Being a Media Guru

Yes, I'm self gloating here. I just had to after sporting one more of my many talents in the world of communications. It's a large umbrella, but I do so many things. First, I write what you read right here. Second, I work in radio, so that counts easily. I also do work in video, which some of you may know better than others. In fact, many of you may have seen some of my work without even knowing, or had me work on some projects of yours. My latest was another wedding. I think this was the 11th one I've done now, and the work gets better every time I do one. With the equipment upgrades recently, and with some help from the family involved in the wedding, I got to use a high definition camera.


It's as small as it may seem, just slightly bigger than a pop can on it's side (when the camera is closed up). The images are stunning that it can produce. Right now, I'm in the process of importing everything from the wedding to my computer. Here is how that all went, for those of you wondering what goes into the process of making a wedding video.

First, I arrived at the church about 2 hours ahead of the wedding to get tests done on the camera. It was set up the night before during rehearsal, and now the tests are re-done to make sure it's going to go well. I also get a couple of just candid shots from here or there to maybe use in a post-production menu design. Plus, with an HD camera, you can use any video frame as a photo because of it's high resolution. I also go ahead and get the sound tested and make sure the camera will function properly with that. When the candles are being lit, it's time to begin the show. So from there is move in and out and get shots of everything during the wedding, including the funny parts of a wedding which usually involves the lighting of the unity candle. This one was no different. The HD video shows the pieces of the groom's candle shattering as he pulls it off the stand. No fire, and they kept on going. Following the ceremony, it's to the reception for the post-wedding festivities and the dance. All these are parts that can be eliminated depending on the wedding, but this was a full-blown deal here, so I started around 2pm, and got home from the dance around 12:30am. Tonight the beginning of the video creation. This may take more time than usual because of large amount of extra footage that will go into this DVD. The editing the moving and creating the DVD are the best parts. I would enjoy just doing that, but when your a one person operation, you have to cover it all. But that's all part of the fun.