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video production

EventDV Live Olympics Review

March 6, 2010

As a follow-up to my blog post critiquing the video coverage of the Olympics Opening Ceremony on EventDV Live, I wrote a second post summarizing my feelings on the games coverage following the closing ceremonies.  Both discussions compared the US NBC coverage to the Canadian  Consortium coverage, led by CTV and Rogers TV stations and [...]

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rechargeable batteries outlast alkaline batteries

March 4, 2010

Back in October I wrote a rechargeable battery blog post about my confusion with the use of rechargeable specifically in wireless lavaliere microphones.  After a few months of investigations, and spearheading a movement to have a defective battery charger recalled, I released my findings in this article in the January/February edition of EventDV Magazine.  My [...]

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Vancouver 2010 Olympics Video – Nike Athletes

February 20, 2010

Every now and I again I get to work on a pretty cool video shoot, for a pretty high profile client, at some pretty cool locations – last October I was fortunate enough to get the call from Stack Media to work with Nike on the launch of their Spring 2010 Women’s clothing line. [...]

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Olympic Opening Ceremony Critique – Canada VS USA

February 19, 2010

I watched the Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games with a bit of a different perspective than did most Canadians and even worldwide sports fans – I was watching to see how CTV, Canada’s Olympic network, covered the ceremonies. The 2010 Olympics marks the first time that a Canadian network did [...]

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battery-charger-meltdown-part-4

January 22, 2010

February 10, 2010 Update:
LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009 purchased between October 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010 and your A/C adapter has the roman numeral [...]

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Videographer Makes International Magic

January 16, 2010

In recognition of my BCPVA Distinguished Service Award, the Coquitlam Now ran a feature on my Vancouver Video Production business in the January 15th edition.
Here is an excerpt:

Videographer makes international magic

John Kurucz, Coquitlam NOW
Published: Friday, January 15, 2010
Just eight years into his career, Shawn Lam has carved out a niche in the ever-changing world of digital [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3

December 31, 2009

Update on Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1 & Part 2 &
Part 4
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I mentioned yesterday that Amazon completed an investigation and concluded that the La Crosse BC-9009 “is safe if used as intended and has been reinstated for purchase.”
I wrote this reply back to Anthony Dunkley, the Amazon Customer Service Executive: (note – I corrected two [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown – part 2

December 22, 2009

Update to Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1.
Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3
Battery Charger Meltdown Part 4
December 28 2009 UPDATE to Part 2:
I received an email from Anthony in Amazon Executive Customer Relations
I’ve confirmed that your concern regarding the La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger has been fully investigated by Amazon.com, our vendors and the manufacturer.  [...]

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2009 BCPVA Distinguished Service Award

December 9, 2009

Update: Shawn Lam featured in The Tri-City News December 9, 2009 edition – Coquitlam Videographer Honoured
(Yes, I know the heading says PoMo girl wins film contest, – my part comes in the second half of the article with the sub-head of Coquitlam Videographer Honoured)
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2009 is going to be a very memorable one for me [...]

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Shawn Lam featured in video marketing book

December 7, 2009

For the second time in only a few months, I’ve been interviewed for a video production book.  The last time it was for Refocus: Cutting Edge Strategies to Evolve Your Video Business by Ron and Tasra Dawson, and this time is it for
50 Interviews: Video Marketers- How America’s Most Skilled, Most Inspired Online Video Advertising [...]

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