

Just like every aspect of your wedding day, you can allocate as much as you like to any one area. What matters is simple-- what are you going to value or miss later? You can spend $500 or $5,000 on flowers, the dress or food for your reception. The same is true for video-- anywhere from $500 for your cousin’s friend to do it or $5,000 to make it a priority on your wedding day. What’s relieving is this: every dollar you put into this category, you can count on a great return on your investment.

The $500 to $5,000 is just an example, but what if the videographer you love has prices that equal your photographer?  What do these videographer people really do, anyways?  What goes into a wedding film-- they just get some shots and edit them together right?  Wait, isn’t that what your photographer does? Videography is just as much an art as photography, only with sound from your vows, special music and moving images of your first kiss, first dance and send-off.

Consider giving an equal investment of what you’ve placed into photography on videography.  They’re both working to capture every detail of your day, only their form of delivery is different.  

More Than a Picture

Years from now, you may want more than what a picture can say.  Whether you set aside a budget equal to your photography, or more or less-- it's important to have something. Don’t count on your uncle to do it-- you’re going to want to actually watch it and you’re going to want to make sure it’s something worth watching. Not to mention, so many Facebook friends and family won’t get to see every detail of your day. You can share it with them weeks after the wedding day for them to enjoy all over again. It would be better for you to get in-touch with one of Arkansas’s professional videographers and have them give you their slimmest package than to have nothing, or worse, to count on someone who’s not going to deliver.

Video is quite possibly the most overlooked aspect of the wedding day choices. You wouldn’t wait until a month before the wedding to find a quality photographer-- treat video the same way.  Don’t fret if you haven’t made this a priority, there’s still time and budgets can always be flexible when you set your mind on something you want. If video is a priority, don’t let every other vendor take priority over your budget. Place each dollar of your budget equally to where your heart’s focus is.

You have spent so much energy, time and money on every detail of your special day. Don’t cover every detail only to forget to hire someone to capture every detail.

Cameron Magee is the owner of avad3, a video/audio company located in Arkansas. Magee has been working in video for more than 10 years and has been leading avad3 for the past three years.