For Professional Videographers : June 4th

I will be the guest speaker at the Michigan Independent Video Association this coming Wednesday @ 6:00 pm - June 4, 2008. My topic is "How to bring your video creativity out of the Dark Ages" (title was created by the association Prez). I will talk about Image, Value, Blame Game, Education & Watermelons. Yes you read it right. What does all that have to do with getting out of the “Dark Ages”? Everything! There will also be a mini Game Show where I will be giving out Cash Prizes. I will also be showing some of my clips too. So if you are in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi.

Where: Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites 21100 Haggerty Road Northville, MI 48167 I-696 West to I-275 S to (exit #167) 8 Mile Rd (W) 1st Traffic light is Haggerty Road. Turn right & you'll see the sign about quarter mile down on the right



Members $10 at the door. Non-members $30 Pizza & Refreshments included Feel free to bring a sample of your work for sharing.

Contact Scott Bert, President of MIVA, at info@keepsakevideo.net to RSVP so that he can make sure there will be enough pizza and refreshments for everyone.

Christmas in May

[I meant to post this a few a weeks ago but things got crazy busy…]

I am going thru an ‘Extreme Makeover’ and it is exciting! I am making a wholesale move to HD! What does that mean? It means I am replacing every piece of equipment: cameras, computer, laptop, editing software, encoding software, monitor screens, batteries, lights, camera bags, microphones, ect…

For the last two weeks I have been receiving deliveries almost every day. Feels like Christmas opening all those toys…uhm…equipment boxes. My living room is full off boxes.

Amber Lights - Senior Fashion Show

I was asked to put together something quick for Amber Lights Photography Senior fashion show. The Seniors did a great job walking the aisle. The show was at Amber's Huge studio in downtown Mildford.

Enjoy the show!

Same Day Edit - Cindy & Eric

We had the pleasure of doing a Same Day Edit (SDE) for Cindy & Eric on Saturday. For those of you that do not know what a SDE is, let me explain. What we do is we edit a Recap of the wedding day and show it on a projection screen at the reception. This is something NEW we are offering this year. You can add a SDE option to your package or purchase a SDE only package which is limited to certain days. Not only will a SDE make your reception unique but it will WOW your guest.

Cindy was a great Bride. She had on a classic wedding dress which was simply beautiful. Joanne kept on commenting to me on how classy Cindy looked with that dress...she looked liked "Grace Kelly". I agreed of course.

The photogs of the day were Jessica and Nate from Jessica Johnston Photography . We love working with these guys as they are very creative. I will post some of their pics below once I get them from Jessica. Also had a chance to work with Kate from Purple Clover Events again. Kate was very organized and made sure that the projection and sound system was in place for me to show the SDE.

The SDE below also shows the reaction of Cindy and Eric as they watched it. FYI: the ring on Cindy's thumb was her Dad's wedding ring who passed away a few years ago.

Reactions watching the Same Day Edit. :-)

Lindsay & Dominic

We had the pleasure of filming Lindsay and Dominic's wedding. It was a mixure of "An Officer and A Gentlemen" (except the groom and guys were from the Marines and not the Navy) and a look of Tom Cruise....check out Dominic's smile when he first sees Lindsay entering in.....doesn't that smile resemble Tom Cruise? I have to say that I just love the uniform look!! The whole wedding party was so much fun to work with. Lindsay was beaming all day, even a little bit of rain that came that day didn't dampen her spirit. The ceremony was held at the beautiful Basilica of St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Livonia. We also met Stacey from Venture Photography who was wonderful to work with. Here's the wedding day trailer....enjoy!! Thanks Lindsay and Dominic for allowing us to capture your wedding day.

Joanne

got some Blog Love today!

Aletha Vandermaas from Pearls Events gave us some LOVE on her blog. Aletha is an event consultant on the west side of Michigan. Her blog is full of info as she is very active on the blog. I should learn from her :-)

So if you are a west side Bride, make sure to check out Pearls Events!!!

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