Is Part Time possible?

EDV

EDV

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Hello,

A Wedding Videographer recently told me he sometimes works from 7 am till 2 am the next day on a long wedding day (a 19 hour day!!) . On top of this it takes usually 35 to 40 hours for the editing to get done (a reasonable estimate I think). And of course, there are a few other things that come with the territory, like meeting with clients and delivering the goods.
I have all the skills and equipment necessary to get started, but 50+ hours a week seems way more than I can handle, as I am also attending University. Is there any way I can do videography part-time? I've thought of just doing camera work and sending the footage to a production house for editing, but that may kill ALL my profits (and not just SOME). Besides, clients prefer a "one-stop-shop" these days, don't they?
Trouble is, I do need the part-time income. I am also considering switching to wedding photography because of the overtime factor. At least with photography there's no editing involved.

let me know what you guys think,

EDV
 
You can do it part time. One option is to just do camera for another company. While you may take a hit on profits you also don't have to deal with as much of the stress. Also I personally don't know anyone that has ever done or had a 19 hour wedding. That is certainly not a typical wedding shoot. The editing time is very dependent upon what your client wants and what package they receive.

For instance a 1 cam 6 hour ceremony and reception isn't going to take the same amount of time to edit as a 3 cam 8 hours ceremony and reception.

Also most wedding occur on the weekend so you could spend one weekend a month shooting and spend the other weeks editing if you wanted to.
 
I'm doing this sort of part time, just shooting mostly second cam stuff. Problem is, I'd like just a bit more work and not finding much that's close. Good thing my wife is a RN with good pay. I do web design in between shoots to help make ends meet.
 
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