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Posted by Gary Eickmeier on 09/10/06 15:50
I was shooting a wedding yesterday with my VX-2000, tripod mounted,
front camera in Catholic ceremony. We also had a rear cam and a mike
with MD recorder on the groom. In the congregation were two amateurs
hand-holding their little video cameras for the duration of this hour
long wedding. All they would have to do is purchase a copy of our DVD
after it is edited, labelled, and chapterized. I'm not sure what
motivates such behavior, but it reminded me of some of the things you
see them do while on a shoot such as this.
We all know about the amateur tendency to nail the subjects' heads in
the center of the frame, as if they were target shooting, and their
requirement to shoot all stills as horizontal compositions. Another
typical happening is the amateur who approaches you and asks if you have
any spare batteries, because his just ran out. I transferred a 45 minute
long funeral video to disc for a client last week. It consisted entirely
of a single shot, a wide angle view of the front of the church.
I can't count the number of times I have been carrying my video camera
and light around and was approached by someone asking if I am the
photographer. Of course, the amateur videographers never use lights -
that would be totally beyond the pale - and I guess I am thankful for that.
Anyone else have some?
Gary Eickmeier
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