Anchor Light Films! My intro...

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Crash course in Wedding Videography

Filmed my first wedding this past weekend. It went fairly smooth, definitely no major problems. The wedding was a bit awkward because the bride and groom didn't want any type of "posing" type photography so that meant no "posing" type of videography on my part and made it feel like we were imposing with our cameras. 

The photographer they had was kind of a jerk, he wouldn't talk to me and would just ignore the questions that I had for him. I think he was intimidated and jealous that we were there. It was weird. Also there was no reception so we just filmed the ceremony. 

 I'm starting to edit it and will be posting a highlights reel on here as soon as it is done. 

Hard to find time for this thing.

I have been immersed in myself lately. So involved and obsessed with getting all the things I need to start my production company. I just recently got one of my cameras, tripod, a couple filters, and a steadytracker. I am going to be opening my business account the first week of December and will be soon after purchasing a computer. Not just a computer. An uncompressed HD editing machine. So many options, so much money. I need to stop thinking about it.

So instead of searching internet forums on the best video editing setup during this slow time at work I spruced up my blog page with a new header and figured I had better write something. I have a cool draft going but am scared to finish it because I don't really know where it is going or what purpose the words/story will have.

I guess we'll see.

Rose Window Productions

Boring day at work but productive day of research. I want to start a production company that will primarily be involved with Graphic Design (Corporate Identities, T-Shirt designs, any type of freelance job) and Video Production/Editing. The only thing about this is that I first need to legally set up this business.

I have been bouncing from one website to another, each nudging me on to the next with the promise of "more information." A never ending cycle of reading and surfing and not understanding.

Finally I happened upon www.legalzoom.com. I found an article about this company on cnn.com and thought I would give it a try. Amazing I must say that within five minutes of answering questions and filling out information forms I am $109 away from having my production company legally established in the state of Colorado. I feel relieved and excited.

More foot work needs to be done. I have to find out which bank would be the best to set up a business account with. I have to find out about my financing options since the equipment that I need will not be cheap. I need to build my own identity and website. I do already have www.rosewindowproductions.com but no content. I have a rough outlined business plan and a good idea of all the services that I will offer. I still need to come up with workable pricing. I have to research a bit on taxes and if I need to tax my services and how I file at the end of the year. Hmm.

I am sure there is more to this. I hate research. But I will press on and learn as I go.