A Dream of a Day at This Graydon Hall Wedding in Toronto | A Lumix S5ii Wedding Film

#lumixs5ii #torontowedding #torontovideographer
What a start to the 2023 wedding season at Graydon Hall Manor in Toronto. And 26 degrees in April! I have no idea which Gods J&G were praying to, but I don't think anyone could have expected a day like this.
Graydon Hall Manor is one of our favourite wedding venues in Toronto. It's an oasis in the city blending a little history, pretty gardens and great spaces for hosting intimate and medium-large weddings. Julia and Giancarlo were able to get ready in the large bridal suite and basement bar, have their ceremony in the gardens by he fountain and beautifully decorate the dining room for their intimate reception.
The small pond, tucked away to the side of the building was the perfect spot for their first look and vows exchange (don't you love those vows! And a big thank you to Giancarlo for the Achillies quote - that really lined up nicely with those night time portraits!). We were then able to move between the nooks, paths and courtyard for their portrait session. We also snuck them away for a little sunset shoot and of course, a spot-lit night shoot once the ceremony was under way. Those night shoots are quickly becoming a favourite part of the wedding day. By that point, most couples have loosened up, had a few drinks and are bubbling with love.
Being the first wedding of season, this was also our first opportunity to film with the brand new Lumix S5 Mark ii cameras. Being Lumix S5 shooters, we had high hopes, and boy do these cameras live up to the hype. Amazing AF, great low light, in camera Luts and much improved ibis are defiantly helping us to up our game.
We're so excited to share this film and can't wait to post more during 2023. Check out our instagram for fresh content! / kismetcreative
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Filmed with:
Lumix S5ii (x2)
Lumix S5i (x2)
Sigma 16-28mm f2.8 (gimbal lens)
Lumix 50mm 1.8
Lumix 85mm 1.8 (we have 2 of these)
DJI Ronin SC2
Apature 60x Lights (x2)
DJI Mini 3

[@ruff1draft]

Excellent film work. Everything is so clean and on point

[@WasionKey]

the s5ii has such beautiful noise , it really looks like film grain

[@bbbhabbbb7328]

brooooo cleannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!

[@nku1uleko]

Nailed every part of this! The intro sequence was top tier

[@KismetCreative]

Thanks so much!

[@dave.mac.d]

Amazing film! I've been eyeing the S5ii and those same lenses...

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you! They'll serve you well!

[@1bertoimagemaker]

Amazing images

[@uncleanAlibertine1]

stunning

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you!

[@malaganastudios]

woooow excellent!!🔥🔥🔥

[@Wayaasay]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@nicolenew1708]

AMAZING

[@KismetCreative]

Thanks!

[@NikolayChernichenko]

Great work!!!!!!!!!!

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you!

[@SharrodVisuals]

This was amazing, I hope your charged well for this job. 👌🏻👌🏻 Absolute Masterpiece.

[@KismetCreative]

Wow, thank you so much!

[@kthx1138]

Very nice. The high-contrast back-lighting on the bride and groom dancing is so dramatic!

[@KismetCreative]

Thanks. We've started doing night shoots for many of our weddings now and really like the aesthetic.

[@withattila]

Amazaing Colors! Great WORK!!!

[@KismetCreative]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@Brookssmedia]

Good job!

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you very much!

[@CarlosAlvaradoPhotography]

Beautiful work!!

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you!

[@NowyKurs]

Good work.

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you!

[@masfilmspanama]

what a amazing video. color graded with a lut?

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you! Yes, I believe we used one of the White in Revery luts for this (Although I can't remember which one I'm afraid!)

[@videoman1965]

Nice

[@djdarman]

Which lens did you use? I love this trailer

[@KismetCreative]

Glad you enjoyed it! We used a few different lenses which are listed in the video description.

[@andreim.v.8576]

Great footage.😍 What LUT do you use for coloring the VLOG?

[@jermainenaidoo]

Incredible, love the way you change the tempo up and then bring it down, colors are on point, smooth shots all the way!

[@KismetCreative]

Thanks so much for noticing!

[@christhake]

I know this was a while ago now but curious on some questions :) Did you use nd filters outside and/or any mist filters at all?

[@KismetCreative]

Hi there! Yes to NDs, no to mist.

[@jhydeweddings]

Amazing stuff mate! Can I ask what video resolution settings you've used on the S5ii? And have you filmed this in vlog?

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you! Shooting 4k Vlog for everything. I'm pretty sure we keep sharpness and NR at the low end of scale.

[@jhydeweddings]

@@KismetCreative ah amazing thank you! 4k at 50p I take it? That way you can slow it down 50% when you want? What Luts have you used for this project? They look so good!

[@Antonellodicriscio]

great job, fantastic video, compliments for all your work! for the slow-motion in 4k you recording all in apsc or interpolation in post production?

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you very much! Yes, lots of APSC. I do sometimes use optical flow and shoot in 30p for shots that don't have much movement (eg venue, room shots etc)

[@Antonellodicriscio]

@@KismetCreativegive thanks!! :)

[@SouthboundProduction]

Holy moly, the colors are GORGEOUS. Good job! What color profile was shot on the drone footage? DLOG-M? What AF settings are you rocking, ever need to use MF for any scenes?

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you! The drone shots are with the mini 3 so not log, but D-Cinelike.

[@SouthboundProduction]

@@KismetCreative awesome! Been wanting to try d cinelike

[@venacorchea]

Amazing shots, Is it the Mini 3 Pro or the regular?

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you! Mini 3 pro.

[@KrisCortez]

This is great! Have you done any HDR grades using footage from the s5ii?

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you. Not yet, but might be fun to try in the future.

[@alejandropargaa]

Stunning wedding film! I'm actually looking into purchasing an S5iiX for my wedding films too. Question, what settings did you mostly shoot in? Did you ever shoot 4K60? if so, was the crop ever an issue? Or did you mostly shoot in 4K24? Thanks!

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you! S5ii(x) is a great camera. We shoot a lot in 4k60 (crop) and don't have any issues with it. Would love it if it were full frame, but on balance I'm OK with it in order to have the other benefits of the S5ii. I do sometimes shoot 4k30 and use optical flow for certain shots if there's not a lot of movement in them (details shots and venue shots for example).

[@alejandropargaa]

Thanks! This was a huge help. And yeah, hopefully their next model will have 4k 60 full frame haha. Appreciate you for answering my questions 🙏🏽@@KismetCreative

[@aleksivahapassiweddings]

Hi! How do you expose vlog (I've done natural so far with my s5)? Do you expose a stop more or so? Oh, and very nice footage loving it!

[@KismetCreative]

Hi! I don't deliberately over expose everything with vlog. I tend to use a mixture of the exposure meter, histogram and just seeing the screen to gauge things. It really depends on the scene. In general, I'm between not underexposed and keeping highlights from clipping on the histogram (but I break that rule from time to time).

[@aleksivahapassiweddings]

Okay, thanks for answer. Interesting, cuz I've heard so much of exposing lumix vlog differently to, say, natural profile. But in any case, your image is spot on, perfect colors and contrast. =) @@KismetCreative

[@KismetCreative]

@@aleksivahapassiweddings No problem and thank you! Well, technically you might want to over expose to reduce noise and that would work great in an environment where you can control the lighting. Weddings are fast paced, so there's an element of keeping it simple so you get more shots in the ballpark of where you want them, rather than always over-exposing and accidentally blowing your highlights because the scene (which you couldn't control) was back lit. Also depends on your conversion lut. EG leeming lut requires over exposure (I believe) vs lumix lut which doesn't.

[@prayagpankaj9237]

In love with the colors❤ beautiful wedding film❤would love to know which lenses you used for this wedding and what frame rates you were shooting??

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you very much. We use the sigma 16-28 as the gimbal lens. Then we also have a sigma 24 1.4 and the Lumix 50 + 85's

[@edi18912]

Hi what font did you use, great video

[@KismetCreative]

Thank you. It’s a proprietary font made by a previous corporate client that they let me use.

[@myreelart659]

This is a masterpiece but who keep cutting onions😂❤

[@KismetCreative]

Ha ha! Maybe you're just making a lasagne? (FOTC reference). Thank you for the kind words.

[@rilsstudio]

Do u mostly shoot at 4k60 ?? Are the crop factor affect the quality ??

[@rilsstudio]

And are this all shoot at vlog ? Thankyouu

[@KismetCreative]

@@rilsstudio Yes, quite a bit at 4k60. There isn't any quality loss - but noise is a bit worse. Rolling shutter a bit better. All in vlog.

[@rilsstudio]

@@KismetCreative thankyou!!

[@edi18912]

@@KismetCreative i never heard that before, i thought the crop factor just zoomed in abit so it effects how much light gets into the sensor? you def noticed more noice?

[@KismetCreative]

@@edi18912 Well, when you crop, you're "zooming" in on the image by 1.5x. So noise that you see at full frame is going to be 1.5x bigger. I don't know if there's necessarily more noise, just that the noise is more visible. BUT, I don't really notice it in a way that affects how I capture images. The camera performs well in low light in full frame and crop.

[@edi18912]

how many cameras and videophers are used

[@KismetCreative]

2 videographers and 4 cameras (gear in description).

[@edi18912]

@@KismetCreative if you where solo and only had 2 cameras do you feal like it would impact the end result or you could still get similar outcomes ?

[@KismetCreative]

@@edi18912 I'd still be able to make a great video, but obviously fewer shots to work with. There'd also be no opportunity to split tasks. EG one sets up reception while the other shoots cocktails. Also less redundancy which is important for a live event. I'd say about 70% of the shots in the video are mine (30% second shooters).

[@TBDIDDY]

Are you finding autofocus to be useable?

[@KismetCreative]

Very much so! It’s fast. Has a tough time tracking objects though. And for large crowds it isn’t decisive with locking on a face. But in those cases I just move the af box around with the joystick or touchscreen.

[@TBDIDDY]

@@KismetCreative Colors look awesome!!

[@KismetCreative]

@@TBDIDDY Thanks!

[@edi18912]

@@KismetCreative have you compared the object tracking to sony to see if its similar

[@KismetCreative]

@@edi18912 Sony is definitely better for object tracking. Lumix easily loses the subject. Face tracking is good though.