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Classic russian official wedding ceremony · December 18th, 2009, 08:44 AM

We often see different wedding clips in internet.. But there's other side of video works.. More personal, detailed, intimate..
This kind of works called "documentary film". We do this for years but very seldom show it on public.
It's a very prescious memories of your day shown step by step, with interviews and speeches artistic as well as "hidden camera" spontaneous shots.
So this huge part of our work is usually hidden.. But in most of cases we do it. With love and passion not less than short highlights and dynamic clips..

I'd like to reveal a part of such 2hr40 documentary film and share official wedding ceremony of Alexandr and Victoria
in its beauty with realistic details and emotions.. (highlights for this wedding is here vimeo.com/8099615)

Travis Cossel · December 18th, 2009, 01:51 PM

Thanks for sharing, Serge. That was an interesting ceremony setup. Is that a common way to hold a ceremony in Russia?

One thing I noticed that was a bit distracting for me was the video light that someone was holding. It felt a bit too bright and harsh (maybe use some diffusion?), and the light was often bouncing around a bit which brought my attention to it.

You had great shots of the rings going on. That's usually really hard for us to get because of the locations we're allowed to film from. Anyways, thanks again for sharing!

Serge Satkar · December 18th, 2009, 04:13 PM

Thank you Travis!
Yes this is the way 90% of official wedding ceremonies look like..

I didn't know that photographer going to use light on ceremony so I had no talk to him.. All ceremony is very short (it was nonstop here) and I had no chance to manage right behaviour of photog assistant. As for close up shots -- we usually fixed in place on ceremony too, but it has 3 stages between them we can change location

Travis Cossel · December 18th, 2009, 04:16 PM

I had a feeling that maybe the guy holding the light was not with your team. For a photographer, having the light hold very still is not an issue, that's why I suspected he wasn't with you guys. Oh well, you did your best to work with it I think. d;-)

Marty Welk · December 18th, 2009, 04:23 PM

that is nice , its almost like it is arranged for snagging pictures.

Serge Satkar · December 18th, 2009, 05:56 PM

Travis
the man with light is suspected to be by himself )) very strange behaviour )

Marty
arranged for snagging pictures
sorry, Marty, what is "snagging" my dictionary has too much meanings

Marty Welk · December 18th, 2009, 06:03 PM

the Subjects were not hidden, with thier backs turned, etc, easy to get pictures of , Snagging , to grab or take, that kind of snag.

Serge Satkar · December 21st, 2009, 05:21 PM

Thanks for explanation, Marty, yes it has some inclination for

Kees van Duijvenbode · December 22nd, 2009, 01:44 AM

It's obvious you used a wide angle lens or adapter. The persons at the side look al lot wider than those in the middle. I like the vibrant colors. Is this shot with a XHA1? If so was a preset used?

Serge Satkar · December 22nd, 2009, 11:14 AM

Thank you for feedback Kees!
Yes superwide angle lens is a problem on such positions (of small room and people at the edge of frame).. I'm afraid it was 12mm on fullframe 5DmkII.. And I'd like to know some sort of plugin that can correct such kind of distortion.. I've heard only about barrel correctors

NonDSLR cameras was Sony FX-1000 and Canon A1. I intentionally didn't color correct this documentary fragment so slight difference between both cameras can be seen.
I would say A1's picture has more "density", sharpness is more tight.. Preset was one of @vividRGB, truecolor, vision02@
(don't remember exact it was my most usable presets when I had A1)

December 18th, 2009, 01:51 PM	#2
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	Thanks for sharing, Serge. That was an interesting ceremony setup. Is that a common way to hold a ceremony in Russia? One thing I noticed that was a bit distracting for me was the video light that someone was holding. It felt a bit too bright and harsh (maybe use some diffusion?), and the light was often bouncing around a bit which brought my attention to it. You had great shots of the rings going on. That's usually really hard for us to get because of the locations we're allowed to film from. Anyways, thanks again for sharing! __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com

December 18th, 2009, 04:13 PM	#3
Serge Satkar Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Moscow Posts: 107	Thank you Travis! Yes this is the way 90% of official wedding ceremonies look like.. I didn't know that photographer going to use light on ceremony so I had no talk to him.. All ceremony is very short (it was nonstop here) and I had no chance to manage right behaviour of photog assistant. As for close up shots -- we usually fixed in place on ceremony too, but it has 3 stages between them we can change location __________________ http://openproduction.ru/ http://magicbride.ru/

December 18th, 2009, 04:16 PM	#4
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	I had a feeling that maybe the guy holding the light was not with your team. For a photographer, having the light hold very still is not an issue, that's why I suspected he wasn't with you guys. Oh well, you did your best to work with it I think. d;-) __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com

December 18th, 2009, 04:23 PM	#5
Marty Welk Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East Bay Cali Posts: 563	that is nice , its almost like it is arranged for snagging pictures. __________________ ----------------sig----------------- Re-learning everything all over again, one more time.

December 18th, 2009, 05:56 PM	#6
Serge Satkar Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Moscow Posts: 107	Travis the man with light is suspected to be by himself )) very strange behaviour ) Marty arranged for snagging pictures sorry, Marty, what is "snagging" my dictionary has too much meanings __________________ http://openproduction.ru/ http://magicbride.ru/

December 18th, 2009, 06:03 PM	#7
Marty Welk Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East Bay Cali Posts: 563	the Subjects were not hidden, with thier backs turned, etc, easy to get pictures of , Snagging , to grab or take, that kind of snag. __________________ ----------------sig----------------- Re-learning everything all over again, one more time.

December 21st, 2009, 05:21 PM	#8
Serge Satkar Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Moscow Posts: 107	Thanks for explanation, Marty, yes it has some inclination for __________________ http://openproduction.ru/ http://magicbride.ru/

December 22nd, 2009, 01:44 AM	#9
Kees van Duijvenbode Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 246	It's obvious you used a wide angle lens or adapter. The persons at the side look al lot wider than those in the middle. I like the vibrant colors. Is this shot with a XHA1? If so was a preset used? __________________ www.cvd-video.nl

December 22nd, 2009, 11:14 AM	#10
Serge Satkar Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Moscow Posts: 107	Thank you for feedback Kees! Yes superwide angle lens is a problem on such positions (of small room and people at the edge of frame).. I'm afraid it was 12mm on fullframe 5DmkII.. And I'd like to know some sort of plugin that can correct such kind of distortion.. I've heard only about barrel correctors NonDSLR cameras was Sony FX-1000 and Canon A1. I intentionally didn't color correct this documentary fragment so slight difference between both cameras can be seen. I would say A1's picture has more "density", sharpness is more tight.. Preset was one of @vividRGB, truecolor, vision02@ (don't remember exact it was my most usable presets when I had A1) __________________ http://openproduction.ru/ http://magicbride.ru/