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Tips For Photographing A SURPRISE "Wedding Proposal": I Only Had 10 sec to get the shot, did I FAIL?
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- Tips For Photographing A SURPRISE "Wedding Proposal": I Only Had 10 sec to get the shot, did I FAIL?
Here are some tips for making sure you get the shot during a proposal:
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1. Make sure you show up early to scout the location
2. Take test photos to make sure your exposure is going to be spot on
3. Shoot RAW just in case aka ALWAYS SHOOT RAW
4. Keep VR or IS on if you're going to be shaking at all
5. Pre set your focus points to the top portion of the frame for shooting vertical
6. Don't get distracted by people asking "if this is real"
7. Shoot wide enough to capture both people in the photo
All I can say is be prepared because you have very little time to get the shot, it's over before you know it.
I am aware that most wedding proposal are surprises by the way.
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I did a proposal earlier this summer and I probably never had been so nervous in my photography career! Pictures turned out nicely though. I agree with everything Jared has said. Great video and advice!!
First, I am aware that most wedding proposals are surprises.
You're the Man!
I am not just catching up on all your videos and the photos you captured took my breath away! Thanks for showing us this and using the new 70-200 in a real world situation!
Awesome job!
Your openness and vulnerability is straight up REAL, LeGIT and very much appreciated!!!!!!!!!
The thumbs up pic is AMAZING!!! GREAT JOB JARED!!! I want to cry too!
What a great video Jared! Clearly you're excited about having gone through the experience, and justifiably so...you did a phenomenal job, not only of the photography, but of bring the entire event and background/prep activity to us. Your friend is no doubt thrilled for what you've done for he and his fiance...really, kudos to you! As an aside, I like that you include video content of you doing photography--it ads cred to RAW Talk in that you're demonstrating that you're more than just talk. And so this gushing doesn't rush to your head, I feel compelled to bust your balls a little bit for wearing the bright red jacket--not exactly an inconspicuous outfit! Very nice work! Jon
that s prolly the best one I have seen from you besides the one yiu talked about your mother shots, simply because they caught my emotion while watching them.
Great tips and video Jared. Having that GoPro footage is so special. The photos are great, but being able to watch the GoPro footage over and over again is awesome.
Thanks Jared. I work as a photographer in a ski resort in Canada and part of my job is photographing "sneaky proposals" as we call them. Your advice is really useful, as always.
I was asked by a friend to take proposal photos, and am sooooooo glad this video exists. The shared experience is priceless because it's going to be in a park in a city as well. Thanks for an awesome video as always.
Great photos Jared, they made my wife cry those sappy tears and I think that's what it's all about. Not how much head space or what not completely blown out in the background. It's the generation of an emotional response.
This is genuinely my favourite video of yours - a great perspective on a super fast job and some great tips too! Fantastic job; and you got some really awesome shots out of it as well!
This was great! I have my first surprise proposal tomorrow morning and I am super pumped.. but don't wanna miss it! Thanks for the tips!
How did it go
This was such an informative video! I am capturing a surprise engagement tomorrow actually and this definitely helped. I do have a question: What aperture were you on? 2.8? I have a D750 and will be renting the Tamron 70-200 G2 for the shoot and I would like to know what setting you would recommend?
perks of having a photographer friend.
Great video! I gotta say surprizs engagement photography is the funnest. I've done a couple and this video brought back the nerves of getting it right but the dopamine and gitters after its over is worth it all.
This is how a lot of our shoots go. Quick on your feet and being ready is the key. The difference between you and us.... we film it as well as still images. Fun and always nervous.
Great job, Fro, getting the shot and showing how how to be prepared for a fleeting moment.
I appreciate this, I was asked this week for the same think! Yes, you did great! this is a thing in 2024!
I´m about to shoot a Wedding Proposal next week and i´m super nervous but this was very helpful! Thanks :) btw love the photos!
You already know Jared is gonna shoot the maternity photos 😂
Knowing how he does not like them, makes this comment pure Gold.
Great job !!! I agree, that pic of her jumping is probably the best shot but there are a few more that are going to be very special for this young couple and that's what is all about it.
You certainly did not fail. You have to keep a cool head and perform under pressure. Great results.
Thank you for walking us through the process! Very helpful. Excellent job with the photos as well!
First of all, great job Jared on the total success! Would've been nice to have gotten the ring like you said. But that's in a perfect world. Dude this is gonna be me (as the photographer) tomorrow! I've been hired to shoot my buddy propose to his fiancé to be. I'm driving from Orange County, Cali to (Coronado Island )in San Diego. I am also meeting them in a park and I plan to get downtown SD across the bay in the background. Jared, I don't know who's more nervous me or my buddy haha. Got one chance, one short window. it's make or break, do or die, now or never. I'm paralyzed and I'm in a wheelchair and I'll be ducked off in the cut until he gives me the secret signal/pops the bottle of bubbly. When I see the champagne that's my cue to roll over as fast as possible and be ready to shoot! Ahhhhh wish me luck!!
Gregory Curtis how did your shoot go??
Really great video Fro. Very informative and straight to the point. I've been in this situation before and failed!! Wish i would have seen this video a year ago and been more prepared. This video is gold. Great content
thanks so much.
Jared, what the literal fuck, you read my mind. Lol. I have a surprise proposal shoot this weekend!
Good luck!
Good job Jared! It's hard to really get such great shots with such little time. My only critique would be something you touched on and that's if you moved a little to the right. There's a massive tree coming out the back of her head and it would be just slightly better if you were slightly at a different angle. Again that's really hard to do with it being a surprise photo shoot where you literally jump out of the bushes and start shooting. GREAT job as always! I love your work and I look forward to see your future content.
they are a super cute couple, you did an awesome job and thank you for this realest real life review!
Man you are amazing! Thank you for sharing this. I will be doing a surprise wedding proposal soon.
gotta say love the ending clip there with the bubbly head lol
I love that last one photo!!!
Minute 6:46
Good job man, great shots, great setup for such a short turnaround. It is hard to get good ones!
I have a surprise 70th Birthday Party coming up on the 14th however I will use these tips for there! Thanks!
Wow! You are correct. It seems like forever but it does go down quickly. I have a friend that asked me to do the very same for him a couple of years ago. I was so nervous! I caught a cramp in my neck I was so tense leading up to the moment. It all does happen so quickly.
the jumping photo is sooooo good, transfers emotions of the moment so well, I almost cried!
Дарья Гуляева wow dude lol thats intense.
Mr. Jared polin, Thank you for all your videos. but especially when you show us the pictures you capture. they are all amazing.
Great job.
Great overview of a very quick shoot. One thing to keep in mind that not everyone has a D5 or Pro camera and a large number of run of the mill cameras trying to shoot this in RAW would not make it as the buffer would prevent you from getting the number of shots you were able to fire off.
Those are so special. Your friend is so lucky to have a friend like you!! I love the photos!!
I like that the picture of the ring is tack sharp. I have seen many pictures shot for weddings etc... of the ring and it is not in focus. Nice job as always.
+Kevin Fuller I had to take a bjnch in a row and this one fell spot on.
You persisted until you were satisfied and got the shot you wanted. nice job.
This was very moving. Fantastic Job.
Great job! I agree the airborne photo is fantastic - best of luck to them both!
love this video man, love your sniper shots
Awesome work Jared. Yes, the pic you picked is also the one I would have chosen. I have the "little brother" to your D5 (D500) and it's nice to see how you use the continuous settings. Thanks for the pointers.
This video was awesome in every way!! Those photos were priceless !! Congratulations Fro! Incredible work!!!
Wow! What a moment to capture! Great job Jared! I woud love to see their reactions to the metal prints too. Nice vid as always!
I did this a couple times and it is one of the nerve-wrecking moments to shoot. More nerve wrecking than getting 'the kiss' at a wedding. I did have a second shooter to cover the second angle.
Amazing!!! Loved every minute of this :-) Well done fella!! You felt the force ;-)
thanks for the tip jared good intel on those ideas
Woooow! That was SO intense!!!!
Super cool! Good work and great info!
Great way to BLEND IN with a RED JACKET. lol. Good video.
+Jimmy Pics ha exactly.
I thought it was a very emotional moment, I see how I could get caught up in it myself. Infact I did watching the moment.
Awesome. Thanks for all of the pointers. Great stuff and congrats to the couple!
absolutely awesome, fantastic video!
I have my first one coming up in 2 weeks. I’m nervous but this has given me some security for my thought process
I'm supposed do something exactly like this in a couple of weeks. Thank you so much for this video.
Very well done! Great images! The new 70-200mm looks amazing! Thanks for sharing this video.
That's a great video. Lots of great content.
Great video and so insightful. I have my first surprise engagement shoot tomorrow and even with a few weddings under my belt I am totally nervous.
To here that you where nervous too is very reassuring. Luckily for me I will have a Z 9 with a freaking good autofocus 😂
Wish me luck 🍀
ps: I was about to tear a few tears of joy too just by seeing all the reactions in your engagement session by the bystanders.
Very nice ! You helped me a lot , thanks!
First of all, good job on getting the shot that the couple wanted! Second of all, yes you should've moved to the right more to try to get the hands and the ring in the shot as well, but I guess that's not that important as long as you got the girlfriend's reaction.
Third, I'm not spouting nonsense here, I had to do a similar idea of a surprise proposal, except that it was at the top of Mori tower in Roppongi, Tokyo (I live in Tokyo), it was at 9 pm (totally dark outside) and it was on Dec24th, (Christmas eve). So put all those 3 together and you can imagine the difficulty is more than tripled.
The client was happy with the shots that I took because I also came with him the previous day to Mori tower and we talked about the location and where he will be kneeling down, as well as he wants in the background. Also, I was prepared with an off camera flash and I arrived at the location about 1 hr before him and his girlfriend to test the exposure and the flash and see what the best shot is. There were many people there because it was Christmas eve but I managed to get a few great photos of the client, including the kneeling down shot and the happy shots afterward.
The reason why I wasn't nervous is because I am a pro, like Jared also said. You know your camera and your lens and your flash, you come early in the day and scout the location and when the action happens you know what to do to make sure you get the best shot. That was my first and only surprise proposal shoot so far and it was a very memorable one!
p.s. I also had a gopro on my camera, and gave the video of the proposal to the client free of charge as an extra bonus that he didn't even expect.
p.p.s. I was shooting with a Canon 5d mark3 in both RAw+JPG on two memory cards and I was using the 24-105mm f4 lens since I needed to be able to zoom in and out a bit to get different types of shots.
Well done sir! 11seconds and 4-5 great shots that is a win in my book! :)
OMG !! im here coz ive just gotten a call to do my very first proposal shoot !!! i am d going to scope out an area that i know very well and he wants to do the shoot there so thats a real plus ! so ive gotta work on the angle i need to get the shot i want im guessing im gonna use my 70/200 and F8 and ISO to match the conditions on the day (sometime in march) wish me luck!
Awesome episode! Please do more real shoots with comments. It was really exciting to watch this 👍
love that momemnt when you captured her jumping :) that's epic
Awesome job Jared
Great man! the real life photos for me are the best. wonderful storytelling
Love it bro!!! that was moving!, Could you share your before-going out the door checklist before a shoot; what's your must do, must check habits ect. Did you have a back up camera with you?
+john bivins it was making sure I had the gear I knew I needed. The lens the batteries the cards and set to raw
Jared Polin Brilliant work as always :)
I love the boomofied photos if yours but I would love to see you edit photos in a different way for us
Ha! Fro almost cried because it was so sad. Lol. I know what you meant.
+Rick Lugo yea lol. Not sad.
Damm, you are my best teacher/reviewer. Keep going Jared!!!
Loved it fro !
top class Jared!
This was both an informative and interesting insight on this important moment. Good stuff.
This really helped me. I have the same kinda shoot this sunday and I'm really nervous
just awesome, great job
Great work as usual!
Great job both of you guys! Man that D5 is a machine gun!
This is great you are the best!!!!!!!
Jared… thank you!
Awesome lesson!
Awesome work, Jared and good inspiration, thanks !
that was cool man. I love nervous but calm feeling while dealing with situations like this. so tense, but in the end it's always worth it. not to mention, YOU KILLED IT! great caps man. d5 got your back fo sho! (i use a canon 7D mark II) so I would've been fine too! 😉 hahah love your channel can't wait for RAW talk #20NIEN!
Very cool tips. keep 'em coming.
Thanks Fro
Great video Fro!
Wow... I put my self in this situation and it's hard not to think of 10 ways in which i would've miss the shot. Outstanding job Jew.
I just did my first proposal session today and I was shaking too. I shoved gum into my mouth to help with my nerves. I got the shot and I jumped into the air lol
Nailed it.
Very nice shots!
this was AWESOME!
Haha great video Jared! :D
Very nice video..well done!!
Great photos!
Dude, great stuff!! Perfect video tutorial, thx! So glad he made sure to face her right!
thank you
I am about to do this in a few hours and I am nervous too! Great vid
What a lovely video. Made my day.
awesome to hear!!!
Can we get an update on this vid Jared?Awesome content! Have one of these shoots today, wish me luck 😅
WOW!!!!!! great video
wow the timing I went and did the same thing last week and shoot an engagement it was indeed really emotional and stressful because you know you have only one chance to do it i wish I saw this before going to shoot mine cause omg it happen fast :)
My first, and only, proposal shoot was a disaster! It was in a star dome theater, and we had to wait in a dark room through the star demonstration for over an hr, and didn't have our cameras on, to save battery, and when he popped the question a spot light came on, it was too low light from my sad old Canon and the first half of the proposal wasn't even captured cause I forgot to turn on my camera, and then the second half was also blurry from the low shutter speed (that camera's highest ISO was 1600)