Where do you get experience in taking videos for wedding before you make a paid video coverage? thanks

We did a couple of free ones for practice.

wow, a couple of free ones, like really free? well i guess i need to do the first few weddings for free huh? any other comments or suggestions?

I've done quite a few weddings with my church, and I've been doing camera for years, so skipped free, and starting doing inexpensive weddings.

If you're good with camera and editing, and know you can deliver a quality product, then you can charge a low fee.

ok thanks for the reply, but how low is low fee? well i think i can deliver a good quality video since i will be using a gl2 cam and i have edited a few videos/photos with an editing software. do you think that's sufficient justification charging a low fee? but then again i will still consider a very low fee if i will be doing for a friend or a person i know... :)

Do 2 free, 2 for $500 or so, and then get up to a reasonable rate. You should have 2 cam coverage of ceremony, great audio (wireless, backup wireless, etc). and offer a high-quality product that you can charge upwards of $1500-$2500 for. Typical wedding takes 30-40 hours to edit at this level, including highlights, bridal prep, etc.

Thanks for the reply, but $ rate will not be considered since i am in philippines, need to get the rate locally, $1500-2500 when converted to peso is not affordable here. Anyway thanks for the reply, really needed where to start like how many hours of post production. :)

Thanks for the reply, but $ rate will not be considered since i am in philippines, need to get the rate locally, $1500-2500 when converted to peso is not affordable here. Anyway thanks for the reply, really needed where to start like how many hours of post production. :)

I've seen a couple people on here from the philippines, maybe they can point you in the right direction.

ok thanks ken, well then i may have to find the filipino guys here... :)

Thanks for the reply, but $ rate will not be considered since i am in philippines, need to get the rate locally, $1500-2500 when converted to peso is not affordable here. Anyway thanks for the reply, really needed where to start like how many hours of post production. :)

Leonard, how are you? Hours spent in post-production varies greatly from person to person. Some spend as little as 10-20 hours in post production and some, including myself, can take as man as 60-70 hours in post. It all depends on your workflow and and level of production value your looking to achieve. Conversely a vignette piece is going to take considerably more time than a standard multi-cam edit. Edits that require a great deal shot selection, rythmic timing, and color correction/effects are going to be the bulk of your hours spent in post. If your style doesn't entail any of these kinds of pieces and you offer more straight-forward coverage post production times will be drastically reduced.

Also keep in mind- the more weddings you have under your belt the more your workflow and personal editing style will develop. You'll see increases in speed and efficiency as time goes on.

Thanks Glenn, I am fine out here, it's really nice to be a member of this forum. 60-70 hours wow that's really a big number...i wonder what could be other improvements i can do with NLE like color correction and other stuff...well i know...i will search right...? hehehe

anyway thanks again glenn and to other guys that replied.

Hey Leonard-

I'm a filipino residing in Fremont, California. May I suggest that you check out Jason Magbanua's website and he also has his fees in there. He is a local (Philippines) doing wedding videos and one that comes close to Glenn (hmmmm....... maybe not quite)

Glenn might even want to check it out.

Hi joven!

Yes i actually know his site but his fees are way to high, but i want to go to that direction, quality, equipment and customer satisfaction. :) was actually wondering if i can do a shoot with him, his works are actually nice. anyone here know him in person? thanks

Hey Leonard-

I'm a filipino residing in Fremont, California. May I suggest that you check out Jason Magbanua's website and he also has his fees in there. He is a local (Philippines) doing wedding videos and one that comes close to Glenn (hmmmm....... maybe not quite)

Joven, be carefull when posting other people's web addresses on a busy forum like this. He could experience a costly spike in bandwidth.

Jason does good work. What is the currency equivalent in USD?

Joven, be carefull when posting other people's web addresses on a busy forum like this. He could experience a costly spike in bandwidth.
Glen,

I'm not sure I understand the caution here. Most people would prefer to attract as much attention to their web site as possible. That's why they have a public web site. It's extremely common for people to post links to other web pages and web sites on forums and web pages all over the Internet.

The home page of a web site rarely requires a lot of storage, and is often cached. And finally, today's web hosting starts with a minimum allocation of many GBs/month. So it's unlikely that this would create sufficient traffic to exceed the allocated monthly transfer of the web site.

Just my $.02

Best Regards,
Pete

To Glen: actually the current exchange rate as of last night is Php56.15=$1 and i think still droppping. Jason does good work, i really like his works and i like his style. Well maybe sometimes i'll meet him in one of the exhibits here. :)

To Pete: yeah sometimes we have that bandwidth allocation but not always. since it will cost more. anyway thanks for the reply.
OT: Would like to reiterate...Anyone knows jason magbanua here?

Thanks Glenn, I am fine out here, it's really nice to be a member of this forum. 60-70 hours wow that's really a big number...i wonder what could be other improvements i can do with NLE like color correction and other stuff...well i know...i will search right...? hehehe

anyway thanks again glenn and to other guys that replied.

As a rule of thumb, for a top quality professional result you can expect to spend altogether about 1 to 3 hours of editing for each finished minute of the program. The shooting ratio, total footage shot compared to finished program length, can range from 3:1 up to 10:1, depending on great many factors and your run of luck <grin>.

Glen,

I'm not sure I understand the caution here. Most people would prefer to attract as much attention to their web site as possible. That's why they have a public web site. It's extremely common for people to post links to other web pages and web sites on forums and web pages all over the Internet.



I'm sure he would, indeed, like to attract as much traffic to the site as possible but from potential clients not other videographers. I have a fellow videographer friend who took his samples down because after a little investigating the majority of his traffic was steming from videography forums. In reality he was "paying" for other videographers to see his work. His clips are now password protected...only real potential clientel can gain access.

You'd be amazed at how much bandwidth posting a link on a public forum can chew up. As many "members" as we have here there are many, many more that are guests.

Thats exactly the reason why I pulled my clips from my site. I found out that every other videographer was pulling clips from my site.

Now I only deal direct and with a demo cd - its gives you the opportunity to wow them while you are in their company - otherwise uncle bob comes along and views your work and says "oh, I can also do that and I'll charge you half!"

Also just my .02

Cheers

We did a couple of free ones for practice.

I did 4 free ones for friends and family and friends of friends with little or no budget.. Totally free, so if it was terrible is better than having nothing.. Basically I just let them know that I wanted the practice..:)