Stringer Productions

A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of, once again, shooting with Clayton Stringer from Stringer Productions. He’s based out of Austin, Tx, and does wedding films full-time. Everything he produces is top-notch.

This shoot went really well. At only 5 hours, it was a short shooting day for a wedding. Short shoots usually mean that there is not going to be much good footage to choose from in the editing room, but as you can see in the trailer, Clayton didn’t have a hard time finding good stuff.

We shot on all DSLR. We had a Glidecam, slider, shoulder rig, monopods, tripods, and even a jib (although we never took it out of the bag.)

During the ceremony, the sun was starting to set and hit the couple just right and made for some good backstage shots.

Enjoy

Watch the trailer Vimeo.

I’ll update this post when the full movie is released.

Last weekend, you may have seen a few tweets from me while I was filming a wedding with my buddy Clayton Stringer. Although I no longer choose to produce wedding videos independently anymore, I am more than happy to offer my hand at being a second-shooter. It’s a great way to explore the world of videography and get some awesome hands-on experience. And, if you do it right, it can pay pretty stinkin’ well. My man Clayton is killing it over at Stringer Productions. Seriously, check him out. This is the trailer for the wedding we shot, edited to perfection.

WATCH ON VIMEO

I was on a Canon 60D, and pretty much used a steady-cam and a monopod all day, with the exception of the ceremony where I started on a monopod then transferred to a tripod during the ~~boring~~ good stuff. Clayton was on a Canon 5D mkII, also used a monopod all day and occasionally rocked a slider, which is essential in event videography. Both the steady-cam and slider add such a cinematic style to a documentary. If you’re in event videography, I suggest investing in some sort of steady-cam and a slider. We had Manfrotto quick-release adapters on all our gear, so switching from a monopod to a tripod to the steady-cam to the slider was a cinch. We had a plethora of lenses at our disposal. We both love using primes, so that’s what we stuck to all day, again, with the exception of the ceremony, where I used a zoom lens from stage. Although you are limited to one focal length when using primes, they are great in low-light, and we had enough to choose from, that it was never a problem to find the right lens.

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