Weddings are the worst

My wedding videographer experience didn’t start the way you might expect.

Before I got into weddings, I was your typical news cameraman.
I worked for several TV networks.

I loved it.

Long days, total chaos, pure adrenaline.
Never knowing how the day would end.

A random Tuesday could start with a press conference.
Followed by a lunch interview with the mayor.
Then covering a protest, dodging the guy with the megaphone who always
spits when he talks.
Later, filming the premiere of an experimental theater play that not even the
director understood.
After that, a factory fire.
And by night, shooting a basketball game.

It was insane.

Every day was different.

I learned how to tell stories through images.
More importantly, I learned to stay alert — to see things before they happened, react fast, and master those massive cameras that wrecked your back but made you feel like a war correspondent.

Back then, during breaks between assignments, I’d chat with other
cameramen.
And there was one thing we all agreed on:

Shooting weddings was rock bottom.

The lowest of the low.
The last rung on the ladder.
— “I will never shoot weddings. That’s the worst.”
Literal words, spoken by me, with total confidence.
Life, of course, had other plans.

A while later, a colleague got sick and asked me to cover a few weddings for
him.
I went.
No enthusiasm. No excitement.
And then… something weird happened.

I liked it.
In fact, I liked the challenge, the pace, and the adrenaline of never knowing what was about to happen — but knowing I had to capture it right.

Because a wedding, when you really look at it,
is just like a news broadcast:
There are key moments that only happen once.
And if you blink, you miss them.
Then the industry crashed.
News jobs vanished.

And I found myself going from one wedding to the next.
And I love it.

P.S. If you’re getting married, don’t trust your video to just anyone. Hire
someone who doesn’t blink when the important stuff happens. It’s up there

Why experience matters in wedding videography

A wedding videographer experience is not just about filming — it’s about anticipating moments before they happen.

Just like in news, weddings are unpredictable. Emotions change fast, moments appear and disappear in seconds, and there are no second takes.

That’s why hiring an experienced wedding videographer makes a difference. It’s not just about having a camera — it’s about knowing where to look, when to react, and how to tell a story that feels real.