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02.12.2011
Guest Blog with Clark + Walker Studio: Wedding Videography Today
Videography:
Clark + Walker Studio If you were like me when you were younger, you liked the Where's Waldo? books. So let's dust that game off from yesteryear - only this time we're playing "where's the professional filmmaker?" in the first photo, seen above.
This didn't use to be the case. Even as little as 3 or 4 years ago you ALWAYS knew where the videographer was at a wedding. You couldn't miss his massive tripod, shoulder rig that looks like something only the Incredible Hulk should carry, and a video light that required SPF 30 or higher. Fortunately technology has changed all those requirements.
It wasn't all that long ago that photographers had a ton of gear, flashes for everything, etc. With the insane popularity and growth of digital many of those requirements changed, and you started seeing more demand for styles like "photojournalistic" and "unobtrusive" at weddings. The field of video hadn't experienced that wave of technology change at that time, the kind that changed the game entirely. Well they've finally had that a-ha moment and brides and groom's out there can rejoice.
I read an article on this blog the other day that inspired me to reach out and help the understanding on what great wedding cinematography is now a days, and how it's totally changed. We now use the same exact cameras that photographers use, literally. We rarely use video lights, in fact of Clark+Walker we didn't use one at a reception in all of 2010. Not one time. The only microphones we have are tiny thumbnail sized ones that go on the groom's jacked during the ceremony. No "interviews" or mics in people's faces. The 1980s style of "wedding video" is out the door!
I invite you to watch one of our wedding films from 2010 for a peak inside what talented filmmakers are now able to produce at weddings:
This is all coming from someone who used to recommend to my brides they NOT get video at their wedding 5 years ago. It was in the way all the time and hard to find truly talented professionals who worked in the same manner as us photographers. I know I'm not the only one who did it either. Now you have photographers out there like us openly admitting that we actually watch our wedding video more times than we've looked at our photos. Things have changed in the world of wedding filmmakers and if you've ever thought of video before but were scared off by it's reputation, I urge you to take a look at what's now possible.
