#but i stopped it once at a closeup of mins hand

[1980ssunflower]

jesus

[creativeclaygraphics]

My First Wedding Videography Gig - Starting Out as a Freelancer

Watch here - https://youtu.be/B87mE3uJ05w

15 AUG 2020 

A cloudy day that turned to non-stop rain. It certainly helped with more or less consistent lighting. 

PREPARATION 

I've been friends with Heidi for 7 years now! It has been such a privilege and joy to shoot and edit her wedding video. I made two - the full length version was 1 hour 40 min and the second video is the highlights around 7 min. 

I've been getting into videography and motion graphics in the past 2 years. I've mainly done travel videos and some graphic templates. When she first asked me to be her wedding videographer, I was so excited and so freaking out! I certainly felt the pressure of making it good. The only disappointing thing was because of Covid restrictions, my boyfriend couldn't come and film as well. It would have been incredibly handy to have extra angles to capture those expressions.

My first instinct was to jump on YouTube and search for Wedding Videography Tips and 'How-Tos'.  I have looked up to a lot of videographers on YouTube who showcase their work and provide helpful tutorials. Here are a few videos with tips and considerations I found useful before the day of the wedding. 

Matti Haapoja - 7 Pro Tips for Wedding Videography!

https://youtu.be/4xp31LYdcKo

Matt WhoisMatt Johnson - My Favourite Lens for Wedding Filmmaking!

https://youtu.be/AMwrYohDz00

As I was getting ready prepping with theory and strategy, there was one tip that I learned from Daniel Schiffer that I had to do. That was making a shot list. I prepared a shot list for Heidi, then sent it to her to double check if I missed anything. This was really key in ensuring that I don't miss any moment or people in the video.

Daniel Schiffer -- How I plan Shots & Transitions | B ROLL 101

https://youtu.be/3mZuJAWH1Ow

**Something to note is I did consider the issue of audio, but thankfully the ceremony was being broadcasted through zoom and they had extra cameras and audio set up, which was something I didn't need to worry about.

The next thing I did was to present the couple a few reference videos on YouTube of what style they would want the video to be. They didn't seem to fussed but they certainly liked the examples I had given them.

https://youtu.be/OUB6zKc-Tos

WEDDING DAY 

This was how it all went down: 

7 A.M.  WAKE UP 8 A.M. LEAVE TO TRAIN 10:30 A.M. ARRIVE AT HOTEL - Film Bride and Groom 12 P.M. GROOM LEAVES HOTEL TO CHURCH 1 P.M. BRIDE LEAVES HOTEL TO CHURCH 1:30 P.M. CEREMONY STARTS 3:30 P.M. LATE LUNCH 5 P.M. GROUP PHOTOS 5:45 P.M. TEA CEREMONY 

CAMERA - Lumix G85 LENS - ZhongYi Mitakon 25mm f/0.95              Lumix G VARIO 14-42mm  f/3.5-5.6 

The first half of the day went surprisingly smooth. Arrived unscathed at the hotel, found the bride's room no problem and began shooting while she was getting her make up done. I got some shots of the dress and rings as well. Later on the groom was ready, so I got some shots the grooms men helping the groom with his suit. Then other closeup shots with placing the handkerchief in the pocket, tying shoes. After the groom was ready, we all headed back to the bride. Heidi hid behind the door ajar and David approached and they touched hands. It was a very cute scene to film! David and the groomsmen went off to the church venue. Meanwhile the rest of the time I spent filming the Heidi's parents helping her with her dress. 

All these scenes I shot using the Mitakon f/0.95 to get that awesome depth of field combined with close up shots all hand held. The plan was I would leave with the bride's mum first and once we got to the church, I would switch to the 14-42mm and use the DJI Ronin-sc gimbal. Total fail. 

I spent a good 30 minutes fixing and trying to set up the gimbal....! So incredibly frustrating. I realised that I didn't bring my quick release plate and so I had to redo the entire set up. Even when I got my camera on, it wouldn't stop jittering. Eventually I got it working. Unfortunately the footage using the 14-42mm was a bit too dark, I should have realised the interior of the church wasn't that well lit. I ended up having to do hand held shots with the Mitakon during the signing and also during the first dance - which worked out really nicely!

FILMING HINDSIGHT

WHAT WORKED OUT

Preparing the shot list

Getting there early at the hotel

Mitakon f/0.95 close ups

Transitions and shot ideas - rehearsing the movements beforehand and also coming up with transitions on the spot

POINTERS FOR NEXT TIME

An extra person filming with me would be great

Seriously need to check and prepare for the gimbal set up

Account for delays throughout the wedding

Save up for zoom lenses - luckily I know the bride well so I didn't feel awkward getting in their faces.

VIDEO EDITING

Having other on going projects, I ended up completing all the vidoes in about a month and a half. I use the apps Clockify and RescueTime to track roughly the amount of time spent. I ended up doing 17-20 hours of work on editing. The wedding video took around 8 hours and the highlights took 6 hours - excluding changes.

Originally I was thinking of doing this for free for my friend, but she kindly offered to pay at a discounted rate. That made me reflect what kind of price I should charge in the future...

EXTRA FILES: - Zoom recorded video - Bridesmaid video and audio - Wedding graphics

With the combination of the zoom video files, that helped fill in the gaps that I couldn't get. Overall I'm really delighted with the final outcome of the highlights video. The only annoying aspect was the inconsistency of quality of the clips. It had been a tough process of filtering out all the clips so I began editing it in chronological order, getting the best bits. Then I was able to jumble it up to match the transitions and the progression of the story. I completed the full video first before attempting the highlights... and boy I NEEDED motivation for that. Sometimes, starting from scratch, new music and just bringing in the best clips together is just the way to go.

VIDEO EDITING HINDSIGHT

WHAT WORKED OUT

Choosing the music first

Cutting only the best clips chronologically and saving that as an original sequence

Editing based on those chosen clips

Sending a sample for the couple to check the video direction

POINTERS FOR NEXT TIME

The zoom file came as an MTS file. I now hate MTS files. That took so long to figure out how to resolve the audio. Definitely have a better understanding though now.

There were a couple of changes that the couple wanted to make, which of course is not a problem at all. Thankfully they were simple changes. But certainly always to be prepared for changes, to save and make all files in a way that can be revisited and edited.

Another thing is it made me consider how to charge if there were multiple changes needed.

THANK YOU...

for reading me documenting my first experience as a wedding videographer. What was your first wedding gig like? Or first time going out there filming and editing?

[annie-thyme]

CONGRATS ON THE 500 FOLLOWERS! My selfie tag is #my face if you'd like to do one of those photography thingies! I'm so happy for you!

ahhh thank you Addy!!! so OKAY um first of all your face is absolutely GORGEOUSSS it is pure sunshine and I think I’ve already told you that to me you look a lot like Alona Tal so of course my firs suggestion for a photoshoot for you would be Jo Harvelle cosplay - nude makeup, black tank top, jeans, heavy boots and a plaid shirt, casually leaning on the bar counter, looking like you own the world (and you totally do btw). But that’s, y’know, if you’re into cosplay photography))

I gotta say, even though I like shooting with dramatic lighting every once in a while, I’m a huge sucker for soft daylight photography. 9 times out of 10 I’d opt for a daylight shoot if it’s an option.

so, for you I’d pick the almost-twilight, chasing the fading light of the day. soft focus, lots of close-ups on details - hands, a strand of hair, almost-smile. you sitting on a wide windowsill with a throw blanket and a book in your lap, hair falling into your face. nude makeup or no makeup at all. your face half-turned away from the camera, you staring into the distance, book forgotten. an oversized sweater hanging off your shoulder. a mug of tea in your hands. a pale blue sundress and a knit shawl, barefoot in a rocking chair or a swing on the porch of an old country house (shh it’s a dream photoshoot let’s just pretend we have unlimited budget/location options kk), the last rays of setting sun casting long soft shadows on the floor and giving your face an ethereal glow. lots of closeup portraits, but a few ful body shots as well. 50 or 85 mm lens, max aperture, low contrast.

but on the other hand? something completely different. hair dyed in shades of purple and electric blue. bright, vibrant colours. noon outdoors photoshoot in bright sunlight when the shadows are pitch black and sharp. jean shorts or torn jeans, band t-shirt, sunglasses. motorbike, leather jacket, gas station or empty street in a small town. or - same hair, but a pinup dress and high heels and an ‘I’m gonna destroy you’ vibe. loud and unapologetic. wide angle lens, min aperture so that all the background details are sharp and in focus.

…I may have got carried away a bit so I’ll just stop here %))) the technical specs are there in case you’d wanna use these ideas for an actual photoshoot)

want one?

[drewxmay]

Contestshipping Masterpost - Part 8 - WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WYNUAT???

and now… the best contestshipping episode of them all!!! yell it loud and clear (even though your parents will think you are weird)

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WYNAUT!!!

Link to episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbLuBt3YaKQ

whenever I say Why not I say it like a wynuat. This is the best episode.

Episode starts off with Ash yelling at a river. Wonderful.

0:06 Oh Pikachu too?

0:20 Best of luck to you on your contest May!

0:27 Hi Drew :D

0:37 hmm. Interested I see?

Masqurain Uses waves to complete his technique

1:27 Drew won 5 a while back! Remember when he had 3?

1:37 Well May will win the contest you two will battle for the 4th time!

1:42 Fancy words will only give May more determination to win… Drew knows this.

1:57 Okay so we have Mr.Perfect, Mr.Know-it-all, and Mr.Rose. Wonderful.

I REMEMBER THIS THEME SONG! I REMEMBER EARLY 2016! MUST SING! gha

3:08 Ash saying the titles sometimes makes me laugh. “MAY WE HARLEY DREW’D YA!” Imagine him saying that. ya.

3:11 Narrator, she is working hard at her skill because Drew convinced her too in his own way.  ADVANCED SHIPPERS HE WAS NOT BEING MEAN AND THAT IS WHY SHE IS TRYING, SHE IS TRYING BECUASE DREW TOLD HER TO AND MADE HER WANT TO IN HIS OWN WAY.

3:23 Masquain flap your wings not your legs

3:26 Flirting!

3:35 Drew is teaching May some tactics :3

Also, May has really improved! Character development and attack skills, and based off these episodes it was mainly because of Drew!

3:51 … that was not somersault. Translations…

3:57 MAGICARP. this is just the best team rocket entrance. Ever. Just imagine a big magicarp jumped into the beach and said “MAGICARP" I laughed at this the first time I saw it~

4:06 :pulls up image of face swap:

4:19 Welp, it was a good run pikachu. Goodbye :)

4:21 NO NOT BEAUTIFLY AND MASQUAIN!!! ANYTHING BUT THEM!

4:22 :TAKES SCREENSHOT: Omg they are so scared for their pokemon

4:24 SO YOU HAD TO TAKE MASQURAIN, AND BEAUTIFLY BUT NOW YOU ARE TAKING MAY AND DREW????

4:30 WELL THEN FIX IT JESSIE!!!

4:36 I love this pic… so much…

4:42 silly max! You pressed the hypo turbo engine switch! You should’ve known :P

4:56 they are now standing next to each other even though last time they were almost across the room, they walked next to each other and called their pokemon at the same time. This is what writers do when they foreshadow.

5:00 I dunno :Looks up I am going to on google: I am going to die. Jessie you are going to die!

5:15 and then you hear wabbafet

Hi team Rocket!

5:25 Imma look that on google… You are at my house.

5:29 No you are in my house

5:35 Thank you Wabaf- I mean James

5:40 but James was trying to cheer you up by being Wabbafet :P

5:49 Thank you Wabaf- I mean Meowth

5:54 Don’t worry, they’re having fun Max.

6:08 People might say that Drew is being mean here and that Drew doesn’t like May but this has a second meaning and May didn’t get it (just like how she never noticed him flirting)

6:19 :Screenshots:

I cursed myself with faceswap

6:25 So ye ol’ pirate likes eh story o’ contest shipp'n?

6:30 :Looks up mirage: mi·rage m?'räZH/ noun noun: mirage; plural noun: mirages

  an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air.

okay I get it now! The wynuat!!!

6:42 Leechy berry?

6:50 Teaching May about Leechy berries in his own way.

6:58 I find it amazing that May says she knows everything about them, proceeds to pronounce it wrong, and then Drew point that out. I didn’t expect him to.

7:03 :Takes screenshot

7:05 great! I BET THAT IT IS WYNUAT

7:19 ShuuHaru

I told you I love this episode AND WE AREN’T EVEN HALFWAY DONE MWA HA HA AH AHA HA

7:36 Swellow did you find contestshipping

7:43 Don’t worry Max!

7:52 wynuat? Also while listening to this I heard Max say "Ya! They might’ve decided to-” finish this sentence please :3

8:21 Mudkip: points with fin

8:23 “You don’t get out much do you…”  "Well you just don’t know how to have fun!“ -Contestshipping

8:33 you know what I want this man to be a chaperone at a school field trip.

8:48 in the time you were gone, James, Jessie and Meowth turned into wabaffets! :D

9:00 WYNUAT WYNUAT REGRET IT? WHY SHOULD I REGRET IT?

9:03 No james. did you hear it say Wabafett? No. It said wynuat.

9:08 at least Meowth knows!

9:12 let me tell ya’ lads ye ol’ story of how I got ‘ere

9:58 People say Drew never gets exited.

10:08 DON’T DIE GUYS YOU ARE MY LIFE

10:20 HOLDING HANDS OMG LIFE SAVER SHIPPING BULBAPEDIA!!!

One scene includes a closeup of May and Drew holding hands while falling down a cliff and into a river.

… I’m disappointed in you Bulbapedia

10:27 YOU CAN MAKE IT!!!

10:34 NOT THE WATERFALL FROM ALL OF THE MOVIES!!!

10:45 NOT DREW!!! (MAY GOT DREW SHE WANTS TO HELP HIM D:)

10:49 Bulbapedia: Then May sees that Drew has been knocked out from the impact of the waterfall, she becomes extremely concerned and tries to keep Drew’s head above the water while telling him not to worry because she’s got him.

You missed something, when somebody passes out they stop holding their own weight, meaning that Drew is actually way heavier than if he were conscious, let’s see an average 10-year-old boy weighs about 90 pounds… May is carrying an almost 100 pound weight, above water, while also trying to keep herself over water

THE THINGS ADRENALIN CAN DO MAN.

10:58 WYNUAT!!! HELP!!!

11:03 the mirage island.

11:15 SAVE THE CHILDREN

11:24 Hopefully safe with the wynuat!

11:34 AHOY MATES I 'AVE FOUN’ 'UR FRIEN’!

11:46 You did as much as you could…

11:54: "Drew… are you okay? Say something please!” May said in a destressed tone of voice

12:02 omg I ship it so much Bulbapedia? how about you?

After being pulled out of the river by the Wynaut, May is seen begging a still unconscious Drew to say something. When he finally wakes up, she is visibly relieved.

12:06 No May… you don’t have to be so modest. If it weren’t for you he would be dead. he would have drowned.

May is too modest.

12:10 Well the wynuat… OMG I WANT ONE NOW! I WANT TO TRAVEL WITH ALL OF THEM! THE WYNUAT REPRESENT CONTESTSHIPPERS!

12:22 Wynuat is a light pokemon, so is there body an illusion? I saw somewhere a theory that their tails are the pokemon and their blue body is a shield… so the blue part is an illusion?

“They travel in herds and at night sleep together in groups”

all of the contestshippers are wynuats. We stick together.

12:30 Drew is happy :D

12:33 omg the wynuat are so nice!!! “Are these for us?” “Wynuat!” Omgggg I love them so much

12:39 I love Drew in this pic I dunno why

12:42 Your ship is strong.

12:48 yes. GodI just wanna hug May and Drew. So. Flippin. Much.

12:54 aww poor team rocket

13:02 Why hello there

13:07 num num num num

13:12 Wanub nub nub nub nub nub nub nub

13:16 oh well hi there

13:19 nub nub nub nub nub nub nub

13:27 There right there

13:31 spin spin spin spin spin spin spin spin

13:34 ye’ ol’ lad ta'tst'a 'tory if I ever said i’

13:58 Imma not mention how his last statement was incorrect because this episode is so great.

14:04 You studied their shoes max?

14:08 actually Drew was unconscious so he didn’t walk, and the wynuats were in the trees and picked up May and Drew. You are wrong guys.

14:16 WYNUAT HAVING A JUNE 10TH PARTY???

14:23 wynuat join us?

14:30 Let’s join the contestshipping celebration!

14:39 wynuat join us too Drew X3

14:47 Bulbapedia? Do you wanna say something?

During the Wynauts’ “party” shortly after, Drew is seen watching May intently.

Watching her intently ya say? He must be happy that she is having fun :D (btw he likes her)

14:53 After a long journey… we have finally found the thing we have been looking for: food. it has been many mins we have walked around this forest, searching and searching while following our mentorour, Wabaffet, but finally…

nvm I’ll stop.

14:58 James is great, so is jessie. Now have sour tastes :3

My shoulders heart from typing so I won’t tag as much… :’(

15:29 Drew is still watching her have fun :3

15:33 wtf is that! D:

15:37 oh no!!!

15:40 Jessie you love romantic stories give them the berries

15:46 Dew: Oh no! The person who I helped grow as a trainer and saved my life is about to be taken away D:

15:47 unless y'know. You sell her as a slave.

15:55 The wynuat our us, the contestshippers, remember that. Also I love the episode and all, but I’m sick of the female being in danger, wynuat it be the male for once???

16:03 you wait for the wynuat of course :3

16:07 great job guys!!! Keep it up and we will help in the advencement of contestshipping!

16:14 DO YOU TRUST ME?

16:27 you said sift her out at the end… why is she on a rope and you are still vacuming?

16:40 Shiiipppiiiinnnnnggggg

16:50 Aye re'ember 'is cave 'iketha back o’ me ol’ 'and

17:13 remember kids, an Arbock turns into a Saviper!

17:23 Death by leaves

17:29 protect our ship!

17:50 ya but Drew didn’t tell rosellia WHERE to shoot it, what do they talk telepathicly now?

17:57 Rip a rope with peatals. Sure I’ll try that.

17:59 LOOK AT ALL OF US WYNUAT

18:07 and then I remembered Advencedshipping and started to cry becuase even though this is the best contestsipping episode people are going to advanced ship becuase of this scene.

and then they beat team rocket :skips to after that:

19:52 Enjoy the rest of the contestshipping in this episode!

19:54 So Rodrick is actually older Pual. Cool.

20:23 And Drew got May to make pokeblock, in his own way :3

The end (that took me 4 hours to make wtf)

[kaitlinmcandrews]

I am going to interrupt my series for a sec here. To be fair, summer is not over yet, so I can’t start the summer blog yet anyways. I kind of thought that I wouldn’t get around to it until after summer. Which, is probably still true.

Sorry family, I highly doubt you’ll get anything from this blog. I was like a freakin’ child for this, I still can’t get over it. This was one of the most exciting events I’ve ever been to ^-^~

Okay, so this is the most amazing thing ever. Apparently, every year, Yokohama has something called a Pikachu Outbreak. Essentially, it is a week long event where you can do/see Pokemon related things. It is mostly performances, but there are some interesting details that they put around the city.

This year, they also included events that had to do with Pokemon Go. It was convenient that the release date for Japan was around the same time so they kind of lumped their anniversary with the already annual Pikachu event. This event was about a week long and ran from August 8th to 14th this year.

So from left to right, here is what the events are:

Stage show at Queen’s  Square

Stage show at Landmark Plaza

Stomp show at Nippon Maru Memorial Park

Stage show at Yokohama World Porters

Splash show at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse

Pikachu carnival parade at Nippon Odori

Events 1 to 5 happened four times a day from the 8th to 13th and the parade was the only event on the 14th.

All the events basically took place in the Minato Mirai area in Yokohama. If you get off at minatomirai or sakuragicho station, you will easily be able to walk towards each event.

Both stations had Pikachu related signs and stuff.

Here is the entry to Sakuragicho:

This was the first thing I saw when I got off at nipponodori:

So, personally, I did go to every event, but I only went for 2 days instead of all 5. As soon as I arrived, I saw the giant pikachu and and people were handing out maps (the ones shown above) and cardboard pikachu hats. I went alone since Pokemon isn’t really Pat’s thing. This worked out well because I was able to time myself so I could see everything (Pat takes forever to do anything, so I don’t know if we could have seen every event…)

As you can see from the schedule I put above, the events run back-to-back four times a day. I came around noon so the order I did things was 3,4,2,1,5. Before I show you each event, let me just say that the events seem to be purposely fit that you can’t see all events in a row unless you only see each one for 5-10min. That’s what I did because I didn’t want to be there all day. It was in the low 30’s outside so it was way too hot haha.

Okay, so the first event I saw was on a stationary boat in Yokohama. This boat is there every day all day, so I think it’s just a display.

  Stomp show at Nippon Maru Memorial Park

This was my favourite event, but it could be because I could actually see what was going on. Thank goodness my camera has a massive zoom.

My actual view….

My zoomed in view

Gosh, they are sooooo freakin’ cute~

  Stage show at Yokohama World Porters

From this point forward, you will notice that the view gets worse and worse… This event was on the 2nd floor of a mall so the space was extremely limited.

Hula girls/guys were out for quite a while

finally pikachu came out!

Lucky shot… I couldn’t see this well since I’m short…

  Stage show at Landmark Plaza

The time difference between the last show and this one was 25 min, but it was a good 10min walk or so between locations. I didn’t get to see much  of the show above, but I wasn’t too disappointed. I rushed over to Landmark tower, which looks like this from the outside:

This event shooouuld have been easy to see, but it was not. It was on the ground floor so you’d think that going to the 2nd or 3rd floor would give you a great view. Nope. Not only was it probably the busiest event, but where the stage was, was incredibly inconvenient. I barely saw this event at all. All the pictures I’m going to show you are essentially a fluke…

Seriously though, there were a lot of shoving my camera through small spaces between people and pillars… I feel like my naked eye didn’t see the pikachu at all..

Very cool pikachu ballon filled pikachu balloon

real view

zoomed in camera mode

tried to get a better angle

…and I tried again

  Stage show at Queen’s  Square

Again, the time I had between this event and the next was small. I had to once again walk briskly to Queen’s square. Luckily, Queen’s square is the mall right next to Landmark tower. This was the worst of all the events for what you could see. This event was sooo crowded, just like the above event, but it had the amount of space as the one in the mall with the hula pikachu’s.

This event was kind of in between floors. The viewing area on the same floor seemed like you had to pay for entry and it was mostly for kids. The second floor was where most people were. It was impossible to see anything or even get my camera close enough to take a photo. Like, you had to look down at a 45 degree angle and there were like 5 people between between me and the edge. I walked until I found a corner where I could actually see ANYTHING… Not great, but it was something…

Impossible to see the stage….

the best view I could get

  Splash show at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse

The last event I actually didn’t care too much about. It was a water show, so I couldn’t even take photos if I wanted to. Pat decided to come down to Yokohama at this time.

Pretty busy, but at least there was space

  Pikachu carnival parade at Nippon Odori

This was the big event! It was on a different day and it was not nearly as hot, thankfully. It seemed like it was going to rain and it had definitely rained overnight. I went alone again, but that was probably for the best.I came about an hour before it started and was able to get an okay spot. I wasn’t at the front, but I was in the second row.

Before the parade started, you could start to see and hear them getting ready.

Once there was some commotion, the crowd got a lot tighter. There was even a little boy that tried to get to the front, but people are so freaking selfish and didn’t let him in front. Like seriously? He is so small, you could see over him…. just let him through! Not gonna lie, but tourists are seriously the worst people. Like, if you travel to a different country, just use some common fucking sense. As a foreigner, you represent ALL foreigners. So, for you to not let this kid in because you want to see Pikachu (which you could still see over him since he is like 8 years old…), makes ALL foreigners look like selfish assholes. Thanks.

Sorry…. let’s continue.

In true Japanese fashion, the parade started just on time. I believe it was supposed to start at 4pm and it started at 4:02 or something. We weren’t right at the beginning so it took a few minutes before we saw anything.

The first thing in the parade was the bus that you see above. Once they got closer, you could see that in front of the vehicle there were quite a few people dressed in pikachu-inspired clothing doing some interesting dances and singing along.

Once the bus got closer, you could see the Pikachu’s waving at the crowd!

sooo cuuuute ^^~

Not gunna lie, at this point, I felt like crying. I was unnecessarily happy about this. So cuuuuuuute~

At this point, I was pretty surprised at the people to Pikachu ratio.

This was a kind of funny point in the parade. I don’t know if this section was super fast, or the next was really slow, but for about 7 minutes there was nothing. at all….. It was 4:15 and since I knew that the parade was an hour long, I knew that there was a lot more left. Actually, a man standing in front of me left. The two girls that were with him were gathering up there stuff. The kid that was able to get to the front from earlier had left.

People are so impatient haha.

I suppose this was the main event because this was when the Pikachu’s came.A lady was directing them in a line while blowing a whistle. It was so cuuute!

They periodically stopped for photo opportunities. I got pretty close to one and I was able to touch him. The Pikachu’s seemed to have a bit of a personality. There were a few that did some funny things like dancing when it wasn’t supposed to or running into each other. It was really cute. It really made me wonder who is in those costumes. They are no taller than I am, so are they children? If so, it’s amazing that there were able to be so creative and interesting…. I dunno… just made me wonder.

The costumed Pikachu’s hung around for about 15 min so there were many opportunities for everyone to get a picture and perhaps interact with them. I think they did a good job at getting to each part of the crowd.

The parade ended the way it started. I think it was the same bus and dancers that come back.

As the dancers came back, the police started taking the ropes away behind them and opening the road again. It was crazy to see how many people were there. I could barely move so I went to a high place and just waited until the crowd thinned out.

And that was it for the parade!

  Random Pikachu sightings

I was lucky enough to see a whole bunch of them exiting Queen’s Square

…hiding under the roller coaster

mini Pikachu’s on a lawn

Posters everywhere

banners everywhere!

A blimp!

a closeup of the blimp

a bus!

…or is it a boat?

A pikachu hiding on a boat!

mini Pikachu figurines

..looks a bit intimidating

Pikachu smart car

Pikachu head in the ferris wheel

A pokeball!

a walking Pikachu!

  That’s all. I hope you liked this, because I sure did!

Pikachu Outbreak in Yokohama I am going to interrupt my series for a sec here. To be fair, summer is not over yet, so I can't start the summer blog yet anyways.

[drewxmay]

I’m making a Contestshipping MasterPost but I decided to release this part of it early.

and now... the best contestshipping episode of them all!!! yell it loud and clear (even though your parents will think you are weird)

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WYNAUT!!!

Link to episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbLuBt3YaKQ

whenever I say Why not I say it like a wynuat. This is the best episode.

Episode starts off with Ash yelling at a river. Wonderful. 0:06 Oh Pikachu too?

0:20 Best of luck to you on your contest May!

0:27 Hi Drew :D

0:37 hmm. Interested I see?

Masqurain Uses waves to complete his technique

1:27 Drew won 5 a while back! Remember when he had 3?

1:37 Well May will win the contest you two will battle for the 4th time!

1:42 Fancy words will only give May more determination to win... Drew knows this.

1:57 Okay so we have Mr.Perfect, Mr.Know-it-all, and Mr.Rose. Wonderful.

I REMEMBER THIS THEME SONG! I REMEMBER EARLY 2016! MUST SING! gha

3:08 Ash saying the titles sometimes makes me laugh. "MAY WE HARLEY DREW'D YA!" Imagine him saying that. ya.

3:11 Narrator, she is working hard at her skill because Drew convinced her too in his own way.  ADVANCED SHIPPERS HE WAS NOT BEING MEAN AND THAT IS WHY SHE IS TRYING, SHE IS TRYING BECUASE DREW TOLD HER TO AND MADE HER WANT TO IN HIS OWN WAY.

3:23 Masquain flap your wings not your legs

3:26 Flirting!

3:35 Drew is teaching May some tactics :3

Also May has really improved! Character development and attack skills, and based off these episodes it was mainly because of Drew!

3:51 ... that was not somersault. Translations...

3:57 MAGICARP. this is just the best team rocket entrance. Ever. Just imagine a big magicarp jumped into the beach and said "MAGICARP"I laughed at this the first time I saw it~

4:06 :pulls up image of face swap:

4:19 Welp, it was a good run pikachu. Goodbye :)

4:21 NO NOT BEAUTIFLY AND MASQUAIN!!! NOTHING BUT THEM!

4:22 :TAKES SCREENSHOT: Omg they are so scared for their pokemon

4:24 SO YOU HAD TO TAKE MASQURAIN, AND BEAUTIFLY BUT NOW YOU ARE TAKING MAY AND DREW????

4:30 WELL THEN FIX IT JESSIE!!!

4:36 I love this pic... so much...

4:42 silly max! You pressed the hypo turbo engine switch! You should've known :P

4:56 they are now standing next to each other even though last time they were almost across the room, they walked next to each other and called their pokemon at the same time. This is what writers do when they foreshadow.

5:00 I dunno :Looks up I am going to on google: I am going to die. Jessie you are going to die!

5:15 and then you hear wabbafet

Hi team Rocket!

5:25 Imma look that on google... You are at my house.

5:29 No you are in my house

5:35 Thank you Wabaf- I mean James

5:40 but James was trying to cheer you up by being Wabbafet :P

5:49 Thank you Wabaf- I mean Meowth

5:54 Don't worry, their having fun Max.

6:08 People might say that Drew is being mean here and that Drew doesn't like May but this has a second meaning and May didn't get it (just like how she never noticed him flirting)

6:19 :Screenshots:

6:25 So ye ol' pirate likes eh story o' contest shipp'n?

6:30 :Looks up mirage: mi·rage məˈräZH/ noun noun: mirage; plural noun: mirages

   an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air.

okay I get it now! The wynuat!!!

6:42 Leechy berry?

6:50 Teaching May about Leechy berries in his own way.

6:58 I find it amazing that May says she knows everything about them, proceeds to pronounce it wrong, and then Drew point that out. I didn't expect him to.

7:03 :Takes screenshot

7:05 great! I BET THAT IT IS WYNUAT

7:19 ShuuHaru

I told you I love this episode AND WE AREN'T EVEN HALFWAY DONE MWA HA HA AH AHA HA

7:36 Swellow did you find contestshipping

7:43 Don't worry Max!

7:52 wynuat? Also while listening to this I heard Max say "Ya! They might've decided to-" finish this sentence please :3

8:21 Mudkip: points with fin

8:23 "You don't get out much do you..."  "Well you just don't know how to have fun!" -Contestshipping

8:33 you know what I want this man to be a chaperone at a school field trip.

8:48 in the time you were gone, James, Jessie and Meowth turned into wabaffets! :D

9:00 WYNUAT WYNUAT REGRET IT?WHY SHOULD I REGRET IT?

9:03 No james. did you hear it say Wabafett? No. It said wynuat.

9:08 at least Meowth knows!

9:12 let me tell ya' lads ye ol' story of how I got 'ere

9:58 People say Drew never gets exited.

10:08 DON'T DIE GUYS YOU ARE MY LIFE

10:20 HOLDING HANDS OMG LIFE SAVER SHIPPING BULBAPEDIA!!! One scene includes a closeup of May and Drew holding hands while falling down a cliff and into a river.

... I'm disappointed in you Bulbapedia

10:27 YOU CAN MAKE IT!!!

10:34 NOT THE WATER FALL FROM ALL OF THE MOVIES!!!

10:45 NOT DREW!!! (MAY GOT DREW SHE WANTS TO HELP HIM D:)

10:49 Bulbapedia: Then May sees that Drew has been knocked out from the impact of the waterfall, she becomes extremely concerned and tries to keep Drew's head above the water while telling him not to worry because she's got him. You missed something, when somebody passes out they stop holding their own weight, meaning that Drew is actually way heavier than if he were conscious, let's see an average 10 year old boy weighs about 90 pounds... May is carrying an almost 100 pound weight, above water, while also trying to keep herself over water

THE THINGS ADRENALIN CAN DO MAN.

10:58 WYNUAT!!! HELP!!!

11:03 the mirage island.

11:15 SAVE THE CHILDREN

11:24 Hopefully save with the wynuat!

11:34 AHOY MATES I 'AVE FOUN' 'UR FRIEN'!

11:46 You did as much as you could...

11:54: "Drew... are you okay? Say something please!" May said in a destressed tone of voice

12:02 omg I ship it so much Bulbapedia? how about you? After being pulled out of the river by the Wynaut, May is seen begging a still unconscious Drew to say something. When he finally wakes up, she is visibly relieved.

12:06 No May... you don't have to be so modest. If it weren't for you he would be dead. he would have drowned. May is too modest.

12:10 Well the wynuat... OMG I WANT ONE NOW! I WANT TO TRAVEL WITH ALL OF THEM! THE WYNUAT REPRESENT CONTESTSHIPPERS!

12:22 Wynuat is a light pokemon, so is there body an illusion? I saw somewhere a theory that their tails are the pokemon and their blue body is a shield... so the blue part is an illusion? "They travel in herds and at night sleep together in groups" all of the contestshippers are wynuats. We stick together.

12:30 Drew is happy :D

12:33 omg the wynuat are so nice!!! "Are these for us?" "Wynuat!" Omgggg I love them so much

12:39 I love Drew in this pic I dunno why

12:42 Your ship is strong.

12:48 yes. God I just wanna hug May and Drew. So. Flippin. Much.

12:54 aww poor team rocket

13:02 Why hello there

13:07 num num num num

13:12 Wanub nub nub nub nub nub nub nub

13:16 oh well hi there

13:19 nub nub nub nub nub nub nub

13:27 There right there

13:31 spin spin spin spin spin spin spin spin

13:34 ye' ol' lad ta'ts t'a 'tory if I ever said i'

13:58 Imma not mention how his last statement was incorrect because this episode is so great.

14:04 You studied their shoes max?

14:08 actually Drew was unconscious so he didn't walk, and the wynuats were in the trees and picked up May and Drew. You are wrong guys.

14:16 WYNUAT HAVING A JUNE 10TH PARTY???

14:23 wynuat join us?

14:30 Let's join the contestshipping celebration!

14:39 wynuat join us too Drew X3

14:47 Bulbapedia? Do you wanna say something? During the Wynauts' "party" shortly after, Drew is seen watching May intently.

Watching her intently ya say? He must be happy that she is having fun :D (btw he likes her)

14:53 After a long journey... we have finally found the thing we have been looking for: food. it has been many mins we have walks around this forest, searching and searching while following our mentorour, Wabaffet, but finally... nvm I'll stop.

14:58 James is great, so is jessie. Now have sour tastes :3

My shoulders heart from typing so I won't tag as much... :'(

15:29 Drew is still watching her have fun :3

15:33 wtf is that! D:

15:37 oh no!!!

15:40 Jessie you love romantic stories give them the berries

15:46 Dew: Oh no! The person who I helped grow as a trainer and saved my life is about to be taken away D:

15:47 unless y'know. You sell her as a slave.

15:55 The wynuat our us, the contestshippers, remember that. Also I love the episode and all, but I'm sick of the female being in danger, wynuat it be the male for once???

16:03 you wait for the wynuat of course :3

16:07 great job guys!!! Keep it up and we will help in the advencement of contestshipping!

16:14 DO YOU TRUST ME?

16:27 you said sift her out at the end... why is she on a rope and you are still vacuming?

16:40 Shiiipppiiiinnnnnggggg

16:50 Aye re'ember 'is cave 'ike tha back o' me ol' 'and

17:13 remember kids, an Arbock turns into a Saviper!

17:23 Death by leaves

17:29 protect our ship!

17:50 ya but Drew didn't tell rosellia WHERE to shoot it, what do they talk telepathicly now?

17:57 Rip a rope with peatals. Sure I'll try that.

17:59 LOOK AT ALL OF US WYNUAT

18:07 and then I remembered Advencedshipping and started to cry becuase even though this is the best contestsipping episode people are going to advanced ship becuase of this scene.

and then they beat team rocket :skips to after that:

19:52 Enjoy the rest of the contestshipping in this episode!

19:54 So Rodrick is actually older Pual. Cool.

20:23 And Drew got May to make pokeblock, in his own way :3

The end (that took me 4 hours to make wtf)

I prmise that once I am done editing the post it will have bold letters and screenshots :3