1st full wedding shot on the 7D at DVinfo.net

1st full wedding shot on the 7D · January 25th, 2010, 05:45 PM

Feel free with any comments..

A.J. Aguirre · January 25th, 2010, 08:57 PM

good job, what lenses?

Jay Rodriguez · January 25th, 2010, 09:10 PM

Nice work Michael.

You live in Reb Bank! lol, I work in Eatontown on route 35.

Michael Simons · January 26th, 2010, 07:06 AM

I used a 24-105 f4, 24mm 2.0 and a 15mm 2.8
As you can tell, the video is all handheld. I've since purchased the Zacuto Rapid Fire and a 24-70mm 2.8

Michael Simons · January 26th, 2010, 07:12 AM

Oh, and a little background on this day. It was not only my first full wedding shooting with an unfamiliar camera, we got 3 feet of snow that day so I had to drive my wifes SUV to the wedding. I'm not familiar with her new car at all. (took me 3 hours to get home because of the snow) So I had to learn a new camera and new car on the same day. The day was very rushed so everything was "run and gun" all day.

Michael Simons · January 26th, 2010, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay Rodriguez

Nice work Michael.

You live in Reb Bank! lol, I work in Eatontown on route 35.

hey Jay. I was checking out your website..very cool!

Dave Stewart · January 29th, 2010, 01:37 AM

Just a small note. When you take a video of an inanimate object, it sometimes works better to just take a hi-res photo instead and pan in post unless you want to get some kind of dof changes or orbiting type shot. Otherwise, very nice job. Kinda gutsy to do a wedding with a 7D. Run and gun, and steady cam shots are very hard to do. Tripod shots during the ceremony are much easier of course.

Andrew Slankard · January 31st, 2010, 03:50 PM

About how much storage did you have on hand for the camera? Did you use all of it?

Just curious about how the 7D processes and stores 1080i footage.

Michael Simons · January 31st, 2010, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Stewart

Just a small note. When you take a video of an inanimate object, it sometimes works better to just take a hi-res photo instead and pan in post unless you want to get some kind of dof changes or orbiting type shot. Otherwise, very nice job. Kinda gutsy to do a wedding with a 7D. Run and gun, and steady cam shots are very hard to do. Tripod shots during the ceremony are much easier of course.

Thank you. I was shooting inanimate objects the same way I shot them with a conventional video camera. I learned from this wedding that I can't shoot them the same way. All my footage was handheld. No shoulder rigs but I've since bought the Zacuto Rapid Fire.

Michael Simons · January 31st, 2010, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Slankard

About how much storage did you have on hand for the camera? Did you use all of it?

Just curious about how the 7D processes and stores 1080i footage.

HI Andrew. I brought along three 16 Gig and one 32 gig sandisc. I didn't use them all though. For this wedding, the ceremony was very short and there were no other locations after the church either. I'm thinking for a summer wedding, I'll probably use all 4 cards?

Andrew Slankard · February 1st, 2010, 12:50 AM

Makes sense to me, thanks for sharing. Your footage turned out great. :)

Dennis Hingsberg · February 7th, 2010, 09:46 PM

Pretty Cool.. and gutsy like someone else said.

Were you hired to do video for this wedding and if so what did the bride & groom think of you shooting it on an SLR?

Lastly, what kind of lighting did you use?

Cheers.

Michael Simons · February 8th, 2010, 08:22 AM

HI Dennis. The bride's father hired me about 2 weeks before the wedding. I charged him 1/3 of what I normally charge for a wedding because I knew I would be practicing with the 7D. I'm good friends with the photographer and I reached out to him to see if he had any upcoming brides that weren't interested in a video and would go for it on a cheap end. I used a 50 watt Bescor light during the reception which I found out is way too bright. Here is my latest video which is just less than a month later. You can see how much I improved in just a few weeks..

Michael Simons · February 8th, 2010, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis Hingsberg

Pretty Cool.. and gutsy like someone else said.

Were you hired to do video for this wedding and if so what did the bride & groom think of you shooting it on an SLR?

Lastly, what kind of lighting did you use?

Cheers.

Dennis, I'm still new at posting on here but I was able to respond in another post..

January 25th, 2010, 09:10 PM	#3
Jay Rodriguez Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 80	Nice work Michael. You live in Reb Bank! lol, I work in Eatontown on route 35. __________________ . www.itchyhousefilms.com

February 7th, 2010, 09:46 PM	#12
Dennis Hingsberg Trustee Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,055	Pretty Cool.. and gutsy like someone else said. Were you hired to do video for this wedding and if so what did the bride & groom think of you shooting it on an SLR? Lastly, what kind of lighting did you use? Cheers. __________________ Blog: www.hingsberg.com Ultimate Exposure Guides for FS5/F7S/F5/F55

February 8th, 2010, 08:22 AM	#13
Michael Simons Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Red Bank, NJ Posts: 553	HI Dennis. The bride's father hired me about 2 weeks before the wedding. I charged him 1/3 of what I normally charge for a wedding because I knew I would be practicing with the 7D. I'm good friends with the photographer and I reached out to him to see if he had any upcoming brides that weren't interested in a video and would go for it on a cheap end. I used a 50 watt Bescor light during the reception which I found out is way too bright. Here is my latest video which is just less than a month later. You can see how much I improved in just a few weeks.. Domenique + Paul on Vimeo

January 25th, 2010, 08:57 PM	#2
A.J. Aguirre Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Waco, Tx Posts: 72	good job, what lenses?

January 26th, 2010, 07:06 AM	#4
Michael Simons Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Red Bank, NJ Posts: 553	I used a 24-105 f4, 24mm 2.0 and a 15mm 2.8 As you can tell, the video is all handheld. I've since purchased the Zacuto Rapid Fire and a 24-70mm 2.8

January 26th, 2010, 07:12 AM	#5
Michael Simons Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Red Bank, NJ Posts: 553	Oh, and a little background on this day. It was not only my first full wedding shooting with an unfamiliar camera, we got 3 feet of snow that day so I had to drive my wifes SUV to the wedding. I'm not familiar with her new car at all. (took me 3 hours to get home because of the snow) So I had to learn a new camera and new car on the same day. The day was very rushed so everything was "run and gun" all day.

January 29th, 2010, 01:37 AM	#7
Dave Stewart Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 109	Just a small note. When you take a video of an inanimate object, it sometimes works better to just take a hi-res photo instead and pan in post unless you want to get some kind of dof changes or orbiting type shot. Otherwise, very nice job. Kinda gutsy to do a wedding with a 7D. Run and gun, and steady cam shots are very hard to do. Tripod shots during the ceremony are much easier of course.

January 31st, 2010, 03:50 PM	#8
Andrew Slankard Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Posts: 65	About how much storage did you have on hand for the camera? Did you use all of it? Just curious about how the 7D processes and stores 1080i footage.

February 1st, 2010, 12:50 AM	#11
Andrew Slankard Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Posts: 65	Makes sense to me, thanks for sharing. Your footage turned out great. :)