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.

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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

Program Committees

Per our January meeting, we are going to operate the programming from within our members’ resources and contacts. This will be done by organizing a volunteer committee of 2 – 4 people per quarter. Please “comment” on this post below to indicate your willingness to participate in the first quarter committee. Please keep in mind you the 1st quarter only includes February & March and the next meeting is scheduled for February 9th. You will be contacted shortly thereafter. Thank you for your support!

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