Shawn Lam is a professionally accredited videographer and owner of Shawn Lam Video Inc. a Vancouver video production company. Shawn has been recognized with four major video production awards and is a recognized video industry writer and product reviewer who has published over 100video production articles.
While working the Las Vegas Convention Centre floors for NAB, the video industry’s largest trade show, I had two important roles. I was representing EventDV Magazine & EventDV Live as a contributing editor and product reviewer and at the same time, the BC Professional Videographers Association, as the delegate in charge of the new BCPVA […]
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 15, 2011 The British Columbia Professional Videographers Association is proud to present Atomos with the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for the Atomos Ninja. The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Atomos founders, Jeromy Young and Ian Overliese, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011. The Atomos Ninja is a […]
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 12, 2011 The British Columbia Professional Videographers Association is proud to present Sony with the 2011 BCPVA Video Innovation Award for the Sony NEX-FS100. The 2011 BCPVA VIA was presented to Jeff Ibbotson, Senior Vice President, Professional Solutions Group, by BCPVA delegate Shawn Lam, at NAB 2011. The NEX FS100 is […]
Monday April 11, 2011 – Las Vegas, NV Today Adobe announced a updates to much of their Creative Suite, including Production Premium, with CS5.5. So while many news sites are simply listing off the highlights from Adobe’s Press Release, I just published the first comprehensive review of Production Premium CS5.5, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, […]
I’ve been waiting for this camera ever since I first heard of DSLRs being used to produce professional video. Well, now it’s here – or at least a couple of working prototypes, along with specs to pour over in anticipation of this next generation of video cameras. So until I get my hands on a […]
LED lights that mount on videos cameras have been around for only a few years but are catching-on fast for event videographers. One of the reasons is that the old lights usually required heavy lead-acid batteries and a cord connecting the battery (worn on a belt around the waist) to the light. LED lights require […]
How fast is the new Adobe Premiere Pro CS5? I benchmarked Premiere Pro CS4 and CS5 on two of my editing systems and published my results in the October edition of EventDV Magazine. Without any hardware upgrades, CS5 was faster than CS4, thanks to the new Mercury Playback Engine. And when GPU acceleration was enabled […]
Orlando Florida – Vancouver video producer Shawn Lam, owner of Shawn Lam Video, was awarded a WEVA Creative Excellence Award at the WEVA 20th anniversary awards gala held at Disney World. The awards ceremony recognizes the top video production studios in the world in thirteen categories and is selected annually by a new group of […]
Back in February I was priveledged to produce a four-camera live switch webcast of the Governor General’s Olympic Youth Dialogue. The event took place on the eve of the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games and we had been working for weeks on the wiring diagrams and set-up for this complicated production. Unlike […]
The 2nd edition of EventDV Live was released today. Here is the link to EventDV Magazine’s “Live” e-mag edition, which, as the name implies, targets the live video production market. EventDV Live is a quarterly trade publication. In this edition, I wrote a feature article and a review. The feature is Part 2 of 4 […]
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