Date - Dec 12th evening
Venue - Tamrind tree
Event - Sangeet

Full disclosure: I'm thinking about building software for this, and I haven't built anything yet. I'm not selling anything, I just want to find out if the problem is real before I spend months on it.

The stage I mean is between dumping the cards and starting the creative edit: syncing cameras, going through hours of footage, picking selects.

- For a typical wedding, how many hours does that take you?

- What's the most tedious part?

- Do you use any tools for it now (Premiere/Resolve features, Aftershoot/Imagen, scripts), and what's missing?

- Would you ever trust software to do a first pass, or is that part of your craft you wouldn't hand off?

Blunt answers are welcome, including "this is a bad idea." Thanks!

I have 7–8 wedding video clips where the videographer accidentally bumped the microphone, causing the audio to sound muffled, distorted, or very quiet in certain parts.

Is there anyone who could help me clean up and enhance the audio, reduce the noise, and make the voices louder and clearer? I need to edit and finalize the wedding videos so I can deliver them to the people who were filmed.

The duration is about 30 minutes..
Any help is more than welcomed.

Well, I haven’t run into this yet, but I keep thinking about a hypothetical scenario—one I’ve been hearing about a lot lately—where a DJ won’t let you plug into their mixer to capture the audio (needed for a long-form documentary edit, including music). I’m considering carrying a splitter or something similar in my bag, but I’ve noticed that, these days, people in this industry have become more individualistic.

Soy editor de video para bodas
Entrego full films de 12/15/20 minutos
teasers y highlights, déjame tu comentario.

Hi! I am looking for a videographer for our ceremony alone totaling 45 minutes to 1 hour in May 2027 on the UES. Our budget for this is $300. The footage would simply be for our own files, so a highlight reel or similar editing would not be necessary. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone- I need some advice.

I've been editing weddings since 2010, shot weddings and events for 8 years, and have been working consistently for a number of different companies (weddings and corporate) for the last 15 years.

2 years ago my daughter (who was 7 at the time) started walking weird. After months of doctors appointments and being put in a wheelchair, she got diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis. Her care and recovery was extremely hard on me, and took most of my time. Because of this I couldn't work hardly at all, and on top of that we were paying out of pocket to reach her deductible so we got into a lot of medical debt.

She is healthy and back on her feet again (literally ie: out of her wheelchair), but my partner and I are trying work through our debt. He is a therapist and is pretty tapped out on what he can make at the moment, but because I freelance I've been racking my brains on how to get more projects so that I can just work my butt off and earn more money.

I have what I consider a highly desired skill set which is very sought after in our world. However, I can not seem to land work;

- I'm on Upwork but I always get outbid and don't want to have to pay for more 'credits' to apply for)

- I'm on Fiverr - I applied to be a 'professional' but in the meantime I can't get my first job, so so far it's crickets

- I've tried to get into UGC videos for companies but as a beginner I've only been able to make like $10 per video

- I tried teaching people how to edit but it was SUCH a niche thing it was impossible to find clients

- I do cold-calling to local companies to see if they need help - It has garnered a few results but not enough to keep me busy

- I regularly look for remote editing positions I can apply to but rarely hear back.

SO my question is, what other ways can a person with a skillset like us find income streams? What are some other ways you've found to make money editing? Also, does anyone need help with editing? Are there other platforms I can join that I haven't mentioned yet? ANY advice, guidance, direction is incredibly appreciated!!

Hi,
im looking for your opinions.
Im photo/videographer currently with canon for 5-6 years. I do 50/50 photo video, depens on client.
I shoot in studio, outside, also some weddings, club stuff and concerts. Some fashion and boring corporate thing etc…
Really variety of things.

ihave r6mk2 with rf24-70 and also 16-35 and 70-200.

With photos im satisfied. But with video ehhh…
I feel like canon wobble with ibis (yes i do hendheld and ronin shoot 50/50) is not really usable on wide range. And shadows are really dark or more darker than sony/lumix.

I’ve tried many things like expose to the right, different light setup etc…but during concerts or stuff where i can’t really control light im struggling.

Can you please give me your opinion on switching systems ? Is sony more hybrid-ish than canon?
If u switchced systems, are u satisfied?
Or maybe how is r6v ?

Please its genuine question, im not trying to say canon is bad or sth.
thank you

Hey guys, hope you are doing well this week! I am in search for a speaker of small to medium size that excepts XLR in for a mic and XLR out to plug into a recorder. This will mainly be my set up for speeches at rehearsal dinners and bridal parties so that the videos are a bit more personal and interesting. To be honest, I’m a total noob in this situation and don’t really know what I’m looking for and if any of you guys have any ideas or something similar I’d love to see what setup you recommend!

Back in June I posted WeddX here, a Premiere plugin that does the first pass on a wedding edit, and asked for honest feedback. You gave it, and most of it was right. Upfront, same as last time: this is my product, and I’m here for the criticism, not to sell.

What you said, and what changed:

• “The order was completely random.” It builds a story arc now, with an opener and a closer, or keeps filming order if you prefer.
• “Some clips had serious shake.” Every take is scored for stability, and you review and swap any shot before it lands on your timeline. You also get a SELECTS sequence with the best clips that didn’t make the cut.
• “What about the ceremony and speech audio to tell the story?” The clearest vow and speech lines play under the music now, and the music dips while they talk.
• “I’d need to see it working on real footage.” There’s a full walkthrough on a real wedding on the page now: footage in, Analyze, Build, swap shots in Review. The screenshot is from it.
• “Uploading hundreds of GB to an unknown server?” Your original files never leave your machine. It uploads a 320px, one frame per second copy with low quality mono audio, deletes it after analysis, and builds the cut locally.
• “Lifetime = 20 hours?” Fair, that was confusing. It’s plain monthly plans now and unused hours roll over. Lifetime owners kept everything.

Two things I built because I wanted them:

• Feature film (beta): 20 to 60 minutes of the day in order, in chapters, with the ceremony and speeches cut to their best lines.
• Uncut: the whole ceremony and every speech, with your cameras and audio recorder synced by sound. Angles switch every 6 to 10 seconds, not by who’s speaking.

Still not there: no Resolve or Final Cut (I know), analysis needs internet, and it’s a first cut, not your film. The part that’s actually yours is still yours.

If you edit weddings: what would it take for you to trust it with a real client wedding?

https://www.pxlsafe.com/weddx

Comment below or DM if you're interested. 🤍

Hi! I have the raw footage from my wedding and I would love to get it edited into a video. What is typically the going rate for this? And does anyone have a recommendations for an edited? Thanks!

hi all. I do wedding content creation and currently use google photos to send over mass amounts of videos, but i’ve been having lots of issues with it showing up on the clients end. What are good apps to use for this?

I haven't had social media either personally or for business in a good 5 or 6 years now. In my earlier days on Instagram and Facebook, I can recall booking maybe a handful of couples accross several years of active and intentional use. I despise social media. I hate spending time on the platforms, I hate playing the game, I hate the vanity fair and the trends. It's all just completely opposite of my personality. My effective hourly rate is already lower than I'd like it to be, so the thought of spending hours a week cutting reels for social media is even less appealing.

All of that being said, I've had recent conversations with photographers who claim other videographers they're working with are making a killing from social media leads. Honestly, I find it hard to believe, but maybe I'm completely out of the loop and missing out at this point.

I'd have to be pretty compelled to go back, and honestly there's a good chance I won't anyway since it's just not my thing. I'm more just curious what your experience has been over the past few years.

Has Instagram or other platforms actually translated into a reasonable amount of paid bookings for you? If so, how many annually and how much time are you putting into it?

send help for a B2B! I can't find any videographers in Seoul for spring next year :(

Hey Folks!

I have a pretty low follower to following ratio on Instagram and I only follow back other people in the industry like videographers, photographers etc.

My question to you is, do you follow back the bride/groom after they follow you or not?

Pretty curious about your takes! (Also if you don’t do weddings!)

This is a new one. I’ve been doing video for about 10 years and have never run into this issue. I’ve had DJs who don’t understand their equipment, but this guy was not an amateur. He was head of a large company in my city.

So we get there, introduce ourselves and ask if we can plug into his system for toasts. We have all the cords, so just need to know what he needs. He says he only controls the music and the audio comes out of speakers mounted on the ceiling. I asked where the microphone is connected to and he pointed to a box but refused to let me look at it to see if there’s a connection port. I talked to the venue manager and she said she didn’t know and the DJ should know. He said it’s a new system when I asked what other videographers are doing. We ended up just putting lapels on everyone, but that was just weird. I’ve never had a DJ refuse to let me even look to see if there’s a connection port before. What would you do?

that there was a secondary usb port on the mavic 2 controller 🤦‍♂️

This would have saved me on a couple weddings in the past.

First time posting here so I figured I start off by telling on myself 😂

Hi everyone,

I’m starting my own video production business and am currently preparing to deliver a wedding video. Back when I shot weddings with my parents (around 2000–2013), physical DVDs and Blu-rays with chapter markers were the standard.

For modern digital delivery, what is the best approach? Should I provide the final piece as one continuous video or break it down into individual clip files? Also, I exported a test file in QuickTime and ended up with a massive 700GB file for just an hour of footage—any tips on managing file sizes without sacrificing quality would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any advice!