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Tech Talk: Why Dallas Videographers  Use Custom Designed Videocamera

John Lenihan, founder of LeniCam Video Productions, isn’t just another videographer. He’s an engineer. For many years he worked at Rockwell and the wall of his studio is covered with awards and patents from those days. When he sees a problem, he often looks for technology to solve it.

Here Comes the Bride

That moment when the chapel doors open and the bride begins her walk down the aisle is one of the most critical shots we record at a wedding. Then the video audience wants to follow the bride up the aisle and stay in tight during the vows.

Some camera-people, taking both still photography and video, get the aisle shot by scurrying crab-like in front of the bride and parking nearby to film the ceremony. At LeniCam, we feel that’s too invasive and many venues, especially churches, agree with us. A wedding is not a sporting event, so preserving the experience of the bride and groom, as well as that of the guests, is very important to us, even as we work to get the very best shots.

Over the years we tried many strategies for filming wedding ceremonies and eventually created a solution – a custom designed remote videocamera. With this camera we can get the shot of the bride coming down the aisle and close-ups of her vowing to love her groom for ever and ever, without having a videographer at the front to distract from the bride and groom.

Instead, our videographer can be in the balcony or in the rear of the church, using an HD video monitor to see what the camera is seeing. The remote control feature allows the cameraperson to point the camera where he or she wants it, follow the bride down the aisle, zoom in on the close-ups and then pan out to get a wider shot. The camera itself may be on a tripod hiding behind a floral display or attached to a fixture on the wall, wherever it can get the best view without attracting attention away from the ceremony.

Then he developed another improvement. Many wedding venues don’t provide enough light for good quality video. By attaching a light to the videocamera, which could also be operated remotely, illumination can be added to the equation whenever and wherever it’s needed.

Thanks to our exclusive remote control camera, brides can be the star as they walk down the aisle and their guests don’t have rubber-neck around a camera-person. Also with this camera we don’t distract from the ceremony by having a camera-person visible at the front of the church. We place the camera up high, out of the guests’ line of sight and are still able to get close-up of each tender moment. The highlight video on this page is from a wedding where we utilized our custom remote videocamera to get the shots, while our camera-person stayed out of the limelight.

Custom Designed Videocamera gets the shots others can’t!

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

The most important thing LeniCam takes to any event is the desire to capture special moments for the most significant people we know, our clients. The right technology helps us do that, which is the reason we are heavily invested in a wide range of professional quality equipment. We have a fleet of video, audio and photographic equipment. Our tools for editing and mixing are the best in the business. We maintain a secure server to store all our videos. When you trust us with your unique moments of consequence, we take that responsibility very seriously.

Our experience and our equipment allow us to film good footage. Our compassion allows us to produce remarkable videos of your event – whether that’s your wedding or your big game. In fact, we make videos for all kinds of events. Call us now at 972-378-0446 or email info@lenicam.com to set up your videography appointment.

LeniCam Video Productions – Custom Designed Videocamera

Here’s a promise we make to all our brides: No matter what happens during your wedding day, both good and bad, from beginning to end – you’re going to love your wedding video. How can we make that promise? Allow us to explain.

We Record a Lot of Video Footage

LeniCam Video Productions, Wedding Videographer Dallas, will arrive at least an hour and a half before the ceremony and shortly after we arrive we’re ready to start shooting. We offer a variety of packages, so the actual number of cameras and camera people will vary, but our mission doesn’t. We work to be everywhere, see everyone and record everything – and remain virtually invisible while we do it.

We Tape a Lot of Audio Recordings

During our set-up, we’ll hook up to the venue’s audio feed, put a wireless mic on the groom and go through the order of the service to make sure that everyone who will be speaking as a part of the ceremony will be recorded. We take extra care to insure the music and musicians you’ve selected will be captured.

If we’re a part of your reception, we take down the equipment from the ceremony while your still photographs are being taken and then hurry to the reception site and set everything up again. When the reception starts, we’ll have set up our audio feeds and microphones to do the same thing for the reception activities.

We Spend a Lot of Time in the Studio

With so much recorded, we have plenty to choose from when we get back to the studio. We pick the very best moments from your wedding and piece them together into a visual feast, which tells the story of your wedding day just the way you wanted it to be. If there were wardrobe malfunctions, they disappear. Any awkward expressions vanish. Embarrassing mishaps? Erased! All you’ll see is the wedding you imagined in your mind all along.

Just as much time is devoted to the audio track. The beautiful music you selected will be interwoven with the magical moments of your ceremony. If the splashing of a fountain kept your guests from hearing your vows, those words will be on the video. We’ll also tame the fountain’s noise down to a pleasant background sound. If a train came by your outdoor reception just as the best man made his toast, the train will be minimized in your video.

Aperfect example of what we can do is the video of an outdoor ceremony which was rained out moments after the first set of parents lit their candle for a unity candle observance. Everyone ran inside and we just kept filming. Soon the second set of parents lit their candle inside the venue. The transition was so seamless no one realized what we’d done until we asked them if they liked the way we had handled the interruption on the video.

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

LeniCam can’t promise you that your wedding day will be perfect, but we can promise that your wedding video will be. Call us now at 972-978-0446 or email info@lenicam.com to set up your videography appointment.