Outdoor weddings from Big Sur to Laguna Beach are a natural for our south bay wedding video production company. Because the outdoors presents it’s own set of unique challenges, the videographer needs a few additional tools in his toolbox to manage the potentially damaging effects of wind and sunlight. Incidentally, in the two-camera wedding highlight below the guy in the Phantom mask is the bride’s dad…part of their theme for the event.
While most of our couples wish for a sunny day and cool ocean breeze, the wind and the sun are not the videographer’s friends. A little bit of forethought and preparation, however, can help avoid wind-damaged sound tracks and blinding sunlight falling on the camera viewfinder. Under-the-jacket placement of the wireless mics prevents destructive wind noise in the audio track, and a simple viewfinder shade or viewfinder-fitted eyepiece allows the videographer to see what he’s shooting much more clearly even in bright sunlight. We used these tools in Leonardo and Vanessa’s highlight below with beautiful results.
The clip is a four minute, short-form highlight combining scenes from the ceremony and reception, a format that gives the viewer a feel for the ‘whole event’ in a very short time frame, great for social media sharing – an option we like to provide for our brides and grooms.
Here’s the clip:
24KT Sound & Video – Marc Gold: Owner/Videographer/Editor. Proudly one of the oldest videography companies in Southern California.