Congratulations Santo - AVPA Winner

[Noel Lising]

Here's the list of WEVA winners

http://www.wevaexpo.com/2009ceawinners.htm

[Ian Lim]

It's been a while since my last visit to DVInfo.net and I just got back from shooting sessions in Singapore...

Congrats Santo! Great job, man! You really deserve those awards! Woo-hoo!! :D

[Susanto Widjaja]

Thanks Ian, much appreciated.

btw, Love the vintage prewedding video you made. I saw it on facebook. keep up the good work!

Santo

[Mark Von Lanken]

Hi Santo,

The WEVA CEA is the most coveted award in the wedding video industry. I don't know what it is like in Australia, but here in the states there are many "award competition companies". You send in your clip and most people automatically win some level of award. It's an easy way to advertise your business as "award winning". In any given category there could be dozens if not hundreds of winners.

This is where the WEVA CEA is different. There are very few winners per category, usually between 3-8. Each category always has one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze. Then the judges also have the option to award a Finalist award if they feel that an entree was very close to the Bronze winner. There have been as many as 5 finalist awards, but it is not common and many categories only have three awards given.

So when you win a WEVA CEA, you really have accomplished something.

[Susanto Widjaja]

Originally Posted by Mark Von Lanken

Hi Santo,

The WEVA CEA is the most coveted award in the wedding video industry. I don't know what it is like in Australia, but here in the states there are many "award competition companies". You send in your clip and most people automatically win some level of award. It's an easy way to advertise your business as "award winning". In any given category there could be dozens if not hundreds of winners.

This is where the WEVA CEA is different. There are very few winners per category, usually between 3-8. Each category always has one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze. Then the judges also have the option to award a Finalist award if they feel that an entree was very close to the Bronze winner. There have been as many as 5 finalist awards, but it is not common and many categories only have three awards given.

So when you win a WEVA CEA, you really have accomplished something.

Wow... that really did encourage me... Thanks for that Mark.. no wonder you're one of the most respected wedding film-maker in the industry and trainer. I hope I get to see you sometimes... don't know when.. but yeah... somehow.. hahaha... maybe I'll come to reframe or weva next time!

aahh... wedding industry has never been as exciting... so happy...

Btw, congrats for your win as well mark! well deserved!

Santo