Do you offer 360 coverage, and how do you keep the edit from eating your life?
I shoot weddings and events on Super 8mm and 360, and I love what 360 captures. I bring my 360 camera mostly as a backup capture for audio and camera failures, but it really is awesome in its own way. Looking around the whole room during the vows or the first dance is something nothing else gives you.
But I hate hate HATE editing it. Pulling a good edit out of 360 takes me 10x longer than my Super 8 footage. With film, I choose the frame when I shoot. With 360, I’m reshooting everything in post, deciding where to look in every moment and it's crippling me.
I’m curious how others deal with this:
• Do you offer 360 in your packages, as an add-on, or not? If not, is the editing time part of the reason?
• What parts of the day do you use it for?
• How long does a 360 edit take you compared to your regular footage?
• Do you reframe it into a flat edit, deliver it raw so the couple can look around, or both?
• Have you found anything that makes the process faster? Tools, workflows, or shooting fewer moments in 360?
I’d love to keep using it, but I’m trying to figure out if there’s a sane way to do that or if we’re all suffering.