Preparing for Wedding Videography

Whether a wedding is a result of years of planning or a spur of the moment whirlwind, a wedding videographer has to be ready for anything. At LeniCam Video Productions, we know that on your special day, we need to pack more than a camera.

Experience Helps

Every wedding is unique, yet all weddings share a common rhythm. Like a lifeguard peering across a pool of swimmers, an experienced videographer can recognize potential hazards and will be ready to overcome them, before anyone else even has a hint anything is awry.

In more than a decade of wedding videography we’ve had the opportunity to tape weddings in a wide variety of venues: backyards, cathedrals, hotels, gardens, chapels, vineyards and many more. Chances are good we’ve taped a wedding at your venue and if we haven’t we’ve been somewhere similar. What’s more, we’ll gladly preview any venue ahead of time and our experience allows us to know what to look for. We will enhance your video with the venue’s unique characteristics and will know how to avoid any potential difficulties.

Another variable at each wedding is its cultural frame of reference. Some wedding day practices are based on family or faith traditions. Others have their root in a particular country or state. At LeniCam we’ve had the opportunity to interact with couples from all over the world, so we’ll recognize many of the ceremonies and rituals you’ll include in your day.

We’ve also learned that each bride and groom comes to their wedding with their own personal frame of reference, as well as a new outlook that they’ve formed together. These new rituals, customs and preferences are something we look for and try to capture on our wedding videos.

Technology Helps

Sometimes all it takes to save the day is the right technology. Like the day a musician showed up and discovered there wasn’t enough light for him to see his keyboard. Since LeniCam’s video cameras have lights, we positioned one of our cameras near the musician. We were able to tape the wedding and keep the music playing.

When LeniCam arrives at your wedding, the first thing we do is unload our equipment – and there’s a lot. We don’t just bring what we know we’ll need, we bring items we might need and we also bring back-up (with back-ups for the back-up). Yet whatever equipment you see at a wedding is just a fraction of our total inventory. Our inventory is part of the reason we can effectively film all kinds of events in all kinds of places.

We Sweat the Small Stuff So You Don’t Have To

The most important thing LeniCam takes to any wedding is the desire to capture special moments for important people. For that reason, we are acutely aware of nuances we see in brides, grooms, wedding party members, officiants and guests.

At a recent wedding, we were capturing the excitement as finishing touches were added to the bride’s hair and dress. The bride, who’d been enjoying the banter in the room, suddenly became very quiet. Before the bride’s mother could say, “I think the bride needs some quiet time,” our cameraperson was folding up his tripod and ushering extraneous visitors and vendors out of the room.

It didn’t matter what shot we were about to take. What mattered was the bride’s need for privacy. Brides love our finished product and they appreciate our sensitivity to their needs on their special days.

Our experience and our equipment allow us to film good footage. Our compassion allows us to produce remarkable wedding videos. Call us now at 972-378-0446 or email info@lenicam.com to set up your videography appointment.

LeniCam Video Productions – Wedding Videographers Dallas

LeniCam videographer Jonathan shoots with professional grade HD videocameras.

Tech Talk: Cameras for Wedding Videography Dallas TX

John Lenihan, owner and co-founder of LeniCam Productions, taped his first event in 1977. That event just happened to be his own wedding and the recording was an audio cassette.

Technology Then and Now

John’s first video was a slideshow of still photos synched with the audio cassette recording. Wedding videos have changed a lot since then, but John’s desire to capture precious memories with the latest in audio and visual technology has not changed.

Today, LeniCam uses professional-grade, high-definition video cameras and industry-standard wired and wireless microphones, as well as a full suite of software and hardware. A dedicated server room at our studio office safely stores all of our clients’ wedding videos.

What Brides Want

As we talk to brides about their wedding day, we hear two things over and over again.
• Number One: The bride wants us to capture every single detail of the day.
• Number Two: The bride wants the cameraman and equipment to be virtually invisible to the guests, participants and officiants.
Here at LeniCam we believe both are important.

Today’s Technology Choices

One of the easiest ways to capture absolutely everything at a wedding is to use consumer-grade DSLR still-cameras which include a video feature. Many wedding photographers have begun to include videography in their list of services by utilizing this technology. With these smaller digital cameras, the photographers can put themselves in the middle of the action and move quickly from one area to another.

LeniCam prefers to use professional-grade, high-definition video-only cameras for virtually all our events. For weddings, this is especially important, because we are sensitive to the bride’s second request – invisibility.

At close range, both the DSLR and the video camera record beautifully. Because of limited zoom capabilities, the DSLR must stay up close. To capture a bride’s walk down the aisle, a cameraperson with a DSLR would have to step out into the aisle with the bride and then physically move with her.

Our video cameras, which are much larger and heavier, have a greatly expanded zoom capacity. We can tape both close-ups and long shots without ever compromising video quality. These cameras, set up on tripods out of the guests’ line of sight, follow the bride from the vestibule to her groom’s side with crystal clear clarity. Meanwhile, the camera and the cameraperson remain in one spot, out of sight.

Because our cameras are stationary, vibration and movement are eradicated. Though DSLR’s may have a feature called Digital Stability Control, the feature cannot compensate 100%.
LeniCam videographers and their equipment stay out of sight and produce a higher quality video for your wedding memories.

What will the future bring?

In 1977 videography was the stuff of science fiction and no one had even dreamed of High Definition Blue Ray technology. Now it seems as if each day another impossible idea becomes an everyday necessity.

At LeniCam, John and his team are committed to capturing your precious wedding memories with the best technology available. Call us now at 972-378-0446 or email info@lenicam.com to set up your videography appointment.

LeniCam Video Productions – Wedding Videography Dallas TX