Why a Professional Videographer?

Author: Laurie Snyder

If your bridal budget is limited, you may be tempted to take up a relatives offer to videotape your wedding as a way to cut costs.  While your uncle may be the unofficial videographer of family birthdays, his expertise with the camera probably won’t meet your wedding day expectations.  Remember, this is a once in lifetime experience and should be captured as such.

Working with a hired professional is easier for many reasons.  You can be more direct about what exactly you want to include and how you want the action captured.  A professional is at your command and will most likely want to please you, while a relative may continue to finish eating before thinking to capture your first dance as a couple.  Horror stories abound about shaky, unfocused videos delivered late or not at all, produced by well-meaning friends or relatives.  The hurt feelings that result can wreck havoc in a relationship for years to come. … Continue Reading

“Sounds” Great!

By Rick Betancourt

Have you ever played that game in grade school where one person tells another person a short story, and then the next person tells the next; until the story makes it’s way all the way through the classroom? The funny results are that by the time the story reaches the end, it barely resembles the original version. This can be an object lesson showing how time can change our memories of events over the years, let alone over the course of a single classroom session! … Continue Reading

Super 8mm Film -A Motion Picture Film Format

In the 1960′s a new medium called Super 8mm film caught our attention. While it was the privileged few who had access to such cameras, it still left a nostalgic mark on many of our lives. After a few short lived years, the super 8 camera was replaced by the video camera and other film formats. Companies stopped making the cameras and film altogether, leaving only Eastman Kodak as the lead supplier of super 8 film. Even today, only a select few vendors carry this piece of nostalgia but it is well worth the effort inquiring about it.

In later years, Super 8 film found its way into America’s favorite sitcoms like, The Wonder Years and other big productions by Oliver Stone, Madonna, etc…It was a resurgence of sorts and Hollywood paid attention. Soon after, budding film makers in Los Angeles and surround areas used Super 8mm film as a stepping stone to bigger formats like 16mm and 35mm. With limited access to the film, development, and working cameras the super 8mm format quickly found its way into collectors and film enthusiast’s hearts. … Continue Reading