KAUAI VIDEOGRAPHER for weddings

 You've decided to have a video for your live event. Most live Kauai events that I videotape look awesome.  However, you should be aware that live events can be a bit of a gamble. It's not like taking photographs where I can take multiple shots in order to achieve perfect placement and perfect exposure. The video is ongoing, it's forever changing, and I shoot cinéma vérité—I get what I get, without having the opportunity to shoot do-overs, usually.  Below is a cut-and-paste from a blog I wrote way back. When you read it, you might think oh that doesn't sound good. Just know that I've never taken on a video project I could not complete and have it looking pretty darn good. With a few of them,  perhaps, not the way I had intended and, perhaps, not the way my client had anticipated. But still good. 

So.... 

While a live taped event can go off without a hitch, sometimes snafus happen and because it's a live show, not all snafus can be fixed. With a well rehearsed live show or event mistakes, glitches, and downright disasters can still happen, although with a well rehearsed show, there’s more likelihood that it will go off as planned. Naturally, if the event is outside in a place that has ever-changing weather, a downpour or massive change in nature’s lighting can produce a less desired video. 

With low budget events, such as weddings, family gatherings, intimate celebrations, etc, there are pitfalls for not rehearsing, not staging; it's also unlikely that the videographer can recover from equipment issues, especially if the videographer is unaware of an issue. They happen to the best technicians and artists. The event is on and it’s not stopping and the snafus are recorded (or not recorded) and sometimes the issue cannot be edited out of the video.  Most good videographers know errors and mistakes can crop up from time to time. Most good videographers have backup gear, and contingent plans, which might resolve the video differently than planned.  And sometimes snafus make content creators, like myself, think outside of the box. Often they produce videos even better than hoped for. 

Mahalo

David Marsh

Professional videographer Kauai,

Professional photographer kauai