Re: Groom didn't turn mic on

Some of the best candid stuff I got in wedding coverage was just after they went out the doors and I'm still shooting the rest of the exit procession. They had completely forgotten the wireless and were saying some very cute stuff, nothing embarrassing, but along the lines of:
"Oh, I just can't believe how great that was, and now it's over". "Oh no, hon, it is just beginning!" " You are SO beautiful right now, MRS. so-and-so!!!" Stuff like that, my description doesn't do it justice. Clients loved it later. Yeah, I've caught grooms saying stupid, insensitive things in the waiting room, locker-room junk. I backspaced over it with a cut-away before handing the masters over.

As far as mics and recorders go, anything you hand to a client or guest, etc. should be already on and running and locked-off in every possible way. If it has a switch, they WILL try to work it, out of nerves or whatever. If it is not nailed down, someone will decide to move it. If you pre-set a height to prevent the "clown nose effect", somebody will wrestle the stand until they break it, just to adjust it a centimeter up or down, then eat the mic the whole time they are in front of it.

Murphy loves to attend weddings.