Not every wedding has a videographer. It's one of the first things couples cut when the budget gets tight, and honestly, I get it, you prioritise the photos, the food, the flowers. But when the night is over and the dancing has stopped, a lot of couples wish they had something moving. Something they could actually watch back.
For Remi and Nick, that something was the Insta360 X5.
Remi & Nick's reception, captured on the Insta360 X5
I Was Their Photographer, Not Their Videographer
My job at Remi and Nick's wedding was to shoot stills. That's what they hired me for, and that's where my focus was all day. But I had the X5 clipped on during the reception, running while I worked, and what it captured was something neither of us expected to lean on as much as we did.
The reception was electric. The crowd was going, proper full-energy dancing, everyone up, the kind of atmosphere you can feel in your chest. My stills caught the moments, but the X5 caught the feeling. The movement, the noise, the chaos of everyone losing it on the dance floor.
"My stills caught the moments, but the X5 caught the feeling."
The Moment They Watched It Back
When Remi and Nick saw the footage, it hit differently. There's something about being able to watch your wedding and actually see yourself there, not just in a posed portrait, but right in the middle of it all, the crowd going wild around you. That's what video does that photos can't.
For a couple who didn't have a videographer, the X5 filled that gap in a way I didn't fully anticipate. It wasn't a professional video production, but it was real, it was theirs, and they absolutely loved it.
Why Every Wedding Photographer Should Have One
If you're a wedding photographer and you're not running an Insta360 alongside your main kit, I'd genuinely encourage you to think about it. Not as a videography service, you're not setting up to compete with your videographer colleagues, but as a way to give your couples something extra. Something they'll treasure.
The X5 runs quietly in the background while you do your job. You're not babysitting it. And at the end of the night, you've got footage that can genuinely move people.
It's been one of the best additions to my kit since I started shooting weddings.
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