Hi 👋, so I already have 35mm f1.4 and tamron 28-75 f2.8. I really don’t like how tamron renders colors and for some reasons video quality always look off. So for this reason I am looking to get another lens, currently I am debating between 24mm f1.4 GM and 16-35 f2.8 GMII. So I know both are distinct lenses but what would you choose if you have to select just one lens on a gimbal for whole wedding ?
First paid wedding tomorrow! Couple very briefed on my status as a new videographer, and they're getting a full day's coverage and edits for about $800, so heavily reduced.
Shooting with an FX30. Only 2 lenses (sirui sniper 23mm, Sony 50mm FE 1.8), but I'm really not a fan of super wide shots, and the only wedding I did before this I had great results with just the 23mm. Reckon I'll regret this?
Hi all! Solo wedding videographer here, and I'd love a sanity check from people who've shot a lot of church ceremonies. It's my first time covering a ceremony in a really tight church and I want to make sure I haven't left any blind spots.
The venue: a traditional Swedish church ceremony (the couple walks in together and exits first). Single center aisle only, the pews run all the way to the walls on both sides, so there are no side aisles to move through. Altar at the front. That means my only shooting positions during the ceremony are up front, off to one side, wedged between the front pew and the altar.
My kit:
My plan:
Camera 2 — static safety net:
Camera 1 - me, roaming:
Audio:
Photographer: we're splitting the room into zones / opposite sides so we stay out of each other's shots, and I'll tell them exactly where Camera 2's frame is.
What I'd love your input on:
Thanks in advance! Super stressed at the moment, appreciate all the help I can get! I just want a second set of experienced eyes so we don't miss anything on the day.
Hi! I am looking for someone to capture my wedding in a Wes Anderson style.
Getting married 04/03/2027 in Brenham Texas. (1 hr 15 minutes from Houston)
It’ll be a wildflower filled ranch wedding with cowboy boots, mechanical bull, fireworks, the whole shebang!
I think we would feel very awkward and embarrassed the whole time. Looking at wedding videos makes me feel secondhand embarrassment :/
This is just an idea, but I think perhaps I would prefer a video that focuses more on the guests instead of us being the center of attention. But I can't find any examples of that either.
I would love to see videos that are very different from the usual if anyone wants to share.
Ok, sorry to everyone for yet another post on Content Creators, but I'm having a bit of difficulty navigating working-relationships here. So for context, I'm noticing that, while a few CCs are content (no pun intended) to lurk in the background and shoot essentially vertical BTS, a lot are now duplicating the videographer's role. I shot a wedding recently where the CC landed at the ceremony with two phones on tripods, a phone-rig with massive ring light, a gimbal, and wireless lav mics (she ceremony-mic'ed the priest for her content while I was busy with the groom). I'm surprised she didn't bring a drone. She sat a phone/monopod beside me to keep me company in the already cramped aisle during the ceremony - I called it 'Jeremy'. The rest of the day she was super-intrusive, in literally every shot and angle, to the point of there being three of us (me, photographer and the CC crushed into the center aisle for the recessional - all walking backwards with guests and floral displays packed to either side). The photographer's second-shooter was a pure gentleman, and thankfully stayed out of this mess and shot different angles, as they are wont to do.
She was there all the way until the dancing, where she did manic, sugar-fuelled orbits around the couple using said lighting rig. I'm honestly finding all this a bit exhausting, and I don't want to be that asshole who asserts his precious creative freedoms verbally and potentially damages working relationships, but there has to be a way to navigate this trend which doesn't compromise the quality of our work as videographers and give us all permanent stress migraines as we try to monitor multiple pieces of equipment, existing vendors and guests, and now a person essentially hired after the fact to duplicate your job, for upwards of 12 hours. The couple seemed blessedly oblivious to the tension, which I hope I managed to keep to myself (the last thing I want to do is be intrusive or ruin their day with nonsense). I left that wedding genuinely questioning whether I want to remain in this industry, after years of working in it, and that's just not a nice place to be. Anyway, any advice would be greatly appreciated on this.
I'm getting married soon and originally didn't want a videographer at all because I'm personally not a big fan of the very produced, edited films. However, as we get closer to the date I'm thinking I may regret not having some of the big moments captured on film (the ceremony, the speeches, etc.).
I know there are some videographers who work in "documentary style" and use camcorders. But is there such a thing as a videographer who just provides raw footage and doesn't do any additional editing? I also know some people task their guests with capturing these moments in a more casual way, but I don't want to put any pressure on guests or family during the wedding.
I'am pretty new in the Video world, i used to make some Sketches, presentation and aftermovies for a small non-profit organization. That was in the past. For now, I have a stabile job, and my time allows me to start a side hustle, wich I would very much love to be a videomaker.
How would you recomand someone to get in this kind of business, and what should he take in consideration? Thank you very much in advance!
We were married in November 2025. I hired a videographer and requested he do guest “interviews” where our guests could give us well wishes, etc. They account for a small but significant portion of our raw footage and unfortunately, we have now learned that the audio from the recorder was corrupted during the importing process.
The attached emails speak for themselves. We cannot hear the interviews of our guests over the music, as the recorder corrupted during import and there is no audio from the recorder. My question is what are the next steps I should be taking ? Slide 4 is my email to the videographer. Am I asking the right questions?
I really want to fix this, this is super upsetting, I wanted to listen to my parents and grandma’s messages for years to come and show my children.
What do you think of my videographer’s response?
Do you recommend any software or tools? I downloaded DaVinci Resolve but it’s super intimidating and it’s going to take me forever to learn how to use. I might upgrade to Studio for the vocal isolation feature and see if that’s easier.
Do you have any recommendations as to companies that can help me with drowning out the background music and isolating the guest’s voices? I’m open to hiring someone to help me as long as they are credible and experienced.
Finally, is the audio from the recorder gone forever? I feel like the videographer is giving me mixed messages with saying he tried to recover it with no luck but then saying he would go back and try to recover it.
I don’t really care about the money,I just want this fixed. Please go easy on me as this situation is extremely upsetting to me. Thank you for your time and input.
We got married a little over two months ago and only recently received the raw files for our wedding (it was the company’s policy to share the raw photos and videos in advance). We were disappointed to find that we received two videos for our ceremony and one for our reception, both of which consist of a fixed camera on a tripod just constantly filming what’s a head of it whether there is anything in view or not. There are sequences that go one for minutes where literally nothing is in view. Furthermore the only reason we received a second video of the ceremony is because side they cut out during our vows.
Noting again that these are raw files but the company advertised that there would be short form and long form videos included in the package and I’m not sure how they’ll be able to accomplish that with the footage we’ve received. The package wasn’t cheap and the footage for other weddings on the company’s social media page made the videos look a lot more dynamic.
I realize I should wait for the final product but I’m a bit concerned at this point. Any advice from anyone out. There with experience as either a client or vendor?
Hey editors, looking for options to deliver a TB or more of footage regularly that is faster than Dropbox or Google Drive. Any recommendations? Frame.io is great, but I think of it more as a review/collaboration site for clients. Looking more for raw speed on uploads. Thanks.
Hi there! We are going to do a 2 day elopement trip in Reims, France September 16-17, 2027. Mainly staying in Reims around those champagne houses.
We are looking for a videographer to capture the night before cocktail party we’ll host for our family as well as day of getting ready, private elopement and dinner after.
Our budget for this is about 3-5 but happy to be just filmed the day of elopement if night before would add too much cost. We are looking for a videographer that can make it a beautiful love story but as well capture it being a party for all of us
Hey guys, I'm in trouble, let me know what do you think (and sorry about my English in advance) I have some vows a couple wrote to themselves and read it at the church, recorder at the console died that day so I have some poor audio footage from those moments, I was working with some ai tools and some things seems recoverable, but some others are impossible for the ai to distinguish the words, but hearing it you can guess what they are saying, is there some ai tool around in which I can write the words that ai is missing and it recreates with the exact pace and voice? I mean, recreating it but from some initial audio base, and pointing to the ai which are the words sounding at exact moments, a mix between the tools I know, where you can recreate from nothing or clean up from existing audio. Hope you can help me! If you think I could upload the audio, just let me know, Thanks!
Hi! I got married two years ago and we didn't hire a videographer due to budget constrains. I love our photos but I really regret not capturing video. I have a limited number of iPhone video recordings of our first dance and a few other moments (no ceremony since it was unplugged). Does anyone have suggestions for a way to make those few videos and maybe some photos or other media into a video-type experience? I would have to get creative to have it not just be a slideshow... I'm happy to hire someone to do it but I'm not even sure what the vision could be. Any thoughts welcome!
So I came to realize that I still suck at posing couples and I am not improving in it...
Actually I think it is getting worse.
This season it drives me nuts. Whenever we start doing portrait sessions at the wedding or even when I do a solo couple session before the wedding itself, I end up with an insane amount of talking, kissing or laughing. But mostly awkward or just way too much.
They are stiff as hell and so is my footage.
Even though I am not pushing anything and I always give them time to calm down.
I like to also give them a few minutes on their own because it is the only time they have alone for the whole day.
What stands out to me right now is that couples really cant be locked in to each other.
Brothers and sisters would be able to show more "love".
I mean I can't have them only walking for an hour straight to get good real moments.
What is working pretty good for me are couple sessions or pre wedding days with some "sightseeing" or maybe "hikes".
But then I will still miss out on the beautiful or "meaningfull" shots and this cant be it...
Also, I lack in creativity when it comes to "poses" I think.
Give me a beautiful couple and after letting them do some forehead to forehaed, running and picking her up, some dancing, ... I am pretty much done.
I am shooting handheld in 25fps all day so I am not aiming for super cinematic and styled shots.
So I am begging you folks for any kind of advice on how do you get beautiful shots from your couples but still looking natural and not posed per say...
Hi everyone!
My partner and I are getting married in March 2027, and we’re looking for a photographer and/or videographer who may be newer to weddings and is looking to build their portfolio.
We’re working with a limited budget, so we know we may not be able to hire a seasoned wedding professional. That said, we’d still love to work with someone who has a good eye and can share examples of their work (portraits, events, couples, or anything that shows your style).
Our wedding is a queer South Asian wedding, so we’re hoping to find someone who is excited to celebrate and capture our day in an authentic and affirming way. Wedding experience isn’t required—we value creativity, enthusiasm, and reliability.
If this sounds like you, or if you know someone who might be interested, please send me a DM! We’d love to chat, see your portfolio, and discuss the details.
Thank you ❤️
More often than not I have very dark exits. I push my ISO has high as acceptable, shoot with a fast lens but I do struggle with focus at like a 1.2 aperture, I put a cube light on my camera but this adds very little light and I feel increasing it would distract the couple and it’s also flat, and when I’ve tried adding external lights it either cast my shadow on the couple or cast guests shadows.
What’s your go to method for filming exits, especially non sparkler ones or ones with little to no light?
Hi everyone! So, I'm a self-taught videographer and do mostly doc work. I've recently picked up wedding videography as a side hustle. I just did my second wedding last week. And I've already messed up majorly and it's killing me!
I was a solo shooter, but with a 2 camera setup. I usually shoot on an FX3 so I rented a second one. My agreement with the couple was that I would film for four hours (they had a short and sweet wedding) and then transfer all the footage onto their hard drive. No editing required.
When I transferred the footage at the end of the night, I found a huge issue. For the ceremony, my wide angle camera that was capturing the couple for the entirety of the ceremony was out of focus. This was an unmanned camera (I was using the second camera to grab closeups and cutaways) so I had put it on autofocus to account for the bride and groom going down and back up the aisle. The background behind them was a massive window so things were a bit overblown. But mainly, the couple is out of focus!! I've shown the footage to some others and they said it looked ethereal...but I think they were trying to protect my feelings.
I felt horrible about this issue so I offered to cut a highlight reel of the whole wedding for them. I'm cutting it together now and just realized the wide angle camera files are only 1920x1080. My B cam was filming in 4K. My contract just stipulates I'll deliver the raw footage, it doesn't mention anything about specs. But again, I feel like this is just not a good representation of my abilities and professionalism, and I feel really bad that they don't have the 4K version of their wedding ceremony.
I'm exhausted from beating myself up so I was hoping folks here might have some insight or advice on what I can do and how I can salvage this. Thank you!
I am sitting here in contemplation and just wanted some friendly advice as what to do next, I'm a 34 year old videographer in the UK, my wife works full time and I look after 2 children, We thought it would be a perfect solution for me to slowly grow my videography business as the kids get older but I just cant find clients, i've set low prices, standard prices, messaged every photographer and venue in a 200 mile radius offering commission for referals. Spent £600 running a facebook ad campaign with no warm leads.
Just to be clear, I have shot one wedding before for a nominal fee as it was a friend of a friend, they loved the video to bits and it gave me great footage for my portfolio, i've done photography for a small price as it isnt my forte and again the clients loved the work, i'm in a complete catch 22 as I dont have the volume right now, but cant get any gigs even for bottom of the barrel prices, i've even reached out asking venues/photographers if any of their couples want a video for free with no responses at all hence why i've reached the end of my tether and come here to vent. To a relative newcomer the industry feels completely gated off, and I need to do something even if that involves pivoting.
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I need an editor for a documentary film. All files are on google drive already its a 2 day wedding. It was built however the bride has some revisions she wants. Id like to hand it over to an editor as i need to finish other projects as well. Please only respond if you have done documentary wedding film edits and have Examples of wedding documentaries.
Send me a dm if you'd like with your rates for a documentary edit with a 1 week or so turnaround time.
Footage is in vlog 3 Lumix s5ii cameras, ill include the premiere project file, along with the requests from the bride etc.
