The Wedding Journey - Photographer and Videographer

Besides the venue and date, the 2nd most important thing for a wedding would be hiring a photographer. More ofthen than not, couples will either choose only photographer or photographer + videographer. As the saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words. Moreover on this special occasion we would really like the photogapher to capture the best moment and timeless expressions so that we can relive that memory of our wedding day again once it is over.

Same as the venue, a good photographer is normally booked way in advance. A decent photographer package can easily costs from RM2500 -RM6000 depending on how well known the photographers are and how many awards they have won. But to the both us, we definitely look at the style of photography which we deemed is more important. We even got a quote for only RM800 covering both days on separate weekends. But after looking at their porfolio which uses a beginner DSLR, I feel that Marcus can take better pictures than them! Haha...Well, it is good coz there is always a cheaper alternative for the less fussy.

After choosing for weeks and meeting several photographers, we have settled down on Darren Chong's team. Mind you that we are not hiring Darren himself as he can be quite costly. But we are settling for his senior photographers within his team which we feel that the portfolio is quite decent with a reasonable price.

Other photographer that we have also consider is Lighted Pixels from Singapore. If you have the budget, pls book them as I fell in love with their photos the moment I lay my eyes on it. But too expensive for a Malaysian I feel. Well, at least for us. :( The other photographer which we nearly hired is McCain I like his photography style too, but unfortunately he was already booked on 20.11.2011. And we met him up in January!

As for videographer, we have decided to go without it. The ones that we like, costs us about RM2k per event which is about additional RM4k. We rather take those money and go for a nicer honeymoon. But, if you have the budget do hire those videographer which does video in the cinematography way. The feel of the video is much better!