cyres julienne
Jul 25, 2017 · 4 min read

“A glimpse in the life of a wedding videographer”

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Hi! My name is Cyres, a 23 years old wedding videographer based in Philippines. :)

I’ve been in the wedding industry as a wedding videographer for 9 months now. I know! I’m still new at this and I’m no pro at this! Well, for now ahaha. Honestly speaking, I’m still learning the basic and all. And believe me I’m learning from scratch. I have no background with either photography or videography or anything. Well except for taking very amateur pictures with my phone. (does that count?)


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Maybe by now you’re wondering why I’m here and saying this all to you. Well I just want to share to you my experience as a struggling amateur videographer in this big and very competitive wedding industry (especially from our country).

As an amateur with no background in this kind of work, everything is sooo new to me. Never have I touched a professional camera, never have I even wanted to be a videographer as a profession! But when opportunity knocked at my door, I just immediately grabbed it! Maybe because part of me want to test myself and ability. And to my surprise, I was enjoying my first few months learning the camera settings and camera set-ups.

Then my day as wedding videographer finally came. And my life ended (joking).

It was a stressful day. Very. I easily get intimidated by the experts around me! They are so good at capturing the moments! They are so good at directing people! They are so good at what they are doing! They are so good at talking to people! They are good at speaking english! My ghaad I can’t even talk properly to my 10 year old american cousin! I mean, how did they do that? I was stupefied with the flow and everyone! I didn’t expect that being a photographer or a videographer is a one tough job that requires talent and LOTS of talking! I was so stupid to think that when you finally learn how to use the camera, you’re good to go already! I was so stupid. It didn’t occur to me that I need to freaking use my mouth to communicate with other people! (not that I’m deaf or what) I’m a shame to my family and to myself (huhuhu).

It was a series of battling my emotions and my doubts. It’s a pain in the back and sole kind of work and despite all that, seeing the happy faces of the family and people around you, their happy tears; it’s a different kind of story.

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Then I said to myself:

I am lucky to witness the bond of two pure hearts and their declaration of undying love to one another.

As I witness the happenings around me, I pray and wish that they may last forever, make God as the center of their life and family and help each other grow as a better person.


My doubts and self pity didn’t stop me from growing. I’m taking my baby steps to improve as a person and as a professional. What I like with my work as a wedding videographer is it helps me conquer my fears one step at a time. I know I still got a looong way to go and to learn, but I’m coping with it so far. I’m learning to love the challenges that this work is throwing at me. Not only it helps me channel my artistic side but also it makes me stronger as a person. And I’m looking forward to more challenges. :)


P.S.

By the end of the day, it feels good to find your hard work being projected to the screen and showcase to the audience as part of the SDE (same day edit) :)

That’s all for now folks! See you again for more wedding experiences and life stories. :-*

~~ Cyres ;)

cyres julienne

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an amateur wedding videographer and a blogger aspirant :)

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