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.
For the 6th year in a row I attended the annual WEVA Expo, the event video production industry’s largest and longest running convention and trade show. As you can see by all of my colourful ribbons, I was pretty busy with several responsibilities: Red: Speaker Green: MPV Accreditation Navy: Local Association President White: Press Red: […]
September is shaping up to be another busy month for Shawn Lam Video. Here is just a peak at some of what you can expect to see on the Vancouver Video Production Blog. WEVA Expo 2009 – September 14-17. My Expo experience is going to start with the opening gala and awards presentation, where I […]
A few months ago I was approached by video production colleagues and friends, Ron and Tasra Dawson of Dare Dreamer Media, to contribute to a book they were writing for Peachpit Press. The book is titled REFOCUS: Cutting-Edge Strategies to Evolve Your Video Business. I was pretty busy at the time as I was just […]
Spiral Dance Co – Beneath the Waves from Shawn Lam on Vimeo. In an effort to follow-up on my 2008 Silver WEVA CEA Award for Theatrical Productions, I’ve created a special video/live dance presentation of the Company dancers at Spiral Dance Co, choreographed by Sherrie Scherger. The beach scenes were filmed on White Rock Beach […]
It’s official – My latest proposal to speak at the 2009 WEVA EXPO has been accepted. WEVA is the event video industry’s largest and most successful trade association and Expo is their annual conference and trade show. The 2009 Expo will be my 6th as an attendee and 4th as a presenter! How to Run […]
videouniversity.com is my favourite online video community. I’ve been a member for the past 5 years and enjoy keeping in touch with my colleagues in the video production community across North America and beyond. It is also a great resource for technical, business, and creative support. Well now I’ve become a bit more than just […]
I consider May and June my dance recital season as this year it has been especially busy. Although my dance numbers grew, thanks to a new system I implemented with Spiral Dance Co that saw me ship 1,588 DVDs to them this week (and hitting my self-imposed 3 week deadline), my unusual busyness has been […]
As a member of the press and contributing editor for EventDV Magazine, I have been following the effects of the US recession and the subsequent fall-out on print media. Newspapers appear to be taking the largest hit, with many outlets closing or switching to online only. Magazines have not escaped unscathed and Time Magazine Canada […]
Monday morning – a great time to quickly look back at the last one and forward to the current one. Last week: I authored, duplicated, thermal printed, and assembled 300 figure skating DVDs for the Sunset Skating Club. Many of the DVDs were personalized with their name on the full colour DVD cover. See a […]
The NAB Show – the National Association of Broadcaster’s annual digital media industry event for audio, video, film, and communications professionals, is the world’s largest electronic media show. The exhibits at the trade show will take place between April 20-23, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. I’m planning on attending this trade show of […]
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