Looking for a better approach
Hey everyone!
I filmed my first short wedding recently (I’m primarily a photographer) and the day went OK but there were several things I know I could have done much better. There were also a few challenges as well.
First thing was, I used my gimbal Weebill 3S. I used my Sony Fx30 with a sigma 16mm f1.4 lens. I noticed that I had to balance it several times and occasionally it lost balance and the camera fell forward while I was filming. I had to turn it off then back on and it rebalanced fine.
This was especially an issue when I needed to change the iso due to the sun or adjust the f stop.
How do you guys change settings while the camera is on a gimbal without balancing issues? The venue had these massive windows so I had to constantly adjust even while indoors.
Using a free well ND system even adjusting that seemed to affect balance while filming too. Very annoying.
I initially went into the day thinking I would use the gimbal for some stuff and a rig I built out for handheld but I ended up using the gimbal the whole day and two static cameras.
Secondly, when it came to lighting I used these NEEWER MS60B and NEEWER MS150B lights. The venue had issues with some of their lights so they only had on string lights with extremely high ceilings.
When shining the light on the couple at the reception, it just felt like I was BLASTING them with light.
Is this just how it is?
I’d like to keep giving it a shot where I can in low risk weddings (like filming for free or a low price until I’m super confident. But any advice would be helpful. Or if you could give me a high level view how how you manage the day.