Before you watch the whole video, take a guess: do my cameras survive?!

The storytelling there was so good. Literally, from the beginning till the end. The tension was present and the mix between GoPro footage, photos taken and you explaining the important parts face camera were all very well made. Melting your analytic brain and your artsy flow gave this awesome kind of results. I don’t care if I have to wait half a year to let your continue wandering to this kind of content. This is it. You got the moves like Jagger Reggie. This is exactly what people would call short film except that you are genuinely giving us delightful real moments of people most’s important life. I would love to see the reaction of the married ones after seeing this short film. Keep pushing, you are rocking to the moon 😊

Hotshoe covers are not just cosmetic! I always have my strap and clip setups to point the lens down. I always use lens hoods. Not because they reduce flairs (they do) but because they reduce fingers, zippers, moisture etc from landing on the lens.

Yeh, I had a feeling that they would hold up ok in the rain, the issue would be coming back inside. I would prolly have tried to shoot the outdoor ceremony with just one camera and then leave the other in the car. Having a dry camera to use for the indoor stuff later would save a lot of stress and you could already start drying out the wet camera immediately with silica bags.

1. I really love the vibe and feel of this video Reggie! 2. I’m in Texas and yeah you’ll get some foggy lens lol. Just take 10-20 minutes to clear up! 3. Only WR if all the openings are covered. 4. I’ve shoot a football game in the rain. These cameras are great!

Great contents Reggie and lessons to learn for the rest of us X shooters. You're brave to have attempted this .Thanks for sharing. Going by your experience I think it would be wise to , say to keep a third body with a 35mm in the car just for the reception to avoid dealing with condensation on a raining that you had.

This directional, creative pivot is the bee’s knees. Glad to be standing on the launchpad for what’s to come. 🚀

What a roller coaster of emotions! The anxiety I had seeing you lenses out there for the dust. 😆 This was well made Reggie! Loved the BTS and the way you put everything together. One of my favs from your for sure. Well done!! 💪🏽

I dig the story-telling method you used 👍🏾 Also hot-shoe covers are a must to ensure WR Fuji cameras are WR, now I know.

In our trip to Hawaii I heard of the sudden rainy weather ☔, which got me concerned with my X-T4, so I left my hot shoe cover on, and the camera handled light rain like a champ, aside from occasional water 💦 droplets on the lens, but as soon as it started to downpour I put on the JJC rain cover, it's like a plastic sleeve that goes over the camera and part of your arm 📷🙋. So it works like expected, and for a budget cover it was money 💵 well spent. Just that the warmth of your hand can trap humidity over time inside that plastic cover, and it can fog up both the lcd and viewfinder, just open up the bottom part on occasion, let some cool air in ❄ and you've got perfectly dry gear. The only thing that got wet was my ND filter but the waterproof coating saved the day 🤣 a couple of blows and the water slides right off, no touching or wiping necessary. I'm glad your gear survived, but please don't torture test them that intensively next time 🤪 Awesome video and awesome photography Reggie. Keep'em coming 😎📷

I don’t know if it was the music. But the bride and groom portraits were touching. I love people that can be happy in the rain.

Glad I finally got around to watching the video and MAN, that was stressful! Great job handling it all in stride while still managing to get enough content for a video!!

Very, I shot in Edinburgh on Christmas Eve in the pouring rain all day with my X-T3 with the 16-55 and 10-24. Yes, I swapped the lenses during the day. I did that under cover and paid careful attention to the lens mount for water. My camera was at my side all day in the elements. No problems.

I think the weather resistance thing is oversold. In heavy rain, it would probably be best to use a rain cover like Think Tank sells. I've used them doing news and sports. Water and electronics are not a good mix -- especially remembering that Murphy's Law rules photography. Good job on getting the shots for the client. Eddy Summer's comment about keeping one camera in the car is a good idea.

My opinion is that the problem wasn't the rain or the wheather sealing but that you put the camera from out inside without take some precaution!This would happen with any camera and lens!You should put everything in the bag before get inside and give it time to anjust to the temperature! It goes faster if you use a plastic shopping bag!

Wow, that is some experience! Glad to hear all worked out well and as always some amazing photos 💪🏾

Reggie, as always, your work (both your photos and this video) are fantastic! You rule!

From all seen what Fuji suggested is using the dedicated hotshoe plastic cap, it small but can save your camera and day 100%. Not using flash or trigger outside from the footage visible and the hotshoe is perfectly exposed to all. I do not own any WR lens but for sure will not remove that small plastic thingy on the hotshoe unless required to attach something.

Shooting with both XT-1 and XPro-3 in rain, I’ve never had trouble. Mind you I always have a hot shoe cover on.

Bro. This is the production direction I hope you continue in. It flows so well !

All things aside, hats off for being able to nail poses and various perspectives, in the freaking rain. I would have been freaking out.

Very useful information! What lens did you use in this video?

Man that was so immersing i felt like im making those shots

Glad they are still alive, probably won't be in a situation like that any time soon but good to know the cameras will in fact live to see another day. Those detail shots were money!

Loved this Reggie! Was invested the whole way through :)

Really great vid and great job showing the actual weather you dealt with. Very hard to find this sort of info, thanks!

I got my xt5 soaked for 1 hour and in heavy rain, always shoot raw, and it works fine

The clutch hand for lighting check, awesome bud!

Loved how you captured the future husband discovering his future wife's wedding dress :)

Thanks for making this video. It's a topic that generally doesn't get much coverage. It's good to learn about some ways to dry out my camera if I ever do get water in it again. It's also some good info on the WR limits of Fuji X-system gear. I have taken my gear to shoot while in the rain and have generally had good luck. I say luck because you can't always predict when water might get in. The most severe rain that I've done shooting in was in Alaska. I was outside for about an hour in very heavy rain and windy conditions such that rain was flying horizontally because of the wind. My lens front element got wet despite having the hood on. But I did not notice any form of water ingress whatsoever. Even after going back indoors and waiting for an hour just to see if condensation would set in.....and nothing.... So I figured that my set up (X-T2 + 18-135mm) could handle at least that level of rain and wind. With the same setup (body and lens) I did get some water ingress in a much milder storm and with an even shorter time outside. I was quite surprised. I just chalked it up to bad luck that I got water in the camera. The inside of the EVF glass had some condensation but that eventually went away and everything still worked fine. The risk of water damage is not going to stop me from shooting in the rain because gear is replaceable/repairable but the opportunity may not be around again!!

It's always good to have a backup camera, and preferably a back up lens like a 35mm and a flash. especially at something were you can't redo the job. Also, always carry a garbage bag in case i'm in the middle of the park and it starts to poor and i'm trying to save my gear.

Love this video so much. Thanks for allowing me to make a voice cameo!

best wedding photography BTS ive ever seen

I ate a whole bag a chips in anxiety watching this. BEAUTIFUL photos!

Some great shots in there, enjoyed the video and glad the fuji's survived!

Interesting, my dad had my camera out in the rain for about an hour (in a non-watertight rucksack), with the hotshoe cover on, and even with all that it got some water inside the evf and the shutter button acted up aswell. He said it wouldnt even turn on and it sucked the whole battery empty overnight. Btw you can configure your display to release the sutter when touching it, should you ever need it when the button doesnt work :)

Yes Reggie! Been waiting a minute for this. Haven't even watched it yet and I already know you delivered. Quality over quantity always. Keep up the good work bro

Thanks for a great video topic. I guess the lesson I take is WR is weather resistance not weather proof. I myself rarely if ever shoot with the camera directly exposed to rain, but living in a cold climate I frequently shoot in -10c to -15c temperatures. When this happens I always put by gear in a Ziplock bag before I go indoors and slowly let the gear come to indoor temperatures before I pullout SD cards 👍 so far so good.

Damn those pictures were magical.

Great photos! And glad your cameras survived. I’d probably get a simple camera rain cover for future weddings.

We have several of these silica packets that just sit inside our camera bag. No idea if they are actually doing anything or not, but living in Pittsburgh, there is ALWAYS some amount of rain or wet happening so we just have them in our bag.

My Friend, what beautiful colors in your photos! Congratulations. Greetings from Mexico.

you should fill a bag with dessicants and carefully place the camera in it. seal the bag and wait. it will be much faster than setting a bag on the hotshoe which probably didn't do much. waiting a week is what dried it out.... glad you got it working again though...

I never put the hot shoe protect in the rain... I was very very lucky... Thk U Reggie

anyone get strange tiny pixelated "stars" from images shot with the 18mm opened to 1.4 ? from time to time. its like sun flare but at the pixel . strange.

We create a craft and we use certain tools of the trade to get the results. Gear especially camera gear is tempromental, not always suited too or applicable. When the wording weather proof or werther resistant is printed on something I guess we feel it's a green light to use it in all conditions. I enjoy so much taking my xt100 out it's fun it looks cool a bit small in my large hands but I don't worry about it getting wet. If I had a GFX 100 that might be a different story especially the price in Australia.

Your photo editing skills are killer man!

Such a beautiful wedding! Great shots despite all the challenges!

dumb question, can the xt4/xt3’s lcd screen handle water droplets? or does it need to have a protective screen? will the lcd’s touch screen malfunction if it gets a little water? its body can also handle rain droplets right?

Probably it would also be good to keep the lenses and the body under a bright light. Moisture means that fungus can grow, but fungus doesn't grow in bright areas.

Thanks for the video and your WR testing ;) I had equal problems with a pentax k3 a few years ago, where lens and body were weather sealed. But on a holiday with some humid climate, the cam stopped working on the third day of fourteen days. So the rest of the shoots needed to be done via my iPhone 8 these days. After technical check by pentax service, that camera was marked as being "broken". Luckily my camera/ gear was insured and i got a replacement. That's being said, i've become more cautious about the whole WR "thing".

One thing that is probably unknown to a lot of people about the Fujifilm Camera is that the flash cover is needed to complete the seal. Most people that get water in their Fujifilm Cameras were not using the flash cover.

I had a similar experience with my X-t4.. Only that isn't completely recovered. I was out shooting some old WW2 military bunkers along the road in northern Sweden in what I would call rain or drizzle. My issue is that even if having the camera in a dry bag after. It stopped charging. So I contacted Fujifilm and sent it in for repair.. After month of waiting due to them sending it to UK and getting stuck in customs I got it back with a short note saying "beyond economical repair". We'll this means I had to claim it under my own insurance. Which worked fine... it costed me a little but I got a new X-t4 now....Well, it turns out that after sitting for months, to old one works again now, except I cannot charge the battery while in the body and every time I pull the battery to change it, the camera resets within seconds... So, this is now my spare body for extreme weather use.. Good thing I tried it again and just didn't scrap it.

amazing video and photos!! Buying an xt3 soon as my day to day camera and I'm excited

Thanks for sharing this experience, will surely get those silica packs on my bag

Wow Reggie you are brave. I'm not sure if I trust any electronics to get soaked

Bro your photography skills are A1!!!! The photos are banger!!

Amazing photos ... thanks, Reggie!

I love that preset!! 🎉Congratulations beautiful photos

LOL...you really do torture your gear! I'm the opposite...keep the hotshoe covered, keep a filter on lenses, use a lens hood more often than not, use a rain cover in pouring rain, just got a dry cabinet (we have temp and humidity extremes). Yeah I baby my gear. 🤣😂🤣 BTW, love your video, the story format, the gorgeous wedding photos...and I bet no one who sees this video EVER forgets the hot shoe cover, now you have demonstrated its importance. 😉🙃

Reggie, if you could start over, would you go 18/50 or 23/50 as a two lens setup? I appreciate the video.

Somebody else commented that camera safety is priority #1 and I couldn’t disagree more. You can get another camera body but this couple will (hopefully!) never have another wedding. You delivered for them in a major way and the shots are fantastic. 👍

Thx for sharing! Terrific lessons! Great pics despite challenges!

Very informative; well presented. Well done, Reggie

Thanks for these great insights. I have a XT2 for more than 5 years now. And I love it. It takes great photos and is very robust. I had 4 or 5 shoots in heavy rain and it survived them all without any problems. The half-way shutter issue occured once on a dusty and moist October morning, when I took some pictures in the wet grass. I have lost the hotshoe-cover too ;-) And - lucky guy I am - it never made any problems ever. But it´s good to know, that this could cause some damage, so I will cover it in the future. Please do us a favour and share the link from fuji with us, that they sent you to learn more about the weather sealing of fuji-cameras (it was shown in the video on 10:35). Thanks in advance and all the best.

nice photos in the rain!

I've done tons of bad weather wildlife shooting and I've never even once thought twice about the weather resistance. My X-T4 and 16-55 have taken everything I've put them through flawlessly. Seeing your camera completely soaked didn't even phase me a bit lol

Great one Reg.

How do you get the highlights peaking warning on the lcd? I’d like to turn on that feature

you can get a hot shoe umbrella. It looks stupid but it will probably work 😂

Great photos and I'm glad your camera survived! I'm sure you keep a spare camera around...did you have that x100 available at the reception in case you had to pack away your x-t3 bodies?

Great photos.

Good vid and you handled the day well. I'm looking at getting the T4, is it more weather sealed than the T3???

Thank you for sharing

Thanks for covering this: I always wonder how my X-pro3 will handle rain! Never thought about the hotshoe cover and uv filter as adding protection. I always have a light backpack with a plastic bag in it in case of a serious downpour....would have been good for your 10 minute unnecessary exposure hiking to the shoot, as well as for keeping the second body dry. Wondering if the moisture will have lasting effects down the road....? Appreciate the video!

The grooms suit pant length is fucking killing me 💀

would an umbrella work?

didn't have a backup camera??

you're brave. i baby my xt4 lolz

5. Have an indoor/dry-shooting camera ?!

Silica bags bro! Also, love the new video format ✌️

Great story with a happy ending Reggie, groom had no parents to share with and that makes me sad though.

Yeah don't! My xt2 shutter button died after the Niagara falls, I opened it, some water went inside!

This was fun. Glad it had a happy ending. Question: What strap are you using? Looks interesting. I just got an XT3, and need a simple, but versatile strap for street shooting. Advice is appreciated.

Hello sir.. Which flash best for wedding photography?

I knew that you have a Filipino blood from the moment that you use rice hahaha

Really good job!

If someone asks, just say you used a diffusion filter.

Great sharing ....

0:07 LOL! 🤣

Bro this editing style sucked me in!👌🏽🙌🏽 Awesome video! Glad you got your cameras working again! And yes the photos turned out amazing!!

Love the pictures :))))

Where was the backup camera?

Lenses were ok? Thanks for sharing.

1. Why don't you just (learn to) put the caps on? :) 2. Umbrella can help too in a really bad weather. Yes, it's a trade-off but to me, camera-safety should be first. Otherwise, nice pics as always!

My xt4 got rained on so hard at a Trump rally once and I was amazed at how well the weather sealing worked. It was raining all day and I was out there for about 5 hours at the press area my camera was drenched and as a bonus that cleaned the dust I had on it from a gender reveal 🙃.

Would you fly to Brazil and teach me wedding photography ? haha

Mine did not!!

‘Weather Sealed’ is NOT weather proof. Never had any issues with my Fuji rigs in snow, rain, ext…but I learned a hard lesson back in the 90s with my then Canon system. My Canon EOS1N was supposedly weather sealed, so I stood out the elements, freezing rain and snow for an hour shooting for a local paper, well, the dummy (me) believed the hype from Canon and well, I guess you know the rest of the story. I finished up the gig with my backup A2e (after bagging it up). Never believe the hype, it will come back and bite ya.

I ruined an X-T4 under very similar conditions. Put too much faith in the the “weather resistant” claims and you risk destroying your gear. Very frustrating and I’d like to see Fuji take this more seriously. Improve the WR and put an actual rating on it the way Oly does.