Wedding Videography - Creative Gifts Using Old Photos and Videos

Finding the perfect gift for family and friends has always been a difficult task especially during the holidays. You can spend countless hours in a shopping mall looking for gifts and you'll still end up empty handed. We usually think that the best gifts are those expensive perfumes or branded cashmere sweaters but they are not.

A good gift does not depend on an item's price tag but on the thought put into it. The most treasured presents are not something you can just pick out in a catalogue or buy in a shop. The best ones can be those that can preserve your memories forever. The possibilities can be endless, from videos of a scene from your sister's wedding videography or your son's graduation photos. You just need to have a little bit of imagination and patience to come up with the perfect gift. Here are a few gift ideas using old photos and videos that might inspire you:

• Quilts using family photos

A photo quilt is an emerging trend in quilt making. This fresh idea of mixing design, color and pictures is an interesting deviation from the traditional way of stitching a bed quilt. Including pictures in quilt designs gives pieces a more personal and sentimental meaning.

Photo quilts are great graduation and birthday gifts. Pick unique photos of the celebrant and add this to the quilt design. You can also add a few memorable lines or sayings to make it more personalized.

• Home movies using old videos and pictures

You have tons of old videos and photos stored in your basement. They keep on accumulating every year especially during the holidays. Why not organize these photos and videos and create a home movie as a gift for your family. You may need a lot of time and persistence for this project so it's good you start early in the year.

Start by collecting videos and photographs from your family like birthdays and holidays. Organize all of these and come up with creative ideas for the videos for each member of your family. One example would be to create a photo and video slideshow of your brother during the different stages in his life, from his baby pictures to his recent wedding. His wedding videography will be a good source of some of these videos.

• Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks have always been a creative way of preserving personal and family history with photographs. It often serves as the storyteller of your life experiences using pictures and words.

A scrapbook contains photos, plane tickets, programs or anything that can be added to tell the story behind the pictures. There are usually two approaches to scrap booking. These are chronological and themed-based scrap booking.

• Customize calendars using photos

A photo calendar will be a unique gift for anniversaries, birthdays and other special events. Calendars are used in our everyday lives so there is no doubt it will be used frequently. The good thing about this gift is that you can customize the photos on each month the way you want them.

There are a lot more unique ways to come up with a meaningful present. Remember it is not the price that counts but the heart and thought that goes with the gift. You just have to spend a little time and effort to think of one.



November 11, 2009
By Juhlin Youlein
Find an expert in wedding videography for your special day at http://www.memoriesputtomusic.com

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Top Must Haves From Your Wedding Videographer

So…. You’ve been proposed to huh? Congratulations! Making sure that your wedding day is just as wonderful and gorgeous as you've always dreamed can be a challenge. But with lots of planning and organization, its gets done. So what about preserving all these memories that you, for so long, combined together to make such a wonderful day? Why, you get a Wedding Videographer of course! However, if you choose the wrong Videographer, your day may be less than ideal, and you may not be happy with the video that your Videographer makes for you. So here are some suggestions on how to find the right Videographer for your Wedding day!

First, do you like the Videographers work? Make sure that you look at a rather good collection of the Videographers Videos. Now days Videographers have a lot of there Videos online to watch. See what their style is and if it either fits your style, or if they are able to create a style that personalized for you and your spouse! The videos you will watch will probably symbolize the best of the Videographers work. They usually put their best up online. So, after watching the videos, how does it look? Are they pleasant to look at? And what about the type of cameras they use? Are they brilliant in color and how good is their knowledge in lighting and making sure it looks cinematic? Does the lighting and the color look good to you? Is the Videographers style what you are looking for? Most of my clients are usually looking for a very Hollywood-Cinematic style that is cool but sweet and beautiful at the same time. Make sure your Videographer is capable of this! If you don't like the Videographers work, there is no need to consider them further.

Second, do you like the Videographers character and mannerisms? Is the Videographer certain of their self and easy going or are they scared and seem awkward? These are very important questions to ask because it will tell you if your Videographers is will to get those awesome crazy shots or if they are just willing to be normal. And who wants normal at their Wedding? No way! You want different, crazy, and beautiful! Make sure your Videographer has the personality to do this! Remember, the Videographer will be with you all day long, interacting with you, and all your family and guests, so you want to make sure they are someone you want around all day! A lot of times Videographers cannot met up with you personally because of the demanding schedules they have. Filming all day on the weekends and then editing all day and night during the week. So make sure you talk to them on the phone before the Wedding day and email them throughout your engagement so you can get a good idea of what they are like. Most people in the Wedding Industry love what they do! So really you shouldn’t find a mean Videographer, but sometimes you never know. So, make sure you at least have a conference call with them.

Third, does your Videographger have the practice and understanding to anticipate all the excellent things that will happen on your wedding day, and the knowledge and experience to deal with the bad things that could happen as well? An experienced Videographer will have videoed enough weddings to be able to anticipate and to capture special moments during your Wedding day and the all the very important details that may easily be missed by an unprofessional or inexperienced Wedding Videographer. An experienced Videographer also knows the things that could go wrong at a Wedding and will sometimes be able to foresee and expect them and will also have the knowledge and understanding on how to deal with them, with even sometimes not letting the Bride and Groom as well as the guests even knowing that something went wrong. So that’s very important. Experience.

And lastly, does your Videographer offer you the right value? This doesn’t just mean price but value with significance as well. If your Videographer doesn't have all of the above personality traits or characteristics, it may not matter what their prices are. If the Videographer has everything mentioned above, that's a big part of the value they offer you. Please make sure your Videographer will provide the most beautiful creative video you’ve ever seen!

And now that you have all this good information to go off of you can now relax and feel confident the love, special moments and important details of your wedding day will be captured in beautiful images for a lifetime of memories. Congratulations once again!



October 29, 2009
By Juhlin Youlein
AZ wedding videographer http://www.memoriesputtomusic.com

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What to Look for in a Wedding Videographer!

Have you chosen a Professional Wedding Videographer yet for your Wedding? Finding a Professional one can be difficult and perplexing.

Your special day is coming up very fast! And really the last thing you need to fret about is whether or not you have hired the right Professional Wedding Videographer to capture the memories of your Wedding day.

First, start out by checking out their website and watching some of their demos. If they have no demos available to view online that is a BIG red flag! Only choose a Professional Wedding Videographer who has demos on their website. That is very important! This allows you to see what the Videographers style is!

Make sure that your Professional Wedding Videographer makes your DVD with DVD authoring. If your Videographer provides this service, the final film of your Wedding day should look like a Hollywood Style film with menus and chapters. This is a lot more than just transferring footage to DVD and takes a lot more time; so make sure that your Videographer does this. It takes it from home-style movie to Hollywood Style! This is also very important!

Here are a few other questions you should ask yourself when choosing your Professional Wedding Videographer:

1. Is the Wedding Videographer knowledgeable?
2. Is the Wedding Videographer professional?
3. Was the Wedding Videographer able to answer your all your questions and did they answer you back (if conversing in email) in a timely manner (This will show their level of Professionalism)?
4. And most importantly; does the Wedding Videographers services validate their product(s)?

If the Wedding Videographer is professional then they should be accustomed with all the Wedding Industries products and terminology.

The Wedding Videographer should also be able to explain in detail the services they are providing for you and your Spouse on your Wedding day.

If the Wedding Videographer doesn’t have enough demos on their website to satisfy you, then ask them to mail you another demo to watch at home. Most professional Wedding Videographers will be happy to accommodate you and send you one free of charge.

If the Wedding Videographer has enough to watch on their website then make to watch them thoroughly online and remember these key things:

1) Web quality is always worse than what your Wedding day DVD will be. This is because websites with videos are made specifically for allowing the video to download quickly for the viewer. Because of this, the quality of the video must go down in order for the downloading speed on the Internet to be fast. So don’t judge the clarity by the online footage. If you want to see an example of how clear your film will look just ask the Wedding Videographer to send you a demo and that will allow you to really see the clarity and the quality.
2) Was the camera person/ Wedding Videographer creative with their shots and were they steady? Watch for that, creativity is key to having a beautiful Wedding DVD!
3) Sound quality of the songs. Did everything sound good?
4) Color, was the color vibrant. This will tell you if the camcorder that the Wedding Videographer is using is good quality or not!

Another thing to consider is making sure that the Wedding Videographer offers for you to call at a later date and request additional copies. If they say “Yes!” that is a good sign, meaning that they achieve all their footage properly and this will also show their Professionalism!

Everyone’s Wedding day is so different and unique! It is a once in a life time moment that can never be repeated or recaptured so make sure when choosing your Wedding Videographer you only go for the best! Don’t get a cheap service because in the end, that’s what your film will be, cheap. Don’t cut corners! Your Wedding day is special and deserves that best of the best. You want to remember is always in beautiful clarity! Good luck on planning your wonderful Wedding day!



October 6, 2009
By Juhlin Youlein
phoenix wedding videographer