Music Video and Red Rock Shoot in Vegas

What's the first thing on your checklist when you know you'll be heading out into the desert for the day? Batteries charged? Check! PVC from Home Depot? Check. Of course none of us thought to bring food or water. Ha!!!

We spent one day in the desert town of Nelson. You can see every house from Main Street. All are on wheels. Shooting a music video for Hannah Violet was a challenge, but rain and the lack of food and water was not going to stop us! Our music video crew included Jordan Oplinger, Matt Jeppsen, and Abad Rosa.

We were a little concerned about one of the locals who stopped by and screamed "where's your license!" We were not worried because Abad told us under his breath, "If I had a dime for every stranger I've buried in the desert. . ."

Working with Hannah was wonderful. I think she had the hardest time of all. I mean who wants to work in 40 degree weather in a sun dress?

The day didn't seem to end. We spent the night cruising (and shooting) the strip with the DiCicco's in our pimped out 1958 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible. Yes, with the top down of course. Who knew Vegas would be 40 degrees?

Then it was off to Red Rock Canyon for a photo shoot with Sofia Negron.

Photography by Jordan Oplinger and Sophia Negron.

Balancing a 5D mark II on a Glidecam 4000 HD

Part 2 in a series of Webisodes we are doing for LensRentals.com

Assembling a Glidecam 4000 HD and a Canon 5D Mark II

I often get questions about stabilizing footage, especially now from some photographers who have the ability to shoot moving pictures with the new Canon 5D Mark II cameras.

Lens Rentals (LensRentals.com) commissioned us to shoot a series of webisodes for their site. This first webisode shows how to mount the Canon 5D Mark II camera to a Glidecam 4000 HD.

NYC in HD Central Park and Empire State Building

During a shoot for a private client in New York, Jordan and I used our down time to walk through the park, visit the Apple store to buy an iTouch for our client, and ride to the top of the Empire State Building.

JDRF turns to Dave Williams Films

Dave,

It was great!! We received such a positive response regarding the video (and, of course, we informed patrons about you - the award-winning videographer who put it all together!)! And the mosaic ‘sold’ for $12,500 (way beyond what we thought it would go for); and the fund-a-cure (which shortly followed the tape) raised almost $600,000 (our goal was $490,000), of which 100% goes to diabetes research. Overall, the evening proceeds raised $1.3 million (our goal was $1.16 million).

The silent auction room looked great and Don’s trio sounded beautiful. The ballroom looked elegant, the food was very good, and Don’s band was, of course, terrific!! I think the patrons had a great time and also came away with new insights about diabetes, both daily handling of issues (via the tape) and chronic concerns (via the honoree (Kathy Crothall, who started Animas) and her friend and business colleague John McDonagh, who spoke before fund-a-cure.

Thank you again for taking us on…it is truly appreciated!!

Take Care,
Nancy