John, these Wedding Behind the Scenes are evergreen and priceless, you are providing such and incredible service sharing your wisdom and experience to the wedding photography community. Much love!
I'm seeing many photographers attempt to do behind the scenes wedding day videos, but nobody does it like you! In fact, I've never made it past 10 minutes of anyone else's video. However, I could watch your videos all day if I had the time. You wear a GoPro and you shoot candid, no posing. The way you direct the entire day and coordinate with your 2nd shooter and videographer is seamless. You are also well-matched with your wedding couples, so it seems like you're a friend of theirs, who just happens to be a professional photographer! Keep up the amazing work!
I'd have to say the flatlay mat is obviously only a good investment if you do flatlays. Wedding photographers in no way need to do these shots. So don't feel pressured to go out and buy them or worry you aren't getting those shots. Completely depends on your style/approach to weddings. Most couples skip through and couldn't care less about those when we've done them in the past. It's all about the people and the day for us. This may be more important in the U.S though,? U.K over here and it's not necessary at all. What are some things you do/don't do that you see some others doing? Also, Thanks for uploading this John, always interesting to see other peoples approaches :D
Nice film, here, JB. It was perfect to watch on the Mac while editing a wedding on the MacBook in preparation of another wedding this Saturday Like watching Bball highlights before a game! lol
I have my first big wedding on Saturday June 29th a little nervous and scared. I’ve done portraits, cake smashes and Christmas portraits but not a big event. These videos you post are make me calm down a little.
John, my man! You are the best at what you do and you do it best! Every time I see you taking charge of the day and couple just enjoying through it, I ask myself if I can have my wedding again and have you shoot it! Saying as someone who is a beginner and doing small weddings!
Hearing you say they needed to back at like 6 blew my mind! Guessing they had 4/5pm ceremony? Wish more uk couples would have later ceremonies, they be getting married at 1pm and first dance at 8pm 😂
John! You are a gift to all growing wedding photographers!! Thank you! I’m seeing fstop number so low, so how is everyone so focused and clear in your photos? What do you have attached to the top of your camera strap on shoulder?
Thanks for the support all the way from Moldova! Stick around, more videos coming your way. In the meantime, check out my other videos on my channel! 📸😊
Hello John, great video. I have 2 questions. I see you use the 80mm at f1.7 for group shots. Are everybody in focus when you use it that wide open? And what is a 80mm f1.7 equivalent to an APS-C lens? Thank you
Great video John. Love to see how other photographers work a wedding day. One question though, how are you getting staggered groups in focus at f1.7 - f2. I don’t shoot Fuji, so maybe the aperture numbers are different?
I'm usually stopping down just a little bit to about f2 or 2.8 maybe even 3.6. The listed lens is more so just the name of the lens not the settings I have it at.
Hi John, the best BTS I’ve ever seen!!! I know this wedding was a little while ago but i was wondering if you have contact info or a link to the videographers video? I film and shoot weddings so it might be cool it seems how his footage turned out after seeing him work. Thanks again!!!
Unfortunately when I went to look up his information to tag him in the video all of his business info has been closed down. No website, no Instagram, nothing. Some of his Knot pages were still up but that was about it. I guess they closed down 😞 (He was great to work with)
What camera do you have mounted to your left shoulder? Is that a GoPro? Do you have a video where you talk about getting behind the scenes video? I'm on the hunt for the best set-up for that.
John I am about to do my first wedding and this video has been so informative! I do have 1 question. You are taking group shots at f1.7 and f2....how are you able to do that and still get everyone in focus?
For the lens that's just the name of the lens. Not particularly what f-stop I actually shot at. However, I can tell you I generally shot wide open but for group shots I will stop down a little bit to around f2 or f4
Thank for this video. En France les mariages sont organisés différemment et nous n’avons absolument pas le temps de faire toutes ces photos du couple. Les mariages commencent par la mairie souvent à 14h30, une cérémonie laïque ou église vers 15h30/16h, un cocktail vers 18h et dîner vers 20h
Salut Rozenn. Comme John, je commence ma journée lors des préparatifs des mariés souvent avec les témoins et la famille avant la cérémonie en mairie/église. Je suis plus en mode reportage sans guider les mariés. Le seul moment de mise en scène est le "first look". Ensuite je fais les photos de couple car le reste de la journée ils sont tout le temps sollicités. Je fais les photos de groupe au cocktail avant le repas. Certains photographe arrivent à s'éclipser avec les mariés, moi ça n'a jamais été le bon moment. Et puis sinon avec certains c'est la séance couple une ou deux semaines après le mariage.
I’m still in shock how you use the fuji xt3. I own one and it has been nothing but issues. From the battery life to full restart after changing a battery. I have the sigma 18-55 2.8 lens for it
When I was using the X-T3s I used the battery grip which made a HUGE difference with the batter. I was able to go the whole day up until the reception before I had to switch. Also, I turned my cameras off often when I wasn't really doing much. As far as focusing you have to use. single point autofocus and really have an idea of where you want to focus. But Honestly the X-T3s were my favorite Fujifilm cameras.
Loved it but wasnt it too much of posing ? I mean, I feel like you should only interfere when necessary. Dont they lose experience when constatly bothered by posing and how and where should they stand? No offense at all I am just wondering. I have never shooted a wedding yet so I just want to know your opinion guys
This is not a video.. this is a MOVIE!!! Thank you!!!!!
You're welcome! I hope its enjoyable.
Agreed, it was very helpful.
John, these Wedding Behind the Scenes are evergreen and priceless, you are providing such and incredible service sharing your wisdom and experience to the wedding photography community. Much love!
Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoy them so much and I'm hoping they're really helpful to everyone!
Most definitely agree! I bought your presets and I of course critique them when and where needed.
Shooting my first wedding as a lead photographer tomorrow. This video is incredible and so appreciated!
I hope you did amazing!!🙌
I hope your wedding went well and this video helped out some.
Love this❤ Alot of people can learn from your wedding photography tutorial❤❤
Yep yep. I hope to teach many!
As my first year of doing wedding photography i cant thank you enough for this!
So awesome to see you here. You and John have been a real inspiration for me.
That's awesome to hear! Great channel also 👏👏
@@gomichaeldo yo that's awesome brother ❤️
@@jbivphotography Thank you! Much respect ❤️
I'm seeing many photographers attempt to do behind the scenes wedding day videos, but nobody does it like you! In fact, I've never made it past 10 minutes of anyone else's video. However, I could watch your videos all day if I had the time. You wear a GoPro and you shoot candid, no posing. The way you direct the entire day and coordinate with your 2nd shooter and videographer is seamless. You are also well-matched with your wedding couples, so it seems like you're a friend of theirs, who just happens to be a professional photographer! Keep up the amazing work!
That's awesome to hear! Thank you for the feedback. It's not an easy job at all but I'm glad I can make my BTS videos enjoyable for you.
Sending tons of love from the Philippines 🇵🇭🫶
Thank you so much! Much love!
Thanks for always sharing such wonderful quality & detailed videos 🤍
My pleasure 😊 Always happy to help others.
Talk about teaching while doing - this video is a must see for all aspiring to shoot, whatever your style is! Magnificent brother
Thanks a bunch. Glad to hear it was helpful!
我是一名中国的摄影师，我刚刚进入这个行业，我觉得会有些迷茫。然而，此时我非常感恩和荣幸地发现了这个接近3个小时的全流程婚礼摄影影片，我从中受益良多！谢谢你，约翰老师！
谢谢！我很高兴听到你喜欢这个视频，并且它对你有帮助。祝你作为婚礼摄影师好运，并在未来的许多年里取得出色的成绩。
@@jbivphotography Respect
I feel like I just watched and amazing documentary! 👏 👏 👏
👏👏👏 that’s awesome to hear. I hope you enjoyed it!!
Thanks so much for this video! So awesome !
You are so welcome! I hope it was insightful and helpful.
I'd have to say the flatlay mat is obviously only a good investment if you do flatlays. Wedding photographers in no way need to do these shots. So don't feel pressured to go out and buy them or worry you aren't getting those shots. Completely depends on your style/approach to weddings. Most couples skip through and couldn't care less about those when we've done them in the past. It's all about the people and the day for us. This may be more important in the U.S though,? U.K over here and it's not necessary at all.
What are some things you do/don't do that you see some others doing?
Also, Thanks for uploading this John, always interesting to see other peoples approaches :D
Thank you for your detailed and professional wedding teaching video, it is very helpful! I love it very much !
You're welcome. I hope it was helpful!
Nice film, here, JB. It was perfect to watch on the Mac while editing a wedding on the MacBook in preparation of another wedding this Saturday Like watching Bball highlights before a game! lol
That's awesome to hear! Glad you enjoyed it.
You are a wonderful human being. Your videos are very helpful to me. Greetings from Türkiye 🖐
Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Its so sweet how they all look so delited for the first look at 56:17 :)
First looks are so fun. Couples really enjoy it.
I have my first big wedding on Saturday June 29th a little nervous and scared. I’ve done portraits, cake smashes and Christmas portraits but not a big event. These videos you post are make me calm down a little.
That’ awesome that I was able to help! You’re going to do great. Good luck on your upcoming wedding.
love all of your coaching, so so helpful! thanks so much!
You're so welcome! I'm glad this video was helpful.
You're my idol John! ❤🎉
Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed the video.
Yesss Fuji fam getting it done 👰🤵♂
👏👏👏👏👏
this video is awesome
That's awesome to hear! Glad you enjoyed it.
John, my man! You are the best at what you do and you do it best! Every time I see you taking charge of the day and couple just enjoying through it, I ask myself if I can have my wedding again and have you shoot it! Saying as someone who is a beginner and doing small weddings!
This means so much. Thank you and I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Hearing you say they needed to back at like 6 blew my mind! Guessing they had 4/5pm ceremony? Wish more uk couples would have later ceremonies, they be getting married at 1pm and first dance at 8pm 😂
WOW! that's crazy. Usually here if we have an early wedding they night is early as well.
Details on each lens used?
Quick one, would you normally deliver a photo like @22:12???
Cool vid! How do you do those group shots at 1,7 apeture? Dont some of the people get unsharp?? Just trying to learn here.
John! You are a gift to all growing wedding photographers!! Thank you! I’m seeing fstop number so low, so how is everyone so focused and clear in your photos? What do you have attached to the top of your camera strap on shoulder?
Oh how I missed you bts John thanks!
I have a couple more on deck to be finished as well. Hope to have a good amount for you all.
Thanks John! Love your videos!
Thanks a bunch. Glad you enjoyed this.
Loveee!🔥
Glad you enjoyed it!
Soooooo good! TY!!
You’re welcome! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it.
I Love these!
It’s a good one. I’m excited for it to release.
Great shots...😊😊😊
Thanks a lot 😊
I am a photographer from Moldova, just so you know you're followed even so far away from you, rly nice movies, hope you post more 😊
Thanks for the support all the way from Moldova! Stick around, more videos coming your way. In the meantime, check out my other videos on my channel! 📸😊
Great video! 🫶
Thank you! 😁 I hope it was helpful!
This is Amazing. I would love to see the Video
Glad you enjoyed this! These videos are always a labor of love.
only 32k views and 800 likes? it should have like atleast a million likes!!! thank you very much I got to learn so much in these 2-3h!❤️
Very nice. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome! Always happy to help others.
Hello John, great video. I have 2 questions. I see you use the 80mm at f1.7 for group shots. Are everybody in focus when you use it that wide open? And what is a 80mm f1.7 equivalent to an APS-C lens? Thank you
Great video John. Love to see how other photographers work a wedding day.
One question though, how are you getting staggered groups in focus at f1.7 - f2. I don’t shoot Fuji, so maybe the aperture numbers are different?
I'm usually stopping down just a little bit to about f2 or 2.8 maybe even 3.6. The listed lens is more so just the name of the lens not the settings I have it at.
Thank you for this! I have now the GFX100S II and shoot weddings with the 50S the last years. I love the system.
That's an awesome kit. I'm thinking about going full GFX myself.
Love this, bro! Would you mind sharing a little about your GoPro setup, please?
Yeah. It's a GoPro Hero 5 and I use the book bag adapter and hook it to my camera straps. It's always worked great for me.
Hi John, the best BTS I’ve ever seen!!! I know this wedding was a little while ago but i was wondering if you have contact info or a link to the videographers video? I film and shoot weddings so it might be cool it seems how his footage turned out after seeing him work. Thanks again!!!
Unfortunately when I went to look up his information to tag him in the video all of his business info has been closed down. No website, no Instagram, nothing. Some of his Knot pages were still up but that was about it. I guess they closed down 😞 (He was great to work with)
What camera do you have mounted to your left shoulder? Is that a GoPro? Do you have a video where you talk about getting behind the scenes video? I'm on the hunt for the best set-up for that.
I don't have a video talking about it but I've been thinking about making one. People ask me about it often.
Nice video. Btw do you use flash?
I do. But usually not during the day unless I really need it.
Question did you create this preset for this specific wedding or is it one that you already created.
No. This is my all around preset so I use it for all of my work.
John I am about to do my first wedding and this video has been so informative! I do have 1 question. You are taking group shots at f1.7 and f2....how are you able to do that and still get everyone in focus?
For the lens that's just the name of the lens. Not particularly what f-stop I actually shot at. However, I can tell you I generally shot wide open but for group shots I will stop down a little bit to around f2 or f4
They were on shark tank a few years ago. How cool you got to shoot their wedding.
Right?! They're absolutely amazing people and I love their business. Such a great idea.
what pictureprofile you use?
wow. thought it was a teaser, but it's a full video
Nope. When I say full wedding day I mean it 😉
What is the camera holster that you are using? The link above is for the suits. Couldn't find one that can attach a bag to it.
Thanks for bringing that up. I fixed the links and you can find the straps here bit.ly/2VJHoql
Let’s gooooooooooooooo 🎉
So glad I'm making more of these again
Thank for this video. En France les mariages sont organisés différemment et nous n’avons absolument pas le temps de faire toutes ces photos du couple. Les mariages commencent par la mairie souvent à 14h30, une cérémonie laïque ou église vers 15h30/16h, un cocktail vers 18h et dîner vers 20h
Salut Rozenn. Comme John, je commence ma journée lors des préparatifs des mariés souvent avec les témoins et la famille avant la cérémonie en mairie/église. Je suis plus en mode reportage sans guider les mariés. Le seul moment de mise en scène est le "first look". Ensuite je fais les photos de couple car le reste de la journée ils sont tout le temps sollicités. Je fais les photos de groupe au cocktail avant le repas. Certains photographe arrivent à s'éclipser avec les mariés, moi ça n'a jamais été le bon moment. Et puis sinon avec certains c'est la séance couple une ou deux semaines après le mariage.
how did u market yourself
That 80 1.7 hits hard
I love that lens so much!
exactly, had to tell the photographer to slow down before. you only need 1 frame i need multiple lol
Yep. Photographer's love to act like videographers are always the issue but sometimes we just go WAY too fast for anyone else to get any shots in.
That's my man, bro. 🎉
👏👏👏
I’m still in shock how you use the fuji xt3.
I own one and it has been nothing but issues. From the battery life to full restart after changing a battery.
I have the sigma 18-55 2.8 lens for it
When I was using the X-T3s I used the battery grip which made a HUGE difference with the batter. I was able to go the whole day up until the reception before I had to switch. Also, I turned my cameras off often when I wasn't really doing much. As far as focusing you have to use. single point autofocus and really have an idea of where you want to focus. But Honestly the X-T3s were my favorite Fujifilm cameras.
@@jbivphotography wow! I’ll get the grip!
Great 🎉
🙏🙏
What camera are you using?
I'm using the GFX 100S and the X-T3. All Fujifilm. ❤️
@@jbivphotography that’s brilliant because I’ll be buying an Xt-3 today. Exciting times
I wonder why 2nd camera is an xt3 over xt5? Pls advise...
This wedding was in 2021. X-T5 didn't exist at this point. Now I do shoot with the GFX 100 II and the X-T5.
I've attended a wedding here! It's about 30 minutes from where l live.
It's a beautiful venue. I hope you had an amazing time at the wedding!
How to edit Distortion photos sir....
I'm not sure I understand the question. Could you explain further for me?
NGL John I held my breath when you were putting up and a getting down from the dress shot lol . So nervewrecking
lol. I really don't like ladders.
Shutter speed 1/600?
How have I been shooting for over 15 years and never though to ask for everything in one shoebox?
Right?! It's the simplest thing. I remember when I first started doing it. It makes a huge difference.
Please wait, I’m going to buy pizza! 😅
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1:07:31 🤦♂😆
😂😂😂😂
I shoot tight for the first dance but only for the first 30 seconds, maybe less then go wide.
Makes sense. That's a good tip. The moment they start moving too much being tight is not advantageous.
That prompt was sooo awkward LOL
Yeah it was pretty bad. This was 3 years ago. I don’t use prompts like that as much.
@@jbivphotography It was funny though
lol, you can see how the videographer is working physically sooo much harder, than the photographer to get the right shots. 😅
Being a videographer is SOOO hard. I've done about 3 wedding films and it was so much work!
Loved it but wasnt it too much of posing ? I mean, I feel like you should only interfere when necessary. Dont they lose experience when constatly bothered by posing and how and where should they stand? No offense at all I am just wondering. I have never shooted a wedding yet so I just want to know your opinion guys