Run Time 30 minutes With Kathy abstaining for this show, Al ?ventures into the darkness? for a nearly exclusive interview with the infamous Ugly George. George gives us some of his history. He also talks about his equipment, and spacey-looking rig. This IS talk about VIDEO after all! The first Ugly George DVD is announced for the first time on this show. An Exclusive!

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Run Time 31 minutes Kathy and Al explain what their WEVA 2007 Expo Workshop on Monday afternoon is all about. After some apologies and explanations of their several month hiatus, they share the five wedding day areas the workshop will cover. 1-The Love Story 2-The Groom?s Segment 3-The Bridal Prep 4-The Bride and Groom Park segment, and 5-The Bridal Antics at the Park. The Workshop is called: Getting Set for Success: Creating and Implementing 'The Must-Have Shot List!' Monday: 3:30pm ? 5:30pm. See you there!

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Run time 60 minutes Kathy and Al talk with Richard Markel, founder of the Association for Wedding Professionals International www.AFWPI.com about the importance of networking with other industry vendors, sharing leads and learning from each other. We all share the same client, the bride. What the other vendors at bridal shows can teach you about what a bride wants and how to book them. We talk about the topics to be covered at the AFWPI national conference, this year in Ventura, California and the International Conference at the end of the year in Ireland. Richard gives us inside hints as to what will be the hottest conference on the west coast. At the 43 minute mark we are joined by the author of Wedding Toasts, Tom Haibeck about his much requested seminar on Publicity and Promotion. His book was featured on Regis and Kelly (available at www.weddingtoasts.com).

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Run Time: 63 minutes - Audio with Anthony Francese Part 2. Anthony Francese of Artistic Expressions in NJ, www.artisticexpressionsvideo.com, joins us for Part 2 of Audio beginning with the Reception Coverage. We talk about creativity and how he's pumping up the members of the NJVA to pull out all the stops to get the juices flowing. Also, interesting uses for your old battery belts!

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Run Time: 53 minutes - Audio with Anthony Francese Part 1. You asked for audio for wedding video and we got you one of the best! Always inspiring, Anthony Francese of Artistic Expressions in NJ, www.artisticexpressionsvideo.com, and President of the NJVA at www.njva.com, joins us once again and walks us through what he does to capture audio the day of the wedding. We start by catching up with his latest business venture, Defying Gravity which uses helicopters to capture aerial footage and going for the gusto in life! Then we discuss each location in detail! From bride prep, to groom prep to ceremony! The audio portion starts at the 7:00 minute mark talking about prep, at the 40minute mark we go into the ceremony. Anthony stresses the importance of a GPS System in Wedding Video Coverage before we break before going to Part 2.

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Kathy and Al talk to Kris Malandruccolo and Melanie Davis about an exciting new add on available to wedding videographers. Heritage Makers offers Videographers ways to grow their businesses by offering books made online from your clients photos or from the digital stills produced from the event. It is also a direct selling environment. Here is a list of the products they offer: Storybook (8" x 8"), Brag Book (5" x 5"), Scrapless (7" x 5"), Roots (11" x 7"), Photo Journal (11" x 8.5"), Storycard (greeting cards), Storypost (postcards), Vertical Photo Journal,(7 5/8" x 10"),Greeting Cards, Postcards, Family Folds, Posters, Calendars. Kris can be reached at www.ElegantStorybooksByKris.com.

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Run time 28 Minutes With David Robin. We catch up with the world famous California event videographer as he recounts working at The Governors Ball for the 2007 Oscars, just after he returns from jet setting via clients private plane to Las Vegas to show a 40th Birthday montage at The Palms. It was quite a montage weekend as he was also hired to do an Entertainment Weekly party hosted for Al Gore! No rest for the successful! We talk a bit about the joy of seeing Martin Scorsese win his Oscar for The Departed and about the amazing documentary which we all loved An Inconvenient Truth. We also find out what we can look forward to at David?s upcoming Full Day workshop (first ever!) in Philadelphia, Pa. to be held on April 17, 2007. To register for the workshop, go to www.gpva.com and to see more of David?s work and training materials go to www.boulevardproductions.com .

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45 Minutes ? Randy Stubbs joins Kathy and Al as they talk about using your skills as a wedding videographer while shooting corporate events at destination locations. Covering events with photography and video, projection and more. What?s hot and what?s not in 2007. We also talk about the destination workshop they are hosting, Maui in May, on May 21,22,23 that he and Maureen Bacon are presenting. For more information go to www.videoartiste.tv and to register go to www.randystubbs.com.

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33 Minutes - Maureen Bacon talks to Kathy and Al about getting started in the business of wedding video, the importance of getting a good education in video, how she prepares for the wedding day, why she attends the wedding rehearsal and the upcoming workshop she is doing with Randy Stubbs called Maui in May. Info for this seminar can be found at www.videoartiste.tv and registration is available at www.randystubbs.com.

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65 min. - Kathy and Al talk to Dave Williams of DVideography, www.dvideography.com , about his quest for an editor for his studio. Dave?s visionary idea was to scour the world with a contest, complete with cash prizes, interviews for an editing position and free publicity to the contestants who are all looking for a job. This is the second time he has done this. We talk about the rules, the submissions and the amazing learning opportunity afforded to the rest of us to get to watch all 30 clips edited from the two camera shoot which is up on his website for the next three months. We also talk about the success of this blog and how it accomplishes his marketing goals.

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60 min. - Lou Bruno of Al-Art Video, a video dealer in New York, joins Kathy and Al to discuss HD and HDV and what you can do now to get ready for it. Shooting in 16X9 widescreen. The delays in delivery systems and ways to get around it right now. HD NLEs. We talk about the future of internet-delivered HD video. Shoulder mounted cameras verses smaller handheld versions. Which are selling more for the event videographer market? Lou discusses some specific features of the new Canon HDV camera. Also, he gives us some HD purchasing statistics.

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55 min. - Kathy and Al talk once again to Laura Randall of Edit1 Media, www.Edit1Media.com following up on the big Bridal Show they did in February. We discuss their Same Day Edits and the DVD she produced on how to do them, available at www.pixelpops.com. How does the regional order of events effect the way they are produced. What can be included and what can?t. In honor of Holloween, Laura tells us a horror story, The Same Day Edit That Almost Wasn?t! Shooting strategies, editing strategies and selling the same day edit also covered. Also, thinking like a photographer vs. videographer. Advise for the videographer just starting out.

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58 min. Kathy and Al answer listener questions and cover topics such as on camera lighting, umbrella lighting, developing a light kit. Al talks about the DVD programs he uses. We share tips on developing leads from various sources and answer the question ?How do you get business when you don?t have many demo?s to show?? We talk about the importance of a contract, websites with free listings, the Local Associations role in helping your business grow, and networking and promoting your business.

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86 min. Sheila Orsi, from Encore Presentation, at http://www.encorepresentation.com/ a Boston area videographer, and WEVA Expo seminar presenter. Our WEVA podcasts explained. What to expect at WEVA Expo. Al and Kathy joke for awhile! A little about awards night. Sheila enlightens us about colors, and their hidden meanings. She discusses how to tell what kind of bride you are dealing with by her choices in colors. Also, she covers the use of fonts and their stylistic meanings. Plenty of resources provided! A special thank you to our member Lou Kulynych for recording this meeting.

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79 min. Brooke Rudnik from Mark Smiler Video Artist, in Philadelphia, PA. http://www.marcsmilervideo.com/ Brooke gives us some of her company?s strategies in wedding videography, presented at one of our recent NYPV, New York Professional Videographers meetings. She discusses shooting and editing techniques. Specific filter effects. How she delivers the ?proofing video? on line. How much time her edits take, and why. A special thank you to our member Lou Kulynych for recording this meeting.

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31 min. Stephen Nathans from EventDV Magazine. www.eventdv.net . We catch up with Stephen at NAB 2006, at the EventDV booth. We ask Stephen where our industry is heading in 2006 and beyond. Some history of the CD and DVD formats. We discuss the evolution of EventDV Magazine. A most interesting and informative podcast!

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83 min. Tim Smith of www.timalanstudios.com. Last time we spoke to Tim, he was SINGLE! He tells us about HIS wedding, from a videographer?s point of view. Found his New England videographer on Craig?s List. Selling techniques. What Tim has learned in the last year. Building a working relationship with a bridal planner. The bridal show experience from a first-timer. He hired two of his brides! Using photography lingo in selling videography. www.nypv.com.

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38 min. with Bill Dyszel, author of Outlook 2003 for Dummies and Palm Pliot for Dummies. Bill is also the Moderator of the New York Vegas User Group. 250 million people use Outlook. We discuss the Palm Treo 650 and 700, and other devices to organize your life. We speak a little about the Blackberry. Palm OS versus Windows Mobile Operating Systems. www.outlookfordummies.com and www.palmpilotfordummies.com.

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45 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? The Day 2 Workshops and wrap-up. We talk with: David Robin, Kris Malandruccolo, Phil Sheffield, David Pinetti and Robert Guerra. Jack Hutchinson on some of the uses for I-Rivers and Giant Squid microphones on the wedding day. Interview with Eric Leas, the Matrix Coordinator. A final wrap-up with Mike Jensen. See some pictures.

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35 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? The evening Record Breaking Ceremony! We visit with many videographers before the ceremony. You can feel the excitement in the air! Ceremony begins. Great introduction from the Judge/officiant. Wrap-up with the Bride and Groom! Trisha and Mark VonLanken edit and display their Same-Day-Edit to all! The responses from the Bride and Groom are priceless!!! See some pictures.

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48 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? GlideCam presentation by Dave Williams on the steps of the California State Capitol! The Bride and Groom see each other for the first time in the park! Martix setup and eventual dove release directed by Eric Leas. Comments from the croud. See some pictures.

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31 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? Live Bridal Prep with David Robin! In a separate room, nearly 100 videographers look on as David shoots the bridal prep. We see his two cameras? output on one screen, while a birds-eye view of the room is seen from another robotic camera. All the while, we hear David?s direction from a wireless he wears. Some reactions from attendees at the end. See some pictures.

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46 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? Registration, set-up, rehearsals and interviews. We also get to speak to the Bride and Groom, the wedding coordinator, and the person responsible for the choosing the bride and groom from among many applicants.

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C. 29 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? Pre-Production at the Library Galleria. We take a walk through the ceremony and reception location. We follow along in the production meeting with the key players for tomorrow?s events. The electricity is in the air.

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B. 15 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? Pre-Production at the Capitol Building. We visit the site where the Bride and Groom will see each other for the first time, where the photography will happen and an attempt will be made to do a matrix style dove release. Finding out it is not so easy to work with Doves!

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A. 23 min. World Record Event, Sacramento, California ? Pre-Production at the Julia Morgan House. We visit the Bridal Prep location, tour the house and meet the people who are going to make the magic happen tomorrow. We talk with Dave Williams, David Robin and Trisha VonLanken to find out what they are expecting.

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Part 2 - 62 min ? Scot Sheely. I-Rivers in action. Giant squid microphones for use with the iRiver. How to work with all these pieces of wild audio gathered during the wedding day. Discussing the new Panasonic DVX-100B camera. The DVX book. Scot offers for free his Event Planner 1.0 available at: www.imgvideos.com.

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Part 1 - 56 min ? Scot Sheely. The Bluray HD-DVD controversy. The first burner will be about 995 dollars from pioneer. More info at: www.bluraydisc.com or www.hddvd.org. Comparing the two websites. We answer listener questions for Scot. A little bit of geek central!! Scot is at: www.imgvideos.com.

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Part 2 ? 46 min - Jennifer and Brian Moak. www.videobymoak.com. Best advice to a new videographer. More and more advice! Some intricate details of the wedding video business. Design session and production scheduling. Bridezilla! Brian joins in on the conversation. Husband and wife team business talk. The Non Wireless Mic Ceremony! Snare drum mic for reception audio. Editing Receptions.

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Part 1 ? 33 min - Jennifer and Brian Moak from Upstate New York. www.videobymoak.com. How to get to know the Bride and Groom. www.videouniversity.com. The Teaser Demo. Dealing with all types of brides. Building a good rapport from the start. Bridal prep. Getting along with the photographer. Knowing when to pick and choose your brides! Levels of ?interaction? a couple is comfortable in. Again, ?The Red X!?

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48 min. ? Laura and Chris Randall from Edit 1 Media in Seattle, Washington. Takoma area bridal show strategies. Amazing, unique, bridal show displays. A picture of their booth. Staffing your booth. Marketing materials you need. Using furniture in your displays. Sidetrack: Shooting, editing same day edits. Back to bridal shows! Types of leads you get from the shows. Advice to those new to bridal shows. Their website is: www.edit1media.com.

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37 min ? Part 2 ? How Mark and Trisha met, and started their video business and careers. We walk through a typical day at the ?new? office with the Von Lankens! How they divide their creative, business, and personal lives. A typical wedding day in Tulsa, Oklahoma. www.tulsaweddingfilms.com.

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19 min ? Part 1 - Mark and Trisha Von Lanken, from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The country?s most beloved husband and wife videographer team! Mark and Trisha will be producing the ?Same Day Edit? for the Sacramento California Record Breaking Wedding-Event. We will be following them through their shooting and editing of the piece via narrowcast video monitors in another room in the venue. The next day everyone will have hands-on with the Von Lankens as they review the previous day?s REAL shoot! Wow, an industry first! www.tulsaweddingfilms.com.

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81 min. - Tracy Misner from Videotimes, Inc. of Alpharetta, Georgia. Tracy is originally from Levittown, Long Island, New York. We discuss building a business and moving it into a commercial space. Finding the magic number to profitability. What do fingernails have to do with it??? The Feminine Shopping Center. Running the numbers. The video transfer business. Design ideas for building out your commercial space. Michael Gerber. Systematizing your business. www.videotimes.tv.

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33 min- Registration is open for the World Record Wedding Video Event in Sacramento, California February 15 and 16th. Just one month away! We speak to Mike Jensen, President of the Sacramento Professional Videographers Assn., producer of the event and John Zale, the Director of Education for WEVA International, the co-sponsor. Mike explains the details behind organizing and planning such a massive event and John fills us in on all the educational seminars that are planned in conjunction with the event. This is the most original, creative educational opportunity for wedding and event videographers, organized by one of the newest local video associations in the country! Amazing. You?ll get to shoot with David Robin, Dave Williams, Mark and Trisha Von Lanken and get to meet us, Kathy and Al Ritondo in person as we podcast the event! Registration information is available at www.spva.info and www.wevainstitute.com. Don?t be left out! Registration is limited to 100 videographers so sign up now. You snooze you lose.

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14 min- Discussion of the WEVA sponsored 100 Camera Ceremony Shoot. This event will take place on February 15th, 2006 in Sacramento, California. All the California videographer associations have united to establish a new world record for the most cameras at a wedding ceremony! For more information, please visit www.weva.com and www.spva.info , the hosting Sacremento association.

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53 min- Discussion of the WEVA "Take a Bridal Consultant to Lunch" Program with Kris Malandruccolo. Kris is the WEVA Public Relations Committee Chairperson. We talk about the world of bridal consultants, and the relationship WEVA is trying to build with them. Also, discussion of Part 2 of the program which involves speaking at Bridal Consultant groups throughout the country. Kris may be contacted directly through her website: www.elegentvideosbykris.com.

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8 min- A tribute to Trisha Thompson of Texas. A great loss to the wedding and event video industry.

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58 min- David Robin, of Los Angeles, Ca. www.boulevardvideo.com. How to meet, and build a relationship with a Bridal Consultant-Party Planner. How to structure the business relationship. Tips and techniques for maintaining that relationship. Using www.constantcontact.com and other services to create an online newsletter to your customer base. David?s legendary Yearly Holiday Thank You Videos. Click for some of the PICTURES we talked about! The 100 Camera Shoot in February!

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87 min- The email that made Kathy cry! David LaBrec, from Nashville, TN, just did his first non-family, non-paying outside wedding gig as a favor to another videographer?s wedding, 400 miles away in Dayton, OH. WedVidTalk kept him company, and awake, the whole trip there and back! Kudos to past guests Evan Lipsman and Anthony Francese, particulary, for keeping David awake and alert. Check out the entire email on the website. David is at: www.nashvillewedvideos.com and www.labrecvideography.com . For the Holiday spirit, and to remember those we?ve lost throughout the year, our first podsafe song: Beatrice Ericsson with, "Christmas Without You."

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77 min- Ken Ehrhart of Summit Productions, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Corporate vs. Wedding videography. The Videographer?s Manual ? a procedure manual for shooting weddings. The STORYteller technique. How to tell a story. When to interview. Getting good audio. Miking the Priest. www.STORYtellermovies.com.

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34 min-We take you live to the NAB Post show floor. But first: We discuss up-coming shows, listener feedback, then, onto the show floor. We later discuss some tips, some updates, and some websites- www.boulevardvideo.com www.videouniversity.com www.thedvshow.com.

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51 min Pt.2 ? with Brett Culp. Getting inspiration from other areas and other industries. A magazine called Business 2.0. Brett?s views on HD. Why he wrote his book, ?Capturing Creativity: An Innovator?s Guide To Wedding Video.? His upcoming seminars.

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51 min Pt.1 -Brett Culp of Creative Video Productions of Tampa, Florida. www.cvpinspiration.com. A wedding video dynamo. Bretts work on the WEVA Disaster Response Committee. We discuss bringing family and friends into the business. Brett?s own sound tour of his studio. A typical day at CVP. The Producer approach. Assigning the jobs.

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66 min ? A reprise of our podcast number 27 with Julian St. Pierre of New Orleans, La. Surviving Katrina. We discuss losing their market, and losing 70 persent of their business. Julian describes the outpouring of help from the video community. How the video industry can help. Hire Terry, Julian, and Joe at: www.customvideobyterry.com.

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86 min ? An historic evening with Ethan Kornfeld of Kornfeld Studios of Rockville Center,NY, and Joe Leonardi of Video Gold of Carle Place,NY, both from Long Island. This podcast was recorded at our NYPV ? New York Professional Videographers meeting with our members and guests as a live audience! A first! Some of the clips we refer to are on our web site, CLICK HERE. We discuss: Directed vs. Not Directed event videos. Selling video packages. Working with bridal coordinators. Questions from the audience.

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54 min ? Stories?Love Stories and Horror Stories! Check out a soundscene of the Videomaker Expo East by Brian of the DVShow podcast. You can find it at www.thedvshow.com. Love story preparations. 20 love story questions. Register on the website for the entire list! Our recent horror story. New upcoming reviews. Help you fellow videographers affected by Katrina, donate through the WEVA Disaster Relief Committee. www.weva.com.

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83 min ? Some pictures from our WEVA Podcasts CLICK HERE. Listener questions with Dave Hall, of Davideo Multimedia, L.L.C., www.davideo.net in Berkley Heights, N.J. Master of the f-stop and depth of field. CLICK HERE to see a picture of him. Doesn?t he just look brainy! Discussion points: How much to charge? Proper ear protection. HMI lights. GPS- what it is, and how to use it. Back up equipment. The crash bag! Horror stories! Wow! Check out his tape, Camera Command, at www.cameracommand.com . Those that need a techno-jolt every week should check out the TWITs podcasts at www.ThisWeekInTech.com , the old TechTV gang.

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89 min ? From the WEVA Expo-Las Vegas Hilton. Interview with Pat Harris of Sight and Sound Events, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Pat is the husband of Jodie Harris, who we interviewed on our 4th show. We discuss Las Vegas Weddings. Hiring new employees by the classroom method. Training assistants. Streaming video. Optimal encoding settings. DVD authoring on line with www.homemovie.com. Selecting music. Find Pat Harris at: www.sightnsound.com.

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91 min ? From the WEVA Expo-Las Vegas Hilton. Interview with the world famous David Robin, (originally from England), from Los Angeles, California. His company, Boulevard Video, can be found at: www.boulevardvideo.com. David has won 18 WEVA Creative Excellence Awards, the WEVA Bob LeBar Vision Award, and is a member of the WEVA Hall of Fame. We talk about ?Timeshift? wedding videography. David takes us though a typical wedding day with him! What a treat! We discuss different music strategies.

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