Sunday, July 13, 2008

Wedding and Event Video: Does your Videographer have a Code of Ethics?

As a member of WEVA International (Wedding and Event Videographers), McKenna Video Services (and MVS Wedding Productions) must subscribe to a code of ethics that governs how we do business and how we work. That code is as follows:

  • We will conduct all business transactions with honesty and integrity. We will treat each customer with respect, making sure they fully understand the services for which they have contracted. I will regard fellow videographers and other trade professionals with respect.
  • We will strive at all times to produce work of the highest possible quality.
  • We will constantly advance and improve our skills as a professional videographer. Further, we will share our knowledge with fellow videographers, students, and others who aspire to become professional videographers, so as to attempt to raise the standards of the industry.*
  • Engage in fair and honest business practices, adhering to local, state/provincial, or federal laws and rules.
  • Use dependable equipment and accessories, which I will maintain in good working condition. I will also maintain and have available back-up equipment, wherever possible.
  • We will conduct ourselves with grace and professionalism at any House of Worship, or other facility, that we enter. It shall be our goal to establish a positive working relationship with the other professionals and clergy. My attire and demeanor shall be appropriate to the dignity of the occasion.

We hold these values very close to our heart and they transcend throughout all our business transactions.

In researching someone to film your wedding or event, remember to ask if they are a member of WEVA and if they have a code of ethics that they subscribe to.

You can visit WEVA at www.weva.com for more information.

Blessings to you,

Chris

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