Your First Wedding Video - Things I Learned from my First Experience

Things I learned from my first experience:

* Better too much time than not enough. Even if people tell you that you will have plenty of time to prepare your equipment in the church before the limo gets there, do not believe them. In my case, the limo driver wanted to have his breakfast, and even though I drove like a madman over the speed limit, he got there only 10 minutes after me.

* Imagine you are the only videographer. If you use more than one camcorder, do not assume the other camcorder has a shot you can’t get.

* Make sure the settings are identical on both camcorders. You don't want to see gross differences when you switch from one camera to the other in editing..

* Let go of that tripod - it is not a crutch. If you aren't planning to pan, zoom or tilt, get your hands off the tripod.

* No sudden movements! Pans and zooms look really bad in the final video if they are not done right.

* No in-camera digital effects. You can add transitions in your editing software, but if you add digital effects in the camera here and there, you complicate your editing afterwards.