September 2007 to May 2008 have been the busiest months I have ever experienced. Within those months I commuted to Centennial College to take their Corporate Communications and Public Relations post-grad course and did FT co-op with Lakeridge Health Corporation. For 8 months and change, I commuted three hours for five days a week, had class time, homework [...]
Archive for May, 2008
School’s out, the Cup is in
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Empty Cup, Public Relations, School on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The ‘Empty Cup’ story is in a Hollywood movie
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Empty Cup, Hollywood, Movie on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was in college when I came up with my business name. It was all hypothetical back then. I was in second year of Broadcasting – Radio and Television Arts at Conestoga College in 2003. I coined ‘Empty Cup Productions’ which then evolved into Empty Cup Media.
I got the idea from a book I had read [...]
Two milestones in one day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dance recital, video contest on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Roughly a month ago, I submitted a piece for a video contest held by Best Health Magazine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usONvOKqblE
On May 15, I received a letter saying I was given an ‘honourable mension’. Pieces of me were happy and others parts were disappointed. I had my scopes set on winning the contest.
I also have a theory that the [...]
Sony HVR-Z7U review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Review, Sony, Sony Z7U, Z7U on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two weekends, two awesome HD pro-sumer cameras. Here’s what conclusions I drew from shooting a 9 hour gig with the new Sony Z7U:
Pros:
-Very comfortable positioning of everything
-This thing PERFORMS in low light. I shot the reception on ‘auto’ most of the time, and it practically glows in the dark. The colours stayed true, skin tones [...]
Canon XH A1 review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged camera review, Canon A1, XH A1 on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend I had my first chance to test out my new high def Canon A1 in ‘the field’. I shot a 13 hour wedding just north of Toronto with it. I shot with a Panasonic DVX100 for a number of years before making this switch. Here is what I noticed about the camera:
Pros:
-First [...]
