Just a quick reminder (to fellow videographers and photographers) that I will be giving seminars each day from the 15th-17th January, representing FX Films and Canon at the SWPP Convention 2010, Hammersmith. Here’s the flyer for it, which might I add, has all it’s photos from our very own partner photography company, Lime Leaf Weddings!
Wow, time has literally flown by - FX Films is 4 years old today! It only seems like yesterday I nervously filmed that very first wedding! And, as our wedding films have become better and better, so too have the logosI can finally say I’m sticking with the current one!
Good, clear audio is a huge and important aspect of the filming process. We have several superb items in our kit-list to assist us in achieving this, but all you need to know, is how it sounds in the end: Sounds Good! (Achieving Clear Audio at Weddings) from FX Films on Vimeo.
Colour-grading, levels-tweaking, gamma-correcting – most of you won’t know or even care about these terms…and why should you? Almost all major films you see nowadays have had the above, from ‘Transformers’ to ‘Avatar’ to ‘Sex and the City’! Some have been subtly ‘graded’ to give a warm look (e.g. ‘The Beach’), and some are quite...
As a reminder to fellow wedding videographers (either new to the industry, or with some experience), don’t forget that I am personally running 1-to-1 training sessions, in half-day or full-day blocks, to help turn you into professional wedding cinematographers. Click here for more details. This service has been an instant success, and has superceded my own personal...
Here’s something a little different to our usual blog entries – an interview with myself, Richard from FX Films, as carried out by Simon Kemp, from Hyde End Studios. Now, Simon is an experienced and expert wedding and portraits photographer, so to carry out all the filming and editing in this piece was pretty daunting...
Hot news! Canon have invited me back to hold more seminars, this time at the SWPP (Society of Wedding and Portrait Photography) Convention 2010. Dates: January 15th-17th Location: Novotel London West, Hammersmith. Amongst the 350 hours of masterclasses, and 40 hours of seminars, you’ll catch me doing 2 seminars a day entitled: Making the Transition...
Ok, so we thought we’d get with the times and try out a little bit of Twitter! Please do come check us out for up-to-date news and updates. Just seach for ‘FXFilms‘, or go to this page: http://twitter.com/FXFilms update: Thanks to @GuideForBrides, via Twitter, for sharing some useful wedding stats from 2008:
Following the previous post, we promised to show you the higher quality clip of Henley and I, as we were ‘frozen in time’ at the Canon Pro Photo Solutions Show. This was produced by TimeSliceFilms, one of the coolest visual effects teams around. Don’t just take my word for it….see their breath-taking showreel below!
What a great few days we’ve had! On Monday I travelled down to Islington (London) with the rest of my team (Henley and Laura from LimeLeafWeddings), and then spent the subsequent two days networking with Canon and other vendors, as well as attending some superbly delivered seminars from some of the great names about (Jeff Ascough, Dan...
We receive umpteen emails on a regular basis, from beginner wedding videographers (UK and worldwide!) seeking advice or hints and tips in all areas of what we do and deliver. Maybe you are one of them, reading this blog entry! Good news – we’ve decided to open our doors and help you out on an...
