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Stephen Fox,
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Everclear Video Productions
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When I was in high school, I was introduced to video. Our school had received a black & white camera that was connected to a portable video recorder.
We only had use of this unit for a short time but it sparked my interest in video. Before that I found myself cutting the Super8 home movies my father would shoot at all of our family get togethers. It wasn't until years later when I had a part-time job selling computers at a local store, that also sold VCR's, Video Cameras, that my interests in video were re-sparked.
At that time editing was done deck-to-deck and the features we now have were not possible for the hobbyist.
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In 1990 I was able to purchase my first video camera. It was a Panasonic PV-5200 VHS Camcorder, In fact, I still have that camera. It was great, I shot many hours of tape that first year on a trip to Disney and many family get togethers. The only thing missing, was an easy way to edit the footage. Later I retired that camera for a Sony Hi8 Handy Cam. This was great. The tapes were 1/3 the size of the VHS tapes. The camera itself was much smaller and the batteries lasted much longer. Still, I didn't have an easy way to edit.
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As time passed, while, selling Apple Macintosh computers, I came across editing software that would run on the Macintosh computer allowing me to do non-linear-editing (NLE). The only problem at this point was, video footage took up lots of hard drive space and hard drives were small when compared to hard drives now. I could only edit short portions of the video at a time.
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Later Apple released an editing software package called iMovie. Wow, now I could edit much longer videos. This worked seamlessly with the Macintosh computers and came bundled with the iMac. At that time I was managing an Apple Dealership. I created a training room at our office and started giving classes on iMovie. Apple expanded their editing software to Final Cut Pro and we expanded our training and seminars for our customers.
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Around 6 years ago I decided to go full-time into video production. From weddings I've expanded into many other areas, including corporate, and marketing, and dance recitals. When I went into video full-time I also expanded my shooting to include multiple cameras at most events. |
In the process of growing my business I joined the Baltimore Videographers Association. This was one of the best things I did. It gave me the opportunity to meet other videographers and grow my craft. Meeting with others in the video industry through the BVA helped me grow my business. |
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