We have heard horror stories of photographers & videographers working together and it just not working out for all parties involved! This is sad because truth be told the person who doesn’t win is the Bride & Groom. We are there to preserve wedding memories for generations! Everyone wants to create a product that the couple will be over the moon about! So, working with a videographer that you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet can be a little daunting. Especially, after hearing all those scary stories it adds to the stress of the wedding day. Well, we have come up with some great solutions that will help both photographer & videographer work together on a wedding day in a way that makes the couple win every. single. time! Although we work with our very own sweet husband & wife team, Alex & Katie McKown, most days; we have also had the pleasure of working with so many other companies. So, more often than not we are alongside someone else who has a job just as important as us!
1. MEET THEM LIKE ANY OTHER NEW FRIEND & GET A GAME PLAN!
We have a questionnaire that our brides fill out pre wedding day that goes through lots of information and one question is the videographer! We like to keep them involved in the process. However, we would like to just know that there will be some new faces there on the wedding day!
We will then, of course, say Hi & go through introductions just like any other new relationship; however, we will also take a minute to go through the rough game plan for the day. Just talking about beautiful areas around the venue or telling them about where we will be taking the details. Just keeping them informed about what we already had thought of. At this time they usually tell us how they usually work a wedding day & we will either be right on par or meet in the middle. Either way, it’s great to get the plan together & keep talking about it at each event to ensure everyone is on the exact same page & nothing gets missed!
2. BE MINDFUL WHERE YOU ARE.
Typically, videographers can be quite the quiet bunch. Most of our experience is that they are very much a “fly on the wall” while others may be more expressive. Just be mindful as to where you are standing and making sure they have a clear “photographer free” angle as well. For example, sometimes a getting ready room may be too small. We will then just stop shooting & step aside to allow the videographer a clean shot of the bride & her mom as well!
We check in routinely before an event is complete to be sure they didn’t need anything else. I do this not because I think I need to make sure they are doing their job but more because as a fellow introvert – RIGHT?! – that they may be uncomfortable asking for something from us. I constantly keep the door of communication open to them just like I would want. 
3. FLOW POSING.
We will do some more still poses; however, the majority of our posing has the couple moving or doing something interactive with each other. By no means do I think you should change up what you already do. But adding in an interaction without having to reset an emotion is going to create a genuine & authentic moment. An example of an interaction would be doing some walking or a little bit of dancing & twirls! When the pose is a little more still we will add in some swaying back and forth or tell the Bride to play with her veil or dress. We love this little bit of movement in images & it allows a little more interest on the video side as well!
Well, those are the main ways we like to keep things moving & interruption / oopsey free on a wedding day!! Check us out on Instagram Live & Facebook Live later today for a morein depth elaborate talk!
-Sara & Alex
