Choosing the right videographer for your Cheshire wedding can be tricky.

Cheshire is a fairly large county, and borders Greater Manchester, Liverpool, the Wirral as well as several other counties, this means that there is a very wide range of videographers available to you. So to go about narrowing down your choice?

One option many people think of is going to wedding fairs, Wedding videographer unfortunately they are mistaken. From the videographers perspective, wedding fairs in this area are very expensive and time-consuming and don't result in gaining many new clients. As a result, most local videographers avoid them these days, and concentrate their marketing efforts on having a great website full of video samples that potential clients can view at their leisure. The videographers who still attend the fairs tend to be the folks who haven't really got to grips with the internet yet, and you may find the style of their films to be of a similar old fashioned style.

A much better place to start is online. A simple search for 'wedding video Cheshire', 'wedding video Wirral' or 'wedding video Liverpool' for example brings up several pages of local videographers to choose from. Simply by scanning through a few wedding videographer's websites you can soon see that there are huge variations in style, quality and price. Look a little further and you will find more variations such as coverage, options such as diary rooms and same day edits etc.

The first thing to consider when you look at these website is what types of videos are viewable on them. There may be a show reel, which includes clips from several different weddings, or short highlights from various weddings. You may also be able to view entire wedding videos online. Of these, the show reel will be the most eye-catching but least representative. A full video will obviously be less flashy, but much more representative of what you are likely to receive in the final product.

With this in mind, take a look at least 5 or six of the websites, and decide which ones you like, and what their packages/costs are. You are probably best discarding at this stage any suppliers that do not display their costs on the website, or who do not display their work.

You may already have a budget in mind. Most videographers in the Cheshire area fall into one of the following 4 groups (for a full day package, please note that prices in other parts of the country may vary significantly):

Up to £500 - This is an unsustainable price for a wedding video. The videographer is probably either very new to the industry and is trying to get established and build a portfolio, or alternatively, very poor in their camerawork and editing. Lets face it, if they could charge more, they would. The likelihood is that they are using inferior consumer camcorders and sound equipment. Think twice!

£500 to £800 - Cheap no-frills video. The video will probably be quite simple, and maybe a little boring to watch, but for this price you should expect a competent job. Make sure you  Wedding videographer check their work and watch several full wedding films before booking so that you are sure you like their work.

£800 to £1500 - Mid Range. For this price you should be getting a more interesting video. The videographer is likely to be using more equipment to achieve a greater variety of shots. This will be visible to you in the style of the films.