Its been four years since I started my own business in my basement. At the time of its inception, I didn’t think the business idea would grow to what it is now! Carla and I have expanded the service list into weddings, videography for businesses and individuals, photography and now teaching.
We’re in our 2nd office [...]
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Happy 4th birthday Empty Cup!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 3 year plan, birthday, teaching on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our office is complete!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The polish is finally on our new office! We had a custom wood-burned coffee table made for us by our friend Chris Bennett (cwrbennett@gmail.com). He took a junky old table and stripped it, wood burned it, then re-finished it for us! We decided to have the “Empty Cup Media story” burned into our table. It [...]
Carla on Global TV and CBC TV at age 16!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anti-racism, Global TV on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carla has been into video from an early age. And we have proof! We were going through some of Carla’s old VHS archives and we found her spotlight on Global TV and CBC! She made an anti-racism video that won her a trip to Ottawa!
This video has 3 parts to it: 2 independent news stories [...]
We have a new office!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some photos of our new office! Well, the process of painting our new office. It’s 95% set up now – we have a few decor things that we need to take care of. So after a week in boxes and adjusting to new surroundings, we are finally settled in our new location. It’s not [...]
Fall 2009 Youth Video Competition
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To all you ambitious up and coming filmmakers! Empty Cup Media is hosting a Youth Video Competition in the Durham Region.
Complete a 1-3 minute in-camera movie (in-camera = no post-production, if you make a mistake, rewind the shot and shoot it again!) and submit it to Empty Cup Media by November 15th.
The theme of the competition is [...]
Latest wedding video demo
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This video raises the bar of wedding videography on the east side of Toronto. We don’t just document your wedding day (that’s expected), we create works of art.
I loathe Adobe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adobe on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I started my business, I made a pledged to myself to be honourable about all of my software. And it started with the legal purchase of an Adobe suite. Four programs for more than a thousand dollars. Ya, it hurt, but I felt good about buying and registering software legally.
Fast forward 3 years. I [...]
I’m an awesome steadycam shooter
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently picked up a steadycam rig and I am so stoked that I have it! For those who don’t know what one is, a steadycam is a stabilizing device for video cameras. I can walk, jog, run, go up stairs and ride in cars without any camera shake. The rig costs more than 2K [...]
Video camp: 2010
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged DDSB, durham, Durham Board, video camp on August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Carla and I have mentally committed ourselves to starting our own video camp! It will run in July and August 2010 over four separate 5-day sessions. We have set flexible dates of:
July 5 – 9
July 19 – 23
August 9 – 13
August 23 – 27
Classes will run 9:00am – 3:00pm Monday to Friday. We haven’t committed to [...]
Finally – a LAN line!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged LAN line on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I have been self employed, my cell phone has been my business number. But a few days ago I had a LAN line installed at the office and things are SO much better. My strategy is to keep my business number a cell phone number and to have it always forwarded to the new [...]
