Full disclosure, I knew Evan personally before my now-husband and I started working with him to film our wedding, so some parts of my experience may differ.
That said, Evan is really talented and I was so, so happy with the results. Unlike many brides, I did no research for a videographer.... video fell into our "maybe" category and I was more focused on "definitely" things, like food. But my mom kept insisting and when Evan mentioned he'd be available, I was sold.
I sent Evan the same schedule I sent to all our day-of vendors and trusted him to decide when he should show up for setup or testing or whatever video people need to do. He came hours earlier than I expected and got started right away shooting our photo shoot and our family/wedding party setting everything up inside.
I introduced him to our photographer and KJ, and barely spoke to Evan the rest of the night. Even if the video had sucked (which it didn't), Evan was great to have at our wedding - helpful, ever-present (but not obtrusive), and resourceful.
But then the magic of editing happened. He was onsite about 8 hours, shooting for a lot of it, and told us to expect a 5-minute highlight reel. A few months later when he sent us the finished product, I was so touched at how perfect it was-- he captured many candid, small moments I didn't even know he'd filmed and distilled a whirling blur of a party into an awesome 5 minutes (which, by the way, is way better than making your family and friends watch anything longer).
Not only was the selection of content great (and nearly miraculous to this amateur given the hours of footage to go through), but the quality appeared technically excellent as well. I don't really know how to describe that stuff but it looked like I'd paid a million bucks for it, when I most certainly hadn't. We surprised our family with it at Christmas and they loved it, too.
Happy to admit I was wrong about not wanting to do video-- do it; and hire Evan! I'm sure his business partner is great, too; we just didn't meet him in the process. read more