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Holy cow it’s been a while
1. My prices will be going up effective March 1st, 2009. Those of you who have signed a contract this does not effect you. For everyone else maybe this will be some encouragement to make a decision to book us soon.
2. Blalock Video will soon be offering a official Photographers Promo video package. Be looking for that.
3. Matthew from Matt’s Designs just launched his new website and blog! If you haven’t heard about Matt’s Designs then you should definitely check him out. He’s a great friend of mine as well as an incredible graphic designer.
4. Here are some stills from videos I have in the works:
Me and Alison’s wedding
Manuel and Veronica’s wedding
Andrew and Lindsey’s wedding
Bryan and Shelby’s wedding
Jarrod and Lindsay’s “Day After” video
I don’t remember what the rest of my house looks like…
This is all I know right now.
Dear Santa-
For Christmas I would like 10 more hours in each day. I’ll be sure to set extra cookies out by not existent fireplace for you this year.
Thanks,
Stuart
PS I’e been extra good this year.
Thank you Facebook!
Well, I love Facebook even more now. I noticed tonight that they’ve recently updated their video player. For those of us who post high quality videos you viewers can now watch those in “high quality”. You still have the option to watch it in “normal quality” for those of you with slower connections. I was excited to see this option. There is hardly any noticeable digital-looking effects and the clarity jumped through the roof. So to this I say thank you Facebook. You have now caught up with the rest of the online video world.
Here is my badge for Facebook in which you can click and add me as a friend to see what I am talking about!
Trinity’s volleyball team & blog updates
Also, I will be trying my hardest to blog more. It’s hard for a video guy to blog sometimes because it takes a lot to get a video edited, rendered, exported, converted and uploaded. Maybe I should take up photography so I can easily post pictures 
I would like to hear your ideas on blogging! I’m thinking by actually posting this that it’ll keep me accountable and actually make me post several times a week. To the video…
This video might seem a little random unless you know me and my family. My wife Alison’s little sister Katie plays (or played) for Trinity Christian’s Varsity team this year. So, I had the opportunity to put together a little highlight video of their year. The great thing about these videos is that there were not many expectations and limits to what I could do. I love having free reign to create whatever I want. I’ve got one more sports highlights in the works so keep your eye out for that one soon.
MercyMe live in concert
I am in no way claiming that I had much to do with this event except direct for it. It’s not really a Blalock Video thing but I ended up keeping a copy of it and wanted to share the song “Here With Me”.
To Blu-ray or not to Blu-ray?
First up is Blu-ray discs. The blank media and players are still expensive but you would think they would be going down soon. Every one is used to DVD discs and could jump right into using Blu-ray if they had the player.
Secondly, is delivering your HD videos on this little guy, the Western Digital HD media player. It’s a very reasonably priced player that seems to play all sorts of media including 1080p full HD.
Next is delivery via the MP4 format. This I’m thinking might be the most popular format right now as it doesn’t cost anything. It will simply play in your iTunes and Apple TV. It could also be played on your iPhone or iPod even though it wouldn’t be HD. I’m looking into possibly delivering through a video podcast or vodcast. Does any one know if you can deliver HD vodcasts? I personally have an Apple TV and love it. It plays anything that’s in my iTunes and can even rent and buy movies, tv shows and music.
So, please leave comments on what you would prefer.:
-Blu-ray DVD
-Western Digital Media Player
-MP4 format and possibly on an Apple TV
-Or another option I haven’t thought about
Coming to a blog near you
This weekend is a busy one but one I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. Let me first recap last weekend. I shot the biggest and most decorative wedding yet. I heard that there were over 12,000 roses used in the ceremony decorations. WOW. Anyway, I can’t wait to get started on that wedding.
Back to this weekend:
Friday – Bridal Elegance shoot. My wife was giddy when I asked her to get dressed back up in her wedding dress to shoot this. We’ve scouted locations and have a general idea of shots we want. I say we because she’s my model for the day and basically the VP of Blalock Video. I’ve never shot one before but have wanted to for a long time.
Saturday – Trash the Dress shoot. That’s right, there are brides in Lubbock who are OK with getting a little messy. I had the privilege of shooting Dane and Shari’s wedding on 8.8.08. Shari is a great sport by doing this and I think she’s looking forward to it too. This is going to be awesome, I can’t wait!
Speaking of Dane and Shari… I will be finishing editing their wedding movie by the end of the weekend and posting segments of it on the blog shortly thereafter.
To future and current brides, if you are interested in a Bridal Elegance piece or Trash the Dress let me know. I will offering a huge sale to brides who are interested. Call or email for more details!
Coke Commercial
I ran across this video earlier tonight and it brought back memories of school project days. This was an interesting video. I worked on an Ad team at Texas Tech and this team’s client was Coke. So, they creatives came up with this concept and when they told me their idea I was thinking there was no way we could pull this off… but we did. I crack up every time I watch this video, and you will too. It’s pointless but I felt like blogging tonight. Enjoy!
The Justin Cofield Band
The Justin Cofield Band is one of my all time favorite bands. They led worship at Paradigm before heading to Austin, TX. They came to Lubbock earlier this year to play a CD release party and asked me to tag along with my camera. Here’s a little clip of the JCB:
Commercial Business Demo
I have decided to pursue some more commercial business as of late. Although I have produced several commercials over the years it has not been on the top of my to-do list. I have been hesitant to call myself a “wedding videographer” as it would hold be back from expanding my influences and skills. Here is a little demo I have put together to reflect some of the work I’ve done over the years. You’ll notice there is nothing about weddings in this demo. I’ve got a demo in the works just for wedding videography that’ll be sure to make you cry!
My own worst critic
So, there’s nothing worse than working on a video project for yourself. I am getting married in 23 days and it’s coming QUICK. We wanted to have a few video elements (surprise surprise) in the ceremony and I thought it would be a good idea to edit it myself. Little did I know I would be nit-picking every little detail because it has to be PERFECT, right? I work on other people’s videos all the time. I see their baby pictures and video and have grown numb them. For some reason I thought this one would be the same. Boy, was I wrong. I’m not sure 23 days will be enough to finish this masterpiece I hope to have a little teaser soon. Stay tuned!
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