How much does a wedding videographer cost in Ireland?
The price of a wedding videographer will depend on a number of factors: the specific package and service being offered; the level of work and effort that will go into producing your treasured wedding films, the videographer’s experience and critically, their skillsets; the quality of the equipment; and any particular expenses associated with providing your wedding videography.
Most professional wedding videographers in Ireland will charge somewhere between 2000 and 4000 EUR for a full day’s coverage and producing your wedding films, according to a survey by One Fab Day
Of course you can also find cheaper options, but the price is nearly always aligned with the quality of the wedding films you will receive and the level of professional experience and skill of your wedding videographer.
There are many costs associated with wedding videography – the cameras, lenses, tripods, microphones, drones and other audio-visual equipment used on the day can be very expensive – and of course the higher the quality the equipment (meaning the better your wedding films), the more they cost… Editing is also an intricate and delicate process, and it takes time to craft a wedding film into a visually beautiful film that showcases the best of the day and creates those wonderful emotions! It’s much more than just combining clips… Most videographers will have a range of editing software programmes they use to edit the films which are costly – not only for cutting and combining clips, but also colour grading, improving the quality of the image, removing anything unsightly, and adding all the magic touches. Music, online video storage platforms, external hard drives, websites and advertising, all come with additional costs!
Where you have a limited budget, and you’re unsure of whether to have a wedding videographer, or you have found someone you love, but your budget won’t stretch, we have a two pieces of advice.
The first thing we will say, and we cannot stress this enough: having a videographer is one of the best wedding-related decisions that you will make!! A wedding is a very rare opportunity to bring together your loved ones, your closest friends, from near and far. For many couples it can be one of the only occasions where extended family from different places will get together. For parents and grandparents it’s a cherished day to see their daughter, son, grandchild get married, and for the all the friends, well it’s just a fab opportunity to get together and have a wonderful night. As you get older, the memories of the day will fade, and having a video to look back – not only for you, but also for your future family, children, grandchildren, is a timeless treasure. We have heard so many times over years when speaking with couples ‘we are SO happy we decided to have the wedding videography’ – but NEVER the opposite. Unfortunately, we have also heard from various people ‘our biggest regret was not having a videographer’.
Secondly, if you really like a videographer, but they are slightly out of your budget, we’d recommend trying to stretch to accommodate the price, maybe by shifting other costs around somewhere else in your wedding budget. Your wedding film is one of the most important and lasting elements of your wedding day. Having an experienced videographer that you know you can rely on to craft a beautiful and highly professional wedding film, that showcases your day AND recreates those emotions every time you re-watch it in years to come, will be a decision that you don’t regret!