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Morinville Fire Challenge Video Promo

October 23, 2017Uncategorized

The Morinville Fire Department has been hosting their own Fire Combat Challenge and hired me to capture the action and produce a promotional video they can use to attract more competition for the event. This is what I came up with.

Three Best Rated Names Us Top Video Production Company In St.Albert

September 15, 2017Uncategorized

Earlier today I received notification that I was the number one video production company in St.Albert, Alberta according to the website Three Best Rated. They handpicked the Top 3 Videographers ,in St Albert, based on their 50-Point Inspection which includes everything from checking reputation, history, complaints, reviews, satisfaction, trust and cost to the general excellence. I do appreciate the listing and I know it was mostly based on the longevity…

Making Videos That Look Good Doesn’t Make It A Good Video

August 5, 2017Uncategorized

Last week I took advantage of a warm evening and packed up a new camera and a couple of my children and headed out to the water park here in St.Albert. I wanted to test out the camera, my new lens, the follow focus, the image stabilization and the slow motion. The water park seemed like an ideal challenge. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the results….

Vintage Lens Edmonton videographer David Mathew Bonner

konica hexanon ar 100mm 2.8 Lens Test on Sony a6500 | Edmonton Video

July 25, 2017Adapters & Filters, Lens Test

I recently purchased the Sony a6500 and I am very impressed with its auto features for both video and photography but I am an old glass junkie and love my vintage gear, and I also love to have full manual control over shooting and prefer to use vintage lenses when I can. I own an A6000 and the sony cameras are easy to use adapters with and I don’t think…

Tiny Homes - Photo by David Mathew Bonner

Tiny Homes – A LiUNA Project

February 1, 2017Uncategorized

David Mathew Bonner Video Productions was hired by LiUNA to document the new Tiny Home Project. LiUNA started an Indigenous Training building structure in communities whilst providing skill training as a tool for success in building self-sufficient communities and building better futures in the trades

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Chaos Observed With Edmonton Artist Zard Sarty

September 5, 2016Advertising Effectiveness, Arts & Culture, Behind The Scenes, Building Your Audience, Content Marketing, Content Marketing Strategy, Uncategorized, Vidcon, video marketing, Video Strategy, YouTube Marketing, youtube strategy

This is an older project and a simple one that I shot myself using two cameras, operating them both to reduce costs. Video content and video marketing doesn’t need to be complicated but I does require a certain level of professionalism or you may be doing more damage than good. The following is a basic interview with Edmonton Artist, Zard Sarty, and the work he does with chaos theory. I did…

Making Videos That Work With Social Media

June 15, 2016Uncategorized

Video content is more important than ever but, without a proper strategy, it will not be effective. More consumers prefer videos about products over videos on companies—82.9% versus 48.9%, respectively. The first step needs to be identifying who your target audience is. It might be a very small and well defined group or it could be a large demographic audience. Either way, we need to know who we are aiming for. Once…

The KIEV 6 Film Photography Review By Edmonton Videographer – dmb

May 21, 2016Behind The Scenes, Photography

The Kiev 6c is a Russian medium format camera that can be used as a weapon if needed. For real, look at the size of this brick compared to a 35mm nikon, The camera is as heavy as it looks, and that isn’t a bad thing as that weight seems to help reduce vibration when you take a shot. Its a single reflex mirror but the mirror doesn’t return until…

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LEARNING VIDEO PRODUCTION FROM THE MASTERS

May 19, 2016Behind The Scenes, Video

A lot of elements go into video production, and what separates video companies isn’t the gear but the style and the approach we take to tell your story. I love looking at the work of the masters in film making and in this video called “Every Frame A Painting,” Tony Zhou takes a deep look at legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and his use of motion in films