I’ve been on the look out for great videographers to refer. You would think in Los Angeles we’d have an over flow of creative videographers. Weirdly it’s simply not the case. I’ve only found a hand full that I think are good and most of them seem way over priced. Years ago I was shooting a wedding with a really great videographer and I thought about taking his card but decided not to after our dinner break.
*In my contract I have section that states that the client must provide a meal. Reason being I can’t take off during a 8 hour wedding to go grab a bite. Most wedding venues offer vendors some sort of meal at no additional charge to the Bride and Groom.
This wedding location offered vendor meal that wasn’t the same as what the guest were eating. It was a simple club sandwich. Maybe I’m wrong but I really could careless. My clients should never have to pay an additional $150.00 to feed me. However the videographer sitting next to me was really pissed at the happy couple, he actually told me “I’m going to charge them more for the editing.” I thought yuk, and was really taken back. Who does that? In my opinion I’m just thankful for the meal. I would never refer someone that was going to over charge my wonderful clients later. I think when you have your own business you should love what you do, and exceed expectations.
I know I’m going to get comments asking me “who was the videographer?” but I wouldn’t tell even if I knew. {I didn’t ask his name and didn’t get his card}