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• The big deal about drones at weddings

• A utility belt made just for wedding photographers

• All the need to know news

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DRONES

The big deal about drones

The impossible made possible.
Not long ago, photos like this ⬆️ were impossible. Who would have thought that we could easily own and operate a tiny flying camera that can do this?! It’s wild.

Drones changed the game for wedding videographers. But can also do the same for photographers! They offer a completely unique perspective. Capturing the context, showing off a venue, symmetry, grandness… We especially love it for a walk down the isle shot. Acting as a kind of second/third shooter if you do it right!

Intrigued?
Us too, more below!

Fitting drones into your workflow. Our top tips:

• Quiet is key. If you want to use it in key moments (which you do) you’ll draw attention if your drone is loud. It’s ummmm, awkward… So the smaller and quieter the better. The Mini series from DJI is as quiet as it gets and is our recommendation for wedding photographers. The DJI Mini 4Pro is perfect.

• Inform the planner and couple. Mention where and when you are planning to use your drone to the wedding planner and your couple to avoid them wondering if it’s your drone, or someone else's.

• Keep your drone insight. Yes we know many drones now have advanced obstacle avoidance and great return to home functions. But sometimes things go wrong. The last thing you want on a wedding day is to loose your drone, crash it, draw attention to yourself or worse, damage property. Just keep it within eye sight at all times.

• Check before you promise. Make sure you check local laws and restrictions before you promise drone coverage. Ensure you can fly at and around your venue. This website is the best for checking flight restricted areas.

• Us it as a ceremony Second Shooter. Now here is our fav use of a drone on a wedding day. You can put up your drone a few minutes before the ceremony starts, find your frame and hover the drone there. Set a timer so the drone will take an image every 2-3 seconds. That way you’ll have the perfect shot of the bride coming down the isle. Once the couple is at the front and ceremony is started, come back to your drone, fly it around for another minute to get a few angles and land it. Just like have a second shoot for you during the walk in!

NEWS

Happening this Week

• Finally from Canon. We get a new 35mm f1.4 RF mount lens from Canon, finally! But there are a few annoying things about it… Video Link and a written article.

• (AI) Apple Intelligence and Photos. A lot of amazing updates from Apple this week with the announcement of iOS 18, including a type of ‘generative remove’ to remove objects and people from your photos. See a quick overview of the announcement here. 

• New Vertical Flash Mounts! We spotted a newly prototyped flash mount on Instagram this week. HOT for direct flash users. It looks perfect, though we are not sure if it is yet available, check it out here for updates.

• Buzzwords. Candid wedding photography but not really? Both editorial and documentary? This reddit thread is a super interesting discussion about using opposing terms to describe your work.

• Big plans for BeReal. The social photo app just got acquired for €500M.

• Nikon surprises with the new Z6mkiii! Yesterday Nikon announced a new camera to directly compete with the Sony A7iV and Canon R6mkii. It’s an ideal wedding photographers camera… See the specs and price here, and this reel review of it is OH SO SATISFYING.

• Bad work, get sued! This person wants to sue their wedding photographer for showing up with a bad attitude and taking bad photos.

• Epic Job Opportunity. If you are looking to take on a full time job within the wedding photographer world, Narrative has an amazing opportunity. Based anywhere worldwide. See more here.

NEW NEW

The Photographer’s Belt everyone is talking about

UNCOMMON-SENSE Utility Belt
We love seeing products made just for wedding photographers! Anna, better known as ohh.ginger has just released a unique and uncommon utility belt. A handy and stylish solution for keeping all your little things on hand during a wedding day. Think your flash, spare batteries, vital snacks. LOVE!

It’s a first of it’s kind, comes with the belt and three pouches for your things, it’s vegan and oh did we mention it’s freaking cool looking?!

See more on their website here.
PS lots of love to the orange branding.

INSPO THIS WEEK

⬇️ Love the embracing of the full sun vibe here. Masterclass in working the backlit angle to get the sun outta the frame.

⬇️ Iconic fireworks/cakecutting/candle vibe going on here! Stunning work on this wedding by @paocolleoni

⬇️ This HERMES Campaign is out of this world. So much inspo here on framing and creative ideas.

⬇️ Royal Wedding. We can’t not share these stunning captures from Benjamin Wheeler. Capturing big weddings like this is not for the faint hearted and he nailed this..

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