I'm a student at Ryerson University studying Radio and Television Arts.

I love telling people how the degree is more useful outside the film/video field.

I'd like to get into color grading when (if?) I graduate (there's a chance I may skip too many classes). And maybe direct music videos, because the stuff Michel Gondry puts out is really cool.

Life changes
 

I've been filming for about 10 years now, the last 3 have been quite interesting now that I have been integrating CGI into movies. Almost nothing beats taking your imagination and putting those worlds into a movie to share with others. Filming a moment in time that will never come again for all to experience, making it and the people in it immortal.

Ever since I was a kid, I would make movies. Well, back then video wasn't available to the average kid, so we used cassette recorders and made audio "movies". My brother had a 16mm camera for class, and I was always the first to offer my services either acting or filming when needed.

When I was 25, after working for someone else in a severely stressful environment (I was an autocad drafter for satellite control systems), I
had to get out. I gave up all I knew to start fresh and do what I loved.
Photography & film. It was rough & scary in the beginning. Always is when you jump in the water for the first time. After learning all I could about equipment, lighting, techniques, etc. I was given a copy of a 3d Modeling program, 3d Studio, and coming from autocad it didn't take long to learn it.

Then things really opened up for me. I bought a copy of lightwave and maya came later, then poser. And now I can combine both my favorite hobbies together! This is a great age to live in, not only is all this stuff now accessible to the common folk like me, but with the internet, we can share our works, our knowledge, and inspire one another!

So now, I am involved with independent projects/films. Trying to make a name for myself here, and building a portfolio not only in film but also photography. I have never been happier since my life change. And I will never go back to doing something other than what I love. The rewards far outweigh anything else. The experiences I have had, would never have been had I not changed my life. I can barely sleep anymore, well sleep in that is. I wake up early everyday and am so excited about starting a new day! Getting into some new project, meeting new people who are like minded and tell a new story.


Sean Hansen

I'm a videographer with Treasure Productions in Singapore.
We currently shoot videos for weddings, events & coporate videos.
We are also system integrators and have experience in various hardwares and softwares for editing purposes.

I first came to this forum looking for news & any reviews on videocameras, and i'd like to say that i've come to the right place! :)

I personally own a Canon XL1S and a (GASP!) Sony HC1000e. I edit videos with adobe premiere pro with Matrox RTX100 extreme pro hardware. All i ask for now ... is a damn good HD successor to the XL2. I can only hope. (and try to afford such a camera!) hahaha

Cheers mates!
Regards
Alvin

DV Video
 

Hi all - thanks for the great and informative site.

Im currently filming and producing videos for professional sporting bodies and clubs in the UK, providing both analysis and/or statistical data. Being self employed I have to scout around for work a lot, but I enjoy bringing footage to life with my own twist on things.

As a hobby, Im producing underwater digital video footage from the Red Sea and the much colder, darker UK waters.

I'm a seal hunter.

Greetings!
 

Hello everyone. I'm new to the site. I live in Manhattan, and shoot with a Sony Z1U. I work for the UN. I bought an HD camcorder primarily to video my child growing up. Otherwise, my main hobby is photography. You can see my photos on my gallery here: http://jamespaulsarte.com

Regards,

James

Run my own production company, and am producing/directing an African adventure/nature series for Animal Planet Canada. Begins in January 2006. I shoot the series on an xl1s and a gl2. Looking forward to shooting in HDV for season 2.

Write, write, write...
 

I write.
Of course, that may have been indicated by the title, but I thought it deserved repeating. I've writen seven or eight movies that were produced, have about seventy episodic TV credits, and have story edited about 280 television episodes.
I am now, after the recent savage slump in the indistry in Canada, turned to filmmaking. Guess whose scripts I'm gonna shoot? Well, other people's too, microbudget or no-budget, since I have access to a pretty good pool of actors.
Anyway, that's me, and howdy.

I started volunteering for a local TV station when I was 15. In my first year, they started putting me on play-by-play or main camera for all kinds of sports events - hockey, football, basketball, baseball, curling, cheerleading - as well as other non-sport broadcasts. I eventually began doing freelance shoots for b-roll footage for broadcasts and the news. These shoots were scarce at first but steadily picked up.

I now do freelance camera for an entertainment show called E West and have shot interviews and performance footage of such notables as Def Leppard, Billy Idol and the Tea Party. As well, I do shoots for a program called Huskies Tracks, a weekly show that profiles athletes from the University of Saskatchewan. I also shoot Saskatoon Blades WHL games for news and sports show highlights. I also do the occassional news shoot and whatever else they can find me.

I've been fortunate enough to have worked for CBC for the Saskatchewan Centennial Gala this past May. Other stations that have aired footage I've shot include SCN, Global, CTV, TSN, Sportsnet and The Score.

I also do video production on my own through a small company I call MUMPS (Mark Utley Motion Picture Studios). I don't do a lot of work through it, other than an internet TV show I produce called Under The Bridge. It's a weekly internet show that can be downloaded anytime and it profiles the local music scene through news, interviews and live shows. Some notable "underground" bands I've featured include In Medias Res, Run Chico Run, Rosesdead, Comeback Kid, Sylvie, Wintersleep, Alexisonfire, Underoath, Bane, Moneen, The Reason, Strung Out, Atmosphere, KMFDM and others. Those names may mean nothing to you but they mean far more to me than Billy Idol or any of those washed up celebrities.

Finally, I get occassional calls from different production companies around town to do freelance shoots for concerts, weddings and other video projects.

I barely ever have time to hang out with friends, but it's usually worth it. I'm 18 years old and making as much as my parents when I have a good week. Plus, the experience is invaluable and I absolutely love what I do. I'm finally going to be able to afford my Canon XL2 sometime next week and I'll slowly be "pimpin' dat shiz", as the kids say.


-mark

Holy Moly!
 

Mark, I am watching your Episode 7 while I am writing this, if I had half of your ambition when I was your age, I think I would be Ruler of the Universe by now! ;) Well done, keep up the work!

I am 32 living in Denver, CO. I work as a Building Engineer by day and play with all my toys at night. I started tinkering with computers and anything with shiny nobs when I was very young. People my age might remember those electronic experiement kits you used to get when we were young that came with a test board and all sorts of springs and wires and you could build your own radio, or make noises by hooking up the right springs and transisitors, yeah, I was the geek at home playing with that while you were all out kissing girls. ;)
I got into audio production about 10 years ago and have been amazed at the transition from tape to digital. Of course, video was very interesting, but I thought it was a little too daunting at first. I bought my first mini-DV cam a couple of years ago and started making stupid little films of Thanksgiving and my nephews football games. People were going NUTS over my little movies. They started asking me ( of course ) if I could do weddings, or transfer old VHS wedding tapes to DV, re-edit, even got asked to transfer old BETA tapes of Bronco SuperBowls to DVD. ( Who would want to remember those? 55-10 loss to the 49ers, years of counseling helped me forget that one! :( )
I recently made the push to go pro, at least with my equipment, the skill level is clearly negotiable. ;) I am learning that video is a never ending learning experience and your skill level is just that, experience. So I am finally making a little money. Bought a Canon GL2, wireless mics, Smith Victor 600w Quartz Lighting Kit, and still have my audio gear, studio mics and mixers etc. I am rather proud how my little 'home studio' is coming along, I just wish I had more people around to work with, soooooo.......
I have been meaning to post about this anyway, anyone in Denver who has ideas? Projects? Anyone worldwide? Ideas, Projects? Internet? Media?
I guess this is why I was so intrigued about Marks "Under the Bridge" show. It got my gears grinding. I am thinking a National/Global internet variety show shot and produced by several people bought together into a single program. Hmmm..sounds like fun.
Of course like all of you, I look for chances to make money when I can, need to pay for all this crap somehow, but I think I do it more for the thrill.
I have always said, "The day you stop living is the day you start dying"
And playing with shiny buttons, for me, that's living.
So hello to all, and if anyone is interested or has need for me or my cam in the Denver area, my eyes/ears are wide open.
Till then.
Take Care.
P.S. Ugh! Forgot my coffee for the last 20 minutes, just drank that last drink of 'cold swill' when you forget your coffee for 20 mins. Uck!

I'm a professional student - that is to say, I'm working on my Ph.D. in engineering physics. The field is non-destructive evaluation for the nuclear industry. I did my M.Sc. in physics (magnetic resonance imaging), and my B.Sc. in engineering physics.

Yes. I do realise I'm a drain on society ;)

My involvement in video is purely from the hobbyist perspective... others of which include martial arts (jiu-jistu and karate 5 nights a week), playing jazz, visual effects, and lately swing dancing (at which my proficiency is minimal).

-Steve

I'm a 401K Plan Administrator
 

Boy, when I see it in black & white..............YUCK

It's a sit down job on the computer all day (as a matter of fact...I'm here now).

I'm 41 have two children, boy 8 & girl 11. Great kids...no lie "The Best" you could ask for. As a matter of fact they are what got me into the fun hobby of making film, movies or whatever you want to call it.

I started just by taking home movies with my rincky dink JVC camera at the school plays and musicals. I tinkered around with the footage and put a few extras into them, and sent them off to the local cable station for all to see their own kids on TV. I was overwhelmed with requests after that, and since, I have done; going away parties, weddings, soccer videos, and so on.

Boy, do I wish this could be my career.

Thanks for listening.

Peter

I worked in theater and interned in TV production while in high school, then earned a BFA in Art Media at Syracuse University, then drove out to Los Angeles, got a job as a model maker on "The Rocketeer," spent a year or so working as a modelmaker on assorted videos, features and tv, then landed a set design job on a picture at Carolco (remember Carolco?), got my IATSE card, and have been working as a set designer/art director/2d-3d digital animator (Lightwave/Maya)/ illustrator ever since.

Presently I'm on a Bruckheimer show called "E-Ring." Fun times at the Pentagon!

Got a DVX100A and a Flowpod and have been shooting with them at every opportunity, mostly other people's projects while I develop my skills with the equipment. Shooting industrials and pageants and indie projects with the DVX, so I guess I should add 'videography' to the above...

Anyway, some of the stuff I've worked on...

http://imdb.com/name/nm0552608/

Hi Karl,

"Some of the stuff" you've worked on reads like a list of my favorite movies and television shows!! That's really impressive. I haven't tuned into "E-Ring" yet, but I'm sure going to now.

Have fun with that camera, and welcome to DV Info!

Thanks, Lorinda!

This site is great.

As a freelance photographer / videographer I'm happy to consider all sorts
of projects. Weddings (both stills or movies) are my staple diet, and just last weekend I photographed a 40th wedding anniversary party.
The client was delighted with the 185 prints I presented him with.

I film school plays, stage productions, school reunions, singers, families,
children. I've had my films shown on TV and at the National Film Theatre,
Southbank, London.

I do photo restoration, production and manipulation in Photoshop.

I write for every issue of 'Film and Video Maker' magazine, and have had
articles published in various other photographic magazines. I answer
hundreds of photographic queries on the www, and every year I'm on the
DVDoctor stand at the Video Forum in London. (DV = Digital Video).

I regularly judge film competitions, and this year was one of the three final adjudicators at the IAC's international film competition.

I do a lot of ciné film transfer to VHS and DVD.

I teach photography, mainly to adults, both stills and movies. This can be
an introduction to moviemaking right through to at-elbow editing training.
I do this at home and have run 2 and 3 day classes at Wansfell College,
Epping.

I give regular talks to video societies. I was in Chesterfield 2 weeks ago
giving a talk on 'The Wedding Videographer - the skills and equipment
needed'.

I love every minute of it. I should'ver left the motor industry a lot sooner.

tom.

I'm one of those "trodding" guys. I trod along in a machine shop making turbomachinery parts on 5-axis CNC milling machines--doesn't everyone?

I've dabbled in video as a hobby most of my life. Now I'm at the point where people are starting to pay me to do weddings, etc. and I'm starting to think maybe I could potentially make a career out of my hobby. I have a lot to learn, however, and that's why I'm here (dvinfo).

Although I'd prefer to make music videos and indie films, I don't mind weddings...for now.

...running for cover...
 

As this is my first post, hello to one and all and I am glad to be part of the group. I am one of the middle aged alternative rock horde running for cover in the film industry. When you have created art(?) most of your life for a living your choices in the main stream workplace are few and your passions drive your decisions.

Currently I am a film student at the Evergreen State College, the (ultra) liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. Part of the curriculum involves working at the local public access station (TCTV!) were I work as a cameraman and producer for a program titled "Panorama Latino Americano." I have had some success as a screenwriter and want more control over my projects, hence DV. It is the perfect medium for illustrating one scene of a script, taping shorts, etc. Also awaiting the arrival of a XL-2 and in the beginning stages of designing a NLE. John

Hi,

What do I do for a living?, I'm actually a payroll manager for a worldwide freight forwarding organisation, although I'm only responsible for paying the staff in the UK and Ireland.

I got into video quite by accident, I have been supporting my local football club (soccer club for those guys in the US) since I was eleven years old (I'm 51 now) and about 20 years ago I was asked by the chap that filmed the games for the club if I could drive him to one of the away games, I said I would, it then snowballed into helping him carry the gear to actually filming a game because the regular cameraman couldn't make it, and I have been involved ever since as the main cameraman and for the last 10 years compiling and editing the end of season highlight tapes (although some seasons they could be classed as lowlights)

Unfortunately any remuneration from this project was never enough to give up the day job but that doesn't matter, I get to see the club I've supported for most of my life, I love the video editing I have to do and appreciate the comments I receive from those fans that buy the videos and also get to film in some of the best grounds in the UK even though my small team currently languish in the bottom league of the UK National Football League, (mind you we are currently second so there is some hope).

I hope I haven't bored any of you professionals out there who do far more serious jobs than I do and can I also take this opportunity to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Best regards,

Martin

I started getting into film when I was sixteen with my dad's 16mm camcorder. Before that I was mostly into the writing aspect, but when I turned seventeen my partner in crime and I decided to jump into editing and our movies really took off. We designed, shot, edited and distributed our school senior video and were completely addicted.

I work odd jobs to support my film interest and I am attending University of Nevada - Las Vegas for a film degree, then I plan on transferring to L.A. for grad school, USC or Long Beach are my two hopefuls.

In the meantime I'm continuing to write a number of screenplays and making short films for festivals with my brother in arms. Hopefully we will break in soon, as our friendly insider list is continuing to grow...

These posts are wonderful! Martin, I'm no professional, but I find your "story" and all the others here charming and quite interesting.

Listen, you guys.....for those of you with the time, head on over to the DVChallenge forum and get involved with making short movies here!!! We just completed DVC4 so it'll be another couple months or so before the next one--plenty of time for you to think about it and jump in. We have a blast, and it's the best learning experience. "Cheaper than film school" too, as the motto says. :)

Come on! It's great fun!!!

What Do I Do For A Living?
 

As Diana Ross said:

"I'm livin' in shame."

My name is proudly displayed on the DV Challenge "Wall of Shame" ever since I agreed to try the second challenge and couldn't follow through.

I need to clear my name of shame!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'm still in my second last year of High School but worked for the previous two years to buy my first camera, the Panasonic GS-120. I soon was hooked on taking videos of nature and people in the city that I eventually got enough cash and bought a Canon XL-2 recently.

I plan on going to York University or University of Toronto to study cinematography and hopefully be a director and a filmmaker.

As for now I am planning a documentary about my last year of highschool, batch it up and premiere the final version at my graduation to my classmates of '07.

Cheers.

I'm a 21 year old CBS intern (CBS headquarters in NY). That get's me a nice little scholarship ($10,000), a $5,000 stipend during the summer and a lot of experience and contact (I've met all the VP's of CBS). Hopefully this summer I'll go to the CBS in LA and get some hands on experience with TV shows and so forth, and eventually impress enough to land a job after I graduate. I also own a production company called Green Bench Productions. We do small commercials for organizations on my campus that earn us a nice little income as well as shooting music videos. On the side of that, I do short comedy sketches and I work on a TV show that I'm writing, directing and producing at the moment. Other than that, I'm a second semester junior broadcast production student at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, NC.

Hi, what's up everyone! I'm new and excited to be here and am looking forward to reading more posts. I'm currently a full time director/writer and editor. I shot one short in 2003 with a Sony VX2000 which helped me to get a small distribution deal with Simmons/Lathan Media Group. I shot my second short, a 35-minute period piece ,that helped garner me a distribution deal for my first feature.

I used to be an actor but choose to focus more behind the scenes now. I'm currently looking for an HD camera to purchase (after owning and selling a DV100) to possibly shoot my feature in so I'm hoping this particular forum can help me make my decision!

A nice community of people here who share an interest, and respect, for each other.

I like that.

I bought my first DVX 100a a couple of months ago. Very hard for me to do since I'm considered a Sonyphobe by many. In my case, buying something with a Panasonic label on it was similar to going through a twelve step plan.

That's why I've been lurking here and a couple of other similar places to learn from those with experience.

I'm a freelance television photog based in Managua, Nicaragua.

I've been doing the freelance thing since 1996. Before that, I had eighteen years of experience working as a staff television news photog at serveral stations in the United States.

My DVX 100a has gone from toy to partner with my "regular" Sony 400 BetacamSP. Having the Panasonic camera adds to what I can offer clients and, to my surprise, has even brought me some extra business apart from my traditional network news clients.

I appreciate everyone here who graciously allows me and others to look over each others shoulders, so we can all learn more.

thanks

For a living, I'm a Network Technician/Administrator/Engineer... whatever you want to call it for a Microsoft-based network, consisting of a main office housing approximately 700 PC and IBM 3270 terminal users, and supplying network access, internet access, and email access to about 118 remote offices. We house about 19 servers on a Windows Server 2003 based domain (Active Directory). We have client PCs ranging from XP Pro to Windows NT 4 (yes, NT 4 is still running the majority of this company!).

Anyway, I got bored with the whole computer world. Sure there are exciting new technologies coming out and whatever, but I lost interest..... Fast.

I've recently decided to start my own business in freelance video work, in addition to my full-time job listed above. It's starting out very slowly as all business do, but I'm making some decent income to help support my normal day-to-day expenses, as well as putting some money into some decent equipment for use in my "side-job."

I've found that in video shooting/post production, I can be creative to whatever extent I want, and even better, I can make someone a video memory to last them a lifetime, my greatest satisfaction. It's so nice to hand someone a piece of your work and see the smile on their face. I can't do that as easily in the computer world... I'm currently shooting for school's band productions, choir productions, theatrical productions, etc, and I'm still trying to get a wedding or two. I'm even thinking about shooting some corporate events (meetings, seminars, etc) and maybe some high-school/college graduations.

Ever since I was a kid I've enjoyed video and video editing, as this is my father's job. I used to go in and play with his old U-Matic recorders linked to his studio cameras (can't remember the models). I used to think it was so cool I could do dissolves, voice-over, and character generation. Well, computers sparked my interest in high school, and I continued with that for many years, but I think my "forte" is in shooting video and more-so, the post-production editing.

Now I'm 23, just bought a house about 2 years ago, and I'm thinking of converting an extra bedroom into a home studio to help support my slow-growing video production business. I own a Sony VX-2100, a TASCAM DA-P1 portable DAT, and edit on a Windows PC running Premiere Pro 1.5. If needed, I normally rent extra camera equipment to use in my shoots. I've also been playing with the Vegas 6 Demo, which has me very satisfied. I'm still wanting to work with Apple's Final Cut Pro too... and Premiere Pro 2.

I'm a property manager, investor, day job working. Whatever pays. Trying to break into video because all my primary expenses are taken care of! It's time to make life fun and interesting!

I'm 26, and am a starting-out filmmaker, with pretty much no budget and lots of dreams, but who isn't, eh? :). My first dream job was to do sfx with ILM. I read a lot about making movies a few years back, and I remember all the articles I've read that said "if you don't have at least $10,000, don't even try..." or something similar. It was pretty daunting.

I got into filmmaking three years ago, I live in Rose Creek Village ( http://www.rosecreekvillage.com ), and we have an annual cultural arts festival. I wanted to produce a movie about the village's history and show it at that festival.

I decided that I wasn't going to let lack of money or equipment stop me anymore, and basically shot interviews and coverage, gathered photos, and edited together an hour-long documentary in three weeks in my spare time. I had absolutely no experience in doing any of those things prior to that, but I pulled it off. The movie was rough, but it was done!

Now, that's what I do for a living. I'm a filmmaker, graphic designer, and web designer for the Village. We've made several documentaries, and I try and push the envelope of what we know and are doing on every one.

We've been shooting all of our footage on tiny sony DV cams, consumer cams, and I edit in Vegas (still using v4 :P). We've gotten a lot of comments on how professional our work is, so I guess we're doing something right. The best thing is that we actually get projects done.

Now we're going to buying a new camera, most likely a DVX100B, which I'm seriously excited about. I'm ready to break out of the docu genre a bit, and do some dramas and maybe some action shorts.

So I guess the thing that I learned from those experiences was there's a creative way around any obstacle, you just gotta want to find it bad enough.

Here goes...
 

Hi all,

I'm a 'video journalist' for the BBC in the UK.

Basically, I'm a broadcast news journalist by trade.

50% of the time I work with a camera man and I'm the guy in the suit and tie standing outside a court house or a hospital doing a 'live report' on whatever scandal.

The OTHER 50% of the time I'm supposed to find stories for BBC news and delivering them myself. I use a PD 150 or a Z1 and act as a lone operator (1 man band basically) filming, interviewing, editing, voice over-ing...the news story. Often I do this 'on the day'. IE - I will get to work at 8am, hear about a fantastic story (man falls off cliff and lives). Then I will go to his house, interview him, film him, return to base, edit on Pinnacle Liquid 5.5, voice over, produce, and finally send a 2 minute news package for broadcast at 6:30pm that same evening on BBC 1.

I spend a lot of my free time being tired....

;-)

Hey Marco, i'm from the UK so i've probably seen you on telly then. I applied for the BBC about five years ago when i left college but back then I had very little actual experience. From your post Aunty Beeb definitely get there moneys worth from you....thats quite a work load you have there. If I was you i would spend alot of my free time drinking!

talking about crazy stories i was late for work one morning and was going a bit too quick in the frost (about 80) when i hit ice spun of the road rolled the car three times and killed a cow in the process......and climbed out the window with only a little broken rib. ooops! i stagerd along the road and knocked on the farmers door and sayd "eeh i think i've just killed one of your cows mate". probably not the kind of story you look for but that christmas all i got were cow keyrings and little toys that mooed!. I supose its funny now when i think back (not for the cow though)

Andy.

Hi All
I dont think there are any people on here that do what i do as a job! I own two film companies in the U.K and germany that specialise in adult Fetish/S&M films, personaly i like to do as much of the filming and creative side of things as i can because i just love doing it!. Now please understand i DO NOT MAKE PORN what we make is Fetish Bondage and S&M movies with no sex involved! and is completly different. Beeing only 25 i think i am the youngest person in the industry. If any uk resedents want to chat i will be exihibitioning at the ETO show at The NEC 24-25 July stand E20. (R18 Wholesale)(Inflagranti) see www.erotictradeonly.com for more details.

working the dream, dreaming the work
 

I'm producer, director, owner of Big Heart Productions in Uganda. We have filmed in Uganda, Sudan, Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa. After making a couple of documentaries here in 1999, I loaded up the family and moved to Uganda from Texas. While starting a fish farm and some small partnerships to help widows, orphans, and the poor I received offers to do documentary work here. Last year we opened BHP in Kampala and have never looked back. If you want to make the leap, remember; Failure can not contend with Persistence. Best Regards, Rand

I'm one of those guys who has a normal job - except it's 6-5 most days (some 5-6's, too). I handle accounting, estimating and customer service for the business. If you want a fancy title, I guess it would be office manager.

I've had a great deal of interest in computers, but I'm not sure how my interest began in video. I'm looking at starting a business taping weddings and other miscellaneous work. I stumbled accross this website when searching about the XL2 and the XL H1 - the two cameras that I think would suit me well.

Anyhow, hopefully I will have some information to share in the years to come.

I'm a freelance editor, motion graphic designer and camera op living in Vail, Colorado. I guess you'd say I'm under contract working for Action Television here. I edit nationally televised poker and golf shows. Soon to be world wide televised I think. I also created the graphics packages for the shows and to a few spots every once in a while too. Spot work is my goal, but for now episodic TV shows will have to do.

As little as possible!!!

I do it all. Motion graphics/post, video editing, shooting, audio and web cast, 3D Animation, and some layout for print.

Background: Eight years in the US Navy, served onboard the USS Saratoga, based in Mayport FL, did three tours in the Mediteranean.

Worked six years as a product development engineer, designing, building and testing medical catheters.

Presently live in Pennsylvania, working as the Multimedia Developer for an international medical device company for the last six years.

Being an in-house guru has it's benefits. I get to learn new techniques, have access to the latest hardware and software, and enjoy the benefits of steady pay, health care, and 401k.

Aspirations: I still have much to learn, and would like to experiment with creating my own movies (who doesn't?).

A bit on me I guess
 

I was exposed to liner editing and camera work at my old HS. I later attened and grad from the Art Institute of Philadelphia with a BS in Media Arts and Animation. I do a bit of everything, 3d product design, Motion graphics, Layout print work, but my passion is editing and directing. Two years ago I help start a music video program with a few -then- friends, the name of the show was Da' Underground. After a few years we parted ways and I went on to do my own editing and directing. I directed my first music video just last summer:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...616389&q=slang

From this I've been contracted to direct another muisc video for a spanish rap group, and I'm in the pre-production stages of a HDV Short to be shot on the Canon XL H1 with a cine kit. So thats me in a nut shell.

Been on this forum for a while, I can't remember if I have replied to this thread but I just had to respond to Chris's reply. I don't own the company but I do the same thing you do, in addition to full on porn.
I shot a 5 set DVD with my friend from Kyoto who is a S/M Mistress and she is also a corset designer and we made a fetish/shibari/S/M DVD set, no sex involved just nicely shot fetish stuff.

That DVD was seen by the president of the company my friend worked at (porn company in Osaka) and he liked it and distributed the DVD's in Japan. Then the company hired me to make all their dvd's after my friend left that job to go to Tokyo. Now I shoot(XL-2), edit(FCP) and author DVDs(DVD SP3) for an indy porn company here in Osaka.

It would be cool to talk with you and compare notes/DVD's so send me an email.

I am currently making a second short film with a friend, we did the first one 3 years ago, I'd much rather go in this direction but hey, I gotta pay the bills and right now, this job is paying way more than the job I had shooting weddings.

I'm upgrading my digital camera setup with real strobes and maybe going up to the new Nikon D200 and I plan to start taking a lot more photos, another friend who is also an S/M Mistress and I will make a fetish photo book so I will spend the next year taking photos of her and having exhibits.

I've read so many posts over the past few months, I finally decided to join DV Network. Thanks to all of you for your posts as it's always interesting to hear the opinions of others.

I'm a sixth grade teacher in Corona, CA. I became interested in making videos as an after school activity with my students. I help the kids produce end-of-the-month highlight videos for my entire school. We tape all the special events on campus: from the dance, to "everyone wear green day" to our own character education segments. Now, after a couple years of success with that venture, I'm going to start a small event videography side-business, capturing weddings, corporate work, and other projects, as opportunities present themselves.

I've decided on a pair of Sony HDR FX1's and various other necessary pieces of equipment. Looking forward to sharing and learning in the weeks and months and years to come.