Welcome to WedVidTalk Blog

Conversations About the World of
Wedding and Event Videography
Hosted by
Al and Kathy Ritondo
Where's My Helicopter Here?

What inspires you? Just back from PMA08 I can say I was inspired again and again. While we were Podcasting  for WEVA, through many of the sessions, I was able to catch up with some remarkable people. Danny Sayson is always marvelous. He is so funny and personable and is such a font of information on how to get the bride to look her best. I know I’m older than Danny, but I want to be like Danny when I grow up.
 
Jeff Wright got me to pondering what takes one out of your regular routine way of thinking. How do you switch gears? What gets you to say, "You know, I think for this shoot we’ll need a helicopter and some underwater gear". I get that he has had an underwater photography passion and has been collecting the gear for some time, but what makes you think Helicopter? From now on when I do a presentation I’ll be thinking "Where’s my helicopter here?
 
Mike Nelson talks about being a Videographer for a Lifetime. We’ve have used this philosophy for years in our company, so as much as I love Mike, I would have missed his perspective which has gone far beyond what we’ve done, including the now popular Thank You DVD’s but also, Christmas Card DVD’s for clients that now have Children, Grandparent DVD’s that emphasis the relationship of the children with their Grandparents and more.

Several interviews we did, Tim Sudall, Dave Williams, David Hohenthaner and Maureen Taylor  all mention the trend to sell custom encoding and send trailers of the event the Monday after the wedding via email to excite the customer and keep them satisfied until the final delivery of the DVD. With your logo bug in the trailer, you can encode it to go viral and have the client promote your company for you! Just amazing stuff!

You really should plan on attending the next conference, workshop or seminar in your area! If you want the most bang for your buck, plan on attending the next WEVA convention!

By the way, if you're not a WEVA member several of the podcasts that we recorded in The Studio That Sells are available in a non passcode protected section. Go to www.weva.com in the left hand column click on the link for WEVA On the Air and five podcasts with the latest new products introduced in the Studio that Sells will be there. Enjoy. 

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We're not gone!
For those of you not aware, we are also producing podcasts on the WEVA website. There are 73 podcasts there. WEVA members can log in and click on WEVA On the Air, the list of the various shows comes up.
 
In the Biz is about business issues facing the industry today.

Tech Talk is about the newest technology and how to navigate it.
 
Connections is about Local Association Life.
 
Expo Edition is where we cover the WEVA trade shows from behind the scenes.
 
Finally we have a vidcast called Legends from the Vault in which we interview the WEVA Hall of Fame inductees to find the life lessons they have to offer.
 
If you are not a WEVA member you can join at www.weva.com.

We will be covering the WEVA Wide World of Weddings at PMA-08 so if you have questions we'll try to get them answered while we're out there.

Looking forward to blogging at the show!

Wishing You all the Best,
Kathy

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GPVA April Meeting
Serious life lesson to be learned from this event is...never ever do a single camera wedding or event if you want to produce a wedding you can be proud of because sh*t happens..
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A Seat at the Feet of A Master
At the end of the seminar, I am still very impressed with David Robin, the storyteller and David Robin the man, that I have seen grow and change over the years, into a delightfully funny, simply irresistible person I am happy to also call a friend.
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Podcamp NYC
What was surprising was how many budding videographers this new media has brought forth.
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Welcome to our World.
WedVidTalk is coming up on the second Anniversary and we've developed some plans for the future. We hope to make it easier  to talk to you with the blog. So, welcome to Wedding Video Talk -  The Blog.

Who thought up this name? Blog. Sounds like someone is sick. Not as bad as Podcast, which makes people think that someone from a Pod is coming to take them away, but still, don't marketing people ever get in on the early stages to make these tools at least sound attractive? Try as I might I can't come up with another name. It acts like a newsletter but it is so much more. If you can think of a better name, please let us know! When you email us, we answer you directly. But, so many more people may benefit from the same information that we hope to use the blog to answer questions, have discussions and generally, shoot the breeze.

As I write, we are working with our web designer to update the site (it's two years old already and news a fresh coat of paint.) We want to make it easier to navigate, easier to understand what a podcast is and how to listen to it and we want to make it nicer to look at. We're also working with someone to get sponsorship of the shows so we can keep it going well into the future.

A little background about us. I am one of 7 kids that grew up in Brooklyn, NY. My dad was a Sgt. in NYC police department as was his dad, and one of his sons.  I come from a long line of blue! My mom was a mortgage origination clerk and had quite a full career in banking. She introduced one of her sons to the girl she was training, at our wedding Easter Sunday, April 10, 1977. He married her and now they have 8 children! My family had three boys, four girls. I was number 6 out of the 7 which is why I have the loudest voice. We have 27 nieces and nephews on my side of the family. Al is one of 2 boys, he also grew up in Brooklyn. He was in ROTC right our of College and got to working on getting rid of his Brooklyn accent as a result of that experience. His parents had an import business while he was growing up so he got to learn several languages. His mom became a teacher later in life, getting her Masters Degree well into her 50's. Al's brother has three children and two step children. We have 8 nieces and nephews on this side of the family. So, in total there are 35 nieces and nephews. I mention this because I'm always sharing stories about a niece or nephew. They are many and vary in age from 42 to 1 year old.  Al and I are married 30 years next month. We don't have children, but we are great at being an aunt and an uncle.

We hope to talk about the passion it takes to do what we do in this blog, to celebrate the triumphs and to also share the pain.

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