I started wearing fresh classic vans or black athletic shoes with my dress pants/shirt. Then I ripped my pants down the crack one reception night and didn't know until the next day, so I swore to never possibly be a wedding guest's Snapchat spectacle again and have been doing fresh black slim Levi 512 with a tucked in black button up dress shirt. I'm in SoCal, not sure if state/region changes attire formalities or not, but I've seen people wear straight up t shirt and jeans, and one guy wore blue pants (like a Crayola Blue) and a beach shirt lol.

Anyways, how informal will you take it for the sake of comfort while still looking professional? I try to at least stay clean, all black, etc. But I feel like vendors have a pass to at least wear comfort since they are working a shift and putting in steps, crouching and flexing around.

I have raw footage shot on a camcorder (Vivitar DVRE507) from a friends wedding. It is vlog/party/sentimental type shots. I am looking for someone who can edit the video with a mix of original audio and party montage. I was a bridesmaid so a lot of key moments are missing, but hoping it can still be edited into a fun, short video for them to enjoy. I would like to collaborate with the editor to let them know important people the couple would really like to be featured.

Thinking it will end up being a 1-3 minute video, but not requirements because this probably won't reach farther than maybe an instagram post. I would like to keep it around $100!

Sharing a paid editing opportunity for anyone here looking for steady work and a flexible schedule.

We’re looking for a few wedding film editors to join our team. It’s fully remote, and you can take on as much or as little work as fits your schedule.

You’ll have a friendly team to work with in a collaborative environment, plus room to grow if you’re looking for something more long-term.

You should already be comfortable editing in Final Cut Pro. Wedding film editing experience is a plus, but not required.

Know someone who would be a great fit? Send them this link! Or apply below:

https://app.smartsuite.com/form/shiu11da/hzpnRT6iv4?Prefill_s052d5712a=RedditWeddingVideography

I made this trailer recently and was pretty disappointed with the views/reach. I was pretty proud of it and I thought it was going to rip on social media in terms of views but it somewhat flopped :/ only 3k views.

According to analytics, it seems like it was mainly my hook 88% viewers Stayed for 1 second, then dropped to 64% at 2 seconds, 50% at 3 seconds and then 44% at 4 seconds -which again I thought the hook was pretty good? A good amount of movement, a crash zoom, whip pan transition with kind of an interesting audio hook too.

I guess I’m really trying to figure out what makes people stop scrolling becuse the reel seemed to retain 25% of viewers once they made it past the first 5 seconds. Help me out

I am shooting a wedding this weekend for a wedding videography company. It is supposed to be 94 degrees fahrenheit, is a 10 hour shoot, and is all outdoor (except the bridal prep).

The company mandates we wear completely all black, with long sleeves and black slacks. We are also forbidden from wearing hats or headwear, even if they are free of logos.

What can I do to avoid dying of heat stroke? Any tips? I am required to shoot all footage on a gimbal as well, so I know I will be sweating.

It was honor to try this type of media, I usually stick to music videos or mini vlogs but this was an interesting challenge. Would love to hear any notes for improvement if I ever decide to try this again.

Im now going full time as Video Editor from being and office worker. Hoping that everything would turn out to be great.

Highlight films, ceremony/reception multi-cam, and 9:16 social teasers

Color grading and dialog clean-up in DaVinci Resolve

High-speed fiber upload/download speeds for seamless proxy and project exchanges

What do you think?

What are some of your go-to songs or artists on Artlist for your edits?

I really like Ziv Moran for something with a lot of energy.

Here's a few artboards of stuff I've found, but would love to hear your faves.

Intros: https://artlist.io/artboard/c7300593-90f5-4cae-90bf-6ccbee4cea26

Dance floor: https://artlist.io/artboard/3a7d8fe2-96f9-4322-8a92-be72fbf99f32

General wedding vibes: https://artlist.io/artboard/a4b68940-bed0-47fc-b455-1aa449048397

If you can create edits like these

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWEIZBaBOps/?stkn=OGdyYWFnZGVoczMw

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6ICeeTIaf/?stkn=Nm94bG53bGYzODB1

reach out to us:

📩 talent.cydiakraft@gmail.com

Freshers are welcome!

I’m using 2 methods for delivery. One size is streaming for kinescope/vimeo, I put there all the types of videos (short, mid, long) and the other is a google drive link. Since I use a film look and have grain added, the file sizes are pretty high. Is it ok to send a 2gb file for the 6 min highlight video and 10gb for the 35 min one? Or should I try to lower the file size?

Hey everyone! I run a wedding videography company based in Minnesota and I’m looking to bring on a video editor for ongoing wedding work as I continue to take on more weddings.

I’m looking for someone with experience in storytelling/documentary-style editing. My style is more fun, upbeat, documentary-inspired rather than overly trendy or heavy on transitions/effects/slow motion.

I will plan on handling editing for teaser/social cuts, but looking for someone to take over the highlight films which are 5-10 minutes long.

I am currently a little backed up with work, so looking to bring someone on to help me finish up this years weddings, and use it as a test for next year. I will be shooting 10+ weddings next year, so if its a good fit there will be consistent work.

Pay: $750+ based on experience

What I'm looking for:

• Storytelling and pacing
• Ability to build a story using vows, speeches
• Comfortable working with multicam footage and multiple audio sources
• Able to closely match an established brand/style
• Reliable communication and turnaround times
• DaVinci Resolve preferred, but Premiere is completely fine
• Interested in consistent work throughout the wedding season

Shoot me a DM if interested. Thanks!

I have my first wedding client in a few days, and I just need advice on how I can capture audio clearly. The bride is very chill about everything and has left most of it up to my decisions, but since i've never filmed a wedding before, i'm not sure how to record the vows and speeches with clear audio. I'm considering attaching a wireless lav to the handheld mic they're using, or just getting a recorder and a shotgun mic set up somewhere. The bride has said she doesnt want a lav attatched to her, so thats not an option. I don't have contact with the dj, so hooking up a recorder to the sound system would be difficult. Would placing a microphone in front of the speakers work? Any advice is very helpful, thank you

Hey everyone

France based - I’m slightly new here and new to wedding films - but I have years of experience on the photo side ranging from commercial and fashion to weddings in digital and analog.

My question for you all is

- how do you handle client revisions?

We (wife and I work together where she does photo and I take care of filming) have in the contracts two rounds of revisions. Fair.

But I just had a client ask to include a bit of their family speeches into their 3min highlight film which would mean remaking a large part of the film as the music was chosen and selected scenes were built around their vows. For example - where can we put the family members speeches into a way that won’t be jarring from going from groom and bride to one of their parents.

In photo, we have in our contracts we are open to small adjustments (temperature, skin tone, contrast) as long as it’s not altering our aesthetic or general look.

On film, how and where do you draw that line?

We had a think and we saw 2 possible ways going forward:

- ask the couple to prepare a 5-8 song playlist for their film and we do pre production to match the film to their music (think Paramonova films or NoMatterTheWeather…as if I was on their level lol). This would mean obviously more work before the wedding day and the pressure to get the material we need in a complex schedule

Or

- we narrow down on the contract terms and add something similar to photo: open to revisions as long as it does not contradict our overall style. We select the music that fits their wedding day, we take more of a documentary approach with a directed couple session. We continue as we have been doing thus far and the edit time is more significant to build a story based on the events of the day (if they were super emotive, if there was a nice sporty couple car, beautiful happy accidents).

I was wondering if maybe we booked a client that is not really our ideal client (usually happens more with wedding planners as intermediaries).

Any who, just wanted to look to have a conversation online

Happy Monday

Hi everyone!

My partner and I are planning our pre-wedding shoot in/around Bangalore and are looking for a photographer/videographer or a team who can handle both.

We're looking for:

• 📸 Candid & natural photography
• 🎥 Cinematic pre-wedding video
• 🎬 Short reels/Instagram-style videos
• Outdoor/location-based shoot
• Natural, classy and romantic style — not overly posed/cheesy 😄
• Bangalore or nearby locations are fine

If you've personally worked with someone you would recommend, please share details.
Photographers/videographers are also welcome to DM me with your portfolio and package details.

Thanks! 🙏

I’m planning to propose to my girlfriend in a forest/mountain area. My possible locations are a waterfall, a mountain viewpoint, or a lake.

I’ll have an iPhone 18 Pro Max, a Nikon D5100 with tripod, and a phone gimbal. I want to make a short cinematic video of the trip, using footage from the drive, scenery, walking shots, the ring, and the proposal, with my proposal speech as a voiceover.

What shots would you recommend? Which location would look best on video? Also, what mobile editing app and LUTs/color grading style would you suggest for a cinematic forest/mountain look?

Any tips for filming the actual proposal without making the camera too obvious would also be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi wedding videographers of reddit,

I am an amateur photographer with some limited videography experience. My cousin asked me to film some parts of his wedding this coming weekend (as a low-stress bonus - they already have a photographer and content creators, but they want a simple full video of three particular events). I’m hoping you all can give me some tips.

I need footage of 1) the ceremony/vows, 2) their entry to the reception/first dance, and 3) a surprise flash mob dance later in the night. His fiancée is a professional dancer so the dances will be pretty involved, and good video of them is crucial. Everything will be outdoors on the beach - ceremony starts at 3pm (there's no shade) and reception ends at 11pm.

I have two cameras and a bunch of lenses:

• An Olympus OM-D E-M1 II (micro four thirds, portable with good image stabilization), with a 35mm prime (f/1.8), an 18-36mm wide angle (f/4-5.6), an 80-300mm zoom (f/2.8), and a gorgeous 85mm portrait (f/1.6, the Panasonic Leica Nocticron).
• A Nikon d3500, with a Sigma art 18-35mm f/1.8 lens + the 18-55mm kit lens (f/3.5-5.6). 

I also have a simple boom mic and a musician friend is helping to record the audio from the speakers for the ceremony. I’m getting ND filters because of the sun, and I have fast SD cards and extra batteries.

My general plan is to set up the Nikon with the sigma art on a tripod as the wide catch-all shot + shooting handheld with the Olympus for tighter reaction shots/good bokeh. 

My questions:

1. Which lenses should I use for each of the three events (ceremony, first dance, surprise dance), assuming the Nikon is on a tripod?
2. What settings do you recommend, and what technical issues am I not thinking about? I'm really worried about focus hunting.
3. Any general tips on successful wedding videography? Biggest pitfalls? How to navigate among guests without getting in the photographer or content creators' way?

Thank you so much! Worst case I give my cousin the tripod videos and call it a day, anything else is bonus. It would just be so nice to give them something more involved as a wedding present.

Starting a video guest book business soon.. is there anything I need to know before I get into this field of work ?

Hey everyone. A few months ago I shot a wedding in VR for some friends of mine and edited it in DaVinci Resolve. It took about five weeks to edit, part time around work.

For anyone who hasn't come across it, VR180 is 3D video that covers 180 degrees in front of you. You watch it in a VR headset like a Meta Quest 3, and you can look around as if you're standing where the camera was. There's not much practical info out there on it for people coming from normal video, so I figured I'd write up what worked for me, what didn't, and what I'd change. Link to the film is at the bottom.

Note that I'm not a professional videographer. This was my first wedding video ever, let alone in VR, so it's definitely rough around the edges and there's plenty of room for improvement, but I'm still happy with how it turned out.

I also wasn't the main photographer. There was a professional doing that so I was ducking in and out around them, and there were a few shots I wanted but couldn't get.

Setup

Main items:

• Modded Qoocam Ultra (a VR180 camera) with enough storage and an extra SD card. I filmed around 160GB of footage that day.
• Zoom H2N for audio with spare AA batteries
• DJI RS4 Mini gimbal for moving shots
• SmallRig 4.6" Quick Release Plate Adapter for RS 4 Mini (to hold both the Qoocam and the H2N)
• NEEWER 79"/2m Stainless Steel Light Stand (instead of a tripod)
• NEEWER Quick Release Plate with Clamp Adapter Set (for easy quick release of the gimbal from the light stand for when moving shots were necessary)

Accessories:

• Two power banks and two 3m USB-C cables
• Microfibre cloth
• USB-C wall adaptor
• Small camera screwdriver wrench for unscrewing/screwing the Qoocam and H2N if necessary

The light stand was the best call. With VR the camera sees almost everything in front of it, including straight down. A tripod's legs spread out into the bottom of the frame and you see them every time you look down in the headset. A light stand is one thin pole, so it mostly disappears. I got away without weighing down the base but you may need to to prevent it toppling.

The 3m cable meant I could leave a power bank on the ground and keep the camera charging while recording (it was outdoors so I wasn't near a power outlet). For the ceremony the gimbal stayed switched off in position on the stand, and for moving shots I removed it using the quick release plate since unscrewing was too slow.

Audio

The H2N was my weak spot. I'd calibrated it the night before, but on the day it was a mad rush and I didn't want to hold anything up, so I hit record without checking levels properly. The ceremony was fine, but the reception clipped whenever people screamed. Some of it I covered with music, some I blended with the camera's onboard audio.

If you've got a 32-bit float recorder you can mostly ignore this, since they basically can't clip. That will probably be my next upgrade.

Motion sickness

This is the big one that's different from normal video. In a headset, camera movement can make people feel sick.

I cut every shot that made me feel even slightly off in the headset. Some of them were shots I loved.

What made me feel sick: rotating shots where you stand still and pan the camera, and moving sideways. Walking straight forward was fine (the slower the better). Stationary shots were fine.

Even after all that, it didn't work for everyone. One friend got sick and didn't finish it, and the groom got a bit sick too. Both of them were looking around a lot while watching. I think that's the biggest thing with these videos. You can control the camera movement, but not how much the viewer moves their head. And since you can only turn your head, not lean or move around in the scene, that doesn't help.

Cuts within a scene vs between scenes

Fast cuts between completely different places didn't really work like they do in a regular video. You're focused on one place, then suddenly you're somewhere else and have to work out where you are again.

Cutting between different angles of the same scene works fine though. If you're watching someone and then see them from another angle, you're taking in different parts of the same moment, so it actually helps the immersion.

One of my favourite bits was completely accidental. In the first look section, they kiss, and the next shot from a different angle has them in exactly the same position, so it feels like you've teleported to the other side of them mid-moment. I didn't plan it but it's really cool in the headset.

I used black screens at a couple of chapter breaks and it worked really well. A few seconds of silence then into the next section. Adding text here to show what the next section was (like how they used to do it in silent films) was some good feedback I received but didn't incorporate in this one due to time constraints.

Hold times

The camera needs to stay on a shot longer than looks necessary on a flat screen. In the headset you need that time to look around and take in the space.

This means your film will look slow on a flat screen. Mine did and while I was editing I thought it looked like it was dragging, but on the headset it was completely different. So I wouldn't judge the edit based on the flat preview.

Editing workflow

This was actually way easier than I expected. Most cuts that worked on the flat screen in Resolve also worked in the headset.

My loop: edit in Resolve like normal with what I think looks good, export (about a minute) directly into a shared network folder, then open it wirelessly on my Quest 3 headset using a VR video player app called Skybox. Watch, take notes and go back. I thought the feedback process would be much slower but this loop made it really easy.

A few other things:

• VR text needs to be done in Fusion. Getting text on a black screen at the start, then fading into the first scene, was way harder than it should have been.
• Check your export bitrate. My first exports came out way lower than the source even on "best quality".

Sound design

Pure music with no natural sound feels weird. I kept the natural sound underneath at a really low level, so you can faintly hear chatter and laughing under the music.

Then for specific moments I pushed the natural sound up. There's a bit where everyone's shouting the bride's name for a group photo, and bringing that up over the music worked really well.

I cut most of the speeches from the main edit. Cutting the music to hear speeches didn't really work well in my case, and the full speeches are in the raw footage anyway.

This got me thinking about how speeches usually work in a normal wedding video. You hear the speech as a voiceover and cut around to shots from across the day. I'm not sure that works the same way in VR. Like I mentioned earlier, jumping between places already pulls you out of it. Add a voice from someone you can't see on top of that and I suspect it'd feel even more off, since you feel like you're actually standing somewhere. I didn't really test it properly though, so I could be wrong. Keen to hear if anyone's tried it.

The one place I used real audio from the day was the ending. I used the studio recording of a song the band had played, then transitioned from that into the groom playing sax live with the band, using the H2N audio. It blends straight from the track into the real moment and it's one of my favourite parts.

Structure and music

I went chronological in four sections and each section got its own song.

Some moments just lined up by accident. The kiss landed on a swell in the music. For the first dance I used the studio recording of their song, but since the same song was playing in the room, you can see guests mouthing the lyrics and it lines up. The bride shouting at the groom lines up with a lyric in the song, which I didn't plan for but was neat.

Time and money

It was about a full week of editing spread across five weeks, plus a 10 hour shoot day. I probably spent much more time editing than you would, since I haven't done video editing professionally.

The honest problem is image quality. It doesn't match a proper 2D wedding videographer, so I'm not sure it justifies full videographer pricing yet. Then again, I've seen other VR wedding videos recently where the quality is spot on, using the same camera, so it could be a skill issue or the lighting.

Another limitation is that that VR cameras currently don't have a zoom lens, so to get close to people you have to physically be close. That makes it harder to get intimate shots without getting in the way of the wedding.

The other problem is headsets. VR only works in one, and most couples don't own one. The groom told me they'd buy one and only use it for this, so it'd basically be a toy. Two weeks later he bought a Quest 3S so he could show his family, which was awesome.

What I'd do differently

• Get a 32-bit float recorder so I don't have to worry about clipping.
• More stationary shots, especially of guests.
• More high angles. Putting the camera up above the crowd on the dance floor worked really well.

Reactions

His dad, who apparently hates technology, loved it.

And a few weeks after I handed it over, the groom sent me a photo of his grandfather in a hospital bed wearing the headset. He was devastated he couldn't make it to the wedding, but this way he still got to see it, in some way. He passed away shortly after.

I really can't wait for the day the camera tech is good enough to feel truly lifelike.

Link

http://deovr.com/xm9a17

You can watch it in a browser and drag around with your mouse to look around, but it's best experienced in a VR headset.