Self Conscious Brides?

 Last weekend the DJ working at the reception with me shared his observation, and here it is: if 5-7 years ago 4 out 5 wedding parties hired a videographer, today’s ratio is 1 out of 5. What is it: crisis, bad marketing, generational change, combination of factors?

Here is in my opinion typical aftermath conclusion, borrowed from the Brides.com forum:

“I spent $10,000 on flowers and event design – all my own money because my mother thought I was insane (I probably was insane). Looking back at it later, I am acutely aware that my wedding would have been just as beautiful, just as memorable, just as fun for my family and friends if I’d spent $1,000 on the flowers. I’m ok with having spent it because I didn’t go into debt to pay for it and learned a valuable lesson about needing to say “do I really need that??”, but if I had it to do over again I’d have cut it back and put that money to better use. This is why I said to really think about whether you NEED a videographer – that’s $1500 you could save just to have another layer of permanent memories on top of the photos, which you’ve already paid for (and will probably look at a billion times more often). “

And there is also very interesting response to that entry:

“When I heard the videographer was going to be $1900 extra I said HECK NO. I hate my voice on video and I hate seeing myself on video too. I wasn’t going to pay thousands knowing I’d never watch it.”

I’ve heard similar words said right into my face. It seems to be just fact of life – people hate seeing themselves on the photo, never mind the video. Is there more self conscious brides nowadays then 10 years ago?

What do you think?