As promised, here is the video I played for the 2010 NEMO Bridal Expo in Kirksville, MO.

This time tomorrow it will be all over. The 2010 NEMO Bridal Expo. I am completely ready. The video is finished, the posters designed and printed, the table planned, the Moo cards are here. I can’t think of anything I am forgetting.

I am giving away four larger prizes in addition to several smaller “thank you” prizes. The grand prize is %10 percent off any wedding package I offer, and three other prizes, totaling $225. If you stop by my booth, you can get a box of popcorn and watch the trailer I made using video from four different weddings. Tomorrow after the Expo, I will post the video.

In preparation for the 2010 NEMO Bridal Expo, I placed another order with Moo, a UK based printing company. Every time I use their web site, I appreciate their product, their quality, their site design, and their online persona. I am a fan of the Mini business cards. At $19.99 per 100-pack, you can’t go wrong. Here are the specs. on the cards.

Width	1.1 in
Height	2.76 in
Packsize	100 cards
Paper	16 pt
Finish	Matt laminate

I culled my designs down to four, but you can have up to 100 designs per 100 cards. Cool. Here’s the “back” side of my card (Click image to view larger).

Here are the “fronts”

Christmas is less than a week away. With a little planning now, you can have the perfect holiday home movies. Gather your gear now to avoid disappointing “equipment fail” on Christmas morning.

• Test your camera now to make sure everything is working properly. If not, it has never been easier to get into HD video than now. Many HD consumer video cameras are under $1000.
• Buy plenty of tape if you use that recording medium. If you use a hard drive model or one which takes SD cards, make sure you have plenty of free space. There is nothing so disappointing as missing that “perfect” moment because your tape has just ran out.

“Tape is cheap. Memories are priceless.”

• Charge your batteries. If possible, buy an extra battery or two. You can charge one while you use one, and swap them out when you need to. Don’t be that parent that missed your child’s thrill and excitement when they opened their last, special gift – the one they asked for all year.
• Shoot with as much lighting as possible. Open the curtains. Turn on the tree lights, the ceiling lights, the lamps… anything  that makes the room brighter will make your footage look better.
• Shoot “extra” footage. Professionals refer to it as B-Roll. Take some shots that tell the viewer where you were. Shoot a segment of the tree, and the lights. If there is snow, be sure to capture that on your video. All these elements help tell your story, and make the viewing experience richer.
• Be candid. Life is not staged. Capture what really happened. In my home video collection, it is life’s little “bloopers” that my family asks to watch again and again. Go ahead and get video of everyone in their jammies and bed-head. These moments let future generations know what it was really like to be there, because, as I always say…

“Memories fade. Videos linger.”

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