@@andrewsaraceni I’ve done photography for the last 9 years and I never had any interest in video until I switched from Nikon to Sony. I did a wedding this weekend and they didn’t had a videographer so I put the other A7RV on a tripod like you do with a 16-35 video is great I wish I would’ve done better audio but they knew I just wanted to get something for them. But now I have a bigger big about wanting to do even more video
Thanks! Not to my monopod, but I have on occasion attached it to my tripod to do a similar setup. With the right plate setup, it should be easy to adapt and add/remove regardless.
I had a Catholic ceremony last year that was super rough. The preacher wasn't going to wear a mic because there were 2 of them doing the ceremony and there was no sound system. The only lav was on the groom plus a shotgun mic on the A cam. Then there was a podium about 3 pews up the aisle that he said they would be there for a couple minutes then go up on the risers for the rest of it. So I setup a wide shot (c cam) in the balcony with the b can facing the risers up front while I stayed on the A cam getting the processional. Right before the bride came down the aisle, they turned all the lights off. so it was daylight coming through the door in the back and 1 candle lighting the couple at the mid room podium thing. Once I realized it was going to be more than a couple minutes at the podium like the preacher said, I moved the B cam to look at the podium and also had to move it in the pews since they were in the middle of the aisle so I could see in between people. The preachers were also facing away from the groom most of the time so there wasn't much to salvage of their talking from his mic so it was mostly the shotgun mic. Eventually they went up the main risers after about 40 minutes and turned the lights back on. There was only about 10 minutes of ceremony up there, then that was it. Then, it was off to the reception venue that was out of power because of a couple days of heavy storms. there was a generator running the kitchen and dj booth and that was it. If I didn't have my battery powered video light, I would have been in big trouble. That was a wild first video wedding of the year
Yeah, that's a rough one - thanks for sharing though. Churches are always a challenge; I pretty much max out my available cameras and audio sources for those ceremonies just for backups on backups. Can't tell you the amount of times a pastor refused a lav mic, or the house audio wasn't mixed properly (or routed correctly), or "rules" prevented good/workable shots, etc. You live and you learn, I guess.
@@andrewsaraceni Yea, I've definitely done things different after that one. I'm always watching BTS videos for different troubleshooting and just different ideas in general. Great stuff man, keep it up!
Great video. As you shoot mainly in 4K 60. Do you edit and render in a 30p timeline? Or 24P? If 24p, when you are not slowing down the footage - does the 60p present a problem for smoothness on the 24p timeline?
Thanks! I edit weddings typically in a 24p timeline. No issues with smoothness, although the motion blur will be a little lost given the frame rate/shutter speed difference (for 60p, I'm always shooting 1/125 or above).
Thanks so much! Covering a wedding with my a7R V this summer and your work is inspirational
No problem, good luck with the wedding!
This is very helpful because I have an A7RV and I want to get into wedding video
Glad to hear that, it's a good market to get into!
@@andrewsaraceni I’ve done photography for the last 9 years and I never had any interest in video until I switched from Nikon to Sony. I did a wedding this weekend and they didn’t had a videographer so I put the other A7RV on a tripod like you do with a 16-35 video is great I wish I would’ve done better audio but they knew I just wanted to get something for them. But now I have a bigger big about wanting to do even more video
Great video Andrew! Do you ever attach your gimbal to your monopod? I’m wondering if the extra weight is worth it over a long day of shooting.
Thanks! Not to my monopod, but I have on occasion attached it to my tripod to do a similar setup. With the right plate setup, it should be easy to adapt and add/remove regardless.
I had a Catholic ceremony last year that was super rough.
The preacher wasn't going to wear a mic because there were 2 of them doing the ceremony and there was no sound system. The only lav was on the groom plus a shotgun mic on the A cam.
Then there was a podium about 3 pews up the aisle that he said they would be there for a couple minutes then go up on the risers for the rest of it. So I setup a wide shot (c cam) in the balcony with the b can facing the risers up front while I stayed on the A cam getting the processional.
Right before the bride came down the aisle, they turned all the lights off. so it was daylight coming through the door in the back and 1 candle lighting the couple at the mid room podium thing. Once I realized it was going to be more than a couple minutes at the podium like the preacher said, I moved the B cam to look at the podium and also had to move it in the pews since they were in the middle of the aisle so I could see in between people. The preachers were also facing away from the groom most of the time so there wasn't much to salvage of their talking from his mic so it was mostly the shotgun mic.
Eventually they went up the main risers after about 40 minutes and turned the lights back on. There was only about 10 minutes of ceremony up there, then that was it.
Then, it was off to the reception venue that was out of power because of a couple days of heavy storms. there was a generator running the kitchen and dj booth and that was it. If I didn't have my battery powered video light, I would have been in big trouble.
That was a wild first video wedding of the year
Yeah, that's a rough one - thanks for sharing though. Churches are always a challenge; I pretty much max out my available cameras and audio sources for those ceremonies just for backups on backups. Can't tell you the amount of times a pastor refused a lav mic, or the house audio wasn't mixed properly (or routed correctly), or "rules" prevented good/workable shots, etc.
You live and you learn, I guess.
@@andrewsaraceni Yea, I've definitely done things different after that one. I'm always watching BTS videos for different troubleshooting and just different ideas in general. Great stuff man, keep it up!
@@tbeiber09 Thanks Tim, will do!
Great video. As you shoot mainly in 4K 60. Do you edit and render in a 30p timeline? Or 24P? If 24p, when you are not slowing down the footage - does the 60p present a problem for smoothness on the 24p timeline?
Thanks! I edit weddings typically in a 24p timeline. No issues with smoothness, although the motion blur will be a little lost given the frame rate/shutter speed difference (for 60p, I'm always shooting 1/125 or above).
@@andrewsaraceni ok. Great. Thx!
For gimbal work, do you still use active stabilization?
It depends - usually not if I'm doing just slow pans, tilts, etc. but for really active movement I'll still keep it on.
thanks for sharing this Andrew. May I ask, which action cam do you use for your BTS?
No problem, Paul! I'm using the DJI Action 2, I have a separate review of it on the channel: ua-cam.com/video/0x23Y61YHoM/v-deo.html
@@andrewsaraceni thank you Andrew!!!
@@andrewsaraceni that was a helpful video as well!
@@andrewsaraceni Thanks for sharing. Where did you mount the DJI Action?
@@derrickcreative No problem! Just around my neck like a necklace, using DJI's magnetic lanyard.