July Meeting

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

*Accessories Not Included

This is the caveat we were up against as kids – our favorite toys always required extra accessories to get the most out of them. The same is true with video production! The HPVA meeting for July will cover just that. All the cool accessories you use in your productions to make them just right.

I’m talking about stabilizers. I’m talking about shoulder supports. I’m talking about lights and monopods. SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!

July’s meeting is a discussion format and food will be served. Please bring your accessory of choice & your camera if necessary, and tell us a few words about it. You can even bring a DVD containing clips showcasing it’s use.

Membership: $100

Guests are welcome to attend for $20.
Doors Open @ 6:00pm, Discussion @ 6:30pm

Food will be provided.

June Meeting

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Drobos and RAIDs and Servers!

This months meeting will be a discussion on storage solutions. Now that many of us have gone tapeless, solid, reliable and expandable storage seems to be the need for all video professionals.

Hear from other members what works for them, what hasn’t and what may be new on the market to consider.

This is an open discussion, all members may participate and “show-n-tell” if they wish.

Membership: $100

Guests are welcome to attend for $20.
Doors Open @ 6:00pm, Discussion @ 6:30pm

Food will be provided.

May Meeting

Wednesday, May  11, 2011

Price Objections!  Setting Goals!  Hiring Teams! Oh My!

This months meeting will be a webinar presented by Matt Davis of Life Stage Films and VideoBusinessCoaching.com.  This webinar is meant to make this your best year in business yet! The two-hour audio seminar will addresses in detail:

• The right and wrong way to treat sales in wedding video and corporate video.
• Detailed solutions and strategies that work the majority of the time when I hear price objections.
• In-depth process on how to set goals and dreams for your business with our 90-day plan.
• A simple and quick way to hire AND TRUST the right people for your team in under 4 hours.
• An exercise on finding your uniqueness and translating that into your advertising and marketing.

Matt has also generously allowed HPVA to distribute this very webinar to our paid members in attendance that night.  A $139 value!  You wont want to miss out on this one.

Membership: $100

Guests are welcome to attend for $20.
Doors Open @ 6:00pm, Webinar @ 6:30pm

Food will be provided.

April Meeting

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

This months meeting will be an in-depth presentation of a recent corporate production produced by Imagine Videos for North Forest I.S.D. Police Department. The piece was produced by Jackie Gil and production done by Rolando Guajardo and Rob Brayton.

We will discuss the purpose and direction of the piece, production and logistics as well as corporate DSL-R shooting.

Membership: $100
Guests are welcome to attend for $20.
Doors Open @ 6:00pm, Discussion @ 6:30pm

Food will be provided.

March Meeting

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Whether you’re focused on event, wedding, documentary or cinematic shooting you won’t want to skip this HPVA meeting! Christopher Shepherd (Christopher Shepherd Films) and Jason Adair (AVS Video & now Belltower Films) will be presenting at the next HPVA meeting. Christopher will be presenting some tips, in cinematography focused on shot composition and details, and breaking apart a recent film, shot by shot (including lense choices for DSLR shooters)! Jason will be showing everyone some amazing time saving tools, techniques, and plugins for recovering crappy footage, and for taking your most amazing shots to the next level. Business tips from Robert Harrington, owner of BellaVista Productions, will also be included in this mind numbing experience! Bring an appetite for cinematography, sales tips, and technical knowledge to this weeks, Houston Professional Videographers Association meeting.

Membership: $100
Guests are welcome to attend for $20.
Doors Open @ 6:00pm, Discussion @ 6:30pm

Food will be provided.

February Meeting

THURSDAY, February 17, 2011

Photoshop – “Plug it in, plug it in”

David McKnight will demonstrate some lesser-known plugins for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements to enhance your creative output. All of these plugins are available for immediate download and most are free. Let us know about YOUR favorite Photoshop plugins and techniques during this open discussion.

Membership: $100
Guests are welcome to attend for $20.
Doors Open @ 6:00pm, Discussion @ 6:30pm

January 2011 Meeting – 1/19/2011

We will be having a group discussion about the HPVA 2011 Calendar, Leadership Opportunities and other ideas. Please make a point to attend this important meeting as we will be making important decisions.

January 19, 2011
7:00pm
Pizza & Refreshments will be provided

This is a temporary location for the January meeting. Click here for specific directions, below is the address.
104 Industrial Blvd., Suite Q, Sugar Land, TX 77478.

Looking forward to seeing everyone out!
Rolando

November Meeting

November 10, 2010

This meeting is proudly sponsored by  Matrox

“Discover More Than Just I/O for Your Favorite Editing App”

Matrox Video Products Group will be showcasing the full line-up of Matrox MXO2 devices that give you broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion to streamline your workflow with Apple Final Cut Studi…o and Adobe CS5 Production Premium and Avid Media Composer 5. You’ll get an in-depth look at Matrox MAX technology that lets you deliver H.264 content for the web, iPad, iPhone, iPod, and Blu-ray discs up to 500% faster than software alone without sacrificing quality.

Raffle prize: Matrox MXO2 Mini with MAX H.264 technology – an $895 value!

Members: Free

Guests are welcome to attend for $20.

Food will be served.

Doors Open at 6:00pm

Meeting Begins at 6:30pm

Location:
Saltgrass Steakhouse
1803 Shepherd Drive
Houston, TX 77007-224

October Meeting

October 13, 2010

This meeting is proudly sponsored by Photo Rental Source.

Photo Rental Source

“Advertising & Marketing Panel & Discussion”

**More details to follow…

Are you a member of HPVA? You should be! Guests are welcome to attend for $20. Food will be served.

Doors Open at 6:00pm

Meeting Begins at 6:30pm

Location:
Saltgrass Steakhouse
1803 Shepherd Drive
Houston, TX 77007-224

September Meeting

September 8, 2010

“Light & Sound”
Improve the Quality of Your Audio & Lighting

September’s meeting will feature elements of a small corporate production recently completed by some of our members. If you normally shoot mostly weddings you might not give much thought to lighting and audio beyond lav mics and reception lights. But what do you do if you are hired to produce a small corporate video? We will demonstrate different types of microphones, explain camera settings for audio, audio monitoring, signal to noise ratios, environmental conditions, softbox lighting, backdrop & hair lighting as well as exposure & white balance.

Is the equipment expensive? Not necessarily. We’ll talk about lights and audio at different price points.

We’ll even show software to turn your Mac or PC into a functioning teleprompter – and give it away to all attendees who bring a thumb drive. All in one meeting!

Are you a member of HPVA? You should be! Guests are welcome to attend for $20. Food will be served.

Doors Open at 6:00pm

Meeting Begins at 6:30pm

Location:
Saltgrass Steakhouse
1803 Shepherd Drive
Houston, TX 77007-224