Backlog Blog (Part III)

Well, I finally finished what I consider the Bane of My Editorial Existence: The Castillo/Paras Wedding.

Monica is a vocalist for the girl voice group OneVo1ce and Ray met her when he used to work security for the band. Monica and Ray have been nothing but pleasant and Monica would easily be one of the most beautiful brides that I have shot—but that's the thing—I didn't shoot this wedding and that's why it's been so difficult to edit!

This wedding represents the first double-booking that I've ever arranged and I sent two shooters up to Vallejo to cover the event while I was shooting another. The footage was decent. Very workable and for the most part—about 90%--technically sound. But the lead cameraman on that shoot (who has since become my best shooter) lacked a certain artistic flare that made the footage I received somewhat bland.

There was also an audio glitch from one of the two Sony VX2000s that they used. It's the same error that I first encountered with another Sony camcorder (TRV-11) years ago on my friends Kerman and Michelle's wedding. Something is up with Sony's camcorder audio.

At any rate, I've finally finished the edit and I am excited to show the final product. I think it is actually pretty good for what I had to work with but I'll know for sure when I get feedback from my clients!

Now I'm on to edit the Woo/Tsui wedding as well as re-encoding the Windom/Rowley wedding and making a short highlight memorial video for one dearly departed Jason Liao, the best man for the Yeh/Suh wedding.