On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:54:47 GMT, Gary Eickmeier <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>Newsreader wrote:

>> I'm gonna use my two cameras (pair of decent minidv cameras) to shoot

>> a friend's wedding and I don't know where I want to put the second

>> (stationary) camera. I'll be moving around with the first one (but

>> not too much). I was sorta thinking on the middle edge of one of the

>> seats right next to the aisle- so in the aisle, but away from the

>> walkway so the bride doesn't trip. But this shot would get pretty

>> boring to keep cutting back to. This is a solo gig, so I don't have

>> any help.

>>

>> Any ideas?

>Our standard method when one camera is unattended or when they don't

>allow an operator with the camera on the altar is to put the unmanned

>camera on the altar, framed in on the final position of the couple

>when they say their vows. This will probably be its only shot, but it

>will be the most useful. The rear camera (balcony or behind last pew)

>is manned, and catches all of the ceremony as if it were a single

>camera shoot.

>

>This scheme has minimal interference with the ceremony and makes you

>least visible. Don't go running around the church during a wedding.

>

>Gary Eickmeier

I agree with the second part, but the first?!?!?! ;-)

W - O - W ! ! ! Atheist that I am, I would NEVER propose

putting ANY gear on the ALTAR!!! (Or under it, taped onto

it, or whatever!) Even I find this really offensive! I'm

amazed that any officiant would accept this! Kinda like

asking if you can float a mic in the holy water basin

to catch the kid's baptismal gurgles... Or, how 'bout

hanging a camera on the cross, for a better view yet...?

Or, what a nifty view a tiny camcorder would get if clamped

onto the Torah while it is carried around the temple during

a Bar/Bat Mitzvah... Or...... ;-) Professional expedience

must give way to good taste and respect for the ceremony at

SOME point...! ;-)