Videography

Tonight my mom, my sister, Ben, and I all went to a wedding expo at my sister's venue. We had a really good time though I think my sister was disappointed that she didn't win anything in the end.  It was strange.  I feel like it's been forever since I've done that and yet, I also feel like it was just yesterday.  Going through and looking at the vendors as each one tries to get your business.  It made me want to plan another party.  Maybe when we buy our first home.   Maybe some other major party that could arise.  I don't know.  It is nice though to not have to be there as a helper and not as the person making the decisions.  

As I was walking through, I saw the one thing I really regretted.  After all was said and done, I wish we had spent the extra money on a videographer.  At the time, it seemed unnecessary.  "How many times are we going to watch our wedding video?" I asked myself.  It wasn't worth another $1500.  Looking back though, I really wish I had something especially for our ceremony.  We put such thought into the ceremony and it was so emotional and intimate despite the many people watching.  I wish we had captured that on film.  On our anniversary we went through our wedding photographs and it was wonderful but how cool would it have been to watch snippets from the wedding as well.  I think about my parents' wedding.  How I would have loved to watch their ceremony and my mom's students singing and signing (she taught them sign language for the particular song) one of the songs.  To actually listen to the male quartet that she was so worried about because realized the day off that she'd never heard them sing only to be overwhelmed by how good they were  I would have loved to see my parents expressing their love and making their vows.  My sister and I were never able to and if Dave and I were to have children, they won't get to see that either.

That being said, we do have some video taken by a friend but it was so far away and we are kind of in shadow due to having the ceremony inside.  Still, it's better than nothing.  We might be able to enhance it a bit so that we can really hear what is being said.  As part of the videographer's add, it stated that 70% of newly married couples regret not having splurged.  I realized today that I am definitely part of that 70%.  However, I have to say: if that's really my major regret, my wedding was pretty darn fantastic.