Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 13th, 2013, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,967
Re: How are others presenting their long-forms?
You do. Put it in your contract about the rules with the long form. Make sure it's mentioned in another prominent public place - we have it in our price list.
My long form (we call it the 'all...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 10th, 2013, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,806
Re: Anyone using filters for weddings?
We have some neutral density filters to help when we're filming outside during the summer, or even in the winter snow, which reflects a lot of light on a sunny day. Actually had one where f/22 was...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 8th, 2013, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,299
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 7th, 2013, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 14,082
Re: Change to full frame better or same as crop
They would say they want a full frame camera because of shallow DOF, or because a full frame camera is generally about two f/stops better in low light. We shoot weddings and use both, because each...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 7th, 2013, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,527
Re: what do some DJs do?
This guy does just about everything wrong. I'm an MC/DJ, 15 years and 500 or so weddings worth of experience and can't tell you how much someone like this pisses me off. But then, I give a sh&t. ...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 7th, 2013, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,066
Re: Contracts and down deposit
I don't call it a deposit OR retainer. I call them 'non-refundable payments.' IF they pay early and then cancel, payments are refundable up until the date they are due.
I do allow that my 'act...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 7th, 2013, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,299
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 6th, 2013, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,066
Re: Contracts and down deposit
Yes, more up front. For weddings, I structure it so that there are three or four equal payments at 1) booking; 2) December 1st; 3) February 15th; 4) at the event. I don't personally do any at...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 5th, 2013, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,098
Re: Backlight Dilemma
I was going to ask about reflectors or even lights discreetly placed at the front row to add light to their faces. Then mark their positions to stand with a little tape.
How big are the windows? ...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 5th, 2013, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,521
Re: Really bad DJ lights!
Paul, don't know about in Australia, but here in the U.S. lasers are illegal to have pointing anywhere they might hit someone's eye. So you can have them, but they have to not angle down at all.
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Forum: Taking Care of Business
November 3rd, 2013, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 9,950
Re: when has a piece of gear "paid for itself?"
There are three reasons to buy a piece of gear:
1) it allows you to do work you couldn't before. This means new jobs are opened up, and if you start booking them, it will pay for the gear, but out...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 2nd, 2013, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,977
Re: Price Sheet // Yay or Nay
Man, I hope you're joking about "ONLY 8 hours of footage."
We have two options now. As single operators, relatively new (2nd year), and husband/wife team (I'm an MC/DJ who does 32 weddings a...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 31st, 2013, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 14,082
Re: Change to full frame better or same as crop
The Mark II's 12 minute limit is easily worked around, either by personal discipline, or, more likely, Magic Lantern. We haven't had a single problem with it since we started.
My personal...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 29th, 2013, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,837
Re: How much dancing do you supply?
How much is generally determined by what I capture. My first job in my work flow is to line up all respectable footage. Then I go through it to find what is actually interesting. If, after that,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 26th, 2013, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,458
Re: Does autofocus dslr video work on steadycams?
We have shot a few weddings with our 70D in the mix. It will be another few weeks until I have those edited, though I will post when I have.
The live autofocus is great with any decent light. ...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 25th, 2013, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 8,252
Re: How do you handle run and gun with a dslr?
I really don't have a hard time run and gunning with our DSLR's, but I practiced my rack focus a lot by filming my kids running around, playing, in the house. That made it low light, too.
If you...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 25th, 2013, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,458
Re: Does autofocus dslr video work on steadycams?
The autofocus can be tricky and I don't recommend it for an unmanned camera, generally, because it might switch subjects. This has been more of an issue in low light for us, using the Canon 70D.
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 23rd, 2013, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,421
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 23rd, 2013, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,421
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 21st, 2013, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,421
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Forum: All Things Audio
October 21st, 2013, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,941
Re: Making a voice over longer
Audacity is a nice, free audio editor.
Lay down a track of room tone behind your voice, then insert tiny fractions of a second in between phrases or words, when possible. This only works as voice...
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Forum: Show Your Work
October 20th, 2013, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,863
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 19th, 2013, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,935
Re: How do you fair in SEO?
Correct. So your website might have pages labeled as:
index.html
wedding_film_examples.html
How_to_hire_a_videographer.html
Videographer_pricing.html
Wedding_Videographer_blog.html
You can...
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Forum: Show Your Work
October 19th, 2013, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,069
Re: Fashion film on 5D3 raw
Great work.
It's easy to install and, at least on our Mark ii's, has been incredibly stable. It's possible my battery life is shorter, but I"m not sure. Haven't noticed anything else...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
October 18th, 2013, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,287
Re: f1.4 no longer vital?
Pete, not having to change lenses on the fly is why we're considering sticking with four cameras. For instance, our two up front/off to the side cameras can keep their 135mm-200mm (depending on the...
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