I know we said we were not going to post to the blog super often about our podcast, Wedded. We are super excited though that we have our first guest on the podcast! We had Jillian Zilch of Frame Worthy Events on the Wedded podcast to talk talk about being an Indiana wedding planner and […]
Steve and I are so excited to be introducing the Wedded podcast! It is officially live and available wherever you listen to podcasts! Embedded above is our first episode on our hosting site, Anchor! The first episode is called, What Should You Do When You’re First Engaged? In that very first episode we break it […]
Continuing on this podcasting trend that Steve started for us, we’re back at it again! We went on the Wedding Photo Podcast with Ulices Del Toro to talk about our businesses! We talked with Ulices about running a wedding photography company while trying to stay married and deeply in love. I talked with Ulices about […]
After the first time, I knew that eventually Steve would ask me back onto his podcast Wedding Photo Hangover again! I came back on Steve’s show this week to talk about wedding photography. It was a little bit more serious of a show than usual. Why? Because Steve was sick. I was actually stepping in […]
Steve and I have been thinking a lot recently about our business. We have been spending a lot of time talking with other wedding photographers about their businesses too. One thing we have discovered that seems to be a pretty consistent pain point with most photographers is editing. To help ease that pain, we are […]
I don’t know how many people who follow this blog know this, but Steve does a podcast now. He’s doing with his friend, Dustin, another Indiana wedding photographer. The podcast is called the Wedding Photo Hangover podcast. It’s a comedy podcast about wedding photography and running a wedding photography business. And I want to say, […]
We have a guest blogger! Melissa is sharing the exciting news of how you can give a photography gift or receive a photography gift through GiftStarter. We find a lot of value in photography for our own family, and Giftstarter is a great, new way to help you realize that value with help from your loved ones! […]
I shoot a lot of video on my iPhone, and I typically only ever use my iPhone for very minimal editing and color grading. Well, last year I decided it was time to change that, and so I started trying to think of fun, little projects I could shoot and edit completely on the iPhone. Some trips with my son to go apple picking and to play on the playground seemed perfect for this.
We frequently use a Zoom H4 or Zoom H4N to capture audio. We’ve used them in conjunction with wireless and wired mics, and we’ve also used the mics built in on the Zooms as well. Our main use for the Zooms though, is to capture audio directly from a sound board. This can introduce a few problems. Most of the sound boards at events are only capable of sending out a Line level audio feed. The Zoom H4 and H4N aren’t able to handle a Line level audio feed. They can only use Mic level audio feeds. With a Line level feed, the audio will just be too loud (or too hot) and the longer you record audio the worse it’ll become. To fix this you need a direct box or an attenuator (sometimes called a pad) to knock the level of the audio feed down. A direct box, and an attenuator, are both just simple devices that we run an XLR cable (or 1/4″ cable) through before connecting it to the Zoom to lower the audio level. We use an attenuator with -20 dB, -30 dB, and -40 dB pads. This ensures that we can keep the audio from clipping or coming in to hot, and the ability to change the level of the pad means we can adjust the audio level on the attenuator to ensure the Zoom receives the best quality audio. We still have to set the input levels correctly on the Zoom, but this will helps out a lot.
Conducting an interview is hard. It’s a lot easier to just sit behind the camera and capture the interview as it’s happening than it is to be the one conducting the interview. Most videographers will find themselves pulled out from behind the camera at some point, and sat in front of an interviewee. Here are some tips to help you conduct a great interview.
