Ryan DesRoches
October 10th, 2005, 07:19 AM
So,
I show my first wedding over the weekend (yesterday as a matter of fact) - and overall - I think things came out very well. I used two cameras (XL-2 and a Panasonic AG-DVC30 - with my girlfriend on one camera, and myself on the XL-2).
While I did miss a few shots (mainly the Bride and Groom introductions at the beginning of the reception - due to people getting in my way to take photos - I'll know to prepare for that "next time"), 90% of the ceremony and seemed to come out great - and the mistakes that I did make are ones that I will hope to correct during the next wedding that I do (which is now booked because of a contact that I made at this wedding!)
A few special/different things that I did:
1) The night before the wedding itself, I went to the rehearsal dinner (that was actually at the Groom's Parent's home and not at the site of the wedding) and took some tape there - to capture more of a candid and relaxed atmosphere. I am hoping to use some of that footage as "outtakes" or as part of a highlight video. Does anyone else here take video of the Rehearsal dinners???
2) I also floated around during the reception to see if I could get people to give their good wishes to the Bride and Groom on Camera - that is going to be a separate section of the DVD which I think will be a nice little bonus as the Bride and Groom did not see or know of me doing this.
Overall, I shot 9 hours worth of tape (rehearsal dinner was 1 hour, and then four hours on each camera at the wedding/reception). I was able to impress the DJ, photographer, and JP that were "pros" at this, and also (most importantly) impressed the Bride and Groom - while also making a ton of good contacts. While I did intend to do this wedding for free - the Groom did give me a nice little $300 tip at the end of the night that will at least help me buy some more batteries that I will need for the next wedding that I do.
Will try and post a clip sometime in the near future, once I get the stuff edited.
Thanks for all of your advice over the last few months to help make this possible - I learned a lot just be reading other peoples comments and watching other peoples highlight videos.
Ryan
I show my first wedding over the weekend (yesterday as a matter of fact) - and overall - I think things came out very well. I used two cameras (XL-2 and a Panasonic AG-DVC30 - with my girlfriend on one camera, and myself on the XL-2).
While I did miss a few shots (mainly the Bride and Groom introductions at the beginning of the reception - due to people getting in my way to take photos - I'll know to prepare for that "next time"), 90% of the ceremony and seemed to come out great - and the mistakes that I did make are ones that I will hope to correct during the next wedding that I do (which is now booked because of a contact that I made at this wedding!)
A few special/different things that I did:
1) The night before the wedding itself, I went to the rehearsal dinner (that was actually at the Groom's Parent's home and not at the site of the wedding) and took some tape there - to capture more of a candid and relaxed atmosphere. I am hoping to use some of that footage as "outtakes" or as part of a highlight video. Does anyone else here take video of the Rehearsal dinners???
2) I also floated around during the reception to see if I could get people to give their good wishes to the Bride and Groom on Camera - that is going to be a separate section of the DVD which I think will be a nice little bonus as the Bride and Groom did not see or know of me doing this.
Overall, I shot 9 hours worth of tape (rehearsal dinner was 1 hour, and then four hours on each camera at the wedding/reception). I was able to impress the DJ, photographer, and JP that were "pros" at this, and also (most importantly) impressed the Bride and Groom - while also making a ton of good contacts. While I did intend to do this wedding for free - the Groom did give me a nice little $300 tip at the end of the night that will at least help me buy some more batteries that I will need for the next wedding that I do.
Will try and post a clip sometime in the near future, once I get the stuff edited.
Thanks for all of your advice over the last few months to help make this possible - I learned a lot just be reading other peoples comments and watching other peoples highlight videos.
Ryan