Shawn Lam featured in REFOCUS book

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…

Award Entry Video – Dance Recital Concept Video

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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…

Vancouver Video Producer to Speak at Orlando Conference

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…

Vancouver Video Producer on www.videouniversity.com

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…

The videographer is keeping busy!

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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…

The economy, news media, and video production

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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…

Video News – April 6, 2009

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…

Shawn Lam to attend NAB 2009

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…

Sunset Ice – Sony Z7U and Z5U CMOS 30P footage

Sunset Ice - 2009 Figure Skating from Shawn Lam on Vimeo. Video by the Vancouver Video Production Company of Shawn Lam Video of the Sunset Skating Club 2009 Ice Show - Sunset Around the World. Featuring guest pair skaters Nicole Orford…

Sony HVR-Z5U review – EventDV April 2009

Exactly a year after getting my Sony HVR-Z7U I purchased the new HVR-Z5U - now I have a matching pair. In general the Z5U is the same as a Z7U except the Z5 comes with a fixed G series 20x lens instead of the Z7's interchangeable 1/3" bayonet…