Attention wedding videographers - dont let this happen.

$1000 for damages in this case seems extremely low. It's not like they can hire another plumber to do the job right. Perhaps the judge thought that they should have known that $500 was too low to expect something professional.
 
for 500 he could have at least jsut shot it and gave them the raw footage and they would be better off..always can get an editor later...but he wasnt even present. that is lame. i liked how the GMA folks were having fun with it at the end.
 
thetvirus513 said:
Exactly....although if the guy really did leave to film another wedding I do feel for the couple, but at the price they were paying they should have known what they were getting into.
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The guy accepted the job. He should have at least been there to do it, or left an employee to cover for him.

I doubt that he explained to the couple that for their $500 they would only get static camera shots and that he wouldn't even be there.
 
$500 is about 1/2 to 1/4 what most experienced wedding videographers are paid, at least for a shoot and edit job.

As for this guy's video, even if there are things like church restrictions, there are always ways to work around those and still get a proper angle of what is happening at any given moment during a wedding ceremony or reception.

I suppose it does help to actually be there though.

I have enough trouble not killing myself whilst capturing good shots of all the stuff happening at a wedding, and I actually stay there and focus on shooting that ONE single wedding. I can't imagine how someone could attempt to shoot two weddings at the same exact time. Not possible. Does not compute.

Pookie said:
At least this guy was getting the shots...

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This must be why Canon and Nikon weather seal some of their higher end DSLR's.
 
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Nektonic said:
$500 is about 1/2 to 1/4 what most experienced wedding videographers are paid, at least for a shoot and edit job.
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Yes, but he shouldn't have accepted the job if he couldn't be there for whole ceremony and events. If the price was too low that he couldn't afford to spend the whole day there, then he should have explained that to the couple and given them a price that he could afford to accept. If he received a better offer for the second wedding, then he should have stuck to his prior commitment, or he should have found somebody to take over the first wedding for him.
 
agcohn said:
Yes, but he shouldn't have accepted the job if he couldn't be there for whole ceremony and events. If the price was too low that he couldn't afford to spend the whole day there, then he should have explained that to the couple and given them a price that he could afford to accept. If he received a better offer for the second wedding, then he should have stuck to his prior commitment, or he should have found somebody to take over the first wedding for him.
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I don't think anyone is excusing his absence or the way he handled it......what we are saying is that the couple should have known they were getting themselves into a potentially bad situation when they shopped around and found all these people charging $2000 and then went with him at $500.....that says something right there in itself.
 
thetvirus513 said:
I don't think anyone is excusing his absence or the way he handled it......what we are saying is that the couple should have known they were getting themselves into a potentially bad situation when they shopped around and found all these people charging $2000 and then went with him at $500.....that says something right there in itself.
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I agree - most important moments of your life are worth $500 to capture as a forever keepsake? Theres a reason why people who are good at shooting weddings get paid good money to do so.
 
well if i was having my own wedding in this day and age, i would hire someone to just shoot it and i would do my own edit. a day of shooting isnt too bad for 500, right?
 
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