right now i am trying to figure out if i want to spend the .5K + on a wedding videographer or buying a good video camera for around 0 and have one of my friends shoot from a tripod. i have looked at raw and the cheapest in the area is 0

i am looking at dong it myself for not only the money but because frankly >< i can do a better job at editing the damn video then half these videographers can.

so whats the pros and con’s to doing this. as i said we’re looking at having a friend do it with a tripod so there won’t be shaking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqMfSSqDyo

are just a couple video’s i edited to show it’s not that hard…
okay this may be me but.. it’s not rocket science. you point.. and shoot.

and my friend is a student at college for photography, video recording is not that hard. you need a better eye for photography then you need for videography.

and budget is well.. we’re over budget. we can’t really afford anymore but i want a nice video of my wedding

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Were getting married in May 2009, Im having people fly in and stay at whatever hotel they choose as people have different price ranges. We’re getting married at treasure Island and then we rented out an area at the Treasure Island Buffet for a Champagne Brunch. Its about 50 ppl. Any ideas for after? Is that enough for having people come all the way out to Vegas? Its not like I can invite 50 ppl up to my room after? And we don’t have a lot of money.
Well I had this planned then my fiances mom made me feel bad for not doing more since im having people go there. I had thought of saying meet us for Karaoke and drinks later tonight. Were driving down with our kids and then on Monday were all leaving on a cruise.
I just wanted to get some feedback if I was doing enough.

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I live in the Pittsburgh PA, we are looking to have a beach wedding. I really like Myrtle beach. My parents are pushing for Virginia beach since its closer. I was wondering what beach is better?

We are planning either a late April 2011 or an early Oct 2011 wedding. Depending on how money & vacation days from work works out.

My parents have never been to either beach, I have only been to Myrtle once my fiance & his family have been going to Myrtle for years. Neither of our families are paying for our wedding. That is why we picked an destination wedding its cheaper. My parents will help pay for the "welcome back" picnic at their house when we come back. Our plan is to find a house on the beach, have just the bridal party stay with us for a few days. Get married & then kick everyone out so we can have some kind of "honeymoon". My fiance will only have 5 days vacation at that time. I don’t care if people stay in the area but we need our own space then.
If everyone we invite comes & brings a guest we will have 26 people coming to our wedding that includes bride & groom! (but I don’t see his sisters bring any one, our rule is you have to be dating them at least 6 months+ we are paying for random people to come to the biggest day of our life then never see them again) Wedding party can bring who ever.

Any other tips on planning a beach wedding?

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I am seriously short on funds, but I would like to get my photographer SOMETHING. We are paying a fair amount, but she is a friend and I don’t want to offend her.

I do not have the money to give her anything substantial at the moment but would it be ok to send a gift card and thank you note within two weeks of the event? Or should I just let it go?

Thanks for the help! I have two days to go and I am stressing! lol.

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I am trying to plan a honeymoon trip to Vegas in June on a tight budget of about 00 I want to stay for 3 nights in a decent room and be able to still have money left over for entertainment good food and of course to gamble. I have looked at orbitz and travelocity but I not seeing anything that is catching my eye. I would apperciate any advise on where to stay or on entertainment. Also on how to make my budget workout for me.

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I’d really like to wear my wedding dress and have the wedding party wear thier wedding clothing so that the bridesmaids can wear their dresses a second time and guests will get to see us in person in our wedding gear. Do you think this appropriate? I really want to do this, get another wear out of everything, otherwise the wedding party and I would probably want to buy another nice new outfit to wear to that, so it would give us another chance to wear it for our money and prevent the wedding party from stressing over what to wear. What do you think?
The guys wont be wearing tuxes, they will be wearing dress shirts and dress pants with optinal suit jacket.

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Do you think it would be ok if I actually wore a bridesmaids dress as a wedding dress? I bought a dress at Bloomingdales for a hundred bucks but I am still looking. It’ s a beach wedding and the dress is very casual. Kind of bohimian like. I just found a nice dress on davidbridal.com but it’s for the maids. I am not looking to spend a lot of money. Any suggestions? Do you think it would be very noticeable?
Which dress do you think is prettier?

The one I have already – NO HAT!

http://www.weddingsshopping.com/wedding-dress-hs0635-p-476.html

Or the one I just found for a hundred and fifty bucks –

http://www.weddingsshopping.com/2010-famous-designer-bridal-wedding-dress-hs1509-p-2238.html

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We are kinda planning an October 1st 2011. Wedding in Myrtle Beach SC. We are sure how to go about planning & when to start?
We want something small. Just bridal party, parents, possibly grandparents & a few other people who we know will be able to come. Under 30 people.
His mom has a time share so we will be able to use that. We are thinking getting married early in the week so we can kick everyone out (lol not really but yes!) & have the end of the week/weekend for our short honeymoon. My fiance will only have a 5 days vacation next year. Plus the weekend before & after. We aren’t sure if we want to go with a venue since the beach is free & public.

Where do we start? We are from Pittsburgh PA (16 hours away)
The cheaper the better! We wanted to spend under 5k…but now we are hoping to do it for less. There is no point in spending a lot of money on 1 day! We know how much we mean to each other we don’t need a huge wedding to prove it. We are have already been together for almost 7 years. Plus our parents have {content} to help us.

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We do not have a lot of money and our looking for someone under 00.00 we really only need them for a few hours like 3hrs.

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Do you think it would be ok if I actually wore a bridesmaids dress as a wedding dress? I bought a dress at Bloomingdales for a hundred bucks but I am still looking. It’ s a beach wedding and the dress is very casual. Kind of bohimian like. I just found a nice dress on davidbridal.com but it’s for the maids. I am not looking to spend a lot of money. Any suggestions? Do you think it would be very noticeable?
Which dress do you think is prettier?

The one I have already – NO HAT!

http://www.weddingsshopping.com/prom-dresses-c-10.html

Or the one I just found for a hundred and fifty bucks

http://www.weddingsshopping.com/2010-famous-designer-long-evening-dress-lf0677-p-2217.html

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in an attempt to save a little money,we have decided to make our own wedding invitations…my question is…what program & what type of paper should we use???we want each of the invitations to be half a normal sheet of paper..

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I am not sending out save the date cards so I can save some money. Everyone on the invitation list is family. My wedding is on June 9th, and his family is on my case telling me I need to call everyone and personally invite them now so they can get off work. I think they are being a little overbearing and that if I send out invitations eight weeks prior, that will give them plenty of time to ask off. They say I am not being thoughtful and that out of town family members feel that they are not included in the guest list because I haven’t contacted them yet. Who’s right?

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my cousin is getting married in june in Florida on the beach. My cousins family is very classy and formal all the time, because they have ALOT of money. I need to know what kind of dress i should wear for her wedding because im the complete opposite of her family, so i also need to find it for a good price, meaning 0-150 and under. HELPPP MEEE PLEASE(:

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I would rather have a week or two week long honeymoon, than putting all that money into one day.

Im not engaged but i do plan on getting married outside in a park, with a dress around 300 dollars at most and 50 people max.

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We plan on marrying in 1 yr. No set date yet. He wants a non-traditional wedding. His 2 best friends got married at the beach and his sis got married in the mts. He is dead set that 1 of these ways is the way to go for us. I will admit that these weddings were beautiful & different, but it’s just not for me.

I, on the other hand, am VERY traditional in almost every aspect of life. I want a nice church wedding with the beautiful gown and the string quartet. With a wild and crazy reception where ALL mine & his friends and family can attend.

I feel if we go off somewhere I will not have all the people I want to be there in attendance. We cannot seem to come to a compromise. Don’t get me wrong. I want him to be involved, but I never thought it was going to be this difficult. In the entire 3 yrs we have been dating I never knew he was so dead set on a beach type of wedding. He never protested when I described my dream wedding. How can we compromise?? Anybody been in a similar sit?
Money is NOT an issue.
We are not fighting over it and if he is dead-set that either we get married on a beach or we don’t get married, then I will pick the beach, of course.
I’m not looking for relationship advice. I’m looking for wedding planning advice. Just wondered if anyone had any input if they had been in the same situation.
We live in Middle Tennessee, close to Nashville. Beautiful mountains and lakes, but no beach.

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