This is the story of Kathy & Al. Two very good friends of mine, and fellow videographers from New Jersey. I produced this as part of a workshop i conducted there, last year. It was shot while 50 videographers, from all over the east coast, looked on (and even participated in a couple of the shots). Enjoy!

WEVA Expo 2008

Excited to appear in a workshop alongside two great friends and extraordinary videographers, David Hohenthaner and David Williams.
Just recently, I flew David Hohenthaner from Tampa to Los Angeles, to help shoot Paramount Pictures President, Brad Grey’s daughters Bat Mitzvah. It was a joy working with him and the event was off the hook. A big thank you for taking the time to loan your expertise and flying across country to help me out.

As you can see from the poster below, i got inspiration for the workshop from a very silly movie.

May 2008

I was invited by the IVA (Illinois Videographers Association), along with renowned East Coast Event Filmmakers David Williams and Steve Fowler, to give a workshop in their fabulous city. Other speakers from the area, on the agenda were Keith and Jennifer Andersen and Chris Chibucos. I had a terrific time, and thank you to all for your warm midwestern hospitality. Can’t wait to do it again!

Please click on the thumbnails to enlarge.

Although we plan to re-decorate with a brand new look this year, here is a studio tour:

Reception Area

Multi purpose room

Award wall

Edit Room #2

Edit Room #1

Workshop in Edit Room #1

LIQUID Beckstead was designed with the intention of offering a unique service to professional photographers. A solution for them to truly stand out from the rest. david robin | films had already achieved great success incorporating this technique into its work, so we decided to join forces with one of the greatest photographers on the planet DAVID BECKSTEAD. LIQUID Beckstead was the result. So in association with Dynamic Video (our representation outside the Los Angeles area) here is the result. ENJOY!

LIQUID Beckstead

“In a deep sea of photographers, how are you going to rise out of the water and be different? Seeing for the first time, my best images turned into a 3D presentation, felt almost ‘liquid’ to me. Like a river it moved so beautifully! I knew I had a ticket to DIFFERENT! I had no doubt brides would be ’stunned’ by this and pay anything to get a “liquidshow” for themselves. Talk about a striking way to show off my art! Hand crafted, one image at a time, over many hours of work; liquidshows are not for every photographer. Most will not pay for this kind of workmanship. But that leaves the field wide open for you! At your studio or on your laptop when a bride first witnesses your liquidshow she will instantly know that you are unique, book you on-the-spot and pre-pay for a liquidshow.”

“You got to get your tube and float down this river!!”

David Beckstead

10 Things You Didn’t Know About David Robin

1. Grew up in London, England. Moved to Los Angeles in 1981. Secretly wishes he would have moved to New York first.

(a) The house i grew up in. (b) The day I left for America. (c) Visiting NY for the first time.

2. Absolutely loves to travel, however, hates flying. Has been all over most of the world, with the exception of the Far East, Australia and some of northern and eastern Europe. But hopes to visit them in the, not too far, distant future.

Rome: The Spanish Steps.

3. Up until age14, had an awesome Marvel Comics collection. Sold them all to pay for a new sparkling red drum kit.

My latest DW kit. My dream come true!

4. Played drums for the English new wave band “Toyah” who achieved success in Great Britain.

http://www.orbit.force9.co.uk/behindthelake/html/musicians3fdr.htm

I’m the one 2nd from last on right.

5. Avid collector of Jazz, fusion, Progressive Rock and Pop CD’s currently approaching 5000.

6. Has a lovely wife and two teenage Sons, 17 and 18 yrs of age.

7. Watches every movie possible via Netflix. But will go to the theater when a really good movie comes out.

8. Secretly loves American Idol, and tears up when a good one is voted off.

9. Loves contemporary art, and would collect it, if he could afford it.

10. Wicked dry British sense of humor, and loves a great cup of Tetley’s English Breakfast Tea, or PG Tips. With milk and sugar, of course!

I was invited to teach a workshop alongside Natalie Neal of Glass Slipper Video Productions on the “Same Day Edit”.

SOME OF MY GOOD WEVA FRIENDS!

Orlando, Florida, Jan 21, 2007 — The top 25 videographers in the world were honored this evening by EventDV Magazine at the 4Ever Group Video 08 educational conference in Orlando’s Wyndham Resort.

“I want to thank my entire team for putting our name on the map for the third year in a row. I also want to thank all the professional videographers around the world who voted for me for this great honor.”

david robin

Press Release:

MADISON, WI–January 21, 2008—Today EventDV magazine unveiled the 2007 EventDV 25, and David Robin of david robin | films was named to the list as one of the 25 hottest and most influential event videographers in the business. The honorees were announced in the February 2008 issue of EventDV, and were recognized on Monday, January 21 in a special awards presentation during the opening night gala of the 4EVER Group’s Video 08 convention in Orlando, Florida.

“As the event video industry’s one and only all-star team, the EventDV 25 gives us the opportunity to recognize those videographers who are wielding the most influence today, through their innovative work, educational efforts, and outreach to other videographers,” said EventDV Editor-in-Chief Stephen Nathans-Kelly. “To make sure we recognized the right people, we turned the selection process entirely over to the ‘fans,’ and let our readers pick the team. Over the two-month online voting process, the readers cast well over a thousand votes, and our all-star team emerged.”

In addition to voting for their selections, readers had the opportunity to defend their choices with a brief description of their chosen candidate’s merits. Of David Robin, voters wrote, “He has set a standard that will keep the rest of us reaching for a long, long time.”

EventDV, the Authority for Event Videographers, is published monthly by Information Today, Inc. and read by over 27,000 event videographers and independent video producers around the world. For more information on EventDV, visit www.eventdv.net.

david robin | films is featured in the December 2007 “Wedding & Event Videography Resource Guide”, which hit the stands today.

In an article entitled “The Best In The Business” Gary Kleiner wrote; “For creative camera work, David Robin was on-hand to show how he handles the second camera, getting some kind of shot every 10 to 15 seconds. His think-on your-feet technique was quite impressive, especially his creative use of monopod techniques.”

This article was written about a mock wedding that was staged at the Weva Expo 2007 in Las Vegas, featuring some of the top event videographers in the world, such as Jenny Lehman, David Williams and Mark and Trisha Von Lanken.

Also in the same magazine our “david robin | films 2007″ educational DVD was favorably reviewed.

Had a fantastic time in Tampa. The Tampa Bay Area Professional Videographers Association, and Aaron Scott, Vance, David and Shawn Hohenthaner were wonderful hosts and the workshop at VHVIDEO.COM was a great success!
A huge thank you to all the participants who made the trip. I discovered wii and was wined and dined all over the town, and Orlando too.
Mo-You rock!
Here are some pics: