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First Japanese Wedding in 4K

Paul Leeming

Paul Leeming

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Hi all,

I've been super busy and still haven't finished my music video for those wondering, but I did manage to shoot a friend's wedding the other day on Red as a wedding gift for her.

These were all shot using Build 16 v3.2.4 and the Red 18-50 lens, wide open at ISO500. No post processing other than a couple of tweaks to ISO and curve adjustment in RedCine. RedSpace used throughout.

I framed for CinemaScope ratio to provide as cinematic a result as possible (shot 23.98fps also). A couple of shots are slightly blown on the curtains behind the bride and groom, thanks to the venue's use of a huge spot occasionally which we had no control over. I elected to stay at T3 in order to keep the subjects properly exposed since the spots weren't on full brightness the whole time.

I think one of the main benefits of Red for something like this, beyond the cinema style and depth of field, is that you can essentially pull 4K stills for all the best moments during the day, giving you the ultimate wedding album rolled into the package at DSLR quality. I'm planning to give the bride and groom a nice album with the best Red stills along with a Blu-ray Disc and DVD of the final edit inserted at the back.

Once I've finished the edit I'll post it here (along with the Karuta video, I promise!) but for now enjoy the stills!

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Cheers,

Paul
 
The ultimate wedding gift!! Looks incredible especially when taken into account that at weddings you got little to no control over the lights... looks beautifully there sure gonna be very happy with it!

All on red drive? How much footage did you shot? Can imagine that it's a lot!
Did you pulled focus alone? It looks really sharp.
 
Thanks for the stills! Very interesting.

You must have endless opportunities for nice stuff to shoot where you're at!
 
JMpictures said:
....All on red drive? How much footage did you shot? Can imagine that it's a lot!
Did you pulled focus alone? It looks really sharp.
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In total I shot about 150GB of footage, as we only captured the reception itself (the Japanese traditional ceremony at the beginning was off limits to everyone except close family and that part was captured by an automated camera system in the shrine, I kid you not!). All to the RedDrive at RC36. Not one hiccup.

I did all the focus pulling myself, using only the Red LCD. About 90% ended up in focus with the odd shot a little off, mostly during the times the bride and groom were walking around. All in all I was pretty happy with the results and should be able to cut enough together for a nice gift. :)

Cheers for the feedback all!

Paul
 
Great stuff. Will be in Tokyo later this week. Currently in southern California but heading via Tokyo to meet the missus as I head back to Bali, Indonesia.

Hook up for a beer?
Cheers,
Mark.
 
CamDiver said:
Great stuff. Will be in Tokyo later this week. Currently in southern California but heading via Tokyo to meet the missus as I head back to Bali, Indonesia.

Hook up for a beer?
Cheers,
Mark.
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I thought you wanted to stay single??
 
Gorgeus pics - why do the groom and the bride have two different outfits in the first couple of shots?
 
They actually changed 3 times! First for the Shinto ceremony, then into traditional dress, then later into Western style dress! The Japanese like to cover all the bases in one day I guess :)

Paul
 
It happens in the end.......

It happens in the end.......

Red Guy said:
I thought you wanted to stay single??
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That had been the plan, until I met my future wife. Been together almost four years and decided to heck with it, lets make this permanent. I will continue with my field production projects and spend just as long, if not longer, on deployments as I have been doing so until now. Nothing changes except I now have a partner who knows, understands and accepts the conditions of my work. She's a rock.

Cheers,
Mark.
 
I was speaking to a stills photographer about red recently at partners sisters wedding and maybe he prophetically discussed how this cam would take them out of business because of what you have shown...
 
visceralpsyche said:
They actually changed 3 times! First for the Shinto ceremony, then into traditional dress, then later into Western style dress! The Japanese like to cover all the bases in one day I guess :)

Paul
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Wow!

supernovafilms said:
I was speaking to a stills photographer about red recently at partners sisters wedding and maybe he prophetically discussed how this cam would take them out of business because of what you have shown...
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I guess even still photographers on movie sets would be out of business...
 
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