Wedding Filmmaking Behind The Scenes SOLO Handheld | Simple Wedding Video

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

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[@flaviopresutti]

Redbull is poison ... stop drinking that! haha

[@CaptainJack63]

I wish I had the full clip of that guy making the announcement about tossing your phones and iPad into the river! I would shot this to every event coordinator. He really makes sense in that let the pros do the photography and video and just sit back and enjoy the event.

[@CaptainJack63]

Does white balance even matter if you are shooting in RAW? I just pick a temperature like shade or cloudy for the backscreen preview if I want to get an idea of how it will look in post. Most of the time I just shoot AWB-W and leave it at that. Or I'll pull out a gray card and set my temp with that.

[@cerdiana]

I never really comment, but I cannot say how much I appreciate this channel. I've been following since 2015, I believe, and even after all this time there's still gems on this channel. Thanks a lot for posting them; I'm recently trying to get back into photography and aiming for a career change and your insight helps so much! Again, thank you for making these videos public, they're both entertaining and a learning opportunity.

[@sufalroy8448]

Me too bro.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Thanks Diana!

[@sasss7060]

I appreciate how humble you are in your process of sharing your experience, learned a lot from you! Thank you Taylor and wish you all the best

[@nmcreative956]

I like how you try to simplify the whole process yet still pull off an amazing result. Learnt a lot. Thanks

[@DanteJDM]

Excellent video and tips, Taylor. Even for an 8-year video veteran, I loved watching you film and even got some tips, thank you. I'm also handheld 90% of the time, but recently ditched the ND filters and found I enjoyed filming so much more. at 60p ,ie. in slowmo, the jitters get smoothed out enough, just liek how it smoothes out shaky footage. I'm a perfectionist for doing things right, but it killed my creativity and mojo on the day. So yeah, 2x Fuji's, one on 85mm f1.2 and one on 24mm f1.4 and that 's it. That's pure joy for me now. Thanks again!

[@mr.hardhat175]

U film weddings on just those two lenses??? Is 85? Enough for like ceremonies and stuff?

[@mr.hardhat175]

And who knew going hand held still could come out great!

[@liamgoodvisuals]

I pretty much never bother with a zoom recorder/direct line since I started using the Sony mic+sleeve that Tim introduced me to. The audio from it is usually perfect, the battery lasts for a whole reception (and more) and I never have to bother with cables etc! That said I do usually run a couple backups, but usually end up using the handheld recorder in the final edit. Also: I’ve been doing this for a while (and have even worked with you lots) and still pick up nuggets of information from these videos. Thanks Taylor!

[@jasonbuckner8161]

Holy cow Taylor! Thank you so much for posting this video. I’ve thought about mixing in a bit of video for years but never had the courage to give it a try… until now. Thanks again.

[@YaYousef5]

Taylor, I discovered your channel a couple months ago and have since fallen in love with your storytelling and personality! You're awesome. Photography has been my hobby for 10 years and I shot my brother's wedding a couple years ago. I've recently been getting the itch to shoot something big again, but in a way that connects with my full time job of being a freelance video editor. And I think this is it! A three minute wedding highlight video all shot solo+handheld. I love the idea and your execution! Thanks so much for sharing this idea and everything you know and it. I'm going to reach out to some local wedding photographers and ask them if I can do this then for either cheap or free. 😁

[@InTheCoupeWithCoop]

I enjoy your style, nice to see a BTS example of a full day solo. Thanks Taylor!

[@CaptainJack63]

For those of you who are starting out, the basic 50mm 1.8 ($180 or less) is really a good lens for what it is. Even the old EF 50mm 1.8 adapted to the RF mount works really well. Which is what I have and it works really well with my Canon R5. If you use a crop sensor (APS-C) camera, it becomes an 81mm prime lens. With Canon APS-C sensors you take the mm of the lens and multiply by 1.6 to get the equivalent mm as if you where shooting with a full frame sensor. Many photographers are able to shoot most weddings with an 85mm prime, so 81mm is close enough. The 50mm is very lightweight which makes it an easy choice for a backup lens you always carry around. I've also noticed when I shoot with my Nifty Fifty people seem less intimidated. This is good if you do street photography with people in your shots. What are the disavanges of Nifty Fifty? Well I do see a little purple fringing and sometime greens appear, but all those can be quickly corrected to some degree. Some software will automatically detect it and reduce it. That said, we photographers will notice it because we are trained to see it. I've never had a client say, why do some of your photos have purple fringing? So don't worry about it even if you don't remove it. Second issue is older EF 50mm 1.8 were a little noisy if you were using the built-in microphone on your camera and were filming video. First off, never use the built-in mics for video. Just don't! Problem solved! That's about it. It's really the perfect beginner first lens or the experts backup.

[@nso9784]

Love your behind the scenes, very inspiring! Thanks for always sharing your process, as a wedding photographer/videographer myself, its always great to see others work, its something we seldom get to see, but shows your love for it all and the desire to lift up a community of like minded professionals, something I wish more photographer had.

[@OliBaitsMedia]

This video was so helpful and reassuring. I'm doing my first wedding video at the weekend and I've been worried that I wasn't able to offer the big production experience on my own. But having watched this, I'm feeling a lot more confident. Thanks.

[@Asmajahangir23]

Youre one of the people I trust when it comes to cameras. You’ve used both sony & canon mirrorless cameras, whats your go to camera at this point? Which one would you go for blindly without thinking interms of user friendly specially for weddings

[@bakerfx4968]

I keep a bag of all the different speaker/DJ board output wires. Male xlr to 1/8”, female xlr to 1/8”, rca to 1/8”, 1/4” to 1/8”, 1/8” to 1/8” I think that’s it. Never had a problem getting audio from a board or speaker! Great tips all around thanks for the video

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Some venues we work at have a system that’s behind a locked case that they control with an iPad and use a room mic. It’s the only one we have a problem with usually :/

[@bakerfx4968]

@@TaylorJacksonPhoto damn that’s annoying lol and you aren’t really the type of guy to spend time putting lav mic’s on people I guess right? If it’s for speeches you could put a lav/recorder on the podium, hiding the lav as much as possible behind the mic stand. If they don’t use a podium just tell the couple they aren’t getting audio at that venue lol

[@lolnobi_uw]

This video helped me SO MUCH!! Thank you!

[@melanietaylorphoto5994]

The video I’ve been waiting for!! (Hey from Guelph)

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Hello!

[@karrissianmickel5834]

Dude awesome, my birthday is July 13!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🥳🥳🥳

[@angkoldrone1278]

Wow... Thanks so much for the video I've learned a lot really loved to do videos... ❤

[@aes_00]

omg! How do you do photo and video for a wedding! thats nuts

[@89hannah88]

I'm sat in a mall food court eating my lunch and "thats not even close to english" made me laugh out loud 😄 @37:45

[@iamdjfidel]

Great video never thought I would stay to the end. Question how do you set your autofocus. I use the R5 but just wanted to know how you manage face jumping. the settings. thank you again

[@markshirley01]

Great stuff Taylor. Do you have a link to Tims mic you mentioned

[@DashVisionLLC]

Yeah I’d like to know as well

[@athrunkira3357]

Where is the end video

[@qlitlj4404]

Thank you❤ ❤

[@315productions3]

Maybe I overlooked this. What aperture do you shoot at during the ceremony?

[@xXMarlin790Xx]

Where can i find your LUT? This is so Great! And where do you Mount your GoPro?

[@wellingtonhui6060]

Is it easier to use a Sony FDR-AX53 camcorder to take the video. It has a better built-in microphone than a Canon R6. It is lighter and more ergonomic to hold and cheaper too. It has 20X lens and better image stabilizer. The bigger sensor for Canon R6 mirrorless cameras may only have small differences in the video quality but 4K video need only a 8MP sensor.

[@ArrowheadStudios97]

Hey, Taylor! Love the videos! I have an R6, and I find on wedding days, it's nicer not to use my gimbal the entire day. Do you recommend using Digital IS along with IBIS or just IBIS?

[@CaptainJack63]

For those of us who are annoyed 🙄 that Canon didn't include a photo/video switch for us hybrid shooters using R5 or R6, I've reprogrammed my multi function button (M Fn) to to switch to video mode in C1. It works really well as I'm able to record a few short clips and press the MFN button again to go back to photo mode. The only gripe I have is the record button is so high up on the body it's hard to reach and press. I can't reprogram the shutter button to function as a record button. Other than that, I'm quite happy with my solution.

[@DavidSilva-mf6rj]

amazing!! did you recorded in LOG?

[@shuggfilmzandstudio2354]

Are the clips you showing color graded or it’s straight out of the camera. The color looks like it’s ready to be delivered.

[@coledelashmutt7300]

Do you have a gear list? Especially for the nd covers.

[@shivansh_casey]

Love from Indian wedding photographer ❤️

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Hi!

[@shivansh_casey]

@@TaylorJacksonPhoto thiss tipss help me too and i also work like thiss ...not much thinking and staying silent but getting very good results ❤️

[@mawandekheswa]

Great video. How did you manage getting the autofocus spot on even with groups? Also noticed you didn't shoot in C log.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

I just shoot for final look unless there’s a really challenging scene that I need max dynamic range. For autofocus I just have it as full wide mode and hit left and right to get to the face I want

[@Aleg00]

Hi Taylor, Always lots of value. 👍🏽👍🏽 could you comment on what editing program you use. Premier pro?

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Yah I do. There a few full edits over on the members site if you’re on it

[@_jasonmontoya]

Been a longtime fan and just became a member! Looking forward to taking in more education and seeing your approach to wedding photography - I’ve learned so much already and relate to you as i’m an introvert as well and always find myself on 85 or 70-200 😂 . Question… Is there somewhere on the member’s site where we can learn more about how you film these BTS videos? You’ve inspired me to starting putting myself out there more. Thank you for all you do and who you are!

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Hey! Bts is pretty easy. Just a GoPro 10 (or 9 in previous videos) with a max lens on a flash bracket. The editing is most of process with them. I have a video on the channel with links to the parts I use for the bts

[@_jasonmontoya]

@@TaylorJacksonPhoto Thank you so much. I found the video. Helpful as always!!

[@mr.hardhat175]

What editing software for weddings do I prefer or suggest?

[@Green_rider90]

Hi. What focus you have, auto or manual on the button? :)

[@tcdaphotographer1139]

what are your video settings when shooting hybrid shooting

[@LHG-Media]

Yo! @TaylorJacksonPhoto What would the fastest shutter speed you would use for handheld video before you dial the aperture down? I personally try to stay under 1/800 but whats your opinion?

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

That sounds reasonable. You can also use Reel Smart Motion Blur to emulate motion blur

[@gamingwithstand6886]

I have no idea how a full wedding is only 59:54 seconds long? The last wedding I went to was eight hours. And the drive back home was an hour. These Canadians I'll tell you.

[@micheleastolfi6708]

Hi Jackson, I am a videomaker you have weddings I work alone together with photographers. I have a canon r6 mark 2 and a 5d mark iii, I own only EF lenses, 24-105 f4 70-200 f2.8, 50 f1.4, 16-35 f2.8. I also love to do photography, I will soon be called as a second photographer as well, I would like to invest in two lenses, however, I don't know if it is the right thing to continue with EF or to go on the new Canon RF series, I would like a 24-70 f2.8 to replace my 24-105 f4 and a 35mm, what do you recommend? Thank you very much

[@johnnozzi-photovideo6543]

Taylor, I noticed when I filmed an entire wedding in 60p last week, that if I didn’t slow a clip down it looked choppy and weird. Do you think that’s something else that your couples won’t notice kinda like the shutter rule?

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Just use Reel Smart Motion Blur if it looks weird

[@patrickfalls6819]

Hey John, was it “jittery”?

[@johnnozzi-photovideo6543]

@@patrickfalls6819 yeah!

[@patrickfalls6819]

I have seen this phenomenon on a buddy’s edit. I think it could be your processor, if it is during pre-render playback. If you lower the resolution or edit a proxy, it will playback smooth. Also, I have heard that interlaced footage can do some weird things as well, if placed on a 24fps timeline, but not slowed down. Reason being that 36 frames per second are thrown away, but the movement in the remaining 24 frames is not fluid. The editing software pulls out frames and sometimes these frames are important. I hope this helps.

[@carringtonvisuals2983]

Great video! I think you pretty much sold the 70-200 to me.

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Yah. I could have done with just an 85 and cropped in and out. But the 70-200 makes things so much easier

[@tayebamghar07]

you switch to canon ?

[@lizzydalizard]

what is the blue line in the video about analyzing?

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

I assume it’s a warp stabilizer that didn’t render haha. Woops

[@timothyawe5103]

Are you shooting with 1 camera?

[@TaylorJacksonPhoto]

Mostly. A few clips from my 35 on a second body

[@gamingwithstand6886]

I'm not seeing the market going to only video. My market in Boston everyone hires a photographer and only the people with money will get photography and video. I only been to one wedding that went over my time limit of six hours and they did not want to pay over time so they just had the videographer cover the reception.