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 
Today I had the pleasure to work with Caroline again and shoot a video of her engagement session. Jacqueline and Billy were really nice. When we first showed up, it was raining (it hasn’t rained in like 5 months!) so we weren’t sure if we were going to have the chance to shoot. Well… 5 seconds latter the clouds parted and a beautiful double rainbow appeared out of nowhere. It was Perfect! The rain cooled everything by about 10 degrees so it was actually bearable.
I used my Canon 5D MarkII to shoot some video segments of Jacqueline and Billy while Caroline took the photos. All I had for a tripod is a small travel size one I picked up while in Italy 2 summers ago. I tried my best to get some creative angles that best expressed the feelings of the day.
I am really falling in love with the video side of things. I have a lot of big things to announce in the near future so stay tuned.
See the photo’s over at Sweet Caroline Photo
Shot and edited in 1 day! I just got done shooting the video earlier today with Caroline. We came home and were so excited to put it together, we couldn’t stop! Caroline shot the engagement photos at the end of the video.
This video was all shot on the Canon 5DMarkII. I shot in Standard Definition to save space and make it easier to edit as this is one of or first videos and editing those 1080p files is a bitch! Kinda a test run of things to come when Caroline and I combine forces. We will conquer the world!
The last few shots I had the opportunity to use my Steady Cam Merlin with the 5D MarkII with a 24-70mm 2.8 lens attached. I love the Steady Cam look! I just need to use it more.
