Don't hire this guy, he's just not worth the extra cost.
When we first met and hired Brian we were very excited and thought we found a great videographer. We looked at examples of his work, he was recommended to us by our venue and he'd worked with our photographer before so we thought things would go smoothly. He does a great montage of the day (I mean really great) but that's about all that was good about our final product.
He didn't capture key moments, even though he was in the room at the time (i.e. the signing of our marriage license) and captured others terribly (i.e. he only showed the hands of those signing our Ketubah). A lot of times the video looked like people were out of focus (during toasts and other non dancing events) to which he told me that it was in focus. Only in the Blue Ray copy is everything in focus, but DVD's should be that poor of quality - this isn't VHS.
He cut off the beginning of BOTH the Father/Daughter dance and our First Dance and for the latter he shot the whole thing from behind and only had a 3/4 shot of us so you couldn't see the whole dance.
Much of the first half of the reception wasn't captured either. We had amazing music playing during dinner that really set a tone to the night and he didn't capture a single song. Instead he laid over his own music for his shots for that portion of the night.
It's over a year later and I'm still getting compliments on our music selection, but it wasn't captured for posterity. And of course, that's the entire reason we got a videographer. Pictures are great, but in order to capture the tone, style, and sounds of the wedding, video is the only way to go.
I asked him if he could do a re-edit but he said the material just didn't exist. I asked if I could get a copy of the raw footage in hopes that there was enough there to maybe re-edit it with a different editor, but he would not provide that.
I went back and forth with him trying to salvage the video but at the end I was unable to get something from him that I don't hate. The only compensation he gave me for this fiasco was one free Blue Ray disc (we ordered multiple disks to begin with) so we at least have one copy of the wedding that's in focus. At one point he offered me a small amount of a monetary refund but when I told him that wasn't enough I never heard from him again. My dad wanted me to sue him, but that's just not my style and he did show up and provide a product, it just wasn't a very good one. Out of respect for the person that referred me to him I have held off on posting this review, but the more I think about it the more I feel that I owe it couples reading this to be warned. He charges a lot more than other videographers but he's not at all worth it - and you can't "re-do" your wedding so he can get it right.
Be warned and stay away.
Business Response:
As many of you know, you can never please everyone. With that being said, if you have any questions about this review, I encourage you to ask us about it or read the other amazing reviews from our clients including one from the co-founder of Harsanik.com, who was extremely happy with her wedding video we produced.
When we first met and hired Brian we were very excited and thought we found a great videographer. We looked at examples of his work, he was recommended to us by our venue and he'd worked with our photographer before so we thought things would go smoothly. He does a great montage of the day (I mean really great) but that's about all that was good about our final product.
He didn't capture key moments, even though he was in the room at the time (i.e. the signing of our marriage license) and captured others terribly (i.e. he only showed the hands of those signing our Ketubah). A lot of times the video looked like people were out of focus (during toasts and other non dancing events) to which he told me that it was in focus. Only in the Blue Ray copy is everything in focus, but DVD's should be that poor of quality - this isn't VHS.
He cut off the beginning of BOTH the Father/Daughter dance and our First Dance and for the latter he shot the whole thing from behind and only had a 3/4 shot of us so you couldn't see the whole dance.
Much of the first half of the reception wasn't captured either. We had amazing music playing during dinner that really set a tone to the night and he didn't capture a single song. Instead he laid over his own music for his shots for that portion of the night.
It's over a year later and I'm still getting compliments on our music selection, but it wasn't captured for posterity. And of course, that's the entire reason we got a videographer. Pictures are great, but in order to capture the tone, style, and sounds of the wedding, video is the only way to go.
I asked him if he could do a re-edit but he said the material just didn't exist. I asked if I could get a copy of the raw footage in hopes that there was enough there to maybe re-edit it with a different editor, but he would not provide that.
I went back and forth with him trying to salvage the video but at the end I was unable to get something from him that I don't hate. The only compensation he gave me for this fiasco was one free Blue Ray disc (we ordered multiple disks to begin with) so we at least have one copy of the wedding that's in focus. At one point he offered me a small amount of a monetary refund but when I told him that wasn't enough I never heard from him again. My dad wanted me to sue him, but that's just not my style and he did show up and provide a product, it just wasn't a very good one. Out of respect for the person that referred me to him I have held off on posting this review, but the more I think about it the more I feel that I owe it couples reading this to be warned. He charges a lot more than other videographers but he's not at all worth it - and you can't "re-do" your wedding so he can get it right.
Be warned and stay away.
Business Response:
As many of you know, you can never please everyone. With that being said, if you have any questions about this review, I encourage you to ask us about it or read the other amazing reviews from our clients including one from the co-founder of Harsanik.com, who was extremely happy with her wedding video we produced.
Aug 1st, 2013