Cruise ship wedding videography

Hello, Joanne and I am renewing my vows with my husband next year October on the Celebrity Solstice. I am not familiar with the quality of the videography on the ship, so I am trying to find out if anyone would be helpful as to let me know of their experiences with the videographer. I am getting married out at sea and I have to use the vendors that they supply on the ship, yet I don't want to waste my money if the video will be low quality. Can anyone help me?:confused:

In our experience, the videographer did nothing but get in the way of the photographer. She and her equipment are in ALL of our photos from the ceremony. The video was just okay and we didn't find it worth paying the $800 for. If I had it to do over, I would have told her to go away from the start.

I don't want to be a negative nellie, but I have to agree with JulieRose on this one and say I didn't think it was worth the money. The videographer was very nice, but the end product just wasn't worth the dollars paid. He did end up in some of our pictures and that was not ideal. Also, frankly at some points in the video it just gets really boring watching us walk around the ship and "fake shop". It would have been nice if there had been video of us actually doing the things we liked to do on the cruise- like the water slide or air hockey or playing the slots in the casino (maybe we're boring, but that's what we liked to do :-). Some of the footage is nice to watch, but overall, the video is the one thing I most regret spending the money on.

OK that sucks.

I booked the video too.

Thanks for all the input on how the video sometimes gets in the way.

I'll be sure to add this to my list of discussions for my

planner.

Also, for the OP, outside of the professionalism of the

video person, I'm talked to many that feel that not getting

The video was a big mistake.

Personally speaking, since the whole process is only 2 hours

I really want to have video to remember everything.

I'm also taking the view that Weddings are carnivals way to

make extra money. I don't in anyway expect them to live

Up to the standards of regular wedding vendors.

I do think their photographers are really good as their main

job is to take photos everyday allday.

Video on the other hand, Thinking about the videos I've

seen taken on Carnival, that's another story.

their videos are usually more about having fun.

OK that sucks.

 

 

I'll be sure to add this to my list of discussions for my

planner.

 

Well, you might want to add, "I don't want you in all my pictures either." because in the rare shots where there is no video equipment to be found, there's the coordinator standing, quite literally, in the middle of everything. From the ceremony, I think we maybe got half a dozen shots without video equipment or the coordinator. I don't blame the photographer for this at all. He was wonderful and probably the best part of the entire ordeal.

From the ceremony, I think we maybe got half a dozen shots without video equipment or the coordinator. I don't blame the photographer for this at all. He was wonderful and probably the best part of the entire ordeal.

Your photos were gorgeous regardless and I didn't notice looking at them the first time, but going back and playing "Where's Waldo?" I can definitely see that. Do you know anyone talented enough to photoshop it?

yeah, DH is a photoshop wiz. The ones I posted were the "good" ones though. There were some that I asked him to take a look at.

Alright, I actually have the opposite opinion. Our videographer was great, he is in none of our photos though the photographer is sometimes in the video. I think it was worth it the dancing alone.

So, our mics were on during EVERYTHING including our first dance as a couple so you can hear us talking and we weren't saying anything romantic :eek:

BUT what was awesome was listening to my husband and his mother, it even now makes me a little teary eyed. She said such beautiful things to my husband. Like about how her mother is up in heaven looking down on us and how happy she was that he found his best friend like she found her best friend (her husband).

Only thing I wish was that there were more interviews of everybody. I would have liked to hear from people who I hardly got to talk to during the wedding. That might be something you could request.

Your photos were gorgeous regardless and I didn't notice looking at them the first time, but going back and playing "Where's Waldo?" I can definitely see that. Do you know anyone talented enough to photoshop it?

Hey JulieRose,

Can I see your pictures?

Hello!. Our photographer was just beyond breath taking and amazing! He honeslty took the quality of pictures we would have paid $3000 plus on land. Just beyond... and he made an amazing slideshow.

We brought our own camcorder and he did set it up and turn it on and off for the ceremony and dances. We just made sure to buy a camcorder that worked the ebst in low lighting.

But honestly, the slideshow was so incredible we rather watch and show that instead.

Thank s for the responses and the truth!! I was concerned about the videography on the cruise ship. From the feedback I was bale to recieve, it is just as I had suspected. I wish I could just have a videographer on the boat sail with me! This is such a special day for me and I don't want to have it captured only by photography.

I must say this makes me feel a lot better about not getting the videographer. My fiance refuses to budge on this one and does not want to shell out the $800 for it and I was so bummed out. We are planning on buying a camcorder and having one of our friends videotape some moments during the ceremony and reception and we know he will not be in the way of the photographer and our guests!

We bought the video package. That's really disappointing to hear. I hope if I have DF talk to them beforehand about those concerns, they can be mindful of getting in each others' way. Also, I am DIRECTING them to video us doing fun things if anything LOL

I also purchased the video. So, This is a little disappointing. But my thoughts are that in the future my grandchildren would want to see it, however amateurish..

Is there an option for an actual photo album to be made or do you have to bring the photos somewhere once your home to have it professionally done?

Is there an option for an actual photo album to be made or do you have to bring the photos somewhere once your home to have it professionally done?

With Carnival, a few of the pkgs do include a photo album.

http://www.mywedding.com/jessiandscott

I noticed the signing was in your ceremony? Ours was not, our officiant called over our witnesses (best man and maid of honor) when we were waiting to board and had them sign it on the fly. I hadn't expected that, I thought it would have been part of the ceremony.

We didn't do the videography. We were extremely pleased with our pictures that Princess did and couldn't have asked for better. They gave us their best photographer and she was awesome!

Personally, we didn't want a videography so we could remember it in our own way without bias of a video later. But we feel this way with everything. We don't video anything, we only take pictures. To each their own.

I noticed the signing was in your ceremony? Ours was not, our officiant called over our witnesses (best man and maid of honor) when we were waiting to board and had them sign it on the fly. I hadn't expected that, I thought it would have been part of the ceremony.

Yep. Remember, we were an at-sea wedding so things were a little different.

I don't want to be a negative nellie, but I have to agree with JulieRose on this one and say I didn't think it was worth the money. The videographer was very nice, but the end product just wasn't worth the dollars paid. He did end up in some of our pictures and that was not ideal. Also, frankly at some points in the video it just gets really boring watching us walk around the ship and "fake shop". It would have been nice if there had been video of us actually doing the things we liked to do on the cruise- like the water slide or air hockey or playing the slots in the casino (maybe we're boring, but that's what we liked to do :-). Some of the footage is nice to watch, but overall, the video is the one thing I most regret spending the money on.

I'm actually going to change my mind and disagree with my own post. This thread prompted me to re-watch the wedding video last night with my DH. We laughed and smiled through the whole viewing. I think I wasn't happy with it for the price right after the wedding because it wasn't perfect and I wanted everything to be perfect. Now that it's pretty much a year or so later, I am so happy to have the video. I still wish we had gotten different footage other than the shopping, and I still think the price was outrageous for the quality, and I still wish I had lost a few more pounds before being filmed :-) But overall I am so happy to have all of those memories on video.

I'm actually going to change my mind and disagree with my own post. This thread prompted me to re-watch the wedding video last night with my DH. We laughed and smiled through the whole viewing. I think I wasn't happy with it for the price right after the wedding because it wasn't perfect and I wanted everything to be perfect. Now that it's pretty much a year or so later, I am so happy to have the video. I still wish we had gotten different footage other than the shopping, and I still think the price was outrageous for the quality, and I still wish I had lost a few more pounds before being filmed :-) But overall I am so happy to have all of those memories on video.

How did the videographer capture the on board activities? Did he schedule time with you or was he a bit of a lurker and captured candid footage?

How did the videographer capture the on board activities? Did he schedule time with you or was he a bit of a lurker and captured candid footage?

Your question just made me laugh :-) No he wasn't a stalker/lurker. But I was honestly worried it would be like that :-)

We scheduled a time before dinner on elegant night to meet with him. It was pretty staged. We sat in the library and did "interviews" (wish I'd known the questions beforehand :-) Then he had us get on and ride the glass elevator. Then we went to meet the Captain. Then the fake shopping (I think because the shops were pretty empty). Then- this part I did really like- he filmed us up on an unpopulated aft deck looking out over the ocean and sunset.

It was candid in that there wasn't a script or anything, but it was pretty obvious to everyone he was following us around and directing us at some points. We could have had him go to the beach or on a shore excursion with us and maybe that would have added to the video's diversity, but I didn't want to have to worry about being filmed while trying to relax on a shore excursion or at the beach. We should have asked him instead to film us engaging in some of the other activities we enjoyed on the ship.