Someone asked you to film their wedding. What you charge sets what they expect, so for your first one, charge low. Free is fine. Here is why.
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How to Film A Marriage Proposal: Behind The Scenes Of A Real Wedding Engagement
My sister got proposed to, so obviously I filmed it. Scouting the light, packing a proposal kit instead of a wedding kit, double micing the groom in high wind, and staying out of the way at the moment that matters.
Continue readingReacting to the first wedding film by The Brothers Martens!
Henry Martens shoots some of the most dramatic luxury wedding films out there. His first one was 980 gigabytes of Blackmagic RAW, delivered in 720p, with two different white balances and a seven foot jib.
Continue readingHow To Live Stream A Wedding Ceremony
A couple is going to ask you for this. Three ways to stream a ceremony, from a phone on a tripod, to a GoPro you can monitor from across the room, to a real camera through a capture card.
Continue readingWedding Filmmaking Behind The Scenes: Allison & Seth filmed with the Sony a7iii
A whole December wedding on a rented Sony a7 III, from lights-off groom prep and a marked spot on the floor, to two tripods for the vows, two audio channels at the reception, and one light at ISO 8000 in the dark.
Continue readingMy Favorite Lenses For Wedding Filmmaking!
The four lenses I bring to every wedding: a Sigma 24mm, two Contax Zeiss primes from the 1970s, and a Sony Zeiss 135mm. None of them are Sony only.
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