I wasn't planning on hiring a videographer either, but then I read a story like the link you posted, and polled my married girlfriends. Every one who got a video said it was so worth it. I found someone in my area who is reasonably priced, and he's going to give us a "documentary edit," which is basically his raw footage with any shots of his feet or adjusting the camera removed, but it'll be like 4 hours of video. My fiance thinks so many edited wedding videos out there are too cheesy, so we're going to either get one of our video editor friends to put together a 3 - 4 minute edit ourselves. Since my wedding isn't til September 2015 I go back and forth on if the video is necessary or not, of if we should've put the money toward something else - but I think it will make me really happy in the end.

Either way it's so great to have the moving memories, they caught moments we didn't see & the day passed in such a blur, so it was great to relive.

Yay! That's what ultimately convinced me - we are not going to see most of what our guests are up to, and the day will be over like that *snap*.

We're going with http://finalframe.com/wedding-portfolio/ ... Here's a sample of the "documentary edit": https://player.vimeo.com/video/82352760

11 months from today!