Here is some interesting news for Brides In Tipperary, and indeed all Munster Brides. I have added an extra Wedding Package to my existing selection, the already very popular Silver Wedding Package has been upgraded to provide extra coverage up to and when the Bride & Groom enter the function room to join their guests for dinner. A new Bronze wedding Package has been added to provide coverage of just the Wedding Ceremony and is ideal for couples who are Wedding Planning on a Tight Budget. If you are planning your Wedding In Tipperary and are thinking about having a wedding Video please check out the following Wedding DVD Packages. I have a large amount of Local Wedding Video bookings for 2012 and indeed 2013. As a Tipperary Wedding Videographer i am looking forward to recording Weddings In Cashel, Fethard, Rosegreen, Mullinahone, Kilshane House, Dundrum House Hotel, Thurles, and Weddings in Clonmel.

Weddings

Choice of Four Wedding Packages
BRONZE – SILVER – GOLD – DIAMOND
Prices 2012/2013

BRONZE – € 500
* Recording begins at Bride’s house depending on distance from ceremony venue.
* Guests arriving for ceremony are recorded.
* The full ceremony is recorded.
* The couple greeting their guests after the ceremony is also recorded.
* The photo shoot at the ceremony venue is recorded.
* Old photos or camcorder footage of the couple growing up may be included in the finished production.
* Choose your own background music.
* Recording ends when the couple depart from the ceremony venue and leave for the reception venue.

SILVER – € 650
* Recording begins at Bride’s house depending on distance from ceremony venue.
* Guests arriving for ceremony are recorded.
* The full ceremony is recorded.
* The couple greeting their guests after the ceremony is also recorded.
* The photo shoot at the ceremony and reception venue is recorded.
* Bride and Groom being welcomed by their guests at reception venue.
* The Drinks Reception.
* Old photos or camcorder footage of the couple growing up may be included in the finished production.
* Choose your own background music.
* Recording ends when the Bride & Groom join their guests in the function room for dinner – 6:30 PM approx.

GOLD – € 850
* Recording begins at Bride’s house depending on distance from ceremony venue.
* Guests arriving for ceremony are recorded.
* The full ceremony is recorded.
* The couple greeting their guests after the ceremony is also recorded.
* The photo shoot at the ceremony and reception venue is recorded.
* Bride and Groom being welcomed by their guests at reception venue.
* The speeches are discreetly captured on camera.
* Vox Pops / guests offering best wishes on camera, very personal and great fun.
* Old photos or camcorder footage of the couple growing up may be included in the finished production.
* Choose your own background music.
* Recording ends after the first set of dances – 10:15 PM approx.

DIAMOND – € 900
* Recording begins at Bride’s house depending on distance from ceremony venue.
* Guests arriving for ceremony are recorded.
* The full ceremony is recorded.
* The couple greeting their guests after the ceremony is also recorded.
* The photo shoot at the ceremony and reception venue is recorded.
* Bride and Groom being welcomed by their guests at reception venue.
* The speeches are discreetly captured on camera.
* Vox Pops / guests offering best wishes on camera, very personal and great fun.
* Old photos or camcorder footage of the couple growing up may be included in the finished production.
* Choose your own background music.
* Recording ends at 11 PM.

All wedding packages include 4 DVD’s supplied in customised cases!

Optional Wedding Video Slideshow

As an optional extra we can provide a  wedding video montage of the day to be shown in the main function room on a large screen, just before the first dance. The video slideshow includes;

• Bridal party preparations at Bride’s house.
• Arrival of the Groom & Groomsmen.
• Guests arriving at ceremony venue.
• Marriage Ceremony.
• Photo Call.
• Arrival of the Bridal Party at the Reception Venue.
• Price :  € 140

For me this year has just gone bye so quickly it only seems like yesterday when I posted my first blog post for 2011, it has been a very busy year for me with Weddings In Tipperary, Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Carlow. Ireland is in the grip of a very severe recession as are many other countries around the world, we are  lucky to have so many vibrant Irish industries performing very well, the Wedding Industry seems to be recession proof.

Weddings In Ireland are at an all time high with more than  20,000 couples deciding to take the plunge every year, a successful Wedding Day takes careful planning and is dependent on  Wedding Service Providers to carry out their duties in a professional manner and to maintain competitive prices. It is certainly a buyers market for Irish Brides, hotels are all competing for business and are more than willing to cut prices and include lots of extras at a reasonable price.

As a Wedding Videographer In Tipperary  I am delighted to report that Wedding Video Bookings are well up on last year which is amazing considering all the doom and gloom that we are exposed to every day. Couples are are now much more price conscious when booking wedding suppliers but they still expect a very high quality service, I would encourage Brides In Tipperary to shop around for value for your money just remember that a really low price quote should not mean a less than 100% quality of service. If you are looking for Wedding Videographer In Tipperary be sure to visit my website and check out the Wedding Packages and Prices that are on offer.

Here are few money saving ideas for Brides In Tipperary.

You really wanted that lavish wedding day but money is tight and you don’t really want to go abroad and would like to have your Wedding In Tipperary.

Don’t be embarrassed about not spending a fortune on one day – most people will understand, and if they don’t, did you really want them at your wedding anyway?

Plan an intimate affair involving immediate family only.  Book a room or a secluded table in  an exclusive restaurant and splash out on a sumptuous feast that you wouldn’t normally be able to afford.

Explain to friends that you really only wanted a small wedding but you are looking forward to celebrating with them at a later date, this is better known as little white lie.

Ask a friend that you trust with a camera, if they would mind being your photographer for the day. Consider buying a good digital camera for quality photos. Digital photos can be adjusted if necessary and can look just as good as a professional photograph if processed in a quality photo-shop.  Do some test shots in advance of the day and  buy your own wedding album.

If you still want to celebrate with friends  hire a local church hall or banqueting suite in a hotel and organise an evening  buffet.  You can decorate the room yourself the night before with colour co-ordinating balloons, napkins etc and make the room look really special.  If you want to book a hotel say it is a family occasion when you enquire about the price as many hotels will add extras if you tell them it is a wedding.  Ask a friend to act as DJ. Tell everyone to bring along some Cd’s with their name on the cover or make up your own compilation in advance.

Make your own invitations or buy standard invitations in your local stationery shop. There are lots of websites to help you design your own invitations and simple can look very elegant.

Here is a cool suggestion for your Wedding Video In Tipperary  just ask a friend to capture lots of footage on a camcorder, I would be happy to transfer the footage onto a DVD with some basic editing for only a fraction of the cost of a full Wedding Video Production.

As a Wedding Videographer In Tipperary I am always open to new money saving ideas for Brides In Tipperary and surrounding counties.

Here is a clip from the Wedding of Mary O’ Brien & David Williams who were married in St Mary’s Church Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork on July 21st 2011. The Wedding Reception Venue was The Carlton Hotel Kinsale, Cork.

The Wedding Video began with mary and the girls preparing for their departure to the Church in Carrigtwohill which was only two miles down the road.

Dave who is a serving member of the Irish Army arrived at the church in ample time and was joined by lots of his colleagues who were dressed in full Army attire. When Mary arrived at the church she was welcomed by a very impressive guard of honour.

About Carlton Hotels Ireland

Carlton Hotel Group is an Irish owned company with 10 luxury properties in stunning locations throughout Ireland. With 10 hotels in Ireland, located in Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Donegal, Kinsale, Tralee, Wexford, Kildare and Westport,  as a Wedding Videographer in Cork i just love working in The Carlton Kinsale the backdrop of Kinsale Bay is just wonderful and is perfect for any Wedding Video In Cork.

I would like to thank Mary and Dave for choosing me as their Wedding Videographer, Cork Weddings are special and Cork Brides are always so down to earth. Congrats Mary & Dave it was a pleasure working with you on your big day. I am looking forward to many more Wedding Videos in Cork in 2012.

This is a clip from the Civil Ceremony of William Ward White & Sydney Ray Greenblatt, they are both from the USA and visited Ireland to celebrate their Wedding In Waterford.

Glasha Farm Guesthouse was the setting for this lovely Wedding Ceremony, the guest list was pretty small with a total of eight family members wich included the Bride & Groom.
Glasha Guesthouse is situated between Ballymacarbry and Clonmel and is in Co. Waterford. I have recorded lots of Civil Wedding Ceremonies In Tipperary & Waterford so far this year, Civil Ceremonies are very much a part of my work as a Wedding Videographer In Waterford and Tipperary.
Sydney & Ward requested a very simple Wedding Video with no editing, just Camera footage transferred on to a DVD in NTSC format for viewing in the USA.
It was a great pleasure working with this very special couple it was a beautiful ceremony which was only 20 mins long and took place at 6:30pm in Glasha Farmhouse on August 24th 2011.
All the best for the future form Eamon.

Civil weddings are quickly becoming popular in Ireland and may overtake religious ceremonies by the year 2012, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The proportion of civil ceremonies has increased from just 6% in 1996 to over 23% in 2006, according to the CSO. During the same period, the proportion of religious ceremonies has also decreased.

“The new legislation introduced in 2007, allowing couples to marry in venues such as hotels and castles, has played an important part in this change, and this trend will probably continue in the coming years,” says Rosemarie Meleady, The Wedding Planner.

Venues wishing to host civil ceremonies must get licensed by the Health Service Executive.

The CSO research has also shown the average age of the groom in a civil wedding was 36, compared with the overall average of 32. While the average age for the bride was 34, almost three years older than the overall average of 31.

*Listen to Rosemarie Meleady, speaking about this topic on Today FM The Last Word, with Matt Cooper. http://www.todayfm.com/Shows/Weekdays/Matt-Cooper/listen.aspx  (Wednesday 1^st July at 4,30pm)

Drangan Video has recorded many Civil Weddings In Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow, Kildare and Cork, so if you are planning on having your Civil Wedding Ceremony Recorded be sure to contact Drangan Video for a free Wedding Video Quotation.

your ideal wedding is stressful, your expectations will likely be high, and this may most certainly lead to stress and possibly disappointment. For that reason managing expectations is essential and the key to this happens to be down to planning. Leaving things until the last moment and not being realistic is generally the biggest cause of wedding ceremony tension and arguments. To avoid this here’s a few valuable suggestions and guidance on simple things you are able to do to smooth the preparing of one’s wedding day.

Firstly it is essential the wedding couple talk about what they would like from their big day. You won’t always agree on things however it is essential to get your wishes out in the open. The groom won’t always be thinking about things as the flower bouquets or bridesmaids colour schemes, but it does not imply he’s not interested. it’s just that men are usually better when faced with more practical jobs and choices. It is important that you both sit down and list your preferred choices. This will enable you to create an extensive summary of how your wedding day needs to run. Once you’ve got this strategy, allocate the different duties and goals to people who are best suited to them.

The next big issue that ought to be discussed is the budget. Weddings don’t come cheap, and unless you keep a level head they can quickly turn into quite expensive. Traditionally the bride’s mother and father were the ones who paid for the wedding but nowadays it’s a lot more common that all parties including each sets of parents and the bride and groom make a contribution. It is advisable to be open about things from the outset. Speak to parents, be practical and don’t get caught up in the romance of everything. It’s important that you review your money situation early on so you don’t need to make drastic cut-backs at a later date in the proceedings.

The wedding reception is a key part of any wedding event. It is the part which your guests will possibly love or hate. The wedding entertainment is usually left till late on to organise. Doing so might limit your choice of wedding acts as many of the quality acts get booked up well ahead of time. So you are going to need to act early to make certain you are able to book the musicians and singers you truly want. You may also want to consider how you are going to entertain during the day when guests are waitingwhile you have the wedding pictures taken or in between the marriage ceremony and the reception. You may need to take into account some thing unusual for example a close up magician or maybe a caricature artist, both ideas are away from the norm and therefore are certain to amuse and entertain guests.

By no means be frightened to request for help as you will need it. This support can come from parents, the best man or good friends. Many hands make light work as they say so make use of them!

Most importantly you need to be organised if you have any chance of having a amazing stress free wedding. Be sure to make lots of notes when you speak to wedding venues, hotels, entertainment agencies, photographers and so on. Keep a log of all this information in a spreadsheet and create a wedding planner with dates, costs, contact names and phone numbers. Once you start to plan your guest list keep a log of who you’re inviting, sort them by family or pals, also whether they are daytime or evening guests and be aware of guest numbers and subsequent costs.
If you are looking for a wedding Videographer, why not check out my Wedding Video Packages just click on the wedding page on this site.
Regards Eamon

ADVICE FOR BRIDES IN TIPPERARY

The Windsors may have spent millions on Kate and Will’s royal wedding but there is no sign that the days of big, extravagant nuptials are about to return to Ireland.

There are no up-to-date estimates of the average cost of a wedding in Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow or Waterford but most industry experts still pitch the figure at between €20k and €25k.

Whatever the true figure, the pressure to splash out tens of thousands on your big day has been replaced by an appreciation for smaller, leaner and more resourceful affairs that many say can make for a more memorable day than you might expect.

Indeed, you can now reasonably spend as little as you want on a wedding.

For example, some people might just get married in a registry office in the afternoon, and then walk around the corner to a pre-booked restaurant for a meal and some wine with a small number of guests for less than €1,000.

But if, like most of us, you want a traditional wedding with all or most of the trimmings, but without you and your partner promising “till debt do us part”, then you can easily save up to €5,000 on the cost of the average wedding by doing a lot yourself.

So, just how can you save all that dosh?

1 Email or DIY wedding invites and church missals

First of all, do the invites yourself. Sending email wedding invites instead of paper ones is a decision that can save huge amounts of money and time. Websites such as Paperlesspost.com can send out 100 wedding invites for as little as €10. However, it may be a cost-cutting step too far for some.

“Things like replacing Champagne with Prosecco are all very well and make a lot of sense, but emailing invites instead of old-fashioned post definitely takes away a certain sense of romance and old-fashioned decorum to the occasion,” says Ciara Elliot, editor of Confetti magazine.

If you insist on paper invites, 100 professionally-produced invites can easily cost up to €500, so the DIY route is an obvious money-saver.

“They are a fun, creative project; there are loads of templates available online. Even invitation-makers do DIY kits,” says Ciara Crossan of wedding venues website WeddingDates.com.

“You can also save money on stamps by hand-delivering as many as you can.”

For church missals, choose the music, choose the readings and download a simple design from the web. Get a tech-savvy pal to format the whole thing and get it printed at a print shop for less than €20. Buy strips of ribbon and a harder cover for a nice touch.

SAVING: Up to €500

2 Save a blooming fortune by doing the flowers and decorations myself

“You could save over €500 by DIYing your flowers,” says Crossan. “Make sure you rope in your mum or some other green-fingered family friend to do it if you don’t have a clue.”

Elliot suggests doing a course on flower arranging yourself and getting the flowers yourself too.

SAVING: At least €500

3 Do your own make-up. Risky? Not a bit of it….

In terms of make-up, Crossan says DIY make-up is going to be the trend for this year and next. “Kate Middleton did her own make-up for the royal wedding and there were two million people watching,” she says.

Many professional make-up artists often over-do things anyway, she adds.

SAVING: Up to €250 (for bride and two others)

4 Buy your own wine

According to a very recent survey by Weddingdates.com, three out of four couples say ‘I don’t’ to overpriced hotel wine, preferring to bring their own wine and pay for corkage.

Corkage charges have also fallen. Compared to a similar survey two years ago, when more than half said they paid more than €8 corkage, less than three in 10 do today, while one in six claimed they got free corkage.

“Buying wine in bulk from Ireland is the way to go nowadays,” says Crossan. “It’s not worth the trip to France.”

Just in case you don’t fancy this route, many venues, for example Markree Castle in Co Sligo, now offer wine with the dinner (as well as all the flowers) — included in the wedding package.

SAVING: At least €500

5 Get me to the church on time — but don’t hire a car

You needn’t worry about having a particularly classy car for bridal transport. “Your guests are going to be inside the church when you arrive, who cares if the car isn’t a Bentley!” says Crossan.

SAVING: Up to €400

7 Let them eat cake: but not an expensive shop-bought or specially-made one.

Plenty of people these days find it a nice touch to get mums, sisters, aunts or friends to make a special cake for the big day, be it the traditional fruit and iced variety of the ever-popular cup cakes done into a display

SAVING: Up to €500

8  keep an open mind about your venue and date

Probably the biggest expense of any wedding day, the choice of reception venue, represents the biggest single opportunity to save.

“Think about booking your wedding on a weekday rather than at the weekend,” says Elliot. “So if you can save 10% on this, that’s up to €1,500,” she says.

Monday is cheaper than Saturday. Also, haggle over the price of the extras, like the evening snacks. See if the hotel will throw in rooms for parents, the best man or bridesmaids.

Having a smaller wedding and organising a party afterwards can open doors to other venues, such as restaurants, members’ clubs and boutique hotels, she adds. “It doesn’t look like you’re scrimping, just doing something else.”

“Having a buffet-style wedding reception instead of the traditional sit-down meal can be much cheaper,” says Collette O’Loughlin of SimplyWeddings.com.

Above all, drive a bargain and at least feel you tried to get value for yourselves. And good luck!

SAVING: Up to €2,000 +

If you are planning your Wedding In Tipperary in the near  future check out the Wedding Video Packages on offer from Drangan Video Packages from as little as €500

Advice for Brides in Tipperary

Here are a few points to remember when looking for a Wedding Videographer in Tipperary.

1-Sample
View sample DVDs, if you are getting married in Tipperary try to obtain samples from Wedding Venues in Tipperary. The work itself is the most important thing. You must like the work of the videographer. What could be more important than this?
Regarding the work itself: does it flow smoothly, like a film, or is there an amateurish quality to it? What is the framing and composition like? Is it shaky or steady? What are the colours like? Is the bride’s dress supposed to be orange? Are there excessive pans and zooms that take you out of the experience?

2-Get a professional
Your friends and relatives are NOT professional Wedding videographers. This blunt sentence will save you heartbreak in the future.

3-Price
Price may or may not be important to you, BUT are you going to feel better about saving that few hundred euros in ten years’ time when you are stuck with an embarrassing wedding video?

4-Will the videographer you book actually be the person shooting and Editing your wedding video?
Ask who will be shooting and editing your wedding video. After all, if you like someone’s work based on a sample DVD, it’s not much good if the videographer’s cameraman-for-hire straight out of college turns up.

5-Communication
If you have a vision of what you want your wedding video to be, make sure you communicate that to the videographer before your wedding Day. The day only happens once! There’s no second takes.

6-Book in advance
If you know the videographer In Tipperary that you want, book as soon as possible, or he/she WILL be booked by the time you get back to them. The good ones book up very far in advance.

7-Wireless
Any reputable videographer will use wireless microphones and an audio mixer for the ceremony, speeches and dancing. It is important to hear things properly.

8-Unobtrusive videos
All Irish videographers, will say they are unobtrusive. Take a look at their samples. Do they run around people with the camera on the dance floor? Will they be a distraction in the church? There is no way to know for sure unless you phone or e-mail them and have a chat about how they work under such circumstances.

9- Graphics and Music
Some people think that they want flashy graphics and titles, but these can date very quickly. If music for your Wedding Video is important to you, ask your videographer about the options available. After a visit to the videographer’s website, and if you look carefully, all of your questions should be answered there.

I hope that the above information is of some use to Tipperary Brides who may be Planning a Wedding in 2011/2012.
Regards Eamon Anglim

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