Wedding Montage shot with 100b

Will,

I've found weddings to be quite a nice income stream, and the dvx100 has been the perfect camera for the job.

Did you shoot with one camera? If so, after the father hands off the bride, I suggest going to the back/center and framing up a 2 or 3 person shot for the vows, rings, kiss, announcement, and exit.

Lots of great cutaways - you certainly know the value of those! There are many that have been shooting weddings for years who don't!

Because there was less light on the groom, it looks like you had the iris open on him, then when you zoomed out, as the crowd, which was in the sun, came to dominate the frame, there looks to be a lot of overexposure there.

Same when the couple walks out.

Are you looking to shoot more weddings in the future? If so, I have a few sites I'd like to you see to see the best of the best in the industry - there's some amazing shooting and storytelling going on out there.

All the best!
jones
 
I couldnt see your demo i never can if its on vimeo its my lame as job and the computer here. but id love to see those sites mason jar mentioned.
 
bilgami said:
I couldnt see your demo i never can if its on vimeo its my lame as job and the computer here. but id love to see those sites mason jar mentioned.
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the first one that comes to mind is wedfact.tv. it's a blog that aggregates blog entries from about a dozen studios. saves you time from having to search each blog. lots of diverse styles.

i haven't posted to mine in a couple of weeks, but you should take a look there, too.

i focus on story rather than money shots and incorporate film (super8 and 16mm) quite a bit.

it all depends on the style you want to achieve! there's starting to be more of a crossover with the wedding filmmaking world and the filmmaking world at large. we actually convinced dvxuser super-poster and documentary filmmaker philip bloom to speak at this wedding filmmaking get-together in austin next april.

jones
 
Thanks. It was just a one cam set up and I shot it as a present. I had a lot of prouble exposing it because the groom was under the (gazibo?) and the whole audience was out in the raw sun. I actually went for a little over exposure just stylistically for some little blow outs. I did my best to keep the person that I wanted the audience focused on to be properly exposed. I actually like the shot of only the groom properly exposed, because the dvx cannot have shallow depth in the situation in a wide shot, and I feel it diverts the audience to the groom.
 
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