More and more couples are opting to hire a wedding videographer as social media continues to grow and more posts showcasing these amazing videos circulate. People love how amazing these wedding videos turn out—some of these posts get millions of views!
Although more wedding couples want to hire a wedding videographer, the problem is that they don’t exactly know where to look to find one—or who to trust with their one and only wedding day.
Think about it: a wedding videographer only gets one shot to get everything right. There are no do-overs. If you want to know if a wedding videographer is worth it, then check out our other blog here.
Otherwise, this post is going to go over the 5 most important things to know when it comes to finding the perfect wedding videographer.
A lot of couples struggle to decide whether or not they even want to hire a wedding videographer. There are several reasons for this, the main one being finances. But if couples are fine with spending thousands of dollars on other vendors, including a photographer, why do they tend to put wedding videographers on the back burner?
In 2025, wedding videography is transitioning from being an “optional” vendor to a “required” one.
Most brides end up regretting not hiring a wedding videographer after the fact. This is because wedding videos do something that photos can’t: they allow you to relive your wedding day and see it from angles that you didn’t get to during your big day.
Social media and technology development aren’t slowing down either. Hiring a wedding videographer is, from many brides’ standpoints, an essential vendor.
There are several key places to find a wedding videographer. The “big three” are Facebook, Instagram, and Google.
Facebook’s platform allows you to join groups based on your location. For example, if you live in Cincinnati, you can look up Facebook wedding groups based in Cincinnati. There, you will see daily posts from people in that area looking for vendors, including wedding videographers.
Vendors like wedding videographers love these groups because it’s free advertisement and clients for them.
By the way, if you are looking for a wedding videographer in the Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania and surrounding areas, head over to our website linked here to contact us.
Instagram works differently than Facebook. You can still search for wedding videographers, but you need to search for them based on hashtags. You can type in on the search page #Pittsburghweddingvideographer and see wedding videographers who are based in that location.
Instagram can be incredibly helpful when searching for viral wedding videos. Many wedding photographers and videographers utilize Instagram as a type of portfolio to display their work. This can be a very helpful tool to seek out the style of work that your vision closely resembles and aide you in your decision of who to go with.
Google is pretty self-explanatory. If you simply google “wedding videographers near me” or "Pittsburgh Wedding Videographers" Google will automatically give you all of the relevant wedding videographers in your area who have a website.
If you want to make sure you find all of the wedding videographers in your area, you’ll want to make sure that you go beyond the first page of Google. Not all wedding videographers work on the backend of their website to optimize showing up on the first page of Google, so it’s worth a little extra time to scroll through the first 5-10 pages.
You can also go on well-known sites like TheKnot and search for vendors in your area. This is another easy way to find wedding videographers in your local area.
Once you find a wedding videographer in your area, the next step is to see if they are a good fit for you. Here are some criteria to go by when looking into different wedding videographers.
The most important thing you need to like about a wedding videographer is the style of wedding videos they create. Make sure you check out their social media and/or website and watch their most recent wedding videos.
It’s important to know that a wedding videographer's social media edits aren’t necessarily the edits they have in their portfolio on their website. Often, wedding videographers make separate edits with different music for their social media, while the original deliverable that they actually give to their clients can be found on their website portfolio.
The amount of wedding videos a wedding videographer has made is always important, but not for the reason you think.
Wedding videographers who have filmed 50+ weddings are good at making the wedding video itself (hopefully), and that’s great. But the real reason you want an experienced wedding videographer is because they understand the ins and outs of weddings themselves.
Someone can be really good at making aesthetically pleasing and cinematic videos. But if they haven’t done a wedding before, then there’s a good chance that they will mess some things up.
With weddings, you get one chance to get the shots you need for the ceremony and other important events. Experienced wedding videographers know where and when to get what shot.
Another important factor in choosing the right wedding videographer is their personality and character.
Always make sure that the wedding videographer you are inquiring about has a face-to-face or phone call meeting to sit down and talk with you. Almost all wedding videographers do this. Hearing the voice of the vendor you want to hire and getting to know him/her is the best way to build trust.
You can tell when a person talks if they are being genuine or not, and you can get a feel for how they interact with you.
Another thing you’ll want to check out is their reviews if they have any. A good way to know if a wedding videographer is reliable is the reviews they have on Google, their website, or in the comments on social media that they post.
Reviews are a very easy way for you to see how previous clients have felt about working with past videographers. These reviews can tell you a lot about what your experience may end up being like with that vendor. For instance, you can sometimes see reviews about their work, personality, pricing, or interactions just to name a few.
If the first four points check all the boxes for you in a wedding videographer, the last thing you’ll want to read over is their contract. If you decide that a certain wedding videographer is a good fit for you, they will send you a contract to sign to make it official.
Make sure to read over the contract carefully, as wedding videographers all have their own personal way of conducting payments, deadlines, and exceptions.
Once you hire a wedding videographer, you will need to stay in touch in case you have any ideas to pass along or need to coordinate.
A good wedding videographer will reach out to you to meet once or twice more before your big day. If not, you will need to keep their email and phone number handy and reach out to them and simply ask that you would like to meet with them to hash over any final details.
Take R&B Productions for example, immediately after a client contacts us, we reach out via email. We are also sure to include our phone number and a good email address on our business cards, website, Google profile, and in every text or email that we send to clients. After our first email, we are sure to meet with clients one-on-one via a phone call, this way they can meet us to see if we are a good fit. Following this conversation, we are in touch with the clients every step along the way. We are in constant communication with our if there are any updates to the wedding itinerary, special requests, or bits of information we need to be aware of.
It is a good sign of a videographer if they have good communication habits, as this shows they can be trusted to be attentive, in the event that you need them.
If you have done your fair share of looking around for wedding videographers, you’ll notice fairly quickly the difference in the way wedding videographers price their services. And there is a reason for that.
It’s no different than photographers. Wedding photographers also have huge differences in price. And while some charge a little too high or too low compared to the quality of their deliverables, their prices are usually an accurate reflection of their quality and experience.
Not to mention, making a wedding video isn’t easy. After your wedding day, anywhere between 10-40 hours of video editing goes into sorting, splicing, color correcting, and editing your footage.
For more information about the average cost of a wedding videographer, check out our blog.
At the end of the day, you have the final say as to what wedding videographer you want to hire for your wedding. A good rule of thumb is to trust your gut and use common sense when speaking to them.
If you are looking for a wedding videographer for your wedding in the Pittsburgh area and beyond (congrats on your engagement!), head over to our website and fill out our contact form.
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