I have a pretty guerilla approach to how I like to operate and edit and always need a way to describe my work when meeting with people. For some reason “guerilla” and “wedding” do not mix well.  Never could think of a way to sum it up in one word, then heard someone mention wabi sabi and was like, “that’s it”.

Anyway…

Here is the next wedding, Dara and Jedd.  Sometimes you have a lot to show, sometimes you don’t.  That’s why not too much posting lately. Their wedding took place on Shelter Island.  Had to take a ferry to get to it and did not sink, so I figured that was a good sign.

This clip is the beginning and Dara getting ready.  After the initial establishing shots it just kind of gets into it right away with the photos. Other than one fade, it’s pretty much all straight cuts.  I am over feeling I need to fade all the time between shots.  No music here as well.  The less music you use the better.  And a new font for text!  Just white on black- simple, minimalist.

I like it because right after this is her meeting seeing the groom for the first time, and I tried to edit it to give a sense of anticipation and nervousness beforehand.  Cut out all the smiles except for maybe one laugh, tried to put in a few quiet moments to herself.  I like how the first shot of her is just the close up of her eyes, kind of a striking first image of someone.  Again, close-ups of the eyes are always my thing.  I can kind of tell how well the day went if I get shots of certain things I like to use, but do not necessarily need to complete a wedding, and the eyes are one of the big ones.

When they take the photos by the window in the hall, that was just killing my camera.  Dark hall, strong light source that keeps on changing brightness, not fun to deal with.  And it’s also two photographers in a small space, so a lot of blocked shots.  I was just hanging on the sides of the walls and running the camera the entire time until a spot opened up that I can get a a good shot from.  You can tell a difference in light in some shots.  Some shots I just did not use because of light issues.  It works though.

Not too sure about the stuff with the feet towards the end, may just cut that out.

The bride poses very well here, so I tried to edit it like a fashion shoot.  Don’t know if people can really pick up on it though.  Also shot this differently than usual.  Held shots longer, tried not to have as frenetic a camera.  I think it came out really well.  I watched it all as I was importing all the tapes yesterday and I think there are a lot of really nice shots.  You can’t really tell how well something looks until you actually see it on a monitor on some sort, just watching as you are working tells you nothing really, and I must say I was very pleased.