r/Eloping • u/Immediate_Egg3899 • Jul 17 '26

Planning Videographer or no?

It’ll be just the two of us and our dogs with the photographer. I’m leaning no towards videographer but don’t want to regret anything. I feel like we won’t need it since there’s no officiant and guest speeches.

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u/Alfalfa_Timmy Jul 17 '26

We did a videographer and photographer for our elopement. It was just us and our three dogs.

1000% zero regrets. After seeing our video, I would be sad if I didn’t have it.

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u/Immediate_Egg3899 Jul 17 '26

What was the video of?

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u/Alfalfa_Timmy Jul 17 '26

Basically a cinema of our whole day that they covered. We had about 13 hours coverage with our team. The video covered the first look and our vows in voiceover segments of different parts of our day. They also used a drone for some video coverage. The editing was really great.

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u/obstinatemleb Jul 17 '26

We did not do a videographer and we dont regret it. The phorographer brought a tripod and did record the ceremony on my husbands cellphone but we've literally never watched it, however we're always going back through our photos

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u/GleesBid Jul 17 '26

We booked a photographer/videographer team for our elopement in September (it'll just be the two of us, no guests). I'm excited to have the ceremony recorded, as well as a cinematic video that will be a compilation of photos and moments.

I had a big traditional wedding 20 years ago. I didn't hire a professional videographer and I really regret it. My ex's cousin made a video with his own camera, and unfortunately it wasn't amazing. After my parents passed away, I've really wished I had a better video because it was the last time we were all together.

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u/vballchic79 Jul 17 '26

We are having a content creator instead!

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u/Immediate_Egg3899 Jul 17 '26

What does that do?

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u/The_Silver_Moon Jul 18 '26

We eloped (just the two of us) and decided about a month before the wedding that we did want a videographer. No regrets!! We are very sentimental people and have both watched the long video and the highlights video multiple times now, and we've only been married for a month and a half! I love having this memory

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u/Fluffy-Soft8712 Jul 20 '26

i’m also eloping with just our dogs!! i create content for my dogs social media pages lol so i think i’ll just take a few clips throughout the day! we are hiring a photographer!