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The last wedding video from 2011, turned out to be Carly and Trevor. Every year I seem to have one group of people who are really fun loving and for me, make the day more enjoyable than most. Last year it happen to be Carly and Trevor. A great couple and great friends I had a blast shooting their wedding and it was a perfect way to end the year. They picked the song “You’ve Got The Love” by Florence And The Machine, its one I hadn’t heard and I liked it so much I made it twice as long. Also another shout out to Lex and Cass at Old, New, Borrowed and Blue who had their fingers in this wedding as well. Always a good time working with these girls. Anyways enjoy the vid.

One of the easiest shoots I have had to do. Several reasons add up to that. One LK Auto had a plan. This is hugely important. Two they communicated what that plan was. They explained the process of how things worked and showed me the specifically what was going on. Three I grew up in an auto body shop I knew what was going on. Those for things combined for a very easy flow video and a very good video. I can’t stress enough Plan, Communication and Research. Every project needs these things.

Back in the day, I used to hang out at a cozy little place called Tumblers. They gave out pizza to sporting teams after a game and living only a few blocks away we took advantage. One year we almost won a prize for the amount of pitchers our slo pitch team went through, sadly we came is second. It was a good effort, probably better than we put on the field. Also picked up a drinking game called Jumbo one night from a group of random people that looked like they were having too much fun. So naturally when it came to blending the old days with the new I was pretty excited. As their slogan goes the Sauce is Boss and I can’t argue. I love their pizza. Check out the vid.

One of the nicer detailed weddings I shot in 2011. In fact I hear their wedding will be part of a bridal magazine coming out soon. All details complements of the fine ladies at Old, New, Borrowed & Blue. Check out their website and keep in touch with all their social media on the home page.

I thought this was a unique take on a wedding video. We used an extended version of the theme song from The Office and tried to match the shots to ones used in the actual opening credits of the TV series. Individual ideas like this are usually fun to shoot and adds some personal flair to your video. I thought it turned out quite good but its not something for everybody. With that said no idea is a bad one, its what we do with it that counts.

Come this time of year I always get a plethora of emails and call regarding weddings. Everything seems to just spin right. Spin off of large wedding expos, people trying to frantically plan for the summer, some the next summer and of course Valentines Day. So it only seems fitting that I post a wedding video, of all days, today. Over the next few weeks I’ll have several videos popping up and a mix of all sorts of things. For now enjoy the video below.

Well its been a busy bit since I last posted. A lot has happened, Christmas, a Ski Trip, 10 Pats Games. ice fishing, a sick week and loads of visiting with family and friends. But I am finally back in the groove and getting done what I have to get done. The emails for weddings has drastically increased so I guess that is in the air as well. In the mess of all this I did manage to get some work completed rather quickly that I can post and will have a few more vids coming in the next few months. For now its my monthly stronghold and some work I did with the Regina Pats. Below is the video from the Skills Competition they had. Really a fun time for me as I get to strap on some skates and follow the action. If your a local Regina-ian and you don’t check out the Pats I strongly suggest you do. Its great entertainment and they love fans that get involved. You can check them out on their website and youtube or if you follow Black Ice on facebook or twitter you can connect through those avenues. See you at the Rink.

Recently I have been working for a company out of Hamilton shooting some video’s for a new option DirectWest has. I have been shooting them but not doing the editing work. Which works out fine for me as I have lots to finish on my own anyways. So here is the first video I’ve done for this.

Anyone who follows my website has no doubt seen some major changes very recently. You may have also noticed the addition of two familiar icons on the home page. Black Ice is now on Twitter and Facebook trying out this social media thing. More often than not it will point back to the website. But this is not to say I don’t have other ideas.

Essentially it shouldn’t matter where you look or what you do, it will be easy to get in touch with Black Ice Media. So keep in touch whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, web bookmarks, Linkedin, RSS (yep I’m working on the last two) or whatever else they come out with next.

I was trying to pull my act together and post something different. Then BAM, my website had issues. Actually it got hacked. Jerks. Anyway, instead of posting what I was going to I figured I would save it for later and post something better late than never. A few years back, I think ’06 when I was still in film school, I did a project for class that was going into a national competition. The competition was put on by the NFB. They supplied some stock footage and we created videos about peace. While making the video, I looked back in my life and realized 2 things.

1. Being in Canada, I have always experienced peace.

2. In all the time I experienced peace, I couldn’t think of a time the world wasn’t in some turmoil or at war.

I began to question the idea of peace. Our soldiers, people that could have been my neighbour, were giving their lives through my entire life and I realized this wasn’t really peace. I got angry and I wanted to make a stance. My initial idea was out of raw emotion, which I canned because it only conveyed anger. So with some time and thought, I re-edited my video and came up with a concept I hoped would make people realize that war is not the answer for peace. In fact, it’s the opposite. And at the same time I wanted our military to look at this and feel that I still supported them personally. Not sure if I truly accomplished that.

As it turned out, my video got short listed to the top 10 English videos in Canada. It was voted on week by week where it made it to the final four before the NFB picked a winner. If I had to guess, I think mine would have been out the next week if the public still voted. But 4th isn’t bad. To this day, I have mixed emotions about this project. I think there is something really direct about what I did with it which made it a little more unique and what I think some people connected to. The thing about this video that make me most proud is that in the top ten there was no other one like it. My message was loud and clear. My tone was dark yet somehow patriotic. Every other project top listed was overly light and bubbly. Mine felt like the truth rather than smoke and mirrors. But I guess it would seem like that to me.