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First DSLR wedding video · November 29th, 2010, 03:35 PM

Finished my first DSLR video. CC appreciated, I've got a lot to learn.

Jeremy White · November 30th, 2010, 12:56 AM

It looked good. Definitely something to be proud of!
A few suggestions:
:09 the girls head blocks this shot for a long time. I love what you are trying to do with the shot, but her heads blocking the shot for 2 seconds too long.
:14 use a slower fade.
:17 follow the rhythm of the music rather than the words.
:31 stayed on shot a little long
:46 nice
:54 move in closer.
1:12 cut before they break from their photo
1:30 a little delayed in your rack focus
1:42 great shot! You just held it a little long.
2:00 I like this shot…it just doesn’t seem to fit.
2:30 cake never made it in focus
2:45 my favorite shot
Great closing shot.

Greg Fiske · December 2nd, 2010, 11:55 PM

Thanks for the CC Jeremy. Good to get a second set of eyes. Feels like school, need to study ;-)

Stelios Christofides · December 3rd, 2010, 05:52 AM

Nicely done Greg, How were you holding the camera? You would have been better off by using some shoulder rig or something. I am going to try my first DSLG wedding at the next wedding. What camera and lens are you using Greg?

Stelios

Greg Fiske · December 3rd, 2010, 10:51 AM

Yeah, I've learned a lot since this gig, and had to use mercalli a lot to correct rolling shutter effects from my in-experience. Since then I've learned that for hand-held dslr footage its mandatory to have three points of contact. There is a tolerance for how much weight one can hold. A t2i with a 50mm prime can be held with a gorillapod with good results. A 5dmarkII is heavier and I'm using a cullman travelpod. With this gig I made the stupid mistake of just hand-holding it, and I paid for it with micro-jitters. I don't know if I would ever go for a shoulder rig at a wedding. I think it might compromise the benifits you get from using a dslr. The benefit that the camera is discrete, and people don't realize you are there. But only time and experience will tell. The lens is a helios 44m-6. I love the look that old glass gives to the footage.

Ian VanCattenburch · December 4th, 2010, 12:00 PM

Closing shot is very nice. at 0:12, the photographer runs across your shot. I would have probably edited that out. SLR's are not too forgiving when it comes to being hand held. Not to mention having to focus and refocus makes it that much harder. It's a tough learning curve but you'll get there.

December 3rd, 2010, 05:52 AM	#4
Stelios Christofides Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nicosia, CYPRUS Posts: 1,080	Nicely done Greg, How were you holding the camera? You would have been better off by using some shoulder rig or something. I am going to try my first DSLG wedding at the next wedding. What camera and lens are you using Greg? Stelios __________________ My Blog: http://steliosc.blogspot.com "I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I am free" Nikos Kazantzakis

November 30th, 2010, 12:56 AM	#2
Jeremy White Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 95	It looked good. Definitely something to be proud of! A few suggestions: :09 the girls head blocks this shot for a long time. I love what you are trying to do with the shot, but her heads blocking the shot for 2 seconds too long. :14 use a slower fade. :17 follow the rhythm of the music rather than the words. :31 stayed on shot a little long :46 nice :54 move in closer. 1:12 cut before they break from their photo 1:30 a little delayed in your rack focus 1:42 great shot! You just held it a little long. 2:00 I like this shot…it just doesn’t seem to fit. 2:30 cake never made it in focus 2:45 my favorite shot Great closing shot.

December 2nd, 2010, 11:55 PM	#3
Greg Fiske Major Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Santa Ana, CA Posts: 499	Thanks for the CC Jeremy. Good to get a second set of eyes. Feels like school, need to study ;-)

December 3rd, 2010, 10:51 AM	#5
Greg Fiske Major Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Santa Ana, CA Posts: 499	Yeah, I've learned a lot since this gig, and had to use mercalli a lot to correct rolling shutter effects from my in-experience. Since then I've learned that for hand-held dslr footage its mandatory to have three points of contact. There is a tolerance for how much weight one can hold. A t2i with a 50mm prime can be held with a gorillapod with good results. A 5dmarkII is heavier and I'm using a cullman travelpod. With this gig I made the stupid mistake of just hand-holding it, and I paid for it with micro-jitters. I don't know if I would ever go for a shoulder rig at a wedding. I think it might compromise the benifits you get from using a dslr. The benefit that the camera is discrete, and people don't realize you are there. But only time and experience will tell. The lens is a helios 44m-6. I love the look that old glass gives to the footage.

December 4th, 2010, 12:00 PM	#6
Ian VanCattenburch Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 50	Closing shot is very nice. at 0:12, the photographer runs across your shot. I would have probably edited that out. SLR's are not too forgiving when it comes to being hand held. Not to mention having to focus and refocus makes it that much harder. It's a tough learning curve but you'll get there.