Battery Charger Meltdown

February 10, 2010 Update: LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009…

2009 BCPVA Distinguished Service Award

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Update: Shawn Lam featured in The Tri-City News December 9, 2009 edition -

Shawn Lam featured in video marketing book

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July 2010 update: You can order 50 Interviews: Video marketers on Amazon with this link ____________________________________ For the second time in only a few months, I've been interviewed for a video production book. The last time it…

2009 EventDV 25 voting now open

Voting for the 4th annual EventDV 25 - recognizing the video production industry's most influential videographers is now open until January 15, 2010. Winners will be announced February 24, 2010 on Eventdv-tv.com Cast you vote here: http://www.eventdv.net/eventdv25/register.aspx Rules:…

BCPVA year end speech

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After 5 years as the President of the BC Professional Videographers Association, I've decided that it is time for me to step-aside and allow a new leader to lead this group of professional videographers. My wife and I are also have a baby in…

What’s the deal with rechargeable batteries?

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I'm in the process of replacing my Sennheiser Evolution 100 lav mic systems with the new Sennheiser Evolution 100 G3 ones (because they have diversity) and decided to revisit my battery choices. In the past I was simply using Alkaline AA's…

Speech to Text and 64-bit Performance in Adobe Production Premium CS4 – EventDV

Adobe Production Premium CS4 was released just about a year ago and it includes all the software titles an event video producer requires on a daily basis: * After Effects CS4 * Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 * Photoshop CS4 Extended * Flash CS4…

Top 5 things WEVA is doing right

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I've received lots of great feedback on my two previous blog posts- thanks to everyone for sharing. From my perspective it seems like there are a lot of companies that care about WEVA and want to see it continue to be the leading source for…

What WEVA needs to fix for Expo 2010! Part 2

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I received a lot of great feedback on my Part one of the my list of things WEVA needs to fix for Expo 2010 - thanks everyone for sharing your insights. I did get a few comments from presenters who had A/V issues during their presentations…

What WEVA needs to fix for Expo 2010! Part 1

With a flood of photos, forum discussions, and Facebook friend requests floating around since the close of the 2009 WEVA Expo, I felt the timing was right to release my list of things WEVA needs to fix before the 2010 Expo. Now let me preface…