Just got back from a very successful speaking engagement for the Bay Area Professional Videographers Association (BAPVA). Many thanks to Jill Jaknow, Oren Arieli, Dan O’Hara, Chuck Savadelis, Ted Banucci, Michael Ryan, Mark Triolo and everyone else who made my visit so easy and fun.

Topics covered:
Creative camera technique for wedding shooting.
Post production: how to add that magic to differentiate you from the crowd.
Sales and marketing approaches.

Here is a sneak peek of Sonya and Mike’s wedding that we recently shot at the St. Regis in Monarch Beach. As you can see VP Events did an outstanding job with the decor. I had the opportunity to work with the great Joe Photo, and i hope that we will have more opportunities in the future. West Coast Music supplied the entertainment. Sonya and Mike were a pleasure and joy to work for, as well as Sonya’s father Alan, who has been a long standing client.

So sit back and enjoy these stunning visuals, all set to the haunting music of Sigur Ros.

Orlando, Florida
August 11, 2008 WEVA Wedding & Event Video Expo

http://www.wevaexpo.com/ceawinners.shtml

“Each year, WEVA invites members and non-members to enter their finest work in our industry’s most prestigious awards competition,” said Roy Chapman Chairman of Wedding & Event Videographers Association International. “The Creative Excellence Competition, in its 18th year, is once again open to all professional wedding and event videographers worldwide. It is a WEVA peer-reviewed competition and represents the highest awards honor in production achievement in our industry. There is always a new panel of judges every year, and each year brings a fresh opportunity for new productions to be honored. All videographers are encouraged to enter their best work!”

david robin | films won Gold in two categories:

Short Form Wedding Production
Photo Montage Production

Since 1994 we have won an unprecidented 25 Creative Excellence Awards, and continue to have the headache of where to put them. Seriously we are truly honored as competition gets stiffer and stiffer each year, with much amazing new talent emerging around the world.

Here are some photos of DR accepting the awards:

Engagement photos courtesy of Jules Bianchi (who incidentally rocks! check her out).

Here at david robin | films we rarely talk about our production equipment. For one thing it can be really boring. We are storytellers, and can successfully recount our tales with any kind of recording camera.

However, this one is really special.

Not only is this camera full HD, has superb fujinon optics, records at many different frame rates including 1080 24P, 30P, & 60P, but it is also completely tapeless. It records images onto a brand new card system developed by Sony and Sandisk.

So what does this mean to you the client?

Well, stunning images that look the closest to 35mm film as I have ever seen. Phenomenally low light sensitivity, that virtually eliminates the need for any camera lights. It also gives us the ability to shoot, edit and deliver in HD, with the end product being a Blu-Ray DVD Disc for you!

I’m very excited!

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!

This is a sneak peak of Ann & Loys 25th Wedding Anniversary and their renewal of vows.
The Ceremony took place at St. Brendan’s and the Reception took place at the Park Plaza.
The event planner was Debbie Gambino, and together with Carol Rosen, they did an outstanding job,

Congratulations to a phenomenal couple who truly stand out as a success story in love and life.

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

Held at the gorgeous St. Regis in Dana Point, I had the honor to produce, not only this lovely couple’s wedding move, but also a montage of their childhood, history of their 15 year relationship, all culminating in a music video of their pre-ceremony and ceremony, in time to show 250 of their guests right before cake cutting. No pressure whatsoever!

Special thanks to Jeannie Savage from Details Details, who was an absolute joy to work with.

Here is the video that I made…