Wedding Videography
buerhaus design utilizes a video-journalistic or as Matt has branded it, a 'Cinematic Documentary' style of shooting.  It is our job to film any wedding as it unfolds naturally. That is, instead of posing the bride and groom we prefer to blend into the background and capture the genuine beauty of the day. Videography is also truly an art. As professionals, we only utilize top of the line equipment. In the studio, Matt will put together a wonderful film using cutting edge editing techniques that you, your friends and family will cherish forever. If you have any questions or would like to set up an appointment, contact Matt by clicking here!

This WeddingWire Bride's Choice award recognizes the top 5 percent of local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate quality and service excellence in the wedding industry, as voted by brides.

For last minute couples: It's never too late to book! With three available crews (all family), it's rare when any given date is completely booked!

 

Premiere Video Packages

All Premiere Packages Include:

- Up to a 4 hour edited video to the music of your choice, including all the covered events of the wedding and reception, edited in Matt's 'Cinematic Documentary' style -- looks like a movie, shot like a documentary! Ceremony and Reception footage is edited in real-time so you'll hear the vows, toasts and all of the other important events of the day!
- A 'Spotlight' recap of the days events at the conclusion of your video that's also posted on our website with client permission.
-Fully edited video motages set to the music of your choice of pre-ceremony activities, formal photo sessions, cocktail hour and more!
- The use of wireless microphones for optimal sound and two cameras during the ceremony for total coverage.
- Four (4) standard DVD copies of the event complete with cover artwork, chapter markers and titles.
- Hands on experience with Matt who will coach you through the process of selecting music, transitions and anything else for your video that he'll need to begin editing. Matt personally edits every wedding and every client has the option to sit in on the final editing process at Matt's home studio per request to critique, tweak and finalize things with their own personal touch!

Please see our Popular Add-ons after our package options below for digital or full HD delivery options, including digital downloads for iTunes or Youtube and/or Bluray disk delivery.

All pricing is bottom line. Any additional costs may be travel fees depending on your wedding's location.

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$1300.00 $1150.00 SALE
Four hours of coverage from the time you specify includes our Video Intro, Ceremony Coverage and Reception Coverage all concluding with a Formal Photo Video Montage with our famous Spotlight Video recap!

Est video time: 1:00-1:30 hrs

On Site Shooting: 4:00 hrs

2 Video Cameras, 1 Videographer

$1600.00 $1450.00 SALE
Six hours of coverage from the time you specify includes our Video Intro, Ceremony Coverage and Reception Coverage all concluding with a Formal Photo Video Montage with our famous Spotlight Video recap! If everything is taking place at the same location within a 6 hour timeframe, we can squeeze in a little Pre-Ceremony (or 'getting ready') footage too!

Comes with a complimentary Mini-Photo Montage!*

Est video time: 1:30-2:00 hrs

On Site Shooting: 6:00 hrs

2 Video Cameras, 1 Videographer

$1900.00 $1750.00 SALE
Eight hours of coverage from the time you specify includes our Video Intro, extensive Pre-Ceremony (or 'getting ready') Coverage, Ceremony Coverage and Reception Coverage all concluding with a Formal Photo Video Montage with our famous Spotlight Video recap! Pre-Ceremony Coverage in this package can be anywhere... at your home... a hotel... wherever!

Comes with a complimentary Mini-Photo Montage!*

Est video time: 1:45-2:00 hrs

On Site Shooting: 8:00 hrs

2 Video Cameras, 1 Videographer

Gold Series Packages: Starting at $2200.00 $2000.00 SALE

'G-8'- 8 hour coverage $2200.00 Currently $2000.00

'G-9'- 9 hour coverage $2325.00 Currently $2125.00

'G-10'- 10 hour coverage $2450.00 Currently $2250.00

Our most popular, one-stop package line, the Gold Series Packages are a complete day-of, one stop package. Not only do you get everything in the Silver Package, but we also throw in coverage up to 10 hours for those couples with longer, more spread out wedding days (additional hours available at special pricing upon inquiry), a second Raw Footage Outakes disk of extra reception footage and other goodies ($200 value), our HD/Bluray Upgrades (on top of your 4 regular DVD copies, you'll also get your video on a Bluray disk and a digital download for use in iTunes, Youtube, etc.- $150 value) and a second videographer for the day for ultimate coverage ($200 value)!

Comes with a complimentary Mini-Photo Montage!*

Est video time: 4 hrs on two disks (1st disk 'main events', 2nd disk outakes and other goodies)

On Site Shooting: up to 10 hrs, you pick the 'G series' package length that best suits your needs.

2 Video Cameras, 2 Videographers

Voluntary/Optional 'Video Booth' included for non-obtrusive guest interviews for inclusion on Outakes disk.

HD/Bluray & Digital Download Options included!

'The Works' Video Package: $5000.00 $4400.00 SALE

This is simply the ultimate video package which covers two days of filming with no time limits, in stunning HD. First, we'll begin on your Rehearsal date and film your rehearsal and rehearsal dinner in full, getting plenty of well wishes on video (at your request) from the folks that matter.

After staying in your town that night at a local hotel, we'll be with you early for pre-ceremony action such as make-up, hair, etc.. We can leave a videographer with the guys too even though they'll just be enjoying beverages and watching sports on TV. From there, we're going to cover your entire day through your send-off, filming just about every last minute of everything between two or three videographers (depending on the complexity of your day).

As for goodies, you'll get everything we can possibly do, including our new 'Save the Date' video, a Love Story video, a Honeymoon Montage, a full Photo to Video (growing up) Montage that we can display at your reception or rehearsal dinner, and all the other bells-and-whistles with our standard editing features, including our popular Spotlight Recap video, of course!

We'll also put your video online, in full and password protected, for your friends and family to enjoy every moment right from their desktop.

On top of that, we also throw in our reception lighting effects for the day-of, which includes an amazing 'Bliss' light and a dance floor spotlight with a general effect or a custom light with your names and wedding date ($175 fee applies to have the custom plate made up... IE... if you wanted your names projected. General/stock plates incur no extra fee). See our lighting page for more details and pictures!

Est video time: 5-10 hrs on 3-5 disks (1st disk 'main events', other disks everyting else)

On Site Shooting: Unlimited. You tell us when and where you'd like us and we'll be there.

2 Video Cameras, 2-3 Videographers

Voluntary/Optional 'Video Booth' included for non-obtrusive guest interviews.

HD/Bluray& Digital Download Options included!

LIMITED AVAILABILITY!

-All packages are not set in stone. If you don't want an option from a particular package but see an option you'd like to have from another package, that's fine! We can mix and match to suit your needs and adjust pricing where and if necessary!

* A Mini-Photo Montage consists of up to 36 images the client would provide of the bride and groom through the years for inclusion in their video as part of the introduction (or honeymoon pictures as part of the outro). The couple can opt out of this should they not be interested in this complimentary option.

 

 

Popular Add-ons (Rehearsal, Bluray, Digital Delivery, Video Booth, etc.)

Add to any package (some options already included in our various packages).

Raw Footage Outakes $200 Includes what is not in real time in your edited video on a second DVD. See detailed description toward the bottom of this page.
HD/Bluray Upgrade* $100 We'll film in full HD and deliver your video on one Bluray version, in addition to the 4 regular DVD copies that come with our packages.
Digital Delivery $50 We'll deliver a file of your main video that is compatible with iTunes or Youtube. View your video anytime from an Apple TV, X box or Roku with an iTunes or Youtube account! File delivered digitally through our servers.
Additional Hours $175 Only applies to additional hours for Premier Packages and not hourly rates.
Entire Video Stream Online $100 We'll stream your video on our Vimeo page, password protected, accessable to anyone with the link, forever!
Additional Videographer/Video Booth $150-200 (depending on package) Second videographers are great when there are strict filming limitations at any venue (some churches) and necessary for a 'Video Booth', which is basically a dedicated camera we'd set up at your reception, much like a photo booth, where guests could come over at their leisure and leave a video message for the bride and groom should they be so inclined:)
Rehearsal Coverage (up to 4 hrs) $450 We'll come film your rehearsal and/or rehearsal dinner and deliver it fully edited with your package on a separate disk, which would also include any raw footage and outakes from the day-of, turning your package into a double-disk set! See detailed description toward the bottom of this page. See detailed description toward the bottom of this page.
80-100 Picture 'Photo to Video' Montage $200 We'll put together a 10-12 minute photo montage of the bride and groom through the years set to the music of your choice. Then we'd present it at your recepiton or rehearsal dinner on our own projection screen, on-site facility equipment (TV's, projection screens) or iMac computer! See detailed description toward the bottom of this page.
Love Story $450 This is like a video engagement shoot where the bride and groom tell the story about how they came together. Would come fully edited with your package on a separate disk, which would also include any raw footage and outakes from the day-of, turning your package into a double-disk set! See detailed description toward the bottom of this page.
36 Picture Mini Montage $100 Send us growing up pictures, engagement picture or honeymoon pictures for inclusion in your video! See detailed description toward the bottom of this page.
Save the Date $450 We'll put together a fun, 'silent film' type video of the bride and groom asking would-be wedding guests to keep their wedding date open:) As part of your package, it would also come fully edited on a separate disk, which would also include any raw footage and outakes from the day-of, turning your package into a double-disk set! See detailed description toward the bottom of this page.
Highlight Montage $150 We'll put together a still photo montage of the days important events taken right from the video we take for inclusion in your video. See detailed description toward the bottom of this page.
Photography Add-On *** Inquire with Matt about adding Photography to your video package. We can recommend folks that we trust to affordably be able to book both Video & Photo economically for your event!

*High Def Blu-Ray Upgrade prices reflect the increase in operating, media and storage costs to film, produce and archive your completed production in that format. We offer High Def Blu-Ray on a limited basis and the option must be booked at time of contract to secure the equipment for your event.

 

 

 

Additional Copies of Your Wedding, Anytime

-We save your final project files on our server archives forever for reproduction at any time!

Extra Digital DVD burns: $20.00 with case and custom insert ($30 for double disks)

Extra Blu-Ray DVD burns: $40.00 with case and custom insert ($60 for double disks)

Digital File for iTunes/Youtube, etc.: $50.00 direct download from our servers.

Need more than 10 copies? Special discounted rates may apply!!

 

 

 

Travel Charges (if necessary)

Fuel Surcharge (outside of the Baltimore metro area): $40

Hotel Surcharge (Sometimes necessary for early morning event coverage): $150

Hotel Surcharges are to assure on-time filming by sleeping over near your event location (usually only for early weddings). This charge is assessed for most events not local to the Baltimore Metro area (south, west and east of DC- extreme eastern shore of MD or Deleware- north of Philly) where filming is to begin before noon. This would cover hotel costs for our staff who would spend the night before your Ceremony somewhere nearby to assure nothing is missed due to traffic or travel related problems.

 

 

-50% of package fee due at contract to hold calendar date, second 50% due day of the event.

Contact us HERE for more information or to set up an appointment!

 

 

 

Detailed Descriptions of Package Options

As indicated in our packages, we have developed a variety of video services targeted specifically for weddings. Below you will find descriptions of the options offered in each of the packages above. You will find these descriptions helpful in selecting a wedding video package that meets your specific needs. Each option has been put in order as they would appear in your video as we have experienced this way to work the best. Of course nothing is set in stone, and you can alter this order as you desire before we edit!

Save the Date A realy cool way to let folks know to keep your wedding date open, we'll do a still motion montage of the lucky couple holding up signs informing the viewer of the video to, well, save the date for their wedding! This option is great for email blasts to guests or a wedding website for the couple.

Video Intro A nice lead-in to your video, set to a combination of soft-focus and sepia slow motion shots of your wedding location and some on site pre-ceremony footage we would shoot, concluding with some slow-motion shots of your processional which acts as foreshadowing for the upcoming real-time ceremony footage in your video. All while credits of your wedding party are rolled across the screen... edited to the music of your choice, of course!

Rehearsal Coverage The night before your ceremony, we come out and capture some candid footage of your Ceremony Rehearsal and/or the following dinner and present some of that footage in a slow motion montage to the music of your choice in your video. This type of coverage acts as a great lead into the rest your video as it foreshadows things to come, much like a feature film. May also be good for toasts at dinner or presenting your Photo to Video Montage if you opt not to show it at your Reception:)

Love Story A personal and intimate video segment that allows the bride and groom to share thoughts about each other, how they met, what they're looking forward to and so on. Optionally, I'll have you each write a letter to one another expressing your feelings for your better half, the contents of which read by you for the video only (talk about a tear jerker) to cap off each individual segment of the shoot! Typically shot in a park-like or modern city setting before the wedding  (As seen on "A Wedding Story"). Typically about 20-30 minutes long, this acts as a wonderful introduction to your video and can be displayed with your montage at your Rehearsal Dinner or Reception!

Photo-to-Video Montage (80-100 images) This has become an extremely popular option! We take photos of the bride and groom, though the years, and convert them to video with transitions and the music of your choice. Also included in your video as part of the introduction, we can also provide a large screen projection system or an iMac video feed to present the montage at your Rehearsal Dinner or Reception...a great way to break the ice between two families just getting to know each other!

Mini-Photo Montage (36 images) This montage is a 'mini', one song in length, version of our full scale Photo-to-Video Montage. A popular alternative to those that really want a montage, but may not have a huge amount of pictures for it. The Mini Photo Montage acts as a nice lead-in to the entire video with blended pictures of the couple and their famalies through the years leading up to the big day! We can also use pictures from your Honeymoon to recap your experiences there!

Pre-Ceremony Coverage A behind-the-scenes look at the bride getting ready before the ceremony at her home, a hotel or at the venue. We spend some time with the Bride and her Bridesmaids getting prepared to capture some of those special moments for your video in slow motion cut to the music of your choice. Also a good option to capture any formal photo shoots that have become more popular before the ceremony.

Ceremony Coverage Two camera coverage at the church or wedding location of Ceremony and Post-Ceremony activity such as Receiving Lines and Formal Photo Shoots. We show up about one hour before your starting time to get set up and coordinate our shoot with your photographer and whoever's in charge at the facility. We also get some behind the scenes shots of the bridal party and guests prior to the procession and some 'staging' shots of the facility indoors and out for use in your video intro. During the actual Ceremony itself, we begin with a camera angle of the wedding party coming down the aisle from the grooms vantage point. Once the bride gets halfway down the aisle we move that camera off to a side vantage point, while another camera catches all the action from a centered location at the back of the facility. From there, you'll have two camera coverage with several vantage points so virtually nothing gets missed! Of course our clients can also direct how they would like the shooting to go, and we have Wireless Microphones available to clearly pick up your vows!

Reception Coverage w/ Introduction We capture all the important moments from your Reception like your Introductions, Cake Cutting, Toasts, all the important Dances, Garter and Bouquet Toss and anything else of importance including general shots of you and your guests having a good time!  In addition, we capture the beauty of your Reception Location in the form of a slow motion montage introduction that acts as a wonderful lead-in to the Reception footage.

Formal Photo Video Montage/Highlights All packages comes with this feature. We'll sit in on your formal photo shoot following your Ceremony and turn it into a lovely video montage. A great way to 'wind down' from Reception coverage and lead into the Spotlight Video recap at the end of your video.

Modern Spotlight Video The Spotlight Video acts as the grand finale in your video! Once the Formal Photo Video Montage is completed and everyone thinks the video is done, they are surprised with a video run-down of the days events edited to the beat of the music of your choice full of color, sepia, slow motion, real-time, wide screen, full screen soft focus shots of all of the days events! Words do not describe this option as does seeing it for yourself. Please check out the sample of this very popular feature to the left or view the many found on The Spotlight page. An absolute beautiful wrap-up to your wedding video!

White Canvas Spotlight This is an alternate version of our original Spotlight Video. New in 2010, this version of our Spotlight recap utliizes a 'white wash' effect throughout the video (and some editing tweaks), vs. the original which finds more of a black-screen backdrop to most scenes. Our clients will have the opportunity to choose which version they'd like to see in their video upon booking. Samples of our different Spotlight styles can be found on our Samples page.

'Old Film' (or 9mm) Spotlight This is yet another alternative to our original Spotlight Video. This presentation is all black and white with that 'old film' look. Samples of all of our Spotlight styles can be found our our Samples page.

Music Video Spotlight This is yet another alternative to our original Spotlight Video. The Music Video Spotlight Recap only works with fast paced, upbeat songs. Mixing combinations of all of our editing techniques coupled with mostly hard transitions, this is definitely a hip way to round out any video!

Video Booth Basically a dedicated camera we'd set up at your reception, much like a photo booth, where guests could come over at their leisure and leave a video message for the bride and groom should they be so inclined:) This option includes a second videographer at no extra charge but requires a second Raw Footage Outakes disk if it's not already included in your package.

Highlight Montage The Highlight Montage captures all the most special moments of the day edited to a music selection of your choice. We'll take stills from your video footage or use photo's your professional photographer that you would provide (leaving credit for that company in your video). Much like the Photo-to-Video Montage except still images of the days events are used instead of growing up pictures. We present all of those special moments captured in time as a 'Day in Rewind', if you will, starting with stills from your reception and ending with still shots of your ceremony. This option is an add-on

Raw Footage Outakes We usually wind up using about 80-90% of the footage we shoot in the finished product. However, in many cases, there's a good chunk of extra reception footage (random dancing) or portions of longer wedding ceremonies that are edited out to squeeze all of the important stuff from the wedding day onto one DVD. With this option, you'll get all of that extra reception footage, the full ceremony, uncut and extra pre ceremony and formal photo footage when available (which is set to music in the main video) and should you have a second videographer and exercise our 'Video Booth' option, any guest interviews would also be included on this disk, which turns your wedding video into a two disk extravaganza!

 

 

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Hourly Package Options

Hourly rates come with one copy of your event on DVD. Additional copies are $20 (single disk-regular DVD) or $30 (double disk-regular DVD).

Fully Edited Hourly (Wedding Day/Rehearsal): $800.00 for first 2 hours (minimum 2 hours booking required). $250 for extra hours after the initial 2.

You tell us when to begin filming and when to end, and all of the important events from your day will be captured and and delivered on a single DVD fully edited in our cinematic style with a formal introduction, credits, and Spotlight Recap!

2 Video Cameras, 1 Videographer

Fully Edited Bachelor/Bachelorette/Bridal Shower: $125.00 per hour

Becoming a popular add-on, one of our staff will tag along for your bachelor party, bachelorette party and/or bridal shower delivering to you on disk most of a night that some won't remember!

1 Video Camera, 1 Videographer