Thanks
 

Hi Rob - thanks for the welcome! I did a few searches - also checked out the 'Open DV Discussion' forum and will make a post there.

Hello dvinfo, and Don,
I'm from Rural Ontario as well.
Grand Valley Ontario.
Lots of nice places to shoot with your video camera in rural Ontario.
Keep it real.
M

Grand Valley, eh!
 

Hi Michael,

Been away from the DV info site for a while so missed your post. Thanks for the greeting!

I used to live in the Hanover - Durham area many years ago and travelled through Grand Valley area a couple of times. That entire region is very scenic with lots of fabulous rivers and streams. Now I'm in the Kawartha Lakes region, different countryside but also beautiful.

When I first joined this forum I owned a Canon S2 IS digital camera and was looking for a video camera. I have interests in wildlife and car racing video (extremes I know but that's me for now). Got some good advice from Gary Silverman on stock car racing video equiipment - Sony VX2100 - but had trouble finding one here in Ontario and the price was out of reach.

So, recently I decided to go for the Canon Optura 50 and get some experience. Then in a couple of years when all this HD stuff gets more reasonable, upgrade to a more professional camera.

The main thing is for now I'm having fun with the camera! ~ Don

Hey Don! Millbrook, Ontario! Didn't your city double for Millbrook, Kansas, in David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence"?

A History of Violence
 

Yes, you are correct. It was quite the commotion, especially when Viggo Mortensen was around. Millbrook, Ontario, really is a very small 4 corners type of town yet has several viable businesses along the main street; typically that is where all the filming takes place. A number of films have been done in the town and so the town residents have more or less gotten used to it. We actually live in a rural area outside the town so there was no imposition on us other than when we wanted to go the local hardware or grocery store. It has earned the town residents some bragging rights I guess!

Don:

You have a nice little town there.

New Guy... Nelson from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
 

Hello everyone,

I just found this site... it's fantastic!! Lots of resources, chat and support for the DV world.

A little intro:
My name is Nelson Cardoso. my location is Richmond Hill, Ontario in Canada, just north of Toronto.

My Company is called "eVideo Solutions"
I offer:
DVD & CD Replication & Duplication (any quantity)
Digital Video & Transfer Services
Video on Demand for the web
Corporate Video Services
Web Design, Development, Hosting and Domains

I joined the site to get aquainted with others interested in DV.

I hope to have discussions with some of you sometime soon.

Take care, Regards.
Nelson Cardoso

Hi Nelson, welcome aboard DV Info Net, good to have you with us!

Thanks Rob...
 

I feel welcomed already!

Hello from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada!
 

Greetings, all.

My name, as you can see, is Lyndon Horsfall. I'm an independent writer, video artist and filmmaker with my own production company DragonGem Productions.

Just joined, and looking forward to learning from you all, as well as hopefully imparting any knowledge I can that may be helpful. I've already learned a great deal from "lurking" for awhile.

Cheers, and I hope to get to know all of you soon!

Hi Lyndon, welcome aboard DV Info Net, it's good to have you with us!

Hello from Ontario eh!!!
 

Greetings everybody...

Usually i'd comment on the coldness up here, but due to global warming, I'll have to say 'Ola for now. Just picture me with a drink that has an umbrella rather than my snowblower for now...


Anyhoo, i've been a digital video nut since i digitized my first VCR transfer. I primarily come from the inner depths of the frameserving and encoding community...
Several years ago, advanced NLE's opened my eyes to more wonderfull things, but like every hobby, it gets expensive very fast.

To pay for this interest, i tagged along a local Video company, and have done several weddings..Of course, i've done several myself, but have slowed down in the last year.
Unfortunately, children, work, and life got in the way....I'm slowly making a comeback, and when i see people like Patrick Moreau present beautiful wedding videos into an artform, it makes me want to get up and start fresh again...

I'll be picking up my new HP wX9300 workstation, and have a few basic questions to ask beforehand...I'm an Adobe fan and love Premiere, Photoshop, and am trying to sink my claws into After Effects..
For now, i'll head on over to the Display/monitor section, so come and join me..

I'm looking forward to learn from this community, and to share whatever knowledge my little brain can offer....

Hi from Ontario
 

Hi Everyone,

Another one from Ontario. I have a small videography business on the side from my full time job at a brokerage. I mainly shoot weddings and small events. Been doing it for a while but still lots to learn as I have been changing my setup and starting to use different NLE's.

Have a great one.

Hey Heath,

I'm a digital content producer from the GTA! It's nice to meet you. I'm somewhat new to the forum as well. Have been reading it for a while now and finally decided to join. The forum is a great souce for info, I'm sure you'll learn tons more!

P.S. What kinds of NLEs are you starting to use?

All the best,

Simone

Hey Peter,

From the GTA over here. I'm a digital content producer. Nice to "meet" you online!

Welcome

but isnt it nice to pack up our snowblowers for awhile.
or not buy one in the first place and spend it on equipment?

Never mind the snow equipment....
I'm having to sell some of my prized guns to pay for this habit.....

I'll be donating organs at this rate...Oh well..

Hi Heath & Simone, welcome aboard DV Info Net, great to have you with us!

Welcome aboard DV Info Net all. Good to have everyone with us!

Another one in Niagara
 

This thread is getting oldd.

Hi there, I'm Justin;

I'm currently living in the Niagara Region, but use to live in Midland. I'm currently going to school @ Niagara College for Mechanical Engineering Technology. I fell in love with video after taking a communications class in high school. I have a Canon HV20 w/t VideoMic along with FCE 3.5 to edit with. Most videos that I make at the moment are short 5 min things for either friends or church. I'd like to upgrade to JVC's new HM100 when it comes out at the end of April.

Hopefully when I go back to work on the ships sometime in May, I'll have an HM100 along with me to make somewhat of a documentary of what life is like on a ship (assuming it's all right with the captain).

I look forward to learning a lot from this place.

Hey Justin, thanks for reviving this thread,.. I had totally missed it before!

I live in the Hamilton area, and have a real hankering to make short films. I first got the bug when I went to Sydney, Australia on a 2 year job contract awhile back. While we were there, I bought a little JVC Camcorder (PAL format) so I could record the sights, and have a video record of our time. I fell in love with the possibilities. Now that we have been back in Canada for a few years, I have managed to aquire a Canon XH-A1, and a few other toys (mostly DIY). I am absolutely dying to make a short or something,.. but have discovered that writing stories, and story ideas, are not my fortes. I have made a few little things with my kids (their ideas) that were a blast to do, and allowed me to try my hand at some After Effects, and I love it. But I would LOVE to make some more movies, and try some stuff a little more challenging and ambitious. But without a story,.. hmm.

Hey, does anyone know if there are any clubs/collectives/groups in the area? People who get together with common video/film interests, varied equipment and experience levels, and maybe collaborate on some group efforts, ..make some shorts for fun? I'd love to get involved in something like that. Does anyone know if something like that exists around here?

Hey Justin.....

Why in the world would anybody leave Midland. It's God's country...I've got a frozen Midland Harbour spanned across both my screens as a background...Joined it as close as i could in Photoshop.

As far as Hamilton is concerned, there's a small collection of video hobbyists and enthusiasts. Google HVFM.
They meet once every month or 2nd month..Check out there website....

Hey All....
 

Just wanted to say hey to everyone as I am a new member of the forums. I've found the posts very helpful already....I am an aspiring videographer from Courtice, ON, Canada. I am shooting with a VX2000 and using pinnacle and vegas for editing. I have just recently bought the 2000 (upgraded from my old vx1000) and have a few questions about it that I will be posting in the proper section....Cheers!!!