Update on the prom photos: No luck so far. I can pass out flyers to students, but since the school has a contract with LifeTouch, I can't post the flyers on buildings.
I did so much on Saturday. I didn't have the energy to type up a blog post after the event.
Yesterday, my mentor, his fiance, and I headed to the salon to start the first part of filming extremely early in the morning. I had to film details such as the bride getting her hair and make-up done, the salon itself, and the groom getting his make-up done, too.
After the salon, we documented more details at their house. This wedding event was also shared with the couple's son baptism. We documented the outfits and more preparation of the wedding and baptism at their house. At the house, I learned the importance of the most tiniest details. RV Vision's intern was really on top with positioning the outfits and accessories. I thought, as the videographer, of helping with positioning. I did. What I suggested was the positioning of the baby's shoes.. but it turned out so awkward in person than what I imagined it would be. Small details such as that could really determine the image. It could either make the image better or worse. Of course, as professionals and as people, we want the better part.
After that, we headed to the church for the baptism. It was pretty simple to document since there weren't that many baptisms happening all at once. I learned to really assert myself though. Of course, at any event, the relatives attending would want an upclose picture. What I did was literally take up the whole space of the aisle without looking like a jerk. Asserting yourself with a camera in an event is VERY useful. It's the videographer's job to make sure they get the top knotch shots so it'll be smooth sailing in the editing process.
Following the baptism, we headed back to the house to do more wedding-related shots. The bride was really awkward and I observed how Celia made her comfortable. No one wants an awkward image. When I take pictures with professional photographers, I ALWAYS feel really awkward... and the photographers I've posed for didn't know how to make things less awkward. Haven't you noticed at how they just tell you to turn your head a certain way and smile a certain way? That's not natural looking. What Celia did was that she physically did the pose for the bride to understand. I think photographers should really put the effort to do this to make the situation less awkward. It's like showing an evil plan to the superhero when they are caught and then the villain gets trapped in their own plan. The superhero will look better after the plan is foiled.
We headed to Oyster Point to take their wedding picture, but we took only one because the family kept calling the couple to come back to open the hall since it wouldn't open. This really killed the chances of the couple getting a variety of nice wedding pictures because of their own disorganization. We're their photographers/videographers so we don't have a say in their wedding, really. (Honestly, if one of their relatives took care of it.. or if they had a wedding planner.. we wouldn't have to cut down on the photo session.) As you can see, their wedding was disorganized...
Because of that mishap, we headed back to the hall and managed to take more wedding pictures before their wedding. We found a nice area near the hall to do them so at least we got more pictures!
The small, civil wedding came later and all I had to do was work the primary camera. Just film it. Sthiv's younger brother did the other shots on the side. I've collaborated with his brother for the night since he is their main videographer. His brother directed me where to go and the kind of shots needed. He also advised that I should wait ten seconds before the interviews started and wait a little after it ends. That was hard to maintain since a lot of people that we interviewed just started right when the mic was given to them.. It was sort of annoying. I thought it was common sense to ask if they can talk already.. Guess not. It sounds mean, but when you've been working since around 6 or 7 AM, you get slightly cranky at night... So what I did was film before the mic was given to them.
The whole service was pretty good. I just had to get more B-roll, detailed shots, and film anything that had to do with the couple.
Towards the end of my work, Sthiv told me to use the DSLR to film the live band. I learned how to focus and zoom in with the lens better. It was sort of hard to managed the zooming since I was not familiar with the way the lens work. Another downside was that I became completely deaf after filming the band. I need to get earplugs.
I was supposed to work for another hour, but I was brought home early since we got a lot of the major things filmed. I guess they didn't want me out so late. RV supposedly had to stay an hour later than what was intended. I basically got out two hours earlier.
A majority of yesterday's events was primarily based on filming and observation skills. Whenever we had our small breaks, we were constantly thinking of more creative ways to get shots. We were always on our feet, ready.
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March 17, 2013 (I don't want to make a separate blog post on a small thing.)
I found out that my sister's friend is getting married next week and she might need a videographer. I basically contacted her friend and Sthiv for half an hour to look into their interests and trying to figure out what's possible. It's still in the process, but hey, I think I may have my very first client. So updates on that later!
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March 16-17 Hours: 15.5 Hours (Woot!)
Running Total: 18 Hours (Hooray! A huge step up!)
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