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Austin Wedding Photography: Matt & Cori @ The Terrace Club

Saturday I had the distinct honor to photograph the wedding of another Austin Wedding Photographer, Matt Montalvo. I wanted to make something truly unique, so I produced a time lapse video of the whole wedding, which took place at The Terrace Club in Austin, Texas. The video was created entirely out of still images, taken with my canon 40d and 5d MarkII. I can honsetly say that this was one of the most entertaining, fun, crazy wedding I have ever attended. That’s because, we photographers and wedding industry folk know how to party! Some of the rockstar guest/vendors included, Francis Cruzada, Sweet Caroline, Arol Horkavy, Matt Montalvo(the groom), Richard Lizama, and Joel from GreenBelt DJ (Highly Recommended)

Check out the wedding photos from Matt & Cori’s wedding at The Terrace Club here.

This video was made using still images taken with my Canon 40d and 5d MarkII. It spans about 6 hrs during the wedding day…

Equipment Used:
10-22mm lens on 40d
45mm TS on 5d
Satechi. TR-A Timer Remote Control Shutter Canon 430exII FlashTripod

Check out the wedding photos from Matt & Cori’s wedding at The Terrace Club here.

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Your Austin Wedding Photographer Ben Godkin

Austin Wedding Videography: Becky + Steven

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

House on the Hill wedding teaser: Becky and Steven

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.




Video: Engagement Session in Austin

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.

Thriller Dance! Wedding Style

I don’t hear Michael Jackson very much at weddings but now that he has passed away everyone is requesting his songs. They were playing some great music at this wedding, the Bride obviously had good taste. This girl was so much fun! She had all the moves.

Tribute to the great Michael Jackson. This girl new all the moves to thriller.

Shot with the 5D MarkII with a 28mm 1.8 @ 1/30th 6400 iso. It was dark!

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