Wedding Live Streaming
If Guests Can’t Make it to the Wedding, Bring the Wedding to Them!
With recent events, live streaming wedding ceremonies has become a big trend to keep everyone safe. But even without a pandemic, sometimes some family members or friends just can’t get to where you are; and that’s where live streaming comes in. Let us deal with the technical side of things so you can enjoy your day with friends and family across the globe.
Live Streaming weddings can have a lot of benefits for a bride and groom - especially those thinking about a destination wedding.
So why can’t a family member just use their smartphone and start a livestream to a social media platform? Why hire professionals? Well, there is actually a lot that goes into live streaming your wedding, even just with a phone: internet access, tripod, phone mount, a good microphone, someone to manage the live stream, a constant power source to prevent the battery from dying, and that’s just to name a few [4]. When using a simple smartphone to stream such an important event, it does not achieve the required audio and video clarity and can be hard for the audience to watch all the way through. Professional videographers in the industry will ensure the picture and audio is as perfect as it can be, as well as set everything up so you don’t have to lift a finger or monitor the connection while trying to enjoy your big day.
There have been many couples in the past who tried to do it themselves with one bride saying, “We had a family destination wedding that we couldn’t attend, so they attempted to live streaming the ceremony using Facebook live. Unfortunately, the picture was small, very blurry and kept cutting out due to signal issues. In hindsight, professionally live streaming would have been better, as you can never guarantee how well it will work through social media. [1]” Instead of just recording the wedding and sending it to absent relatives and friends at a later date, live-streaming makes them feel like they are right there at the wedding, because they really are! Live-streaming is a fantastic option if you can only afford or only want a smaller wedding ceremony, but still want people to attend digitally [3].