Making Videos

Making Videos

Many people now have the capacity to shoot and edit video at a fraction of what it used to cost in the “old days.” Also, viewers are voracious for video. But if you want your video to stand out in the crowd, you need to follow a few rules of making a video. You don’t want to be the guy who produces the video that becomes the example of what not to do!

Legacy Video

Legacy Video

Legacy Video for an Industry is what official Historian of the Irrigation Association Glenn Bowlin had in mind when he called. He had no idea what sort of an education he would get about the production of a great historical documentary over the following several years.

Fishing Foster Lake

Fishing Foster Lake

Fishing Foster Lake Fishing Foster Lake is excerpted from our 1986 memoirs of our North American Journey in a Chinook camper. We drove up the Pacific Coast of California, Oregon, Washington, Canada and Alaska, then across towards the East Coast of the United States,...
Vatican City Treasures

Vatican City Treasures

Vatican City Treasures Our vacation to Italy was in 2012 but still resonates.  In particular, our visit to see Vatican City treasures revealed countless objects of art, paintings, sculptures, murals, weavings and ephemera from around the world all gathered in one...
Office Receptionist – A Gatekeeper’s Tales

Office Receptionist – A Gatekeeper’s Tales

After paying my dues as an employee answering to a series of bosses for almost 20 years, I joined my husband as a partner in his video production company, Crystal Pyramid Productions, where I have managed the helm of our “star ship” for the last four decades (at first part-time, and then full-time), cruising through meteor showers, wormholes and an Aurora Borealis or two. Because of my charm and fabulous voice, I have also been the one answering the phone – the “Gatekeeper.”