Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
February 5th, 2013, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,887
Re: Sending DVDs overseas
Hi Steve, I guess if I see some flickering, I'll reach for shutter speed rather than frame rate (and if the motion blur looks slightly different... I don't think I'd care very much, to be honest).
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
February 3rd, 2013, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,160
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
February 3rd, 2013, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,887
Sending DVDs overseas
Now, for some reason, I've only had one groom ever ask about this... Potential client. Wanted to know about compatibility of format if he was sending copies of his DVD overseas.
I scratched my...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
February 1st, 2013, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,468
Re: Any requests for 3D?
I find 2D filming challenging enough as it is! 3D scares me more than 4K. Hope those floodgates stay closed for a few years at least (and that it's at least a few more years before they want both 3D...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 30th, 2013, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,299
Re: Some tough questions, and tell me the truth?
About wrestling to get in focus and exposed -- there's not really an easy way. I don't think there is anyway. That's part of what makes someone a good camera operator.
Maybe sometimes you can...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 30th, 2013, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,160
Product differentiation
Random thought... I have a theory that a lot of the time there's not really a properly considered decision before brides pick videographers. I mean, video, in the first place, is usually an...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 28th, 2013, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,918
Re: Supplying frame grabs instead of photos
Quick note -- in Philip Bloom's recent review of the 1DC, he notes that Abraham Joffe, last year, shot a wedding on this camera and supplied a photo album for the couple made up of frame grabs. So...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 24th, 2013, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,210
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 23rd, 2013, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,482
How to make a 3 hour DVD interesting?
So, a couple for next week has asked for: 3 hour film, with natural sound only -- no music.
To many people on this forum, I think that might sound easy. But I'm rather stressing over it. How to...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 21st, 2013, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,660
Re: Double wedding
Definitely just one. We're paid the same as for any other wedding, so no point spending extra editing time.
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 20th, 2013, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,660
Re: Double wedding
As it turned out... was pretty straightforward. Here's some notes in case anyone's interested...
* Prep -- had to make sure to get decent shots of both brides. While they were lacing the dresses,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 18th, 2013, 04:34 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,275
Re: Multiple camera operators at ceremony
Hey Peter, I'm astonished at some of the innovative things you do with support gear. But about using lightstands instead of tripods, do you find that the cameras are more prone to shake? And what...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 18th, 2013, 02:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,215
Re: Best book to learn cinematic movements ?
Hey Soumendra, if you just google "camera movements", you'll probably find a few books. Eg, on my shelf I have "Master shots". It claims, for instance, that circling around a character so that their...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 16th, 2013, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,660
Double wedding
Ok, Sunday's for me will be two sisters getting married at the same time.
I've never shot a double wedding before. Any special tips? Thinking I might have to bring an extra radio microphone for...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 10th, 2013, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,275
Re: Multiple camera operators at ceremony
Well, I'm always in a two-person team. Toying with the idea of getting a third person for just part of the day(from ceremony, to start of reception).
But also thinking -- if one is willing to get...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 10th, 2013, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,093
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 10th, 2013, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,275
Multiple camera operators at ceremony
If you don't have at least three shooters at a ceremony, is it really consistently possible, during vows, to capture two close-ups of faces, and a close-up of rings? Won't you always have to make...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 9th, 2013, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,468
Re: Any requests for 3D?
I've had one request, but persuaded the client out of it.
Abraham Joffe, a Sydney videographer, shot possibly the first 3D wedding in the world on Panasonic AG-3DA1 cameras, rented from a company...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 8th, 2013, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,304
Re: Picture profile for Canon DSLRs?
https://www.technicolorcinestyle.com/download/
I've gone back and forth over the last few weddings over what profile to use. Driving me a bit nuts.
Currently using Neutral, using Rob Adams...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 8th, 2013, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,427
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 8th, 2013, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,480
Re: What lighting do you use ?
During reception (and sometimes during prep, especially on ring shots) -- two Switronix Torchbolts mounted on stands. They're brilliant, literally, but the batteries have messed me around (supplied...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 6th, 2013, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,093
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 4th, 2013, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,918
Re: Supplying frame grabs instead of photos
Rob Adams said something in his course like, "The next time I upgrade my cameras, I'm upgrading everything to 4K". -- Well, I could definitely see some $10,000 wedding people moving to 1DCs over the...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 4th, 2013, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,606
Re: Matching Cameras in Post
Depends on the editing style. For instance, destaurating everything can help.
If the style allows for wildly different shots / effects, then you can do things like put an occasional shot in black...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 4th, 2013, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,093
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