--- title: Wedding Film, Photography or Both? | Ellie Spencer Wedding Films url: https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/guides/film-photography-or-both/ description: What a wedding film gives you that photographs cannot, what photographs give you that film cannot, and how booking both together works with Ellie Spencer. last_updated: 2026-10-07 publisher: Ellie Spencer --- Guide # Film, photography or both? Film keeps the sound and movement of the day. Photographs give you prints and albums. Here is how to decide, and how booking both together works with me. By [Ellie Spencer](https://elliespencer.uk.com/about/)Updated 7 October 20262 minute read ## The short answer - Film records the vows, the speeches and the music, in the voices of the people who said them. - Photographs are for prints, frames and albums, and for the still moments you want on the wall. - Film & Photography is from £2,100: I film, and a trusted second shooter takes 400+ photographs. - Booking both together means one booking, one contact and two people who already work well together. ## What film gives you A film keeps what a photograph cannot: how your partner's voice caught in the vows, the joke in the best man's speech, the song you walked in to and the noise of the room when the band started. I record the vows and speeches on their own microphones and use music from the day itself, so the film sounds like your wedding. ## What photographs give you Photographs are the part of the day you hold. Prints for family, frames for the house and an album to pass round. A single still can also catch a moment more clearly than a few seconds of film. ## Why book both together - **One booking.** One quote, one set of terms and one person to deal with from the first email. - **No elbows.** The second shooter and I have worked together for years. We know where the other one will be standing, so neither of us ends up in the other's shot. - **One day, covered twice.** While I film the speeches, the photographs keep coming. ## If the budget means choosing one Ask which you would miss more in twenty years. If it is the sound of the day, the vows and the speeches, choose film. If it is pictures on the wall and an album, choose photography. Your guests will take plenty of phone photographs; clear recordings of the vows and the speeches are much rarer. ## What each package includes | | The Ceremony | The Full Day | Film & Photography | |---|---|---|---| | From | £1,000 | £1,250 | £2,100 | | Coverage | 8 hours | 12 hours | 12 hours | | Highlight film | About 5 minutes | 6 to 8 minutes | 6 to 8 minutes | | Ceremony and speeches edited | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Edited photographs | No | No | 400+, within six weeks | See the [pricing page](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/pricing/) for everything that is included, or [ask me](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/#enquire) which one fits your day. I will tell you honestly, including if that is the cheapest one. ## Read next [Guide ### What a wedding film costs, and what changes the price My wedding films start at £1,000. Read](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/guides/wedding-videographer-cost/)[Guide ### Questions to ask a wedding videographer before you book Eleven questions worth asking any wedding videographer before you pay a booking fee. Read](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/guides/questions-to-ask-a-wedding-videographer/)[Questions ### FAQ Short answers to the questions I am asked most. Read](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/faq/)[Glossary ### Wedding film terms The jargon, in plain English. Read](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/glossary/) ## Is your date free? Send me your date and venue. If I am free, I will come back to you within one working day. [Check your date](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/#enquire) [See prices](https://elliespencer.uk.com/weddings/pricing/) --- ## About this business - Business: Ellie Spencer Property Media & Wedding Films, a sole trader run by Ellie Spencer - Address: Morton Spiert Farm, Abbots Morton, Worcestershire WR7 4NA - Email: ellie@elliespencer.uk.com (no phone line; enquiries by email or the website forms) - Covers: Worcestershire, Warwickshire and the Cotswolds - Wedding films: from £1,000 (8 hours), £1,250 (12 hours), £2,100 with photography - Property media: photography from £95, with floor plan from £150, full package with EPC and aerials from £250; EPC or aerials alone from £80, floor plan alone from £50 - Credentials: accredited domestic energy assessor (ECMK); CAA certified drone pilot; £5m public liability, £1m professional indemnity - ICO registration: C2004351