What do you do for a living?

Walter Brokx · July 18th, 2012, 04:56 AM

I own a videoproduction company and I make videocontent for corporate clients (retail, IT, industry) and (semi)-public organisations (ranging from local traffic education for primary school to international seminars). Besides that I sometimes make very short films.
It's fun and creative work :-)

Since I'm located in The Netherlands my website is Dutch, so most of you won't be able to read and understand it. ;-)
A little dictionary for people visiting my portfolio:
Bedrijfsfilm = corporate video
Videoclip = music video
Sfeerimpressie = impression
Paasgroet = 'easter greetings'
Engelstalig = English

Rob Cantwell · July 27th, 2012, 07:09 AM

Nice one Walter

i didn't need your Dutch dictionary to read the site - just used Google Chrome!!
:-)

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/members/...brokxmedia.jpg

I'm struggling to make a living at the moment (wedding scene), spent 32 years in the Defence Forces, finally left late last year, sort of forced out, the recession is hitting hard here, jobs are scarce. But forever the optimist :-)

Barry Hunter · August 3rd, 2012, 11:18 AM

Bought my 1st camera in 1986 to get shots of kids growing up & then started covering various types of work, weddings, parties, property video etc 26 yrs on, my wife & I are semi-retired but find enough work to keep us busy & pay for foreign travel.

Cams now are 2 x Z7`s, HXR-NX5, HXR-MC50e & a Canon HC30. Editing on Liquid 7.1 & Edius vers 6.

Recently covered the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera "The Mikado" for a local Am-Dram Society which turned out well.

Involved freelance for a well known on-line advertising company shooting company videos.

I`m 67 & have no thoughts on fully retiring :-)

www.videos4all.org

Sander Vreuls · August 3rd, 2012, 12:01 PM

I'm a freelance vision engineer.. Which basicly means that in multicamera productions I make sure all the cameras match in color, brightness, contour levels and blacklevel. Aside from that I'm also responsible that the monitors on the studio floor are setup and work with the correct signal patched to them, and depending on the production that the equipment in the OBV or studio also does it's job.

As a hobby I like to mess around with old cameras and homebuilt projects (not earning a living with this).. So I have a Philips LDK100, Panasonic AJ-D700, Ikegami HL-V55 and a Sony AVC-3250.. But I also have a Panasonic GH2 in a shoulder rig with a B4 lens and a GoPro HD Hero 2 for more modern stuff :)

Mark Williams · August 3rd, 2012, 12:14 PM

I graduated with a journalism degree in 1979 and was prepared to go to work as a writer and photographer for a Georgia outdoor publication when it was eliminated by state budget cuts. I then went to work as a federal park ranger on a major southeastern lake and stayed there 30 years. Was initially responsible for agency public relations and on camera talent then moved over into park operations and law enforcement. After 911 was detailed with doing Dam and Powerhouse security assessments, drafting security enhancement programs as well as conducting threat response training. I retired from the agency in 2009 and went back to my roots of nature photography and video production. I currently produce and distribute nature DVDs to state and federal park visitor centers.

Paul Lezica · August 3rd, 2012, 12:51 PM

I am an internet datacenter technician, primarily working on more advanced systems and networks. Several virtualization technologies, Cisco Nexus devices, IBM blade servers, etc etc. I also do small time site development in my spare time.

Shawn Legg · August 4th, 2012, 04:40 AM

Holy this thread is like 10 years old!!! Is that a record?? I work as a Full Time cameraman for The Weather Network in Oakville, Ont. Canada. I am actually moving to Calgary in September where we are opening a new office!!!

Guy Smith · October 29th, 2012, 12:36 PM

I'm an in-house media producer for a design and manufacturing company in San Diego, CA. My primary responsibilities are product photography and creating training and promotional videos for our line of diagnostic products. In my free time I produce personal history videos and web promos for non-profits on a pro-bono basis. My pre-video background is photography and sales.

Trevor Dennis · October 31st, 2012, 05:09 AM

I’m adding my two cents worth to this thread as I am kind of excited, and need to share! I started my working life with a tool-making apprenticeship, and went on to spend 37½ years at Ford’s Product Development Center in the UK. Most of that time as a design engineer, working with a small team designing test instrumentation, but I always had access to a machine shop to prove out the mechanical aspects of our designs.

During that time I did three years of night school learning photography and film production, and later joined a local amateur film and video club making two international award winning dramas — the second as assistant director. I eventually left the club when the some of the crew’s egos became bigger than the talent’s. Hard to believe, I know 

Westcliff Film & Video Club

Now I am retired, living in New Zealand, and taking stills commercial jobs when they interest me, but my focus is switching more and more to video production. I am loving the learning curve, and NLEs are light years ahead of the linear editing suites I used to use. I have an extensive stills kit, and am now carefully building up a video kit — going slowly, trying not to waste dollars on bad choices, but here’s the thing…

Grip equipment is either serious money, or cheap, and frankly, not up to the job. I thought back longingly to the facilities I used to have available, and decided to do something about it. An email to the secretary of a local model club (boats, steam trains, sort of thing) was forwarded to someone I actually used know, and who has a machine shop any hobby engineer would die for. Earlier this evening he phoned me, and offered me full use of his equipment in return for helping him out with my skill set. I am so excited I had to write to this thread.

Sliders, cranes, camera cage/rig, dolly, skater etc. etc. all for the price of the materials, and my time, (plus anodising the aluminium components). I will also need to find my old copy of Autocad, and hope it will run on 64 bit Windows 7.

Of course, the biggest problem is diverting time and effort from core function — i.e. making movies.

Ryan Douthit · November 3rd, 2012, 05:22 PM

I'm the producer of Driving Sports TV, a show broadcast on a few domestic channels (USA) and the Ignition Channel in South Africa. The series also has a large online following.

When I'm not working on Driving Sports, I produce action sports videos for the likes of Ford Racing, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Mazda and others.

http://www.drivingsports.com

James Huenergardt · November 5th, 2012, 04:37 PM

Well, I'm living my dream.

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to fly airplanes and make movies.

I work as a pilot for an ophthalmology group in the Pacific Northwest, and I run my production company Reel Inspirations as well.

My flying job offers me a lot of free time to edit and work on my MBP while waiting for the surgeons to finish. It also helps that my flying job is part-time, roughly 2.5 days per week.

I fly a Citation CJ3 Jet which is loads of fun.

Hoping to save up enough for the new Sony F5 some day.

I can't complain.

Lico Francisco · November 13th, 2012, 04:10 PM

Hi,

My name is Juan. I work for the local government in LA in the IT department at helpdesk (lawa). I started to love filming when i got involved at my church. My work has a small filming studio which someday might able to use. For my church i am using a mac pro 8 core 32gb rams 4tb hdd. My little camera i use is a sony hxr mc50u. All the equipment i paid for them from money in my pocket. That's all what i do.

Barbara Pettitt · January 20th, 2013, 11:26 PM

Hi. My husband and I have had a footage company for 12 years. Coming from a FX and filmmaking backgrounds, we create all our stock and custom footage ourselves. Most of the footage clips are royalty-free and we've been fortunate enough to have done custom work for as varied clients as American Idol and Terrence Malick. We are considering moving more into narrative filmmaking... we'll see.

Best of luck to you!

A Luna Blue
Stock Video - Stock Footage - Stock Video Backgrounds - A Luna Blue
Creative imagery for your imagination.

Tim Gauthier · January 30th, 2013, 07:27 AM

I should probably introduce myself here.

I am a 20 something Canadian film maker who has recently started working in Documentaries and Video Journalism with a nonprofit organization called PhotogenX (photogenX.net). I am working on a project of my own called "A [Hope] Film" which will be a series of documentaries that tell the stories of individuals bringing hope to their communities. I am basically a missionary who makes films, but I still try to produce entertaining and enjoyable content that is not necessarily slanted to a religious viewpoint.

I am currently in Central Germany, and looking to stay in the area. I just recieved a brand new JVC GY HM600 Camera plus all of the gear I need to start up my own productions. It is a very exciting time for me and I'm excited to put some content out as I can!

Tony Capil · February 12th, 2013, 06:10 PM

Hello from Las Vegas,

I am currently heading the video department for MGM Grand Hotel & Casino for all on property shoots.
Top Rank, UFC, Iheartradio, Billboard awards, Comedy Central, National Rodeo Finals, Professional Bull Riders to name a tiny bit of what I've directed. Currently working on MGM TV which is on pre-prod.

When I have time I like to work on narratives with locals from Las Vegas of all skill levels.

July 18th, 2012, 04:56 AM	#496
Walter Brokx Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maassluis, The Netherlands Posts: 294	Re: What do you do for a living? I own a videoproduction company and I make videocontent for corporate clients (retail, IT, industry) and (semi)-public organisations (ranging from local traffic education for primary school to international seminars). Besides that I sometimes make very short films. It's fun and creative work :-) Since I'm located in The Netherlands my website is Dutch, so most of you won't be able to read and understand it. ;-) A little dictionary for people visiting my portfolio: Bedrijfsfilm = corporate video Videoclip = music video Sfeerimpressie = impression Paasgroet = 'easter greetings' Engelstalig = English __________________ Brainstormnavigator searching for the hole in the sky..... Audiovisual Designer (NL) - http://www.brokxmedia.nl

July 27th, 2012, 07:09 AM	#497
Rob Cantwell Major Player Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tipperary, Ireland Posts: 624	Re: What do you do for a living? Nice one Walter i didn't need your Dutch dictionary to read the site - just used Google Chrome!! :-) http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/members/...brokxmedia.jpg I'm struggling to make a living at the moment (wedding scene), spent 32 years in the Defence Forces, finally left late last year, sort of forced out, the recession is hitting hard here, jobs are scarce. But forever the optimist :-) __________________ http://www.robertcantwell.com

August 3rd, 2012, 11:18 AM	#498
Barry Hunter Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 46	Re: What do you do for a living? Bought my 1st camera in 1986 to get shots of kids growing up & then started covering various types of work, weddings, parties, property video etc 26 yrs on, my wife & I are semi-retired but find enough work to keep us busy & pay for foreign travel. Cams now are 2 x Z7`s, HXR-NX5, HXR-MC50e & a Canon HC30. Editing on Liquid 7.1 & Edius vers 6. Recently covered the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera "The Mikado" for a local Am-Dram Society which turned out well. Involved freelance for a well known on-line advertising company shooting company videos. I`m 67 & have no thoughts on fully retiring :-) www.videos4all.org Last edited by Barry Hunter; August 3rd, 2012 at 11:19 AM. Reason: include my website

August 3rd, 2012, 12:01 PM	#499
Sander Vreuls Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hilversum, The Netherlands Posts: 184	Re: What do you do for a living? I'm a freelance vision engineer.. Which basicly means that in multicamera productions I make sure all the cameras match in color, brightness, contour levels and blacklevel. Aside from that I'm also responsible that the monitors on the studio floor are setup and work with the correct signal patched to them, and depending on the production that the equipment in the OBV or studio also does it's job. As a hobby I like to mess around with old cameras and homebuilt projects (not earning a living with this).. So I have a Philips LDK100, Panasonic AJ-D700, Ikegami HL-V55 and a Sony AVC-3250.. But I also have a Panasonic GH2 in a shoulder rig with a B4 lens and a GoPro HD Hero 2 for more modern stuff :)

August 3rd, 2012, 12:14 PM	#500
Mark Williams Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Deep South, U.S. Posts: 1,526	Re: What do you do for a living? I graduated with a journalism degree in 1979 and was prepared to go to work as a writer and photographer for a Georgia outdoor publication when it was eliminated by state budget cuts. I then went to work as a federal park ranger on a major southeastern lake and stayed there 30 years. Was initially responsible for agency public relations and on camera talent then moved over into park operations and law enforcement. After 911 was detailed with doing Dam and Powerhouse security assessments, drafting security enhancement programs as well as conducting threat response training. I retired from the agency in 2009 and went back to my roots of nature photography and video production. I currently produce and distribute nature DVDs to state and federal park visitor centers. __________________ Mark videos: http://vimeo.com/channels/3523 Stock: http://www.pond5.com/artist/mark29

August 3rd, 2012, 12:51 PM	#501
Paul Lezica New Boot Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 14	Re: What do you do for a living? I am an internet datacenter technician, primarily working on more advanced systems and networks. Several virtualization technologies, Cisco Nexus devices, IBM blade servers, etc etc. I also do small time site development in my spare time.

August 4th, 2012, 04:40 AM	#502
Shawn Legg Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Hamilton, ONTARIO Posts: 29	Re: What do you do for a living? Holy this thread is like 10 years old!!! Is that a record?? I work as a Full Time cameraman for The Weather Network in Oakville, Ont. Canada. I am actually moving to Calgary in September where we are opening a new office!!!

October 29th, 2012, 12:36 PM	#503
Guy Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 48	Re: What do you do for a living? I'm an in-house media producer for a design and manufacturing company in San Diego, CA. My primary responsibilities are product photography and creating training and promotional videos for our line of diagnostic products. In my free time I produce personal history videos and web promos for non-profits on a pro-bono basis. My pre-video background is photography and sales.

October 31st, 2012, 05:09 AM	#504
Trevor Dennis Major Player Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Zealand, Rapaura (near Blenheim) Posts: 434	Re: What do you do for a living? I’m adding my two cents worth to this thread as I am kind of excited, and need to share! I started my working life with a tool-making apprenticeship, and went on to spend 37½ years at Ford’s Product Development Center in the UK. Most of that time as a design engineer, working with a small team designing test instrumentation, but I always had access to a machine shop to prove out the mechanical aspects of our designs. During that time I did three years of night school learning photography and film production, and later joined a local amateur film and video club making two international award winning dramas — the second as assistant director. I eventually left the club when the some of the crew’s egos became bigger than the talent’s. Hard to believe, I know  Westcliff Film & Video Club Now I am retired, living in New Zealand, and taking stills commercial jobs when they interest me, but my focus is switching more and more to video production. I am loving the learning curve, and NLEs are light years ahead of the linear editing suites I used to use. I have an extensive stills kit, and am now carefully building up a video kit — going slowly, trying not to waste dollars on bad choices, but here’s the thing… Grip equipment is either serious money, or cheap, and frankly, not up to the job. I thought back longingly to the facilities I used to have available, and decided to do something about it. An email to the secretary of a local model club (boats, steam trains, sort of thing) was forwarded to someone I actually used know, and who has a machine shop any hobby engineer would die for. Earlier this evening he phoned me, and offered me full use of his equipment in return for helping him out with my skill set. I am so excited I had to write to this thread. Sliders, cranes, camera cage/rig, dolly, skater etc. etc. all for the price of the materials, and my time, (plus anodising the aluminium components). I will also need to find my old copy of Autocad, and hope it will run on 64 bit Windows 7. Of course, the biggest problem is diverting time and effort from core function — i.e. making movies. __________________ Stills at: www.flickr.com/photos/trevor-dennis/

November 3rd, 2012, 05:22 PM	#505
Ryan Douthit Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 474	Re: What do you do for a living? I'm the producer of Driving Sports TV, a show broadcast on a few domestic channels (USA) and the Ignition Channel in South Africa. The series also has a large online following. When I'm not working on Driving Sports, I produce action sports videos for the likes of Ford Racing, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Mazda and others. http://www.drivingsports.com

November 5th, 2012, 04:37 PM	#506
James Huenergardt Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chehalis, WA Posts: 513	Re: What do you do for a living? Well, I'm living my dream. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to fly airplanes and make movies. I work as a pilot for an ophthalmology group in the Pacific Northwest, and I run my production company Reel Inspirations as well. My flying job offers me a lot of free time to edit and work on my MBP while waiting for the surgeons to finish. It also helps that my flying job is part-time, roughly 2.5 days per week. I fly a Citation CJ3 Jet which is loads of fun. Hoping to save up enough for the new Sony F5 some day. I can't complain. __________________ Reel Inspirations - www.reelinspirations.com Commercials, Dramas, Image Pieces, Documentaries, Motion Graphics

November 13th, 2012, 04:10 PM	#507
Lico Francisco Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 110	Re: What do you do for a living? Hi, My name is Juan. I work for the local government in LA in the IT department at helpdesk (lawa). I started to love filming when i got involved at my church. My work has a small filming studio which someday might able to use. For my church i am using a mac pro 8 core 32gb rams 4tb hdd. My little camera i use is a sony hxr mc50u. All the equipment i paid for them from money in my pocket. That's all what i do. __________________ Learning to become a better videographer.

January 20th, 2013, 11:26 PM	#508
Barbara Pettitt Tourist Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Los Angeles CA Posts: 1	Re: What do you do for a living? Hi. My husband and I have had a footage company for 12 years. Coming from a FX and filmmaking backgrounds, we create all our stock and custom footage ourselves. Most of the footage clips are royalty-free and we've been fortunate enough to have done custom work for as varied clients as American Idol and Terrence Malick. We are considering moving more into narrative filmmaking... we'll see. Best of luck to you! A Luna Blue Stock Video - Stock Footage - Stock Video Backgrounds - A Luna Blue Creative imagery for your imagination.

January 30th, 2013, 07:27 AM	#509
Tim Gauthier Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Edmonton Alberta. Kona Hawaii, Erfurt Germany. Posts: 32	Re: What do you do for a living? I should probably introduce myself here. I am a 20 something Canadian film maker who has recently started working in Documentaries and Video Journalism with a nonprofit organization called PhotogenX (photogenX.net). I am working on a project of my own called "A [Hope] Film" which will be a series of documentaries that tell the stories of individuals bringing hope to their communities. I am basically a missionary who makes films, but I still try to produce entertaining and enjoyable content that is not necessarily slanted to a religious viewpoint. I am currently in Central Germany, and looking to stay in the area. I just recieved a brand new JVC GY HM600 Camera plus all of the gear I need to start up my own productions. It is a very exciting time for me and I'm excited to put some content out as I can!

February 12th, 2013, 06:10 PM	#510
Tony Capil Tourist Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2	Re: What do you do for a living? Hello from Las Vegas, I am currently heading the video department for MGM Grand Hotel & Casino for all on property shoots. Top Rank, UFC, Iheartradio, Billboard awards, Comedy Central, National Rodeo Finals, Professional Bull Riders to name a tiny bit of what I've directed. Currently working on MGM TV which is on pre-prod. When I have time I like to work on narratives with locals from Las Vegas of all skill levels.