Thread: Wedding on the boat

Um, don't fall overboard... don't drop camera overboard... Hmmm, from a slightly more practical aspect, I'd suggest a monopod or shoulder rig for the main camera - small footprint is critical, as is the ability to move to get your angle (not that it isn't always crucial, just it gets trickier on a moving platform!). If you use/have any "fixed angle" (typically unmanned) cameras, get some small clamp type...

3 weddings on boats on the same day? wow.. how did you do that.. lol The boat looks very small.. I'm a sea sick person so no great advice will come from my side.. sorry for that.. one small advice from my experience shooting on a boat.. keep it simple.. don't zoom in too much because of the shake. Good luck! I would love to hear how you went with it though! some tips and tricks to share?? Santo

We just did 3 wedding on a boat, both of them in a same day. Shooting wedding on the boat a new to us and a bit challenging. The boat is not very big (it hold up to 40 people, 70ft) so we bring the 5D Mk2 to do the job. There are limited chose of view, us and the photographer pretty much ran out of ideas in the 2nd hours. We gonna have 3 more job on this boat in the coming summer, any advise or tip for shoot on a boat? oh, here is the boat....

Are you asking for ideas relating to what shots to get? how to be more creative on that boat? if so I think there's a number of cool shots you can get... timelapse: fasten the camera to the front of the boat facing the rear with a wide lens on it, capture a timelapse with really slow shutter speed so when you play it the water and people walking around are all silky/blurry and the boat is solidly infocus, would work well for sunset (with...