A new website and name for wedding films that we have been doing for over 10 years has just launched just in time for the Bridal Fair in Calgary.

This website will be  for brides and grooms looking to have their wedding filmed by us. Of course a website is just a launching pad for further consultation and meeting brides and grooms and getting inspired by  how they met and their family stories. Their history will be filmed and shared with family and friends for years to come.

Click here to visit the website  

This is a quick Promo showing the event. Many events just need a quick 60 second overview, to capture the attention of your audience. No voice over necessary.  If it looks interesting they will either go and get more info on the website or just go to the trade show.

Here is the promotional video.

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This past October I went to the Calgary Baby & Tot show to film the show and get vendor and client testimonials. Jennifer James puts on a fantastic show and has a great selection of vendors that come year after year. The BMO centre is the mecca of public trade shows and hosts a variety of them in many categories.

Here is a great example of a vendor talking about why the trade show is a good one for them and why they choose to come and also sponsor the show. More trade shows need to look at this as part of their marketing campaign to both sides vendors and public. It can be short and sweet , but needs to clearly get the message out that this is a show you need to participate in or go to. Nothing beats a video with a vendor  to sell the show to others.

Hopefully many more Trade shows will give us a call to do the same for them

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Simply Elegant Events & Catering was doing a launch of Shagannapi GM new showroom in Calgary and asked me to come and film the event. The decor , Live statues, food, drink and entertainment was excellent. Everyone had a great time and it shows in the video.

More companies like Simply Elegant need to have me come to capture their event and show what they do for their clients. It’s a worthwhile investment.

Here is the video we produced.

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There are days you get to be part of something spectacular and that day was September 5, 2010 for Justin & Min’s wedding in Calgary. That wedding was put together by the very talented and creative team of Lynn Fletcher Weddings based in Calgary but serving their clients everywhere.

Lynn knew this was going to be just an awesome wedding and made sure that the best vendors were on hand to be there. Andras Schram a well know award winning photographer based in Calgary and myself were there photographing and filming the special day. From prep to First dance, we saw it all come together.

The room, decor, table settings and a well know artist Jason Gogo painting a custom painting for the couple, were all captured on video and photos for Min & Justin to remember and is now part of their family history.

When Lynn returned from an ISES Conference for the Espirt & SOE Awards she was thrilled to let us all know that we were now part of an ISES Best Wedding 2011 in the $75 – $200K  budget. (In  my opinion it looked like a Million bucks!)

I was thrilled to be part of this award winning wedding and look forward to many more with Lynn  and her team.

Here is a Highlight reel of Min & Justin’s wedding.

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After the first day we had a good base on what we were doing at Andras’s photography seminar and moved to the Hotel Art’s for another photo shoot , this time with a couple.  We played with using a soft  continous light to natural light from the windows. We all had a good time trying to get a couple of good shots and experimenting with it.

The beauty of the Canadian Rockies and the resorts make it hard not to get some of the best shots skiing and snowboarding.

Check out some of the segments I’ve had the chance to film.

http://www.skibig3.com/banffsnow

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Got an opportunity to take a seminar with Calgary photographer Andras Schram who has a talent for creating wedding and fashion photography.

As an artist I always like to develop my skills and I call this seminar a part of my “Artistic Development”.

Day 1 was spent in the Inglewood area of Calgary which has some unique features that work well for this type of photography. We had a two ladies one dressed in her wedding dress and one as a bridesmaid to simulate a wedding shoot. The afternoon we photographed a couple like an engagement, fashion shoot style.

Trying different angles, lenses and working with natural lighting situations ( a big part of what Andras teaches) it gave me a different perspective as a videographer.

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Rundle Mountain Cycling Club in Canmore put on a great event  on Oct 1, 2011 at the Canmore Nordic Centre. With all the volunteers and great donations from sponsors the event was a success on a fall day with a sprinkle of showers. The kids had a great time and here are some pictures to check out.

Was filming a wedding for a couple in Calgary as a last minute request, so thought I might as well get some great photos of the decor and pass them onto Lynn Fletcher who’s team did an awesome job as usual.

As  filmmaker, videographer for the past 10 years I almost forgot the joy of photography.  I have been using a Canon 7D and most recently a 60D for video, but now once in a while I turn it on to photo – (yes funny how I bought the camera to shoot video!) and I snap away.  I come to enjoy taking a few detail shots at weddings mainly for myself interest, but had an opportunity to pop in at a wedding my friend Lynn Fletcher designer extraordinare was doing and took a few detail shots, hoping she could use them on her website or elsewhere. The lighting guys were testing their system doing a last minute check , so had a mixture of lights going on from white to pink to red.

It’s amazing with what you can do with the light that exists in a room without a flash, that is if you have the right lens. All technical things aside, it was a few shots, but I was like a little kid with a new toy, except the new toy wasn’t so new, it was like I discovered that the toy actually was like a transformer becoming something I never knew I would like  soo much again. Hopefully I’ll be able to take some time and shoot some more stuff and post on the website. For now back to filming and editing.

Aydin

This was shot at Eau Claire Market playground inside to show the fun aspect of our organization.

Interested in joining? Vist the website.  ISES Calgary

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Spring Creek is located in the heart of the Canadian Rockies in the town of Canmore. The development is unique in many ways and is in the centre of town walking distance to many shops , restaurants and much more.

We had the pleasure of working with Frank Kernick. Developer Frank Kernick and his family have called Canmore home for three generations, and Spring Creek embodies their commitment to this place and the values that have shaped it over the years.Frank cares deeply about the people, businesses, natural splendour and exciting future of Canmore; and his genuine, unaffected affinity for the town’s residents finds expression in Spring Creek’s extensive involvement in local events and philanthropic efforts.

Here is the first video we created to introduce Spring Creek.

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