A blog to show the story and behind the scene of previous wedding and event video assignments.
Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains, MGallery - wedding videography and photography
I was always asked by wedding couples if I do wedding outside Sydney metro areas, of course I do, I love travelling!!
Apart from Sydney metro, I do weddings around New South Wales like Blue Mountains and Hunter Valley, and even interstates. Please enquire for more information.
Wedding Live Stream at Panorama House
It’s been a busy January and February. Wedding live stream has become very popular since Covid19 restrictions eased few months ago.
I was thrilled to share this live stream with you. The wedding was taken place the Panorama House just about an hour drive from Sydney. I arrived the venue two hours prior to the kick-off time to set up and test the quality of internet connection. Luckily I got a really good speed for upstreaming to YouTube. It was a 3 cameras setup so I could do multi-angle broadcasting with one of the cameras attached on a gimbal. I must say a big thank you to the venue as they allowed me to use their marquee as a shelter. On the day it was raining a little bit but the sun came out right before the ceremony started.
After the successful live stream, I then packed up my live stream gear and got ready to film the reception without live streaming. Unlike the wedding ceremony, the wedding reception was having a hint of Fijian rituals as the bride was a Fijian. It was my third time to shoot Fijian wedding, it was full of fun and quite full on. Also there was a Zoom call to Columbia where the groom’s family live in.
I am more than happy to customise package to suit your need, please feel free to let me know when you fill out the contact form.
Sydney Indian wedding live stream on YouTube
In the past weekend I and my team had a two days Indian wedding live stream assignment. It was very challenging as we broadcasted over 4 hours each night, few things we needed to be aware of, internet speed, battery level of each equipment, how to work along with other wedding videographers and photographers.
At the first night everything went really well and smooth. However the second we faced an issue of slow internet speed, fortunately we were warned by another live stream professional in that morning, before arriving the venue I went to purchase a lan cable with 50 metre of length so I could be able to put our modem outside the reception hall (see photos). Day 2 of live stream was successfully broadcast to YouTube with this lan cable.
I stop here and would just like to share the comments received from the bride and groom two days after their big day.
Hey Sunny!
I just wanted to thank you so much for the incredible live stream you did for the past 2 days - everyone from overseas is raving about how it looked like a movie! The quality and audio was stunning and I cant thank you enough for making those who couldnt make it feel like they were there in person 😊 I'll definitely be recommending you to all my family friends for their upcoming weddings!
Love,
Haleem & Mithila
Wedding live at She-Oak Grove Centennial Park Sydney
In December 2021, an Indian wedding live stream was successfully done at She-Oak Grove Centennial Park.
It was a challenging project as the weather was pretty bad for days prior to the wedding. My client made a decision to go ahead with the original plan few hours prior to the ceremony commenced, I believe it’s one of the best decisions they ever made in their lifetime.
Owing to the cloudy weather forecast a gazebo was set up by the couple’s friends to cover my broadcast gear just in case of drizzling, a big thank you to them, with their kindness the live stream was running smoothly.
Apart from live streaming the ceremony, this assignment also included wedding videography and photography, I can’t thank you enough to my team for their great effort.
Last but not least, here’s what the client’s feedback,
“Thanks so much Sunny for you and your team's amazing work yesterday. The live stream came out so well and everyone watching remotely loved it!“
Wedding live stream at The Crypt St Mary's Cathedral Sydney
We were thrilled to perform the first wedding live stream after the final lockdown here in Sydney.
The wedding was taken place at The Crypt St Mary’s Cathedral, one of most beautiful venues I’ve ever been to. Likewise, I scouted the location two weeks before to check the strength of 4G reception, and work out the ideal position of our cameras and live stream gears.
One of the challenges was that the 4G reception in The Crypt was not sufficient enough for YouTube live stream. Therefore we had two options to resolve the issue,
setting up the production desk right outside The Crypt so to get the best 4G signal, however this could create another issue of the wireless video signal from the cameras could not transmitted through the thick and big stones
put the 4G modem outside, and run a long cable to the production desk inside.
After discussion with the venue manager, we went for option 2.
On the day we arrived two hours before the ceremony commenced to set up. Two professionals worked on the day, one managed the cameras and the other monitored the entired live stream. However one thing we found that was the echo effect of The Crypt which made us difficult to get the audio clean and clear, to resolve the issue, we attached our wireless microphones to the lectern, the groom, and the Father who hosted the ceremony. It worked perfectly.
We were pleased that things went smoothly and the broadcast went live 20 minutes prior to the bride walking down the aisle. More than 60 people joined the live to witness this beautiful wedding.