We finally found a good videographer!

So we had our last videographer meeting last night. This was with a place called video affair in Hamden. Within minutes of walking in, Aron and I both knew that we would not be hiring these people. Here is why:

-The first thing they did when we walked in was try to sell us invitations, before any mention of any video.
-The guy insulted our venue! We happen to love the Waterview, probably not a good idea to trash it to the bride and groom! He repeatedly told us that it was the worst place ever acoustically, and the people would miss everything that the band says.
-They handed us a "menu" of add ons, and they charged extra for everything imaginable. So to get all we wanted, they were going to keep upselling us.
-They were really disorganized. They didn't have sample DVDs ready to pop in right away, and they kept searching for ones to show us, then changing their minds and popping in different ones.
-They kept talking to eachother about memories from previous weddings. Hello! I am here!!! Talk to me!!!

So, with that, we will not be going with these people. I am a little bit bummed, because the work the woman did was really really nice. But I don't think we would get along with them well enough, especially after all of the things I listed.

So we are offically going to go with Glenn Andrew Productions out of Brookfield. I looked him up on weddingreports.com and he had 19 reviews dating from recently to almost 5 years ago, and all gave him 5 stars and said that they loved him. No one had a bad thing to say. Also, he seemed like a really nice guy, and he was willing to do everything we were looking for at a really reasonable price. Plus, he doesn't charge for add ons.

Rabbi meeting on Friday, then Florist next Tuesday. And Waterview meeting on the 17th. Then I think we are good for at least a little while.

Bridesmaids

Dress shopping is getting closer to being done. Ann, Jamie and I adventured out to try on dresses this morning. It didn't start out too well when the place we showed up to was closed, and all the others on our list weren't open or available.

So we headed back to the original place in Stratford where Jamie tried on some dresses, then we went back to the place in Fairfield were she tried on some more. We narrowed it down to 2 dresses. Ann also decided to just order a dress without trying on, since her size is nowhere near what it will be in August.

I also took them to the Waterview to look around since we were in the area. They both really liked the place.

Also, Aron and I called some more videographers. We are meeting one tomorrow and one next week.

Videographer

So we met with the videographer today. I would say he was good, not great. We both left with the same impression, which was that he did a good job, but some of the shots were from weird angles, and some of it was a little dark. He actually showed us a wedding he did recently in our area at the Waterview. Ironically, I went to school with the couple, so I knew everyone in the video. So this was not one of his normal show pieces. He also made a good point to us that the video is only as good at the people in the wedding, and this wedding didn't have a bridal party. Just a best man and a maid of honor. And frankly, all of these people seemed a bit strange. I have no doubt that our wedding party will make this event a memorable one (I am looking at you, Josh and Tom), so needless to say, no matter who we hire, our video will kick ass.

But I feel that with a videographer, you really get what you pay for. It seems that if you want an amazing video, you have to be willing to spend over $4000. And that is a bit out of our price range right now, considering how much was spent on the other vendors. So for half of that cost, you can get a decent video, but not the best.

I would hire this guy. He seems nice, professional, and really willing to get the entire day to tell a story. But we are going to look and see if we are more impressed by anyone.

Anyone have a videographer to recommend?