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Posted by Tony on 10/15/06 06:32
I am a professional videographer \ editor and, unless these amateurs get in your way, why do you
even care what their motivation is? It really isnt any of your business. Maybe they live out of
town and want the entire ceremony for themselves to watch their loved one get married. They can go
back and show others who could not be at the wedding. I shot weddings for many years and I never
included the entire one hour ceremony in the production. No one would want to sit through it more
than once. (I would include it as an undedited extra tape if they requested it but no one ever
wanted the entire thing).
There is nothing worse than handing a couple a video of their wedding that is over 2 hours long.
Actually, in the days of VHS, that was more true than these days, with chapters and DVDs. But,
everyone knows that most people simply watch the 4 minute re-cap of the day. As long as these
"amateurs" dont get in my way, they do not bother me. If they do, I simply give them a silent tap on
their shoulder and motion them to move slightly.
Tony
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:50:20 GMT, Gary Eickmeier <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>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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