When I started, I filmed a wedding for a friend of mine.
I didn't ask for much money.
I just wanted to cover the cost of equipment.
The editing and tapes and other expenses I did for free, plus I needed a bit of experience.
I assumed the editing would take about a week doing a few hours every night.
But it took over 3 months even though I did whole weekend stints.
I wanted it to be perfect.
I also didn't film with the editing process in mind.
I shot everything and ran around shooting a bit more.
In the end I cut out sentences and scenes being weary of my hard drive space.
I kept the camera in auto mode so some of the scenes were either blue or orange.
I didn't even record sound and put a soundtrack over everything.
I wish I could here the exchanging of vows, but without a shoot gun or wireless I didn't want to get up close so as to distract from the ceremony.
All this is better now since I have experience and have invested in sound equipment.
Even if I had used head-phones I would have known to get closer.
It was all very hit and miss now that I look back.
My good advice is to do a wedding and get good miss and set your white balance, all with keeping your editing in mind.
However, the couple was extremely happy and bought 5 copies for family and friends.
Lesson learned.
So I want to give a quick guide to filming a wedding video.
Make sure you have the right equipment.
Equipment changes all the time because of movement forward in the industry.
But you don't need the best equipment to film a great wedding.
You need a tripod, remote miss and a digital camera.
Back up your audio.
Wireless miss pick up voices better than most.
This is why many wedding videographers use back up audio.
It's easy to place a remote recorder in the groom's pocket.
Attend all rehearsals.
Going to the rehearsal and looking ahead can avoid problems with lighting, microphone placement, and blocked views.
The rehearsal also gives you another chance to consult with the bride and groom.
Any requests for their wedding video that they may have can be talked about before the wedding day is on.
Get extra footage.
Extra footage is of importance to the quality of your wedding video.
To get extra footage, simply use a tripod to take exterior shots of the building, or other architectural features, the food and flowers.
Test audio.
To test audio before the ceremony is a good way way to avoid many audio mishaps.
Be sure to arrive at the wedding at least three hours earlier, in order to get your equipment together and check it and have time amend any problem.
Monitor the audio with headphones to be sure that it has a good quality.
I didn't ask for much money.
I just wanted to cover the cost of equipment.
The editing and tapes and other expenses I did for free, plus I needed a bit of experience.
I assumed the editing would take about a week doing a few hours every night.
But it took over 3 months even though I did whole weekend stints.
I wanted it to be perfect.
I also didn't film with the editing process in mind.
I shot everything and ran around shooting a bit more.
In the end I cut out sentences and scenes being weary of my hard drive space.
I kept the camera in auto mode so some of the scenes were either blue or orange.
I didn't even record sound and put a soundtrack over everything.
I wish I could here the exchanging of vows, but without a shoot gun or wireless I didn't want to get up close so as to distract from the ceremony.
All this is better now since I have experience and have invested in sound equipment.
Even if I had used head-phones I would have known to get closer.
It was all very hit and miss now that I look back.
My good advice is to do a wedding and get good miss and set your white balance, all with keeping your editing in mind.
However, the couple was extremely happy and bought 5 copies for family and friends.
Lesson learned.
So I want to give a quick guide to filming a wedding video.
Make sure you have the right equipment.
Equipment changes all the time because of movement forward in the industry.
But you don't need the best equipment to film a great wedding.
You need a tripod, remote miss and a digital camera.
Back up your audio.
Wireless miss pick up voices better than most.
This is why many wedding videographers use back up audio.
It's easy to place a remote recorder in the groom's pocket.
Attend all rehearsals.
Going to the rehearsal and looking ahead can avoid problems with lighting, microphone placement, and blocked views.
The rehearsal also gives you another chance to consult with the bride and groom.
Any requests for their wedding video that they may have can be talked about before the wedding day is on.
Get extra footage.
Extra footage is of importance to the quality of your wedding video.
To get extra footage, simply use a tripod to take exterior shots of the building, or other architectural features, the food and flowers.
Test audio.
To test audio before the ceremony is a good way way to avoid many audio mishaps.
Be sure to arrive at the wedding at least three hours earlier, in order to get your equipment together and check it and have time amend any problem.
Monitor the audio with headphones to be sure that it has a good quality.
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