Wedding videos... or not

[titianmac]

At the last minute we realised the video camera was still charging in the room as we were about to go down get married. Mum had a 10 second lesson on what to do so she could hand it over once downstairs ready for the big entrance.
She managed to get a second or 2 of us going down the stairs but only just.The first 40 seconds or so are her saying its black/dark while we see a close up of her eye... it was back to front.
On walking down the aisle i located the camera and again mum was filming. I smiled lovingly that she was willing to watch through the viewfinder and gave a special smile in her direction. Every photo we have shows mum attently filming away.
Sadly however the film never quite left pause. D'oh!
After all the stuff we went through i should have known better than to expect any different! When asked later if i wished i had hired someone proffessional i stood my ground and said no. Whats to say that that tape wouldnt mess up and end up in even more heartbreak??! I think sometimes you can rely too much on things like videos to keep hold of a moment. This just means we'll all have to work harder to keep the magic alive and treasure what we've got even more so.
We have photos and from there we can be as selective of the moment as we like- its the perfect opportunity to forget the things like my constant snuffles!!!
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"It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice"

[Kerry]

I am newly married myself. We never went for a proffesional video, but what we do have is a home video showing a crazy 20 minutes of everything condensed. We find it increadibly amusing and fun. The photos are our memories of something a bit more desirable, and the video is the fun bit.

I would find your mums video hillarious, and its the amature things in weddings that are the bits you tell family and friends and reflect the individuality of the day.

I wouldn't change a thing about my day

[Louise]

Thats a classic. I wouldn't let my mum near a camcorder, she can't even take a polaroid

[titianmac]

.... nor would I thats what makes it all the more tragic!!!

Bless her though, its an eye and wiggle more than we would have if she hadnt tried.
By the end of the night it was mastered- we have 3 minutes of me and 4 bridesmaids dancing to saturday night by whigfield and several mins of ymca. Classy. Best by far though is video diary of a 16 yr old flat chested bridesmaid confessing all in the ladies toilets and telling the perrils of how her stick on chicken fillet bra had aimed decidedly south! She thought mum was joking when she claimed to be filming sure she wouldnt be so cruel but mum had got the nack of it all and was video crazy!!!!!
That itself is priceless and will haunt her far more in years to come than me crying through my vowels!
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"It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice"

[Louise]

Its not just mums. I know someone who was in charge of the videoing (grooms younger brother) and he got drunk and just filmed him and his mates having a laugh, apparently if you look hard enough you can glimps the bride and groom walking past at one point!!

Let this thread be a lesson