The Quinceanera Guide For Invitations, Dresses and All About Sweet 15, Quince Anos

Is it possible to have the music too high to be recorded?   The answer is yes.   Professional cameras can handle it better but they even struggle sometimes.  The new digital cameras are even more sensitive, consumer cameras are the worst.  A good tip to do if you’re recording some loud event, is to tape a napkin over the camera’s microphone, this will help damp the sound some.  Beware some dj’s like to turn it up until your ears bleed.

If you want the best possible video for your dances and baile sorpresa please don’t turn off all the lights of the reception.  No video camera is that good even with the on camera lighting.  Djs don’t care about your final video, they only care about their show.  Dj’s want complete darkness to show off the lights, but they don’t know that you’re sacrificing the quality of your recordings.   I’m not saying leave all the light on! But leave at least one on, and you’ll have a nicer video recording.  Reception halls made specially for reception parties always have a dimmer to overcome this problem, but many new buildings just have the regular fluorescent lights and it is not possible to dim these.

Many churches now are very strict with taking pictures and video taping.  Always ask your church if video taping and taking pictures is allowed.  Many padrecitos are very kind and don’t really care how many paparazzis take pictures on your quinceanera.  If you’re allowed to take pictures always remember to not disrupt the ceremony and not step on the altar.

Our hispanic community really loves to document our special events, we have seen people move to another church just because in their previous church taking pictures was not allowed.   The fact of the matter is that if a church does not allow you to take pictures of the ceremony then hispanics don’t like it and will probably move to another “more friendly” church.

When it comes to videography, you basically get what you pay for.  A good quinceanera video always takes hard work.  At least 12 hours of work the day of the celebration.  Add another 2 or 3 days for editing and duplication.  Add another day if you’re retouching pictures or doing something special, and there goes your week.  The actual production time is a week but customers usually receive their final edited video from 4 to 8 weeks after the quince celebration.  This is very normal for any small video production company.

Please always provide your childhood pictures before the celebration. In our experience, if you leave this litte detail for later, you’ll probably will forget and delay your video a few weeks more.  Good videography takes years to master, and paying for a good videographer is always worth the few extra  dollars.  But video production is not just good videography, a good production company needs to master the art of editing, and last but not least, the art of duplication.  Duplication is a very huge deal, if you can’t produce a good master then all your hard work before that is lost. Videography and editing is no good if your customers can’t watch the video because it freezes up or won’t play.