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My name is Ben Godkin, owner and photographer of Godkin Photo. Thank you for stoping by! Here you can find out more about me and my life as a photographer. I live in the best city in the world! Austin Texas... (well the best city in Texas anyway). I began shooting weddings fulltime after I recieved my BFA in Photography from Texas State University. My style is a mixture of fine art portraiture, photojournalism and environmental photography.

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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Sep 26 2009

Bastrop Wedding Photography-Sneak Peek: Marlene + Jonathan

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Sneak peek from tonight’s wedding in Bastrop Texas, located just 30 mins south-east of Austin. The sunset was PERFECT and it just so happen to peak during the first dance between Marlene and Jonathan. Quiet possibly my favorite dance shot EVER!!! They got married at the Mckinney Roughs nature park in my home town. Really unique venue and I don’t think the evening could have turned out better. Congratulations to both of you! More to come from this wedding in the next couple days…. I will have the complete mulit-media slide show ready soon, including the ceremony and the vows exchanged between bride and groom.

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Sep 20 2009

Austin Wedding Photography: Brandie + Daniel @ Shoreline Grill

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Brandie and Daniel were married at the Shoreline Grill in Austin, Texas on September 19th 2009. They had a small, intimate wedding as apposed to a large extravagant one which might have distracted from the true purpose of the day… their love. It turned out to be a gorgeous day, I could really feel the love they shared. I decided to capture their vows on audio so they could relive that special day and always remember why they were brought together…
Here is the slide show from the wedding day which includes some photos, video, and audio fusion.

I was the only photographer at Brandie’s wedding so it was difficult at times to capture the audio, video and photos without missing a beat but I made it happen. It was a really small wedding at the Shoreline Grill in Austin, Texas which turned out really nice.

I used Adobe Premier CS4 to create the multimedia slide show. It was pretty tedious trying to make all the fades and sync up the audio but I have not found a better system yet.

Audio: Zoom H4n w/Sennheiser lav mics.
Video: Canon 5d MarkII
Photos: 5d MarkII, 40D

Brandie the Bride getting ready at the Radisson hotel

Wedding ceremony at the Shoreline Grill in Austin, Texas

Detail Ring Shot; Kid haning here note on the tree

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Austin Wedding Photographer Ben Godkin

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Posted in Wedding Video Tags: Austin Texas, Austin Wedding Photography, Brandie, Daniel, Multi-Media, Shoreline Grill, Slide Show

Sep 15 2009

Austin Wedding Videography: Becky + Steven

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Last Sunday I filmed one of Caroline’s weddings at the House on the Hill in Austin, Texas. It was actually raining on and off most of the day so we were lucky that the rain lifted and the sun came out just before the wedding ceremony. Becky and Steven wrote their own vows and also decided to meet each other before the wedding. They are truly a unique couple and I wish them the best in the future.
Being only my 3rd wedding to film, I think it turned out perfect and I really learned a lot. I can’t wait to add a video package so I can create more wedding films for my clients in Austin, Texas.

1-one cinematographer
1-5D MarkII
1-Tripod, 1 GlideTrack, 1 Merlin Steady Cam
24-70mm2.8, 70-200mm4.0, 28mm1.8
audio was captured using a Zoom H4N paired with sennheiser ew g2 wireless lav mics

Very difficult to shot a wedding with only 1 camera but here it is. A little creative editing helps a lot!

Ben Godkin – Sept. 13th, 2009

Click HERE to see all the photos by: Sweet Caroline

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Posted in Wedding Video Tags: Austin Wedding Videography, Becky, film, steven, Video, Wedding, Wedding Video

Sep 14 2009

House on the Hill wedding teaser: Becky and Steven

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Just a small clip from Becky and Steven’s wedding I shot today with Caroline… I can’t wait to upload the full edit!

I really love the House on the Hill, great little wedding venue! I mainly focused on filming but I did manage to get a couple shots. Here are some of my favorites.