WELCOME!

Welcome to our new training blog kickoff!
Below is a quick Look back at the year. It was a wonderful one!
We want to first & foremost thank our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ for all he has blessed us with!
That includes so many of you we are blessed to call friends!

Josh 24:15

Our New Training website

Our new Blue Skies Cinema Training website is up. New Layout, new pages...Check it out http://www.blueskiescinematraining.com/

I welcome your feedback!

2008 Workshop Dates are here

Cinematic Shooting & Editing
March 4-5
May 4-5
June 17-18
Oct 21-22

We are really excited to announce two new workshops:
Wedding Cinematography 101 - for the beginning wedding cinematographer
April 29-30
Oct 7-8

And by the request of some of our workshop attendees for a second secession...
Secession 2: On the move: Inside the mind of an Editor - A 4 Day Workshop
April 14-17
Sept 22-25

Please visit our training website for all the details
http://www.blueskiescinematraining.com/

2007 Workshops

We had 5 workshops at our studio & made some great friends in the process! Thanks to all who attended! Steve & Sandy, Don & Miriam, Jimmie & Ronda, Rose Mary & Mike, Mike & Karleen, Jerome, Kent, Johnny & Beth Ann, Craig, Keith & Jennifer, Bob & Jeanette, Nichole, Damon, Stephanie, Tom, Rolando, Dan, Erik, Alexis, Warren & Jean, Anthony, Rogie, Clarisa, Bill & Maxine, Erik, Ronaldo, Luisa, Todd & Gail, Carolina & Franklin, Each one of you made our workshops really special & we so appreciate all the new friends we have!

One Day Workshop in Flordia

We had a great turn out & a great time hitting the beach & then heading back to VH Video's amazing studio for the rest of the workshop. The whole VH Video crew, www.vhvideo.com, were awesome host. Aaron, Vance & David went way out of their way to make me fill at home. Thank you!

Workshop in San Francisco

Andee & I had the pleasure of heading out to San Francisco and had a blast with a great group of people! Our friend Dan O'hara, www.OharaFilms.com, took great care of us! Thanks Dan. We had a wonderful dinner with Dan & his wife Dena along with Chuck & Jewel Savadelis, who do amazing work by the way www.savadelisfilms.com. Andee & I enjoyed spending a couple days relaxing & site seeing prior to the workshop. Here's a photo of a car/shooter thing we rented & accidentally ended up on the freeway on...yep that's right the Freeway!

WEVA's 2007 Expo

WEVA'S 2007 Convention was really cool! It was great being back at Ballys. We were blessed to win 4 CEA's: Finalist: Short Form, Bronze: Pre- Ceremony & Ceremony, & Gold: Bridal Spotlight.

It was fun to see our Bridal Spotlight article in the WEVA magazine. It was especially cool to see our daughter Savannah's photo included!

"Cinematic Shooting & Editing" Was my seminar title. It was good seeing all of our workshop friends in the front. Thank you Laura & Steve, Jennifer & Keith, Mike & Karleen, Steve & Sandy, Stephanie, Kent, & Rolando for all the help with the DVD's! You guy rock! Also a big thanks Steve Moses & Steve Fowler for your help during the seminar!

We had a Fun workshop reunion dinner & it was great catching up with everyone!

A big congratulations two 2 of of our workshop friends: Stephanie & Barry, http://www.fatcatrocks.com/ (& they do!) who took home a finalist award for their creative Love Story, & Keith & Jennifer http://www.alloccasionsvideo.com/ who took gold for their amazing Demo.

I was also front & center for Keith & Jennifer's first WEVA seminar. What an incredible job they did! I heard nothing but great comments!

I also want to say a big "way to go!" to our great friends Steve & Laura Moses http://www.vppvideo.com/ for taking gold in Pre-Ceremony & silver in Highlight! Wow! Much deserved!

Extreem Bridal Spotlight shoot

This Bridal Spotlight shoot was a 3 & 1/2 day crazy & fun project! Helicopter, Sailboat, Beach... You can read about it in WEVA's Magazine (August 2007 vol 2) or watch all the behind the scenes footage on our from Land Sea & Air DVD. Here are a few photos of the shoot.

Latest DVD Release: From Land Sea & Air

We released our latest DVD From Land, Sea & Air which documented the behind the scenes footage of WEVA's CEA gold Bridal Spotlight. Thanks Erik Waage, www.cevideo.com, & Craig Coston, www.wildflyproductions.com, for your help shooting the behind the scenes footage & Chris Coston for getting amazing photos!

AAA Awards

It was a blessing to win 7 AAA Awards at the 4Ever Groups 2007 Convention. 1st place for Pre Ceremony, Ceremony, Reception & Love Story, 2nd place for Best Overall, & 3rd for highlights & Reception. I also had a good time speaking on "Shots Form Weddings" and met some fun new friends.

Event DV Top 25

We were honored to receive the EventDV Top 25 Award for 2006 & be on the list with such amazing people. A big thanks to John Gooldsby for hosting the Top 25 retreat. It was a great time. Our friend Steve Fowler stayed with us & we had an awesome time exploring & snorkeling in Newport & Laguna Beach.


You can vote for your 2007 choices at:
http://www.eventdv.net/eventdv25/register.aspx

In Canada with Mike Colon

Mike (mikecolon.com) & I headed to Toronto so I could film him shooting Ines Di Santo's (The famous wedding gown designer) daughter's wedding for a behind the scenes wedding video which will be shipping by Christmas.

Mike is an incredible photographer & has an amazing eye! It is always such a pleasure working with him! No wonder he is one of the top international photographers!