Originally Posted by Noel Lising (Post 1030758)

I wonder if Chris H would be so kind enough to come out with our very own DVI top 30 list, we can send in our votes.

Originally Posted by Ethan Cooper (Post 1031055)

All we need is another top whatever list. The last thing I want is to have people here sending me messages to vote for them on the DVI top 30 list. We can leave that kinda thing to other places.

Now if they want to award cash prizes I might reconsider and get out my best policing hat and start shaking hands and kissing babies.

Originally Posted by Joel Peregrine (Post 1030221)

What I'd really like to see is a vote by the people that are in a position to hire a videographer rather than those that produce them. Take a cross-section of future couples from around the country and send them a stack of DVD's - not highlights, not trailers. Final products. Tell them to decide, price notwithstanding, which one appeals to them most and has the most perceived value. That is what its all about if you want to keep doing this for any length of time - perceived value. It doesn't matter if the content has substance (i.e. "the new doc" style) or is strictly eye candy. Whatever is perceived as having the most value at the moment they sign the contract is deserving of recognition. What I see happening all too often is that what is different gets the attention of fellow videographers. Different isn't always better or more profitable, but in our self-contained microcosm that's what makes us take notice. I believe we need to find out what the people that hire us think, not what our peers think. That would end all discussion about who is deserving of being recognized.

Originally Posted by Ethan Cooper (Post 1031250)

Terry - it hasn't happened to me here because there is nothing to vote on here but I've had countless "vote for my this or that" emails or notices or whatever from other sites. (not all video related mind you) I think having a contest would open the door for that type of thing here. Not so long ago when the top 25 voting for another place was announced there was a post put up here that was subsequently taken down where someone was basically asking for votes in a nice way.

Originally Posted by Travis Cossel (Post 1031518)

That was me. I caught wind that the EventDV25 voting was open. I had never participated before because I never knew when the vote was. So I voted for my fav's (all of them made it - woot!), and then thought I might as well post about the voting here, and I ended up saying something like "I wouldn't mind if some votes were tossed my way" at the end of the post. It was half-joking/half-serious, but it didn't matter because the post disappeared within like 5 minutes.

Perhaps it was deleted because of that last bit. If so, that really sucks because my whole intention was to simply let everyone here know that the voting was open ... because no one had ever informed me in the past. Oh well, the post was deleted and I was never told why. Someone else mentioned to me that in a previous year they had try to post about the vote on here and their post was deleted as well. Perhaps it's viewed as advertising somehow?

I don't know. d:-)

Originally Posted by Jason Magbanua (Post 1031490)

But I've always viewed the EV25 list as a peer award rather than "people's choice."

Originally Posted by Jeff Kellam (Post 1032002)

Can someone compile a list of the top 25s average wedding revenue? Maybe taken from a price list on their websites?

I would also be interested in the number of people involved in the shoots and editing for some of these awesome productions.

I am just curious if any of the top producers are putting out the high end products at a less than high end cost.