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May 16, 2012 : John Goolsby!!!!

njva — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:08:20 +0000

Live One-On-One Business Consultations with the Godfather

Be a front row observer as Industry Icon John Goolsby conducts One-On-One Video
Production Consultations with three randomly chosen NJVA members.

John is the owner of Godfather Films which produces over 300 projects a year and
has filmed more than 2500 wedding films in 23 states and 12 countries. He has
spoken at all major photo and video events including InFocus, ShowBiz Expo,
WPPI, PPA, all 21 WEVA EXPOs and first spoke for NJVA 22 years ago. He was voted
One of the Top 25 Event Filmmakers in the World by the readers of EventDV
Magazine and is a Wedding Video Hall of Fame Inductee. His book “The Business of
Wedding and Special Event Videography” received Four Stars from Videomaker and
was “Book of the Month” in Popular Photography. John provides special insight
into the marketing and management of event video companies with more than 27
years of experience and regularly consults with filmmakers across North
America.

Meeting April 11, 2012 :Streaming 101 and 5 things you wish you knew before you made your website, and how to fix them, now!

njva — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:39:41 +0000

Jay Treble will explain and demonstrate the basics of live streaming, featuring Alan Berg!

Alan Berg presents:

5 things you wish you knew before you made your website, and how to fix them, now!

Whether you’re planning a new website or just looking to improve your current one, you need to understand what your website is and should be. If you’re like most wedding pros you know you need a website to be competitive but how did you approach your site’s design and content? Does your site answer the basic needs of your visitors or does it actually turn them away? This presentation is the foundation for Alan’s book, so you don’t want to miss it.

Come to this fast-paced session and you’ll learn:

The 5 basic questions that everyone with a website should know
Whether you need to have more than one website
What content you should have on your website
What landing pages are and how they can help you book more brides

Following the presentation, Alan will pull up some of the websites from attendees. Are you brave enough to show yours?

Meeting March 14th 2012

njva — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:47:54 +0000

Many videographers have a love/hate relationship with LED lights. You can’t beat them when it comes to saving battery power and portability. But they vary widely in quality and even some of the more expensive ones out there can produce rather odd results under a range of lighting situations.Enter Nick Fasio, inventor of the SabreLED lights. He will be on hand at our next meeting to demonstrate his new lights. They are solidly constructed out of aluminum and weather sealed against moisture. They are reported to have a very high CRI index, often lacking with many of the current crop of LEDs. They are color rated at 3200K and are claimed to maintain an even color temperature throughout their dimmable range. Rather than consisting of an array of LED bulbs, the Sabre lights come in two models: the first, as a single, powerful LED, producing a bulb-equivalent of 80 watts with a draw of 10 watts and a second model with two LEDs, producing a 150 watt equivalent with a draw of 22 watts. In spite of its durable construction, they weigh a modest 12 and 17 ounces. A number of our members have seen these lights and are very enthusiastic. So who knows? This may well be the LED solution that many are looking for.SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON

Nick Fasio is so convinced that you’ll find his lights superior to the competition that he has invited us to do a side-by-side comparison with any of our current LEDs. So bring in your LED lights and we’ll put them to the test.

SPECIAL NJVA OFFER

For one night only, Sabre will be giving our members a special discounted price. Checks, credit cards and cash are all gladly accepted.

Barbara Holler, Equipment Specialist

Barbara will show us how to utilize our equipment to cut the cost of doing business, as well as utilizing our equipment to upgrade and allow the equipment to work for us. She will also teach the best way to finance or buy new equipment and how to sell our existing equipment for the highest dollar. There are many tricks of the trade, and Barbara will share many of those secrets next Wednesday!

Show Us Your Stuff!

Last month we invited members to “Show us your gadgets”, but this month we want to see footage of what you’ve been working on lately!WHAT TO SHOW:Bring your recent programs, clips, completed presentations, works in progress – anything you were personally involved with creating. The more diversified the presentations, the better – we like to see not only who is doing what and how they’re doing it, but the kind of work being done in these changing times. Your program’s budget doesn’t matter! This is both a fun evening and a great opportunity to learn from others what works (and sometimes what doesn’t)!WHO IS SHOWING: Any active participant in the creation and/or performance of the piece: camera, producer, director, lighting, sound, set design, performing talent, etc.

MEDIA FORMAT: DVD or Blu-ray ONLY. We’ll provide a projector, screen and audio system.

MEETING FORMAT: Depending on the number of participants, you’ll have between 5-10 minutes TOTAL to show and/or talk about your work and take questions from the audience (if you wish). If 2 or more people present are involved IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS of the piece, i.e., producer and talent, you can combine the time into one longer presentation. Segments or complete short programs are preferred, but feel free to show your new demo.

February Meeting 3rd Wed.-Feb. 15th

Dave Hall — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:02 +0000

On February 15th (the 3rd Wednesday), featured photographer Jason Groupp, who has spent years working on something he’d been known for – in essence, creating his signature. The result: The IHNY (I Heart NY) Sessions. In this program, he showed us how he’s applied years of experience shooting for clients like Vogue, NY Times Magazine, J. Crew and Tiffany’s, to his work as a wedding and portrait photographer. Here he focused on “million-dollar lighting” on a shoestring budget, how he markets his signature IHNY sessions and how he built a new revenue stream alongside his wedding work.

We also featured the “Gadget Bag”, which is any tool, tip or idea that you use to make your day more pleasant or easier. It can be a tripod extension, a slider, a new LED light, a way to hook a client or whatever!

Music Copyright Lawyer to Speak Jan. 11th!

Dave Hall — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:10:30 +0000

Ron Bienstock, Esq. was our first guest speaker of 2012 on January 11th, with the subject of music copyright law. This subject has been in the news lately and Ron filled us in on everything we need to know about using music with our videos.
Ron teaches Entertainment Law as an adjunct professor at New York University and is a frequent guest lecturer for various graduate and undergraduate schools at NYU. Ron has also been a music business commentator for NPR, WBAI, Barely Legal Radio, Tech TV and CNN. He has been a guest lecturer, instructor and panel moderator for BMI, ASCAP, CMJ, NEMO, SXSW, NAMM, PMA, RPMDA, the Florida Music Conference, Miami Music Conference, Atlantic Records’ A&R University, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), the New Jersey State Bar Association, The Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, St. John’s School of Law, Rutgers School of Law, Seton Hall Law School, Ithaca College, and many other organizations and universities.

NJVA Holiday Bash December 14, 2011

njva — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:24:28 +0000

Save the date! This year we are featuring a hypnotist and a photo booth! Don’t forget the delicious Bella Casa Holiday buffet, which includes free beer and wine!Our year-end holiday bash will happen on Wednesday, December 14th at the Bella Casa Caterers in Belleville, so plan to be there! It is free to members and $40 for significant others and all guests. Registration is required for all! Send an email to njvarsvp@gmail.com with your name and the names of any guests you are inviting. Guests will have to pay $40 at the door by cash or check.

Check your inbox for the NJVA Recorder email, which is filled with many more details about the party

Meeting Nov. 9, 2011 featured Alan Berg:”Am I really making any money from this? What’s your ROI (Return on Investment)?”

njva — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:26:22 +0000

From Alan: “When we have conversations with wedding pros around the country, the discussion inevitably turns to their ROI, or Return on Investment. They want a good ROI from their print ads, their online ads, their emails, their direct mail, their social media, their bridal show participation and really everything they do. However, when we ask how you’re tracking your ROI the conversation gets really quiet, really fast.

While there is a small group who really have a handle on it, most either don’t track it at all, or are using the wrong methods and metrics for calculating their ROI. Even if you do know your ROI you still have to decide if it’s good, or bad and make decisions based upon that.

What we covered:

• What is ROI?

• How to measure and track your results

• How to understand if your return is good

• How you can improve your ROI to achieve greater profitability”

Alan Berg

• author

• professional speaker

• small business marketing expert

author of “If your website was an employee, would you fire it?” and “Don’t Paint the House!”

“Alan is a tremendous speaker and an amazing talent. His advice is invaluable. Best seminar I’ve attended all year.”
Damon Dietz, Absolute Media Productions

founder of the Wedding Industry Leaders Conference

Education, coaching and consulting for highly motivated individuals and businesses

alan@alanberg.com

www.alanberg.com

Nov. 9, 2011 Meeting Al Ritondo presented:”Web Video for Videographers”

njva — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:39:50 +0000

This presentation got into some of the nitty-gritty of video (and audio) compression. Terminology, current types of file formats, frame sizes, aspect ratios, bit rates, rendering tools and more were discussed.

November 9, 2011 Pre-Meeting Edius Workshop with George Dame

njva — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:54:17 +0000

“EDIT ANYTHING!”

People from the NY-NJ area joined Grass Valley Edius trainer George Dame from 2:30-5:30pm for a 3 hour workshop featuring EDIUS 6.

Participants discoverd why Edius 6 is one of the major tools in the TV News industry and why new stations are switching to Edius every day.

George discussed today’s file based workflow from acquisition to export along with many of the new features and third party tools that are specific to Edius 6 and future versions.

Participants saw why Edius 6 will increase productivity in your Mac or Windows based studio.

Raffle Prize: Edius 6

Congratulations to Pat Fahy, winner of the Edius 6 raffle!

Meeting October 12, 2011

njva — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:10:02 +0000

Shoot to thrill triple header! We started with Dan Strickler and Continuity Shooting.”In event videography, continuity isn’t always called for but in the course of the wedding day, there are several times when continuity is relevant and an experienced videographer should understand how it works” Dan will gave a brief overview of continuity and how it applies to dialog driven filmmaking and reserved the bulk of the workshop for a hands-on exercise that applies specifically to wedding coverage.

Next, it was on to Eric Model and Art Tollefson as they presented various approaches to shooting dance segments. Eric focused more on the documentary style camcorder approach, and Art delved into the DSL Shortform model.
Finally, Julie Conroy provided some simple tips and tricks to greatly improve your reception lighting.