You would think with all of the glowing reviews on these wedding websites that Dave is the best videographer east of the Mississippi River!
Let me start with the positives. He is enthusiastic and works hard to get the bridal party motivated an...d enjoying themselves on the wedding day. He also can corral the wedding guests to get involved and pose for the video. If you're lucky, you might get a second videographer on your wedding day for no extra cost. And Dave keeps up-to-date on the latest technology, so the quality of your video and still frames are sure to please. Yes, he will provide you still frame images from your video that will likely rival your photographer’s pictures. Last but not least, Dave offers a reasonably priced package compared to other vendors.
There are some qualities with his service that are questionable, however. I respectfully disagree with reviews that state that his responsiveness is top-notch. In fact, I think he is spotty at best with communication. There were times that we contacted him and did not hear back for days or weeks at a time. There were even instances where he didn’t respond at all. We tried contacting him by email, Facebook messenger, and phone calls. I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt that he was busy or maybe forgot, but after enough times, it became bothersome. I would say that when a couple is planning a wedding, communication is the most important quality to have in a vendor, and feeling like you’re being ignored can be a cause for anxiety. Another thing to know is that Dave uses Facebook to promote his business, and while that in itself is not an issue, understand that he may post your wedding video on there without consulting with you first. I had to hear from a friend via text message that my video looked good in order to know it was posted, while simultaneously realizing that someone else had seen our video before we did! We understand that videographers have the rights to the material, so in the end, the couple has little power in this regard. But it would have been a nice gesture to ask us about posting it before allowing the rest of the world to see it. At the very least, we would have like to have had a ‘first-look’ (no pun intended) of the video before it was posted on the internet.
Understand what you’re getting with Just Joey Productions. I don’t intend to highlight this vendor as more negative than positive. There are both positives and negatives. I just want to be fair in my review, since other reviews do not seem to be critical of this vendor. In the end, it’s worth hiring Dave for the quality of the video, still frames, and what we think was an overall good value.