I have stolen this from another forum, but I think it hits the mark quite well so thought I would share it.

Question:
"If you were presented with two boxes, one had your Grandparents' wedding film in it and the other had your Grandparents' wedding photos in it and you could only choose one box, which one would you choose?"

for me I would rather watch the video. To see and hear things, and get more of the atmosphere. See more of the natural smiles and not all posed shots. Hear the laughter, hear their happy voices. See the way the dress moved, to see lots of people that wouldnt be included in the official photos.

i had already decided on having both, but thought this might help those still in a quandry about it!

I'm with Dove. I'd say photos too x

i am having both at my wedding - dove's point is a good one, but while the technology is there (and not going anywhere any time soon) then why not have both where you can afford them so you have many ways to recapture the moment.

If it were someone elses wedding the photos would be sufficient for me although on saying that my nan died when i was quite young so seeing a video if there had ever been one would have been beautiful to watch to try to get to know her and retain the few memories I have of my grandparents

Best wishes :) xxx

You should watch it Dove - you may fall in love with videography - can we convert you to the technology? :) lol

Photos are lovely - saw an amazing picture at the venue i booked - the tog had spotted a rainbow and got them to stand in the grounds and it looked like they were underneath it. With the lighting he did it looked sunny and lovely - such a beautiful photo

:) xxx

gosh dont know i love all our photos and our video hmmm i think i'd have to cheat and say both

yeah there was loads we didnt see and also things that we did that we dont remember i have watched mine so much i may wear it out haha

yep, its was £600 we hadnt budgeted for!

we are having both as with regards to the video, i would like to start a tradition were on every anniversary we watch it and look back at our wedding day..maybe a bit sad to others but its what i would like lol

I would go for video/dvd. Video etc can be formatted into other media and stills can be taken from it and edited. Best of both worlds for greedy me :o) xxx

Hi all,

Just to slightly correct a post above.... video these days is digital. I don't want to bore you with endless technical jargon, but 'digital' simply means it's stored as numbers, albeit on a disc. So wedding videos don't ever deteriorate. Photos in frames can fade. That's why old photos that have been in the sun for years, lose their colour.

Technology will always be with us. Once you have something recorded digitally, in can be transfered anywhere without losing any quality. The same is true of digital photography. If you're worried about your wedding DVD becoming obsolete because you can no longer buy a DVD player, then upgrade to Blu-ray. Sure Blu-ray won't be around forever, but you can then transfer the video to the next latest technology. If all else fails, the internet is one technology that will always be around. Call it, the modern wonder of the world! In years to come, archaologists won't be digging in the ground. They will be scouring the internet because all our lives are on the internet now.


Kind regards,

Andrew.
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i dont know. Id prob nick the photies and sneak the video? I think both is a good idea. We were only going to have photographer but then I explained to h2b about ppl who wont be with us much longer and ppl who we think are, something can happen and take them away from us, prime example my dad who died in an accident. Therefore, for sentimental value, I want video too so I can hear them. I had almost forgotten what my dad sounded like until seeing him in a wedding video a few months back so we decided to have both x

i would say video. but i wudnt just want a video of my own wedding because it could break or anything but photos as long as i look after them they will always be there. i stil really want a video tho . xx

were going for both as 1. im quite into photography myself so love photos and 2. when you watch your video back you may see things that you didnt even know happened on the day (some friends have).
many videographers do packages where you can get still prints done too so you have got both! :)

I'd look at the photos...but I'm kinda old school :)

I would choose photos and have so far only booked a photographer. Because for me I would never watch a video of our wedding. I don't even have time to keep up with soaps. So it would just get dusty in a drawer somewhere, so a complete waste of money I feel. Whereas in comparison I have pictures everywhere and do update them quite regularly.

:-)

Hi Everyone,

My friend recently got married and she decided to have a video done. I must say i wasn't going to until i saw their one, now i have booked the same people for ours (*************, if you wanted to have a look). she convinced me when she said about having a record of my whole family in one place which rarely happens, and i realised that this is something i would want . And similar to some other posts here, we did not notice them at all. i think she said they do a package with a photographer too.

Danielle

Sounds perfect to me nuttynonnie! a friend has offered to video for us and I know that means we'll get a quirky commentary too which should be great fun! I don't personally see the point in spending a fortune for a wedding video you'll only watch once in a blue moon. I'm only going to bring in a pro photographer for an hour or two unless i can find a student whose work looks promising enough, its just so expensive and like linzi said there's a lot of posed photos. we're playing with the idea of the photobooth but thats mostly for fun; we'll have disposables on the tables and then ask people to bring digital cameras and send us copies!

I would definatly prefer to watch the video, but then again i love having photos on display... so hard choice

Sounds like promotion to me, just found the website which you helpfully named and it's a scam, just ripping off video slideshow templates from animoto - how do I know? I've just done my own slideshow of our baby photos and getting together using animoto!

Iam going to have both at my wedding......

I always wanted both but due to budget we decided photos were more important to us.
BUT since then I have found a FANTASTIC deal so we are actually having both after all and I'm thrilled to bits!

Oh I would have to cheat too, I'd have to have both, we're having both photo's and Videography