very nice, looks great ...


I like the fishing rod in there ..

Yeah I left that in because there was a guy fishing when the bridal party arrive for photos. The groom is an avid fisher so he asked the guy to pose with the rod for a few shots.

well thats certainly better than my cousin years ago - who during the wedding reception at his parents house on a lake -- during the reception, grabbed his shotgun along with his brother when a flock of geese landed, and in his tux went goose hunting down on the shore .....

people in my family didnt think it was so unusual for them - but some in the brides family thought it was more than a little strange ...

The footage you have has a great soft almost glow to it. What effects are you applying to your clips?

Just about anyone can learn how to operate Cameras, equipment and even Sony Vegas...but the creativity; Man! Thats God given!

GREAT WORK...truly the best I've seen

Skywatcher

Beautifully done. You really communicated the happiness of the people there.

I loved the shot of the toddler on a shoulder also, great!

For this piece is was only 3 filters. Levels, Color Corrector, and Glow.
How to combine these 3 is a much more difficult explanation.

Extremely well done, from one wedding videographer to another. I'd also like to know the treatement you gave the footage. Looks like a soft ellypical mask to darken the edges, in addition to contrast and glow adjustments.

Yes it was an eliptical gradient (black to transparent). Thank you.

Thank you for the kind words- very flattering.

Beautiful work. What cameras do you use? Just curious.

....yeah it was ok.

.....heh....gotcha....

(smile)

Nice picture treatment and camera moves, good job.
Did you also compose the music yourself?

Sony PD-170, VX2100, and Panasonic DVC-80 (assistant's)

what? not done in HDV? :-)

Once again I've been inspired by a GmElliott masterpiece.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your skill at other types of videos as well as wedding videos. Can't wait to see.

what? not done in HDV? :-)

lol

..well, I actually purchased my first dv cam about 5 years ago (TRV-17) with aspirations on doing shorts, and even maybe a horror feature. Needless to say I had no intentions to become a "wedding videographer". I did one as a wedding gift for a collegue which was well recieved. I soon got calls asking about my "rates" and "options", etc. I was excited at the chance to do something I have a great passion for and actually make money doing so. My documentary which was more ambitious than any wedding project to date (9 months in post production) actually caused me to "lose" money. I didn't even break even!

I have, however, grown to really see the art in this genre. I don't believe everyone does..but that's an advantage for me because there are so many professional videographers out there that still take a very straight-forward uninspired approach.

GM, very nice work. Very clean, smooth and professional looking. Images are well framed and looks great!!!!

Agreed, beautiful work. Your tracking shots are so smooth. Did you use a dolly on any of them?

I also noticed some subtle rotation in a few of the shots. Did you use the leftover area from the 16:9 crop to rotate the frame just slightly? If so, a very ingenius use of lost pixels....