We hand your guests vintage-style camcorders to film your Black Hills wedding all day, then edit the candid footage into a nostalgic home-video film — the real moments your photographer and videographer never catch, for a fraction of the cost.
The Black Hills draw couples who want their wedding to feel like *theirs* — a barn in the foothills, a canyon ceremony, a lodge tucked into the pines, a backyard under a South Dakota sky. Those days are full of moments a single photographer or videographer simply can't be everywhere to catch: the belly laughs during getting-ready, grandpa during the toast, the dance floor well after dark.
That's what Forever Tapes is for. We send your guests vintage-style camcorders to pass around all day, then we grade and edit the footage into a warm, nostalgic home-video film — the candid companion to your professional coverage, never a replacement. Black Hills couples typically spend $2,500–$4,000 on videography; our guest-filmed packages start at $599, so this is the rare wedding keepsake that adds magic without blowing the budget.
We're based right here in Rapid City and serve the entire region — and because we ship the kit, we cover the whole state and beyond. The Hills are busiest May through October, so the best dates book early.
Barns, lodges, canyons, and ballrooms across the Hills — wherever your day happens, the camcorders travel with it.
A ready-to-film camcorder kit reaches you a few days before the wedding — charged, loaded, and simple, with a shot-list card for your guests.
Park it by the guest book and the dance floor and let it travel. Your people capture the day from the inside.
Mail the kit back in the prepaid box. We edit your highlight film and full Home Movie and deliver a keepsake you'll rewatch forever.
Every package includes a professionally edited highlight film and all of your raw footage — with an extended "Home Movie" cut from The Feature up.
Add an Instax camera + 40 instant prints to any package for $200 · rush delivery +$250 (subject to availability) · two-camera coverage is included with The Signature.
Add an Instax camera to any package and your guests fill the room with instant photos — passed around, scrawled on the white border, and gathered into a stack you carry home that same night.
The moments between the moments — yours to hold before you leave.
Traditional Black Hills wedding videography runs roughly $2,500–$4,000. Forever Tapes is a different, far more affordable option — guest-filmed camcorder packages start at $599 for founding couples, capturing the candid, home-movie side of your day.
We ship a ready-to-film camcorder kit to your door before the wedding. Your guests pass it around all day, you mail it back in the prepaid box, and we edit the footage into a nostalgic highlight film plus a full Home Movie cut.
We're based in Rapid City and serve the entire Black Hills — Spearfish, Deadwood, Custer, and beyond — plus Sioux Falls and the rest of South Dakota. Because we ship the kit, location is never a problem.
No — it's the candid, guest's-eye companion to your photographer and videographer. It captures the warm, unscripted moments the pros aren't positioned to reach.
Tell us about your day and we'll send sample films and check your date.