WEVA in Australia
WEVA & PMA Achieve ‘World First’ in Wedding Video Education
May 12, 2007
Sarasota, FL - An extraordinary two-day conference of cutting-edge workshops presented by Wedding & Event Videographers Association International (WEVA) last week at the PMA-Australia 2007 Imaging Technology Expo broke new ground on a global level by expanding professional development opportunities for wedding and event videographers in the Asia-Pacific region.
“Last week’s conference in Melbourne was an exciting and history-making event for our members, and our industry at-large, and was made possible through a dedicated strategic initiative developed jointly by WEVA and PMA. We are proud to be leading the effort to expand continuing education for wedding and event videographers worldwide,” said WEVA International Chairman Roy Chapman.
“We fully expect the sharing and exchange of information that occurred last week to blossom in a profusion of new creativity in video. It’s what makes this educational initiative so inspiring for our industry. We’ll be announcing other programs at the international level shortly, including a WEVA ‘first-ever’ program in Europe next month.”
Enthusiasm for the two-day video conference in Melbourne has already hit the Internet. “The video presentations from all tutors were jaw-dropping, and ‘how did they do that with one camera… or how was that effect done,’ were all answered. What we gained is what other members have missed out,” wrote Lynton Brown of Horsham, Victoria on the WEVA Forums. “It has made me look at my business outside the square and in a whole new perspective.”
At PMA-Australia 2007, the WEVA sessions, under the helm of WEVA’s Director of Educational Development John Zale, incorporated video production and marketing workshops by WEVA Creative Excellence Award-winning videographers. The history-making team of WEVA presenters featured Chris Chibucos, Ross Herewini, Jenny Lehman, Natalie Neal, Teo Eng Tiong, and Dave Williams. Also featured on the WEVA platform, were state-of-the-art presentations by edit system trainers from Canopus/Grass Valley and Adobe Systems.
Unfortunately I was unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts, but judging from Dave Williams home video, they had a blast!
Dave Williams, who is an award winning videographer from Philadelphia, stopped in to visit me in Los Angeles, while on his way down under.
Please check out his website. He is doing some really cool things. (i’m only plugging him ’cause he bought me a great dinner!)