HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-02-10, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988. PAGE 15.
Professional photographers often offer a video service as well as their
normal still photography service to help capture more of the wedding
day's memories.
Space-saving in the first home
Video increasingly
popular for weddings
Video is growing as the high tech
answer to preserving both the
sights and sounds of a couple’s
wedding day. Unlike a still photo
graph. the videoisthreedimen-
sional.
Video is meant to complement a
photographer’s work at a wedding.
Since video’s fast growing popu
larity over the last four years, more
and more couples are substituting
video for some of the photo
packages offered by their wedding
photographer. Videos have taken
off like a shot in a much greater way
than Super 8 movies ever did, since
the latter were silent and often
difficult to produce.
Some video services differ from
other video companies in that the
video tape is edited back at the
company’s computerized editing
studio. The video tape is cut down
from, say, three hours of footage to
about 1 */a hours of edited tape. The
video tape is shot in sequence and
edited out of sequence, to produce
a candid, flowing presentation.
It’s a production, rather than a
disjointed movie - and more
interesting. It’s notjust 10 minutes
of one thing. It’s more dynamic.
Since much of the general public
remains unacquainted with video
beyond their VHS and Beta
machines, it’s important that
couples who are considering em
ptying the services of a video
company (or even their friends)
arm themselves with knowledge
and ask lots of questions.
Couples should find out exactly
what a company means when it
offers to produce an edited video
tape of their wedding day. If you
want a professionally edited tape,
be prepared to pay extra.
Does the video company come
prepared to shoot the wedding
ceremony and the reception? It’s
also important to place several
microphones around the church,
since only one microphone mount
ed on the camera can produce
hollow, inaudible sounds when
shooting from a distance.
It’s a good idea to place several
microphones around the reception
table, but all microphones should
be hidden from view. The video
company should also be shooting
from two to three different angles
at the front and back of the church
in order to give an interesting
perspective to their shots.
Video technicians should be as
unobtrustive as possible and be
formally dressed, in keeping with
the atmosphere at the wedding.
Not so long ago, most single
women lived with their parents
until marriage and collected every-
thing necessary for a home.
Meanwhile, bachelors tended to
live in apartments furnished with
little more than stereo, couch and
bar. Today, both men and women
leave home earlier and marry later.
Consequently, they accumulate
most home comfort “necessities”
while still single. For today’s
newlyweds, combining two sets of
possessions into one home can be
the first great challenge of married
life.
With space at a premium in most
firsthomes, couplesquicklybe-
come familiar with space-saving
techniques. They devise ingenious
ways to eliminate clutter and are
likely tospendentire Saturdays
installing closet organizers or
building shelves.
They learn to throw away junk
or, at least, items not used in the
past 10 years. And, for space-sav
ing convenience, they buy multi
functional appliances instead of
outfitting their kitchens with 20
individual gadgets.
Fortunately, solutions that save
time and space do exist. One is to
install appliances in under-used
areas. Recently developed under
cabinet appliances, for example,
unclutter countertops without tra
ding off accessibility and conveni
ence.
A recently introduced newcomer
to the battle to save space is the
undersink dishwasher, installed in
the frequently wasted area under
the sink, saving up to 24 inches of
valuable wall space. It fits under a
special six inch deep single-bowl
sink or can be offset under a
double-bowl sink to allow use with
a disposer.
A1 title ingenuity goes a long way
towards making a small place seem
larger. And the more room a newly
married couple has, the more they
can continue to acquire!
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For many, the idea of a
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comfortable experience.
Jeanne explains that it is
really neither of these
things; it is a way for buy
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choice of a gift for their
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age old question "What
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store, alone or with
Jeanne McDonald loves
the work she’s in. She sur
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the beautiful things she
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Token Treasures. Hers is
a world of brides and
grooms, birthday wishes
and tokens of love and
affection.
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customers in choosing
that gift which says "I
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