Why I Don't Offer 3-Hour Coverage for Large Weddings
One question I get asked occasionally is why I don't offer three-hour coverage for larger weddings. The answer is simple: wedding content creation is so much more than just showing up and filming for a few hours.
When you're having a large wedding with a full timeline, a big guest count, and a production involving multiple vendors, three hours simply isn't enough to tell the story of your day.
As a wedding content creator, I become so much more than someone holding an iPhone.
I'm often helping with timelines, tracking down important people, fixing veils, carrying bouquets, finding family members, coordinating with photographers and planners, and making sure the moments that matter most don't get missed. On a wedding day, you naturally become an extension of the vendor team and, in many ways, an extra coordinator.
The work also starts long before your wedding day and continues long after I leave.
There are consultations and timeline planning calls. There are dates blocked off on my calendar that I can't book for anything else. There is travel time, packing equipment, charging batteries, organizing gear, and preparing for your specific vision.
Then there are the business expenses that happen behind the scenes:
* Subscription fees
* Editing software
* Storage and backup systems
* Dropbox delivery costs
* Microphones and audio equipment
* The newest phones and technology
* Insurance and business expenses
* Supplies and equipment replacements
And once your wedding ends, the work is far from over.
I often spend hours after leaving your wedding uploading content, organizing files, and backing everything up. Then comes sorting through anywhere from 500 to 1,000 photos and videos from your day. Every clip is reviewed, organized, and delivered so you can relive every laugh, every reaction, every happy tear, and all of the moments you didn't even realize were happening.
Then comes editing. Creating recap videos, highlight reels, and social content takes time, creativity, and attention to detail.
Wedding content creation isn't a few hours of filming. It's an entire experience and a full-service process.
And while our job may look different from a photographer's or videographer's, we are working just as hard in a different way. We are documenting your day in real time, preserving the candid moments, and creating memories that you'll watch back over and over again.
For intimate elopements and very small weddings, three-hour coverage can be perfect.
But for a large guest count wedding with a full production? Three hours simply doesn't allow me to give you the experience and the documentation your day deserves.
Your wedding only happens once, and I want to make sure every meaningful moment has the opportunity to be captured, not rushed.
