Shawn Lam is a professionally accredited videographer and owner of Shawn Lam Video Inc. a Vancouver video production company. Shawn has been recognized with four major video production awards and is a recognized video industry writer and product reviewer who has published over 100video production articles.
Late last year I was approached by EventDV Magazine editor-in-chief, Steven Nathans-Kelly, to write the feature article for the inaugural editing of the new EventDV Live quarterly e-magazine. I jumped at the opportunity as the mandate of EventDV Live fits very nicely with the offerings of my own video production company, Shawn Lam Video. Here […]
As a follow-up to my blog post critiquing the video coverage of the Olympics Opening Ceremony on EventDV Live, I wrote a second post summarizing my feelings on the games coverage following the closing ceremonies. Both discussions compared the US NBC coverage to the Canadian Consortium coverage, led by CTV and Rogers TV stations and […]
Back in October I wrote a rechargeable battery blog post about my confusion with the use of rechargeable specifically in wireless lavaliere microphones. After a few months of investigations, and spearheading a movement to have a defective battery charger recalled, I released my findings in this article in the January/February edition of EventDV Magazine. My […]
Every now and I again I get to work on a pretty cool video shoot, for a pretty high profile client, at some pretty cool locations – last October I was fortunate enough to get the call from Stack Media to work with Nike on the launch of their Spring 2010 Women’s clothing line. Nike […]
I watched the Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games with a bit of a different perspective than did most Canadians and even worldwide sports fans – I was watching to see how CTV, Canada’s Olympic network, covered the ceremonies. The 2010 Olympics marks the first time that a Canadian network did their […]
February 10, 2010 Update: LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009 purchased between October 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010 and your A/C adapter has the roman numeral […]
In recognition of my BCPVA Distinguished Service Award, the Coquitlam Now ran a feature on my Vancouver Video Production business in the January 15th edition. Here is an excerpt: Videographer makes international magic John Kurucz, Coquitlam NOW Published: Friday, January 15, 2010 Just eight years into his career, Shawn Lam has carved out a niche […]
Update on Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 4 _____ I mentioned yesterday that Amazon completed an investigation and concluded that the La Crosse BC-9009 “is safe if used as intended and has been reinstated for purchase.” I wrote this reply back to Anthony Dunkley, the Amazon Customer Service Executive: (note […]
Update to Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1. Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3 Battery Charger Meltdown Part 4 December 28 2009 UPDATE to Part 2: I received an email from Anthony in Amazon Executive Customer Relations I’ve confirmed that your concern regarding the La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger has been fully investigated by Amazon.com, […]
February 10, 2010 Update: LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009 purchased between October 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010 and your A/C adapter has the roman numeral […]
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