MADISON, WI–March 23, 2009—EventDV magazine has unveiled the 2008 EventDV 25, and Joshua Smith of Monroe, Louisiana -based CINEMATICBRIDE was named to the list as one of the 25 hottest and most influential videographers in the world. The honorees were announced in a three-part awards show presented last week on EventDV’s online video channel, EventDV-TV, in a presentation viewed more than 4,000 times in a three-day span.

“As the event video industry’s one and only all-star team, the EventDV 25 gives us the opportunity to recognize those videographers who are wielding the most influence today, through their innovative work, educational efforts, and outreach to other videographers around the world,” said EventDV Editor-in-Chief Stephen Nathans-Kelly. “To make sure we recognize the right people, we turn the selection process entirely over to the ‘fans,’ and let our readers pick the team. Over the six-week online voting process, readers cast more than 2,000 votes, and our all-star team emerged. This year’s team reflects the increasingly international flavor of the business, with representatives from six countries and four continents.

In addition to voting for their selections, readers had the opportunity to supply a brief description of their chosen candidate’s merits. Of Joshua Smith, one voter wrote, “He has given the world a new way of seeing wedding video.”

EventDV, the Authority for Event Videographers, is published monthly by Information Today, Inc. and read by over 23,000 event videographers and independent video producers around the world. For more information on EventDV, visit www.eventdv.net.
To view the 2008 EventDV 25 awards presentation online, visit www.eventdv-tv.com.

Hey Guys,
Today I got to shoot photos of my good friend Naomi Carroll,
she just recently got signed by an AMAZING record label!
I had the honor of shooting her photos for her new CD coming out SOON!
Check out some of the photos from the shoot below, as you can see I had a BLAST!

So most of you know I am friends with Kelly Clark & Brandi Brownlee of www.kellymoorephotography.com and Millie Holloman of www.milliehollomanphotography.com
They have been really good friends of mine for a very long time and are always a blast to hang out with!
It’s always nice to have friends who really take an interest in giving great advice on business decisions when sometimes it’s scary to make those BIG changes.
Having that support is always refreshing and further pushes me into a direction I feel is the right way!

Anyway we all went to a really cool concert in Shreveport back in 08 and then went to Kelly’s house and got inspired to do a goofy fun music video! It was my first time to shoot with the Canon 5D Mark II! I learned its a completely different style you have to think in! So I just think photo the whole time and you pretty much have it!
The 5d Mark II is not going to replace my main Canon XH-A1 cameras anytime soon I don’t think but it’s been a great addition to my equipment for wedding and commercial shoots. A while back I had purchased a Red Rock Adapter system to be able to use any lenses but I found the thing was just way too heavy for my kinda shoots. When you travel as much as I do you gotta have things lite and somewhat small. And the Red Rock was just not an option for me!

Now I am not saying the 5d Mark II video features are perfect right now but for me using it for bits and pieces of projects its great to get the really shallow DOF I am wanting to do all the time. Every shoot you see of mine normally is shot with the Canon XH-A1 without any lens adapters. And I have found ways of shooting to get a fake DOF which is really nice but still it won’t come close to getting it really how I want it!

One thing to suggest is always do a shoot for Free with whatever new equipment you have come into your office as it gives you freedom to test things out and if it does not work OH WELL! No one is upset!
That way on your next shoot you will know how to use the equipment and not be worried if it works or not!

So here is the music video I shot from 12:30am - 4:30am all shot with the Canon 5d Mark II, one single video light, car headlights and 3 GOOFY women!