Category: Behind the scenes
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A place, time, question and a camera – marriage proposal at Lincoln Park zoo, Chicago IL
On December 19th 2020, Jessie LaRiviere and I went out for a date-night walk around the Lincoln Park Zoo area, in Chicago IL. Our destination was a pedestrian bridge that would cross over Lake Shore Drive so I could get a cool picture of the Downtown skyline with traffic light streaks. 6:30 P.M.…
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One frame – Joe and Claudia
The average final run time of my produced wedding video package is about 2.5 hours of finished footage. Each second of that video contains 24 individual images. If you do the math, that adds up to over 215k images minimum! Lets talk about one.
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Wedding Videography meet & greet Tips for clients
image filtered by Prisma 1. homework Watch a few of their videos (non-wedding content as well, if available). Then search for a random wedding video by a few other filmmakers, or ask a friend for a link to their own. Every videographer and editor will have a unique creative footprint, you don’t have to study…
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Vlog Re-Launch and new format
When I first went full-time as a videographer and stay-at-home parent, I launched a daily vlog. My idea was to release a daily video of my life, before my professional work started picking up. My goal was to develop a solid work ethic, as-well as getting a lot of practice with my tools, but quickly became…
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Wedding Prep – Mark Keysor
Tomorrow I have my first wedding gig of 2016, and I want to start some new habits to keep improving my work. The first thought was, I should study the work of some peers the day before to note some ideas or techniques to try; the second thought was to document and share what those…
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#Teamtrishwilliams *Update
On October 16th, 2014, I did a same-day shoot and edit to help a friend of a friend, raise money to support his wife’s recovery from a rare brain disorder called: Normal pressure hydrocephalus.
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Evolve, revise and repeat (100-day vlog challenge)
A few weeks back, my day job cut me loose. Frankly, my performance was struggling and it felt like my skills as an engineer drafter were exponentially dissipating, while my skills with my camera were rapidly expanding. This was not some overnight switch, this was 6-years of small steps to get where I’m at today. Where am…
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Breakfast with Logan
It was a Summer Sunday morning, Diane had gone out to pick up coffee and I was in charge of cooking breakfast and watching Logan. I decided to teach him how to help me cook breakfast, and that idea was immediately followed by the notion, “this would make a cute video”. I ran off to…
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The Tribe Men’s Retreat
I had the pleasure to attend and document the, “Unplug, Unwind and Recharge Retreat”, in Troy Wisconsin, February 2015, with “The Tribe Men’s Group” Video: Photos: