How to live stream a wedding
In this presentation, Paul Richards the Chief Streaming Officer for PTZOptics, reviews common tips on live streaming weddings and ceremonies. This high-level overview starts the process of understanding how to use video production equipment to create a wonderful and engaging live broadcast of your special day.
This presentation includes overviews on understanding the client from a Wedding Photographers point of view. We review live streaming equipment recommendations for discreet cameras that won’t interfere with the wedding. We talk about using your own computer and how live broadcast the wedding with existing equipment that you may already own. We review the basic cables necessary for the audiovisual connections used for live streaming along with best practices for PTZ camera placement and operation. Finally we review ideal camera settings for broadcasting a wedding live and differences between live video and traditional photography. This includes a plethora of camera setting options and the abilities in live streaming software you can take advantage of such as an ISO Recorder to record multiple cameras at once.
Bride and Groom Live Stream
The opportunity for live streaming weddings is always growing. With the technology required to live stream a wedding becoming easier to use and more affordable… Wedding photographers around the world will be adding “live streaming” to their services. This guide will help wedding photographers add video to their services and understand how weddings can be live streamed with discreetly placed cameras and remotely operated hardware.
Equipment Recommendations
Throughout the free “How to live stream Weddings” course you will be introduced to live streaming hardware, software and cabling required to produce a professional live video production.
We will introduce strategies to minimize the technology’s impact on the ceremony with discreet, remotely operated cameras. Live streaming equipment is always becoming more powerful and affordable everyday. There has never been a better time to get started!
Wedding to live stream with PTZ
Know your Computer
One of the major innovations in the live streaming industry has been the ability for any computer to become a live streaming machine. When it comes to professional video production, you must understand your computer and it’s capabilities.For multi-camera productions we highly recommend a i7 processor with 16 or more gigabytes of RAM.For high quality recording we highly suggest using a SSD (Solid State Hard Drive).
Live streaming a Wedding
Cabling Overview
In our course, you will learn all of the basic cables that are required to live stream an event. Always choose a hardwired ethernet connection to the internet over WiFi. WiFi should only be used for wireless camera control or viewing content. It’s also always best to hardwire your video cameras when possible. Although wireless connection are getting much better.
Live Streaming Ceremony
Camera Placement
It’s important to consider camera placement to optimize your ability to live stream the event from different angles. Show various camera angles really makes the viewers at home feel as if they are at the event. Plus, the additional cameras can all be recorded simultaneously giving you plenty of options when it’s time to make the official wedding video in post-production.
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Just like a Digital SLR camera live streaming camera have settings for iris, shutter speed, focus and WDR (Wide Dynamic Range). The difference with live streaming is that you cannot go back in post-production and fix things because it all happens live. Check out our complete camera settings guide for more information on getting the perfect exposure.
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Capture it all with a ISO Recorder!
Using a Multi-Corder or (ISO Recorder) as it is sometimes called, you can simultaneously record multiple cameras. Just because you are only using one camera at a time during the live stream doesn’t mean you won’t want the extra footage in post-production later during your final editing! Using a Multi-Corder will require additional processing power and hard drive space on your computer. We highly recommend an i7 processor.
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Discuss the live stream destination for your wedding.
Will it be live streamed to all your friends on Facebook? Will you setup a special Facebook Group for the event? Perhaps you want to have more control over who has access and you will choose a private CDN with a password lock. Whatever you choose your guests who cannot make the event will be happy you decided to live stream it!
How to livestream Weddings” has recently been released as an online course available on UDEMY the world’s largest online learning marketplace. How to Livestream Weddings will be available for free from PTZOptics, the professional live streaming camera manufacturer. The course includes detailed videos and guide helping wedding planners and videographers use live streaming technology effectively during wedding ceremonies.
“It’s incredible how many wedding photographers are using our cameras to live stream weddings” says Paul Richards, Chief Streaming Officer for PTZOptics. “The demand for live streaming weddings, especially destination weddings, has prompted us to create a complete guide and video tutorial course on UDEMY… we already have over 1,000 wedding photographers taking our course today.”
The marketing video above has been shared on Facebook and YouTube with thousands of industry professionals. The short video outlines value of live streaming weddings for friends, family and of course the bride.
Interested wedding planners/photographers can download the free guide here: https://ptzoptics.com/weddings/.
