Author Archives: Ollie

A wedding video is one of the biggest costs of a wedding, so if you’re working to a tight budget and want to cut costs, one option is to have your friends film it. How would your friends film the wedding? The easiest way for your friends to film your wedding is to have them […]

For many of us, editing a wedding video is a skill we picked up on the fly (with a lot of trial and error). Maybe we’ve seen other people do it, tried our hand at editing some footage for fun and gone from there. However there’s only some much you can learn from trial and […]

Imagine this scenario. The year is 2023. 90% of your wedding guests have a camera in their pocket, capable of filming 4K. You pay £1,500+ for a professional videographer. This is the reality for tens of thousands of couples that get married every year in the UK. Ok, we were being a bit dramatic there. […]

When you’re looking to start married life together, it’s hard to know how much money you should spend on things like wedding videos. We did our homework and realised it can get very expensive very quickly (with the national average in 2023 sitting at around £1,780), particularly if you want a really high quality videographer. […]

The entire premise of FIY Wedding, is that your friends film your wedding video. For some people though, this raises the question… can my friends do that? We’ve spoken to a few brides that buy into the idea of a DIY wedding video, but they’re just not entirely convinced that their friends are capable. We’re […]

You’ve got the dress, the venue, and the photographer. What’s missing? A wedding video. Wedding videographers are one of the suppliers that tend to book up quickly, so it’s important to get yours sorted as soon as possible if you want one. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the biggest wedding costs in the […]

We’re here to help you plan the wedding of your dreams on a budget. With these tips, you’ll be able to save money wherever possible and still have an amazing day. Going for a smaller wedding guest list It might not be what you want to hear, but this is the place to start. The […]

Weddings are beautiful… but they can also be a chaotic mess! If you’re shooting video at a wedding, you need to be prepared and aware of what’s happening around you, and expect the unexpected! Find your style. If you want to make it as a professional videographer, you need to find your style. This will […]

Choosing to film your own wedding will undoubtedly be cheaper than hiring a professional videographer, but is it worth it? In our eyes… absolutely, yes! We see it often starts off as a cost saving exercise, but people end up realising there are many benefits to filming your own wedding video. Why would you film […]