TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1934 A SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY NEBRASKAN , Pago 17 r"TO "1 By DULCIE SHOENEE iniMg memoes When the wedding b in the past, memories of the event may blur. Photographs preserve images, but they are frozen moments in time. A videotape of the wedding may fill the gap between blurred memories and the carefully focused portraits. "It shows the true life of the wedding," said Tim Marshall of T&T Video, 227 N. 14th St. The true life of a wedding may include funny, touching or just plain happy moments. John May, also of T & T Video, can watch his bride's father jump over the bridal train again and again. The father had rehearsed giving away the bride when she was wearing jeans, May said, and narrowly avoided stepping on the train as he turned to leave her at the altar. The cost of having a wedding videotaped ranges from about $125 to $400 or more, according to sev eral businesses contacted in Lincoln. At photo stu dios the lower rate applies for videotaping the ceremony if the same studio does the still photography. At T & T, $ 1 50 is the basic price for a one-camera wedding, including videos of all the formal pictures (if the still photographer will allow it), the cere mony, the receiving line, reception and part of the dance. The price includes the tape itself and the camerawork. One advantage of a videotape, said Lynn Hagan of T & T, i3 that when the cameraman leaves, the tape stays. No processing is needed with videotapes, and the tape can be viewed the same day as the wedding if desired. Another advantage, Marshall said, is the sound. The bride and groom have the option of wearing a small wireless microphone, having a wireless mic rophone on the minister or having a boom micro phone on the camera. Most choose a wireless mic rophone, Marshall said. May suggested, the wireless microphone could be hidden in flowers. He said the wireless microphones' advantage is that the sound will be recorded from the bride and groom's hearing point. So far, videotapers in Lincoln have not found many objections from ministers. There's no giant sun guns or lights on our cam eras," May said. He said that can please ministers who fear videotaping could turn the wedding into a big production. Dan Roland of Roland Photography, 620 N. 48th St., said his company has worked closely with minis ters and has followed the rules the ministers estab lish. He said he didn't know of any ministers who objected to videotaping. Rolands Photography began videotaping weddings about one and a half years ago. At that time, Roland said, "people really didnt understand what it was." "At first they thought it was going to be a big TV production," he said. He said the videotaping por tion of his wedding business was slow then, but that it is growing rapidly. Roland estimated that about 40 percent of the weddings his company photographed in 1983 also were videotaped. Part of this, he said, was because he offered free videotaping along with still photo graphy to try to get people accustomed to the idea. Rolands offers three basic packages videotap ing in conjunction with still photographs, videotap ing only and videotaping with two cameras. Basic prices range from $150 to $350 plus editing time, he said. In a two-camera wedding, technicians will edit together various shots.- T & T Video also can compose a video history of the courtship or even of the bride's and groom's entire lives, using still photographs either prints or slides. Background music of the couple's choice can be added if desired. During the actual ceremony, the cameraman usually will stand wherever the couple wants, as long as the minister approves. - A i '' - Al, 3 ML ommumtu n I k-4 v1 SPECIALIZING IN WEDDINGS If Complete Wedding Service and ; equipment available. 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