Videographers bring iPhones to weddings

A TikTok uploaded by UK-based wedding coordinator The Bride’s Helper (@thebrideshelper) goes viral: Is it considered lame for a wedding videographer to record a couple’s special day using an iPhone? A debate arose as to what to do.

“POV: Your videographer showed up to film your wedding on his iPhone,” the TikToker wrote in the clip’s text overlay. It shows a man wearing a black jacket holding a gimbal with an iPhone model tri-camera lens attached. .

In the photographer’s defense, the gimbal at least appears to have image stabilization. As the video progresses, more shots of camera operation are shown throughout the clip, revealing a second person of hers involved in a similar setup.

The person who took the photo of the iPhone-wielding duo appears to have done it undercover and did his best to keep the videographer’s face out of the photo.

But let’s play a little bit of “Devil’s Advocate.” Could his iPhone footage shot with a gimbal be just part of the wedding video he’s making for a client? But perhaps for the short video portions of TikTok, he’s holding his own camera. It looks like no one else has it.

But others found recording from the iPhone Pro 15 Max to be “terrible” and if you want to do more than share video messages and social media clips with friends, then perhaps you need a different camera gear. It would be better to invest in a location.

It is difficult to make a real argument against the latter. There’s a reason even avid Vloggers and content creators spend extra money on dedicated video cameras like this one from his Sony ZV-1F to record their content.

There are many advantages to using a dedicated camera, such as the one mentioned above or a professional movie-grade camera, over a smartphone camera. Being able to connect different lighting rigs and microphones while using gimbals, off-the-shelf rigs, and different lens packages opens up a lot of possibilities for what makes for a better recording overall.

If you run a professional videography business and rock your iPhone on a gimbal, you just look like a tourist documenting your “wild” Times Square experience after paying $400 for a ton of stuff. Tourist Trap food and drinks and photos with Cookie Monster.

The comments section was filled with people with different opinions about the iPhone, as well as professional videographers who decided to use it at their real clients’ weddings. Among those who make a living from video work, there were many who, in good conscience, said that he should not use an iPhone for any serious videography work.

Many people pointed to the fact that the lack of complete lens packages and varieties makes it difficult to use an iPhone in paid work. That doesn’t mean you don’t have some options. Sandmarc packs a variety of lenses in their own cases…but the total price of the package is about the same as a dedicated vlogging camera.

Moment is another company that makes removable lenses for iPhones in the form of customized cases. But there are other things worth considering, such as storage capacity size and data transfer speed. Running and gun recordings using his iPhone, especially at maximum quality settings, can quickly fill up internal hard drive space.

Unless you install an external hard drive recording setup on your iPhone (which doesn’t seem to be the case here), smartphone cameras that don’t have external storage won’t replace the card. Not on iPhone.

What do you think? It’s a case of “you get what you pay for,” and wouldn’t you like to know exactly what your customer paid this videography team? Do you think it’s a bad look to shoot, or do you think people should be excited about this and focus on the results rather than what the perception is?