our top 10 tips to shooting wedding videos
tip
no.1 is buying the right gear Jake
what do you recommend the good people
buy for shooting weddings well first off
we want to emphasize that the brand of
camera you buy isn't nearly as important
as learning how to use whatever you have
to its fullest potential
but that having been said here are our
recommendations for those just starting
out we want to talk about the four basic
pieces of equipment you should be using
as a one-man camera crew a camera body a
lens a stabilizer and a microphone for a
camera our needs are pretty simple we
want a camera that can shoot at least 60
frames per second in at least 1080p
60fps allows for beautiful slow-motion
and for Parker and I style
we love that slow and dreamy look for
our wedding films we also want a camera
that has great auto focus it makes our
lives so much easier and lastly we look
for cameras with great colors for Parker
and I we prefer to get our colors as
beautiful as we can straight out of
camera we then like to enhance and grade
the colors to match our own personal
styles Parker and I both shoot on the
Canon 1dx mark - which can shoot 4k at
60 frames per second has great autofocus
and also awesome in-camera colors I've
also used the 5d Mark 4 which can shoot
1080 at 60 fps and the Sony a7 3 which
does the same Sony is going to do better
in low light but in our opinion not as
well with colors so just pros and cons -
each camera for us personally 4k s60 is
a game-changer so the 1 DX is our weapon
of choice now obviously that is a bit
pricey for most but we do recommend
investing in professional gear so the
cheapest would recommend going is
something like the Canon a DD or Sony a
6500 which will run you about $1,000
my very first wedding that I shot was on
a Canon t3i but could only shoot 720 at
60 frames per second and was super soft
so I'd recommend investing in something
nicer than that if you want to take
wedding seriously
as for lenses if you can only have one
lens I'd recommend getting the 24 274 if
you on an aps-c camera then something
like a sigma 17 to 55 on a full-frame
camera though the 24 to 70 is my go-to
all-purpose lens that allows you to get
great shots wide open for big groups and
establishing locations but also zooms in
for tighter shots to focus in on faces
and other details I'd say 80% of my
footage for weddings comes from this
lens and you can definitely get by with
just this one lens at a wedding and if
you're gonna pick up a second lens I'd
probably get something like a 50
millimeter 1.4 so that you can have a
lens that shoots better in low light and
allows for that extra shallow depth of
field
Jake's primary lens that he uses for
most of his wedding footage is either
the Canon 50mm meter 1.2 or the Canon 35
millimeter 1.4 as for stabilizers Jake
and I both love and use the glidecam the
glidecam HD pro series is probably the
best when we recommend getting right now
as for motorized gimbals we've tested
out quite a few but our favorite for
weddings would have to be the Ronin s
it's easy to balance easy to learn and
much easier to get smooth shot straight
out of the box than a glide cam again we
still both agree the glide cam looks
more natural and it is more versatile so
we do use that over a motorized gimbal
but the glide cam does take a lot more
practice to get good and inside the
course we show you how to master the
glide cam and give you our favorite
settings for using the Ronin s and
smooth footage is going to separate you
from most of the amateurs out there so
investing in a good stabilizer and
learning how to use it is very important
and for microphones my favorite
microphone to capture audio at weddings
is the tascam dr-05
these things are so small and they come
in black and white they're super easy to
put on and basically invisible there's
obviously other accessories you'll want
to pick up like ND filters maybe some
lights for the reception venue camera
bags
memory cards hard drives but we won't go
into too much detail on all the
knickknacks in this video you can visit
our KITT pages links in the description
to see a full list of all of our camera
recommendations moving on to
our second tip
to shooting weddings is to plan
ahead
set expectations I see so many
horror stories of clients getting upset
their videographers and vice versa and
all of those issues could have been
resolved if they would have just
communicated when a bride is interested
in booking your services it's so
important to make sure you're both on
the same page about what to expect on
that big day they should know when
you'll be there what the final product
will look like how long it's gonna take
for you to edit it what you will and
won't be shooting during the day and so
on talk to your clients be personable
they're not just hiring you for a video
they are hiring you to spend their whole
wedding day with them they want to know
and be assured that you're going to be a
pleasure to work with they don't want to
stress the whole day about whether
you're going to do your job correctly
and/or being bugged about how intrusive
or passive you are some Brides will want
you to be in the action getting as close
up as you can and everything and others
will want you to be on the outskirts and
invisible you have to communicate these
things beforehand ask if they have any
special requests or details they want to
make sure in the video some weddings
involve very sentimental details and
only the family knows what they are
great communication ensures that those
details however small or big make it in
the final edit on the topic of
communication this also applies to
working with photographer communicate
with them I've worked with countless
photographers some with great
personalities and others with
not-so-great personalities but I've
never had any issues working with one
why because I communicate when you
arrive at the wedding find the
photographer introduce yourself and then
talk about the schedule for the day
discuss where you want to be to capture
important shots like the bride walking
down the aisle the first kiss etc
discuss where you both can be without
being in each other's way this gets you
on the same page and ensures that
neither of you will butt into the other
shot and if you become great friends
with the photographer then they'll start
sending you client referrals but they
definitely won't send work your way if
you're a pain to work with so plan ahead
set expectations and be a pleasure to
work with tip number three is choosing
the
best focal lengths your job is to make
the bride and groom look as attractive
as possible a lot of that depends on
what focal length to use a huge sign of
an amateur videographer is one who puts
a
wide-angle close-up to the bride's face
the most flattering focal length for the
human face has been said to be between
70 and 100 millimeter for example take a
look at my buddy Tanner here look how
distorted his face looks at 24
millimeter versus how natural it looks
at 70 millimeter so the only time I use
24 millimeter is for group shots where
I'm trying to fit a lot of things into
the frame and then i zoom in a 70
millimeter when I'm going tight on the
couples faces wide-angle lenses are for
wide shots and tighter focal lengths are
for faces people and details tip number
four
is to create depth when I see a
detail that I like or I'm posing my
couple I look for opportunities to
create depth meaning I want something as
foreground to my subject and something
in the background of my subject this
creates depth in my image by creating
layers and making this scene feel more
three-dimensional thus making my subject
pop off the screen and come to life
another great way to create depth is to
look for leading lines like in fences or
pillars or pathways anything that makes
your image like it has depth will turn
on not so cinematic image into something
beautiful tip number five is to capture
the
details the couple spent a ton of
money on details for their wedding the
flowers the cake the tables the chairs
the bride's dress the groom's outfit the
venue as a whole the lights the decor
hanging around everything was handpicked
by the bride to be at that wedding so
film all of it details are also a great
thing to help set the mood of the final
video they can be used to transition
between scenes or set the tone of the
whole film and carry the aesthetic
details are also great b-roll to put
overtop of people talking so make sure
to capture more than you think you're
going to need for your edits and in
order to have time to film all of those
details make sure to show up about an
hour early to the venue so you have
plenty of time to capture as much as you
need without people walking in and out
of your shots tip number six is lighting
wedding ceremonies typically are lit
pretty well and there's usually not much
you can do to change the lighting so you
just have to do the best you can with
the lighting situations that you're
given and document everything as it
plays out but receptions typically are
not lit very well they're usually in the
evening when the Sun Goes Down and the
mood is supposed to be intimate and dark
which usually means very low lighting
and even with a low aperture lens and a
great low-light camera sometimes the
venue is just too dark to shoot and if
you bump up your ISO too much your image
will just start to fall apart
in some situations that may be all you
can do but where possible we recommend
setting up some of your own lighting
lighting up a reception is a
game-changer you'll not only be able to
make your subject more visible but
you'll turn the whole scene into a much
more cinematic image and the
photographer's would probably love you
I didn't invest in lights the first year
of my business and I have many regrets I
personally love and use the core swx
torch LED lights I bought three of these
things and I couldn't be happier with
the results they can mount right to your
camera or to a light stand they're
bright dimmable and bicolored and when
you're lighting up a scene ideally
you'll have at least two lights one
light as your key light to light up the
front of your subject and another light
as the back light to make sure your
subject doesn't disappear into the
background and having by colored lights
is important as well as it gives you the
freedom to master light temperature with
the temperature of the venue lights it
would look horrible if your lights were
cool and blue while the reception lights
were orange and warm so where possible
set up some artificial lights and match
the color temperature to blend in with
the venue tip number seven is called
right
place right time
weddings are busy and there are so many
things happening at once and the last
thing you want to do is miss a moment
that only happens once so whenever
someone deems me and asked hey any
advice my first wedding my answer is
always be in the right place at the
right time know where to be for when the
bride is getting ready which is at her
side know where to be when she walks
down the aisle when they exchange rings
when they exchange vows know where to be
when they cut the cake toss the bouquet
make their grand exit and so on weddings
are full of moments that happen once
that you can't redo plan out where to be
and when knowing where to be takes time
and it takes learning if you're very
inexperienced we have several virtual
job shadows in the course to show you
where we choose to be in different
scenarios to help give you the
confidence to know where you should be
when you shoot your weddings but the
best way to learn is to do it yourself
and learn as you go for example when the
bride is about to walk down the aisle
the right place to be at that time is at
the front of the ceremony shooting down
the aisle if you're off to the side or
maybe even behind her you're in the
wrong place and you're missing the best
angle no one wants to see the back of
her head they want to see her face they
also want to see the groom's reaction so
you'll want to make sure once you've got
a great shot of the bride to turn around
and grab a
quick-reaction shot of the groom but you
can't capture both of their faces unless
you are in the right place at the right
time when in doubt about where you
should be the safest thing to do is
suggest follow the bride nothing
important ever happens at the wedding
without the bride so don't lose her and
you shouldn't miss out on anything too
important tip number eight is audio as I
always say audio is half of the viewing
experience good music choice sound
effects dialog can all enhance the video
and help the story come to life and be
more meaningful in an emotional way on
the other hand horribly captured audio
can ruin a beautiful image or if no
audio is captured at all the video will
end up feeling a little bit empty
admittedly I've done plenty of wedding
highlight films with no talking just
visuals set to music and that can work
but when you compare that to the times
when I've included vows or toasts or
speeches to go over top of the visuals
it can take the video to a whole new
level
so where possible try and capture some
sentimental dialogue now we've already
talked about audio gear to use to
capture audio but it's important to have
the right equipment with you to be able
to love the bride and the groom and
whoever else will be saying anything
important also for ceremonies I
recommend having an audio recorder that
you can plug into the DJ's audio box to
capture audio as it was captured coming
into the microphones which is a great
backup option if you don't have time to
love anyone a great affordable audio
recorder that we recommend is the zoom
h1 which auto adjust the gain levels to
ensure that your audio levels never peak
and we show in the virtual Job Shadow
videos how to effectively set all of
this up but the best most effective way
to capture audio that we recommend is
through lobbying the couple lobbying the
groom is pretty easy there's a lot of
ways you can do it our favorite way is
to stick the live mic under the groom's
chest on either side of where the tie
hangs we use Rycote stickies or you can
use gaff tape to stick it right to his
chest
we then weave the law of cord down
through his shirt and out the back to
plug into the tascam which is clipped to
his belts now loving the bride is a bit
trickier and depends on the dress so we
cover this in more detail on how to do
this with ease and comfort inside the
full course tip number nine is posing
couples there's nothing worse than
watching a wedding video of an
emotionless frozen couple newsflash they
aren't actors they aren't going to look
natural and comfortable all the time
unless you help them feel natural and
comfortable a lot of times it's even up
to you to get them to
express any emotion some couples might
be great at doing that naturally but
other times they don't feel comfortable
with cameras on them so you need to
learn some skills to help them out
posing a couple is actually a lot easier
than you think
there are three things to shoot for when
posing depth movement and emotion so
when I pose my couples my first priority
is emotion I like to have them hold each
other close do something that will make
them laugh or smile genuinely sometimes
I'll have the groom whisper in the
bride's ear or hug her very tight from
behind or maybe as I'm directing them
I'll just say funny jokes or comment on
how great they look which brings out
great emotion in genuine smiles the
point is to help them feel comfortable
second priority is movement I'm obsessed
with movement Parker and I style both
revolves around movement most of my
shots end up with my couple just walking
together or running through a field I
call it the drunk walk I'll have my
couple walk towards the camera and bump
into each other every few steps like
they're drunk
one way that Parker created movement in
a shot was to shake the branches of a
tree so that the flower petals fell from
the tree as they walked through them or
waiting for a wind gust to create
movement in the bride's veil look for
every opportunity to create movement and
lastly depth a few of my favorite poses
involve using either the bride or groom
as foreground to the other a few
examples I'll ask the bride or the groom
to lead the other and use the leader as
foreground I'll tell the bride or groom
as they walk to look up and smile at
each other every few steps and then look
down at their feet every few other I'll
have them start running and shoot it
from a few different angles another pose
I love is when I have the bride wrap her
arms around the groom's neck while
holding her bouquet I'll shoot from
behind the groom to focus on the bride's
face using the flowers as foreground
I'll have the couple look into each
other's eyes smile and laugh or just be
still it's a beautiful shot and another
pose I love is to have the bride and the
groom holding each other belly-to-belly
while they brush past a tree or leaves
or a wall or whatever I can to reveal
them the depth adds some great emotion
to the image ultimately it's your job to
make them look good have them hug have
them kiss have them walk twirl cuddle
laugh look up some poses beforehand and
have a written list or a lifts in your
head of all the different poses you want
to try out throughout the day get
creative with it and do your best to
make them feel natural and comfortable
on camera and moving on to our last and
final
tip is to be confident there's
nothing worse than a videographer who
obviously has no idea what's going on
imagine being a bride paying a ton of
money to someone to capture the most
important day of your life and you see
your videographer show up with zero
confidence is your direction and looking
around like a lost puppy fake it till
you make it even if it's just your first
wedding just accept it's your first
wedding and then get over it film
everything make everything look pretty
capture the bride capture the emotion
laugh and joke with a couple and do it
with confidence confidence is what makes
brides want to refer you to their
friends confidence is what will attract
engaged couples attending the wedding
and lead them to hire you and you don't
need to be a bubbly person to be
confident either you can have quiet
confidence but you need to have
confidence so that you have a guy those
are our top ten tips for shooting
weddings obviously we're just skimming
the surface here we could go way more in
depth on each of these subjects and sit
here and talk for days but wedding
videography is an individualized thing
that evolves the more you learn and
practice and we create a wedding video
pro to help you shorten your learning
curve help you know what to practice and
help you find confidence much quicker
and that's exactly what Parker's course
did for me two years ago it was having
him as a mentor to show me how to most
effectively film a wedding instead of
learning from my own mistakes and that's
why we built this new mini course
wedding video pro to focus specifically
on helping you do the same with your
wedding videography business and just to
give you guys a quick idea what's
included in the wedding video pro mini
course for those who'd like to learn
more beyond these 10 free tips we have
another video just like this by covering
our 10 tips to editing wedding videos
where we break down our editing process
and show you some great tips on how to
tell a great wedding video story in the
editing room this mini course in total
has 20 plus videos answering questions
like how do I start lining clients with
zero portfolio how long should the final
video be how do I shoot wedding
ceremonies as a one-man crew what are
the best export settings for delivering
the final video and for Instagram how do
I run paid advertising campaigns on
Instagram to grow my following and land
more clients this is where Jake will
break down his marketing tactics for how
he's run paid promotions on Instagram to
generate leads and new clients and build
an organic following all along the way
we also provide you with in-depth
tutorials on our color grading and
editing process along with raw footage
for you to download and use to follow
along
we provide discounts for a soundtrack
membership
along with tips we use to find the right
music for each wedding video along with
a list of some of my favorite wedding
songs I've used in order to license them
to save you countless of hours of having
to search for your own we also walk you
through business management from setting
up your contact page on your website to
setting up your pricing brochures and
packages we offer a huge discount for
honey book which is the ultimate
business manager for wedding
videographers and vendors alike we walk
you through contracts invoices brochures
payment schedules travel fees packages
package add-ons and so much more and as
mentioned we also include jobs chato's
where you can virtually follow Jake and
I around on our wedding shoots to see
firsthand how we operate in each unique
situation essentially we teach you
everything you guys need to know in
order to start your own six-figure
wedding business so that you can charge
upwards of four to five thousand dollars
per wedding just like we do so there it
is if you want to take your wedding
videography business to the next level
you can sign up today for this five hour
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member or you plan on joining our
ultimate online film school you will
have access to it in there as well but
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