Videographer

I touched on this a little in my sales/guestbook post, but we met with our videographer over the weekend. We're having our wedding done by Draw a Tree Productions, which is about to merge with Photoria. I've really enjoyed working with Jen so far, for a few reasons.

1. She's new to the business, and I really like that. I've really enjoyed the newer vendors, because you're still getting a lot of artistic vision and passion for their work, but your view is seen as incredibly important. The feeling that I've gotten from more established vendors is that they know their style, and won't deviate from it, to a point where when I've outlined what I wanted in a meeting, they'd tell me that it wouldn't work. (Note: these aren't logistical things, they're more along the lines of: turquoise and pink don't go together). You also get much better prices.

2. When I was looking for a videographer, I really just wanted the ceremony. A few videographers tried to talk me out of it, or even stopped communicating with me when I told them my budget, but Jen just went with it. She was ok with whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted it.

3. In our first meeting, we found out we went to elementary school together! How crazy is that? She was a year above me, but still, that's really cool.

4. I love watching her work evolve. The first clips she gave us were pretty, but a bit amateurish. The next ones were more professional. The next ones, even better. When we mentioned we were concerned about the sound, she put off getting a contract until she could show us her new work with her new sound equipment. It was awesome. I can't wait to see what she's able to do with ours, because she gets better every video.

Sadly, Jen and Draw a Tree are no longer offering wedding services if you did not contact them before Jan. 11. Like I mentioned, they merged with Photoria, which is her family's new photography studio. Jen will be working on documentaries. I really look forward to seeing what she'll be doing there, and what she'll do with our wedding!

Are you working with any vendors who are new to the wedding business?