Monday, September 28, 2009

The All In One

"All in One" describes a deal in the event business in which you can get everything you need for your particular event through one company whether that be DJ's, photography, and/or videography.

Is it convenient? Sure.
Does it save you money? Perhaps.
Does it guarantee you quality? Absolutely not.

A company that primarily involves DJing will offer services for other things such as photography and videography.

There's a DJ that will sell you video. Then there's the guy behind the curtains that hires the videographer and editor to do the video. That guy behind the curtains will hire just about anybody to do the job.

They could be good, they could be bad. You don't know. They may not have experience to do the job and then you may wind up having a story like this to share.

Although I have years of experience of working with DJ's, you wouldn't come to me first for a DJ, just as shouldn't go to them first for a video.

Just as with a lot of All for One deals, you may get everything you ask for, but in the end, you may get nothing you want.

Having worked in the business for 20 years, I've had to edit shoots that, without editing, would have looked like those at the nightmarish story at the link.

In the battle of quality vs. quantity, I've learned that quality always wins and that you get what you pay for.

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