{"id":247,"date":"2019-11-25T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T14:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/?p=247"},"modified":"2021-03-10T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:44:27","slug":"live-streaming-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/live-streaming-events\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Live Stream at a Wedding (and Other Live Events)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the best parts of live streaming is its versatility. You can leverage live video for almost all aspects of business and personal life, including creating webinars, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OOuAsAYg8bU&amp;list=PLL6YwvbiQ6gDfKHZ4FsQVMqZorZGengKb\">interviewing experts<\/a>, demoing products, software, and services, making big announcements, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hF4PCwfrrDM&amp;list=PLL6YwvbiQ6gDUNQz-yi35_iT5Gq0W1tsc\">hosting Q+As<\/a>, showing behind-the-scenes, teaching and educating, and bringing live events to the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live streaming an event is a great way to grow your reach exponentially and share an experience with viewers across the world. Going live from an event also has many moving pieces and lots of unique challenges, but the benefits can be huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of live streaming a wedding, you can use live video to bring a special moment to guests who may not be able to attend in person, like elderly relatives or those who aren\u2019t able to travel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you prepare for going live at an event? What are some of the challenges? How do you get the best possible quality results? And moreover, is it worth it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha Collins<\/strong> is an award-winning photographer, cinematographer, and educator based in central Florida. She runs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unashamedimaging.com\">Unashamed Imaging<\/a>, where she specializes in wedding photography and videography.&nbsp;She also heads up <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/learnwithac\">Learn with AC<\/a>, where she teaches video marketing to businesses and professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><\/p><p>Using video in my business as a marketing tool has allowed me to connect even more with my ideal client. Not only am I top of mind because I show up in their feeds, but it also helps to make my messaging clearer and more personalized.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>&#8211; Anesha Collins<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Anesha-Collins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" width=\"401\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Anesha-Collins.jpg 889w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Anesha-Collins-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Anesha-Collins-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Anesha-Collins-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Anesha-Collins-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption>Anesha Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We recently spoke with Anesha about some of the unique challenges and benefits of live streaming events and how she thinks about and plans for creating professional quality live stream broadcasts when she\u2019s not in a controlled studio space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unashamed Imaging - Live Wedding\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/374441780?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Anesha\u2019s Tips &amp; Tricks for Live Streaming a Wedding<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Visit the event site beforehand and scope out the best location for setting up your live video<\/li><li>Try to visit the site at the <em>same time<\/em> that the event will be taking place so you can evaluate lighting, sound, and make a plan for any challenges&nbsp;<\/li><li>Make sure to inquire in advance with the venue about Wi-Fi or invest in a hotspot to ensure you can connect to the internet easily<\/li><li>Don\u2019t over do it with gear: a tripod, camera, microphone, and your laptop (with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/s.bl-1.com\/h\/cHLPQDZ7?url=http:\/\/www.ecamm.com\/mac\/ecammlive\">Ecamm Live<\/a>)&nbsp;is all you\u2019ll need to get started and create a live broadcast.<\/li><li>Use custom Overlay templates and simple graphics to enhance the look of the broadcast.<\/li><li>Be sure to let viewers know they&#8217;re in the right place.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t sweat the small stuff. If someone walks in front of your feed or if you need to move your set up during the event, it\u2019ll be fine. The viewers are there to experience the moment and are more understanding than you think.&nbsp;<\/li><li>You can always repurpose live video content to create shorter video clips, audio tracks for podcasts, and blog posts. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anesha says:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><\/p><p>Right before I go live, I use the record only feature on Ecamm Live to get an idea of what it will sound and look like during the livestream for the viewer. I play it back and think about how the audio sounds or if I need to change my angle or positioning? All of that comes into play. Once this check is done, then I&#8217;ll begin the broadcast or if scheduled let the broadcast start as scheduled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Anesha\u2019s Favorite Ecamm Live Features for Live Events<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.ecamm.com\/en\/articles\/3323618-using-overlays\">Overlays<\/a> &#8211; use overlays to let virtual guests know what&#8217;s going on and to personalize the feed<\/li><li>Scheduling &#8211; this way you can promote the live event and generate buzz<\/li><li>For live events, you&#8217;re bringing the equipment you need to stream the broadcast live to the public, so try to keep it simple. Especially if you don&#8217;t have an assistant.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Grab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/unashamedimaging\">Anesha\u2019s Tools &amp; Resources<\/a>, but remember that like anything else &#8212; start small and add more equipment as you level up. For live events, you&#8217;ll be bringing everything with you on the go, so try to keep it simple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tools-to-Live-Stream-Events-Ecamm-Live-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tools-to-Live-Stream-Events-Ecamm-Live-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tools-to-Live-Stream-Events-Ecamm-Live-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tools-to-Live-Stream-Events-Ecamm-Live-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tools-to-Live-Stream-Events-Ecamm-Live-1160x653.png 1160w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tools-to-Live-Stream-Events-Ecamm-Live-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/ecamm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tools-to-Live-Stream-Events-Ecamm-Live.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch our Interview with Anesha Collins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Live Stream a Live Event\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pKRiFaqsOZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Want to try Ecamm Live for yourself and see how it performs for live events? You can try for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecamm.live\">www.ecamm.live<\/a>. You don&#8217;t even need to enter a credit card.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read the Full Video Transcript<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> Hi everyone out there. I&#8217;m super excited that you&#8217;re able to join us today. Thanks so much for taking the time. I\u2019m really excited today because we are here specifically to be talking about live events and weddings. I am really excited to have a special guest on. So without any further ado, welcome to Anesha Collins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha:<\/strong> Hello!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> Thanks so much for taking the time to hang out with us today. I know that we get tons and tons of questions about the different use cases for live video and how people can use Ecamm Live in a bunch of different ways. I\u2019m really excited to be talking about live events because I think that when it comes to thinking through logistics and how to use live video, something like a wedding is something that everyone can see a use case for, but I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s probably a little bit daunting to think about how to approach it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So before we jump into the details, I&#8217;d love for you to introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about your business. How long you been using Ecamm Live for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha:<\/strong> My name is Anesha Collins. As Katie said, I\u2019m a wedding photographer and cinematographer that also specializes in video marketing, which is where Ecamm Live comes into play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been using Ecamm Live for quite some time now. It\u2019s definitely my go-to resource. I\u2019ve tried other methods and as soon as I discovered Ecamm, I was like this is it. I sat down and learned every little thing that I could about it. So I used it to actually live stream my live show, which I do on Unashamed Imaging TV on Thursdays and I use it to stream into my Facebook group where I teach on video marketing. And, obviously, I use it to live stream weddings and events. That&#8217;s pretty much me in a nutshell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie: <\/strong>So how long have you been live streaming events like weddings? How did you decide to get into it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha:<\/strong> So it&#8217;s been a little bit over a year now. Before I started really offering it to clients, I was using my smartphone to go live, but I started to see a lot of limitations. And also, as far as really showing it to consumers and offering it as a service for their wedding, a smartphone didn\u2019t make a lot of sense. I couldn\u2019t really offer it as a service or show the value in it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So with Ecamm Live, I\u2019ve been able to create overlays and things that are really personalized. And if you understand marketing, especially to the future customer and you understand video marketing, you really know how much personalization has an effect on people. So the fact that even in the preview that you just played, you\u2019re able to see that at the end it says: \u201ccongratulations to the couple\u201d and I made a little lower third that said that while the live was streaming. I added a \u201cthank you for joining.\u201d So not only was I catering to the couple, but I was catering to the audience as well. So I&#8217;m able to really create content that can be used on the platform where it&#8217;s like \u201cwow, this was made for me!\u201d even if you are offering the service to multiple people, you&#8217;re really showing how you can just give a better experience through customization and personalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie: <\/strong>Yeah, definitely. We were speaking before we went live about how neat is it that live video allows people to feel a part of something, especially as special as a wedding. If guests aren\u2019t able to be there in person, like grandparents or folks that are elderly or sick or aren&#8217;t able to make it because they just live so far away, they&#8217;re able to get that experience and be able to feel like they&#8217;re really part of it, which is really neat and I&#8217;m sure is something that is a cool new trend within the wedding industry. When I got married 10ish years ago, it wasn\u2019t a thing so it\u2019s been really neat to be able to see where it\u2019s moving and how it\u2019s just really providing a cool opportunity for people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha<\/strong>: Yeah, for sure. With my brides, the other thing I need them to know if we\u2019re going to live stream is that it\u2019s not obtrusive. Like I need them to know it\u2019s almost like you won\u2019t even know that it\u2019s there. So I\u2019m big on planning. I\u2019m big on scouting and figuring out where can we put everything and making sure our connections are great and then also again I&#8217;m thinking of the viewer. I&#8217;m not going to do an angle where like there&#8217;s a big old pole in half of the screen and so they&#8217;re like well I&#8217;m not watching this because I might as well just have been there. So I&#8217;m thinking through of all of that when I set up. Once we&#8217;re live, it&#8217;s just a matter of just go and that&#8217;s pretty much all she wrote, but at the end of the day it&#8217;s just about providing a valuable experience for the viewer and for the end consumer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie<\/strong>: Definitely. So how do you go about it. You\u2019re saying that you do kind of like a scouting trip and a lot of pre-planning? How do you think about sort of approaching and planning for adding live video into other services that you&#8217;re offering? When does it make sense and when does it not make sense? How do you think through the logistics of it all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha: <\/strong>Most of the time it really does start from like a family aspect where it&#8217;s like so-and-so can&#8217;t make it to this event or if they want to do something like offer online ticket sales &#8212; things of that nature. Then they can they can have it as an option of like a virtual version of an of an in-person event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So those are usually the two means in which using live streaming for a live event is something you can leverage. When it comes to a wedding, I don&#8217;t want the person to feel like they&#8217;re just watching this thing that someone did with their smartphone. I want them to really feel like \u201cwow! This was really thought about.\u201d So, like I said, just going that extra mile of making the graphic and this stuff doesn&#8217;t take that long, especially if you have a template. It\u2019s really just adding the date and colors. That&#8217;s why in my Learn with AC group (where I do video marketing education) I teach how to create templates and how to plan ahead and all of that stuff, so you\u2019re not creating something new every single time. That\u2019s something I think about a lot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then I also really care about what can be done with the stream afterwards. For me it\u2019s not like the stream is just done when the event is. You can download the live stream and make use of it in multiple ways. If a business owner wanted to take it to the next step, they could download the live stream and then repurpose it in their professional video and use it as a bonus piece of footage. There&#8217;s so much stuff that you can do with it beyond just going live.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> How do you think through some of the challenges of broadcasting live from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>an event? Things like finding wifi and internet access. Or what do you do if it\u2019s a really windy day? How do you plan for some of those challenges and what do you do when things go wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha:<\/strong> That\u2019s a really good question because the wedding that we just streamed was great. It wasn\u2019t windy at all, but it was hot out (we\u2019re in Florida) and so they had fans. And we couldn\u2019t get past the industrial fans. They didn\u2019t look as big in person, but the sound was really really so loud. Thankfully no one complained about the audio of the live stream. I just blocked off some of the fans with the angle I took. There was also a really big pillar, so a lot of the wind that would have hit the mic was blocked off. The thing is, I couldn\u2019t tell them to take all their fans down. That\u2019s not the way to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, with live events you have to work with all sort of unique conditions. There are mic connections that you can use and really, it\u2019s a matter of how simple or advanced your setup is. If you&#8217;re using a webcam and maybe you&#8217;re plugging in an external mic, your audio is going to be different than when you&#8217;re using a DSLR and you still have to use a mic externally, but you might have a better audio quality so I think of those things. I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>also think about the fact that your camera might not be like the best or high def, but if the audio is good people will watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> Yeah, we hear that from a lot of people. If your video quality is fantastic, but the audio is garbage, people are not going to watch. They\u2019re unforgiving when it comes to bad audio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha: <\/strong>Here\u2019s a tip. Right before I went live (and this one was scheduled, so I had to do it in enough time), I do a recording so I can hear what it\u2019s going to sound like. So I record and then I play it back and think about how is the audio? What does it sound like? Do I need to really change my angle or positioning? All of that comes into play. Once the check is done, then I just hit go when it\u2019s scheduled to start.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> How common is live video in your industry? Is it something you\u2019re offering to everyone? How many people take you up on it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha:<\/strong> I\u2019d say around 50% right now. Where the challenge comes (and this is where it\u2019s really preference) is whether they\u2019ll want it public or not. Most of my clients want to stream it for family, so they want it private. Usually I\u2019ll create a page on my website that is password-protected. I\u2019ll use a private RTMP key to stream it there and that\u2019s pretty much it. So I love when brides and couples decide to let me stream it publicly because even people who don&#8217;t know them get to see such a really good experience and they get to see what we do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also a cool experience for people to see a different location &#8212; like those who haven\u2019t been to Florida before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> Have you done other types of live video at weddings? Any behind-the-scenes or do you stream mostly services?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha: <\/strong>Mostly services. I have done some behind-the-scenes, but I haven\u2019t really done them with anything other than my smartphone because sometimes with behind-the-scenes at weddings, there are things you don\u2019t want anyone else to see. It\u2019s a little bit more personal. Like I wouldn\u2019t want to live stream a bride getting ready because she\u2019s exposed. So that\u2019s why normally choose ceremonies. Usually they\u2019re about 15 or 20 minutes, but the one we shared here happened to be a whole 49 minutes so that was a bit different. That\u2019s why I like to scout and have graphics and stuff. That helps a lot. What I found myself doing before it actually started was that I would bring the graphics that I made back on screen, which said \u201cwelcome to the stream\u201d and things like that so that if anyone was hopping on and off (because that does happen) they knew they were in the right place and didn\u2019t miss it. I got a lot of feedback, a lot of messages on it, so it was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> Did you have someone there? Either yourself or a team member who was able to answer questions on the feed? Were people leaving comments as the event was happening?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha:<\/strong> People were leaving comments, but it wasn\u2019t as much as when you\u2019re doing a live broadcast like this. They knew that a wedding was happening and I kind of do like a little greeting when I waved at people saying like: \u201chey we&#8217;re here shooting\u201d so<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that they were aware that they\u2019re joining into a ceremony. Whereas, when I host a show, I\u2019m usually more like this. It\u2019s more interactive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> It&#8217;s funny. I wonder how that affects the general reach of a video. Does it matter if people are just silently watching versus asking questions and commenting and liking. You\u2019re building a live video in a really different way. It\u2019s a very different kind of experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha: <\/strong>Yeah, good point. What happens here is that a lot of the activity happens in the replay. People were commenting and asking questions and able to really interact and that\u2019s usually where I still put the same effort during the broadcast, but afterwards I&#8217;m like okay now I can really go back and I also believe that when it comes to that kind of broadcast not entertaining the questions right away allows you to kind of like stir the pot again like hey come back over here remember this. It\u2019s a really good way of bringing attention back to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> You were saying earlier that you often have clients who will have you live stream their wedding to a site with a password and special access. Do you do things like unlisted YouTube pages or closed Facebook groups?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha: <\/strong>I haven&#8217;t done that yet. I\u2019m not opposed to it, but I haven&#8217;t done that and I could see where that&#8217;s valuable on YouTube. I&#8217;m kind of indifferent because people could still get access to your unlisted stuff if someone shares that link. I know Vimeo is a little bit more protected if someone shares an unlisted link, but so yeah I haven&#8217;t really tried those methods, but they&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> So let\u2019s talk a little about quality. I know that one of the questions people have when they\u2019re thinking about filming live at events is the quality. There\u2019s a lack of control from not being in a studio where you can control the lighting and all different things. How does that play out when you&#8217;re thinking about video quality? Obviously the quality of the production is hugely important to your business, so is it setting expectations or is it just a different use case? How do you approach that?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha<\/strong>: I think going back to what I said earlier about scouting. What I try to do (and it doesn\u2019t always happen) is to make sure that when I\u2019m scouting, I do it at the same time as the broadcast. So, for example, the ceremony for this recent wedding I did was going to be at 4:30, so I went to scout around at the same time an earlier day. That will tell me things like the lighting, what angles I should be shooting from, and what challenges I may be dealing with. If I went at 8 o\u2019clock in the morning, especially for an outdoor situation, the lighting would be completely different and I may not even know how they\u2019re setting up the area where I\u2019m going to stream. In the case of this wedding, when we arrived I kept saying I wanted to get my stuff set up, but the ceremony wasn&#8217;t ready yet so let&#8217;s say I put the camera like in the center, which I wouldn&#8217;t do, but yeah I would have to move it again. It\u2019s counter productive. So scouting is a great way to have the quality control and also to decide on what pieces of equipment you want to use. Sometimes it really is an HD webcam and that&#8217;s all. I want people to really understand that it&#8217;s not about having the the quote-unquote best equipment. Don&#8217;t have shiny object syndrome. You can deliver quality with a nice camera or webcam, good lighting, and audio. If you can get those three things to work, then you\u2019re set.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie: <\/strong>That\u2019s a really good point. Especially when you\u2019re on the go and have tons of other equipment for other filming and working the other aspects of a wedding. You just would probably want to keep it to the basics to really accomplish what you\u2019re doing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha: <\/strong>Yeah, you can definitely overthink it. You know that video right now is natively taking off by itself. I have not boosted it. I haven\u2019t been running any ads. It\u2019s just people sharing it on their own or the bride\u2019s family sharing it. So I\u2019m just watching and collecting all the data so that I can target and do all the stuff. Don\u2019t over complicate it. Just keep it simple and then execute. If I could quote Gary Vee when he says: \u201cDone is better than perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie:<\/strong> Oh yeah, absolutely. I think so often we\u2019re all like it needs to be flawless before we can think about releasing it. One of the cool things about live video is that often, when it\u2019s not perfect, it\u2019s better. It gives it that authentic, real feeling. I\u2019m sure that especially when you\u2019re doing a live event, whether it\u2019s a wedding or something else, what\u2019s really the most shareable are the people that are there having that experience that want to relive it and replay it &#8211; you know, be able to engage or share with friends that weren\u2019t able to be there. People who are watching want to see those kinds of real moments and they want to really feel as though they\u2019re there, so yeah it\u2019s kind of neat in some ways&nbsp; that it doesn\u2019t have to be perfect, but it certainly as you were saying can be repurposed. You can take those clips that really have that authenticity to them and be able to use them in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha<\/strong>: Yeah, I had to move the camera during the ceremony. They were letting guests in and I had a great angle, but the front row was blocked so they wouldn\u2019t have seen well, so I just moved the camera a bit and then we were good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that moment I can&#8217;t think, well my gosh if I move the camera they&#8217;re going to see it and now it&#8217;s not perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie<\/strong>: Absolutely. That\u2019s what the voices in our heads always say. Yet most people who are watching are just like yeah the wedding is starting. 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Do you have any kinds of tips and tricks for people out there who are considering being able to broadcast at any different kind of live event? I mean obviously a lot of planning goes into it and really kind of thinking through and scouting out the space, but is there anything else that you wish you knew when you first started doing it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha<\/strong>:&nbsp; I would definitely say your connection. With Wi-Fi, you\u2019ll need to have a back-up plan. If you don&#8217;t, or maybe you&#8217;re just starting out, and you don\u2019t have a hotspot or remote Wi-Fi, then I would definitely make it a priority to contact whoever can give you access to the Wi-Fi where you&#8217;re going to broadcast so that way you know and and start early. For example, if your live is scheduled don&#8217;t wait five minutes before the live. Come on 20 minutes early and get everything set up. 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It\u2019s the same event and invitation, but figuring out how to tweak and customize it in that special way for that audience is huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, we should talk a little bit about Instagram because I think you\u2019re one of our few users who broadcasts to Instagram Live using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loola.tv\">Loola.tv<\/a>. You and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heystephanieliu\/\">Stephanie Liu<\/a> and a few others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anesha:<\/strong> Yeah I use Loola when I want to stream to Instagram and YouTube at the same time. It lets you stream on multiple platforms. And yeah, Stephanie is a genius. I love that feature. I don\u2019t always use it, but when I want to do both it\u2019s just so easy and helps you save time because you can cross-promote and things of that nature. To save time, it\u2019s a great resource to have.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie<\/strong>: Absolutely. Actually, maybe you can answer a question for me live. 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Like Stephanie has her graphic and then she has her video come in it so it looks like she\u2019s on the computer. She\u2019s just thinking outside of the box and being clever and creative. You can do the same thing and add your creativity. The possibilities are endless.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But like you said, getting started without throwing everything in at once is the best way to do it. Whether it\u2019s just adding an image at the end that has the live event information or a logo. That\u2019s a great start. And then go from there as things make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anesha: Yeah, although I think if you keep live streaming and watching other people\u2019s stuff, you can consume too much of other people\u2019s content and lose a bit of your own creativity. Like what Stpehanie does is amazing, but if I was to do the same thing it wouldn\u2019t be mine so it wouldn\u2019t set me apart. I love what she does. 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