Something people are normally quite concerned about is how discreet we are on the day. We have also had comments from people who have seen our work and think that we must have used lights, tracks and a full team of people to achieve what we produce.
The truth is we actually no more indiscreet that any other videographer who would attend your wedding. It’s normally just myself and Julie attending on the day and for the bigger shoots we may bring along an assistant. Most of the day we film using nothing more than our Sony HDR-FX1′s and a sturdy tripod. These professional HD cameras are great in low light and we really know how to push them to their limits. We surprise many of our peers with what we can produce from this humble and compact camera. It’s most definitely not one of those huge, on the shoulder cameras most are afraid of.
We very rarely use lights, it has to be really dark before we turn one of them on so for the most part they sit in our bags. We use a Sennheiser G2 Wireless mic to capture the vows with crystal clear clarity and an array of other hidden recording devices as backup.
Many of our moving shots are captured with the wonderful Glidetrack Compact. This small rail is just 0.5m in length and is what we use to get those shots of the venue or the tiny details as the camera moves slowly across the floor or table. Normally you need a large dolly track on the floor to achieve this but the Glidetrack makes it possible and totally discreet. The other device we use to get moving shots is our Steadicam Pilot. With this we are able to walk, run, shimmy, glide and float our way around you and your locations and keep the camera shots smooth at all times. It’s quite compact but achieves amazing results.
All this allows us to produce shots which would normally need a crew of people and a van of equipment. But we appear at most times to be just 2 people with a camera and a smile on our face.
-Danny
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