Pale Orchid simply puts on an awesome show any time I see them.  I was asked to do a single camera shoot for them, and since Adam (the singer) is my brother, I charged him an astronomical amount of money and did it…. Just kidding.  Enjoy these 3 clips.  The band wanted them hosted on YouTube, and they are there, but I HATE YouTube quality so I wanted to show something better here on my blog.

“Naive” 

“Till Death”

“Dizzy”

I had it.  The last 2 days have been very busy.  (I didn’t realize I had so many files on the website!)  The host I was on allowed jcdv.com to go down a few times the last week and the last 2 weeks has been an email NIGHTMARE!  I couldn’t send email to 3/4 of the people I tried to (the host’s IP address was constantly being put on spamhaus’ CBL/XBL lists.  I couldn’t receive emails from many people… I lost a potential client because of this because I couldn’t respond fast enough as they put it.  Oh well.  I could never reach tech support as they did away with the easy ”ticket” system.  Now they have some “knowledge base” that I think a Kindergarten student could put together better than this.  I called the sales department and they didn’t care about my problem.  Anyways, I reviewed a few hosts based on suggestions from friends and family as well as internet reviews.  I even tested the support system before I was a customer… I got in touch with someone in 3 minutes!  That’s impressive in my book.  The only time I need support is when something on their end goes down… Anyways… 

So now the site is loading blazing fast and email is working 100%.  I’m happy, I hope your visit to JC/DV Productions has been a pleasant one if you do notice a bug or glitch, please leave a comment here! 

 BTW, if you are looking to host a site with siteground.com…. DO NOT DO IT!   Check out www.inmotionhosting.com 

What a beautiful wedding at The Rose Hill Wedding Chapel in Johnson City, TN! Jessica & Forrest is such a wonderful couple, they made me feel just like one of their friends all day long! I got the chance to play with a new .45x wide angle lens and made for a couple interesting shots (outside of church and the inside while empty.) Forrest’s friend Will gave a VERY good performance with his singing and even made friends with the band at the reception… Ivy Road (Check them out, they are GREAT!)

Anyways, here is their trailer:

What a BEAUTIFUL afternoon!!! The wedding was a couple of hours away at the lovely Inn at Crestwood in Blowing Rock, NC. Lucy and Pat (Patrick) were a super nice couple and once again, many wonderful friends and family! The ceremony was beautiful as Pat played the guitar for Lucy and everyone sang… there were also some great musicians and soloists… I may end up posting the full ceremony on here!

Here is their cinematic trailer. A little different that most as it is slower, but added lots of natural audio and the sunset was just awesome at the end! (I just wished they would have been there another 30 minutes as when we were packing up, the sky was a deep with color, reds, blues, etc…..

Enjoy!

Last Saturday (June 2, 2007) we filmed the wedding of Lauren & Steven in Knoxville, TN. All of their family and friends were just super nice and fun all day long! Thanks everyone! A few months ago, I went along with them to their photo engagement session with Dan & Tammie (Dan Browning Photography) as both Dan and I wanted to do something a little bit “different”. Some videographer friends of mine has done some cool videos with the photo sessions and I wanted to try one too. Turned out pretty good from the responses I’ve received already. We showed this clip at the reception as well….

Enjoy:

ALSO, here are two versions of their cinematic trailer.

Slow Version:

Fast Version:

Highlight Video: