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11.09.09
So, this last minute, like a week away, but I'm teaching a class next Tuesday night at Digital Labrador.
It's one of my favorite places because I rent lenses and fun gear from them all the time for all my weddings.  I've even covered the shop for them a few weekends while they've gone to Mexico or the Flint Hills for one of their awesome photo workshops.
So Brud, one of the awesome guys up there approached me one day and said "what do you know about shooting video with a Digital SLR camera?" Well gang, quite a bit.
I actually used the Canon 5D Mark II shortly after it came out to film for a Food for the Hungry video early in the year, did another marketing piece with it, and I recently bought a Canon 7D for all my corporate marketing and wedding videos next year.
So - are you a photographer or videographer wanting to know the basics of shooting video with one of the coolest things in the video world right now?
Swing by the Digital Labrador site and check it out under the "Learn" tab.
There's some exciting new things happening in the photo/video world with these cameras - come learn about shooting video, composition, creative shots, dealing with audio and later editing - I look forward to meeting you!

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07.27.09
Leah + Pete's Wedding...
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Heather :

I check everyday! I am dying to see pics of my son, the angry ring bearer! Oh yeah, and Pete and Leah too....

(08.06.09)
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Leah & Pete were destined to be together. So much so that Leah's friend told Pete one day a year before they ever met, "Do you like Puerto Rican girls? You'll meet my friend, fall in love and marry her someday." And so it is.
This July I have the pleasure of capturing their wedding day, both with photography & videography. In the meantime, here are a few shots from the awesome engagement session we had the other night:






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Heather Wilkens Hadley:

Mike,
I loved what you wrote on your blog about my brother and his wife, Pete and Leah. The engagement pictures are so lovely, and I am really excited to see the wedding pictures.

(07.18.09)
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06.23.09
Hey gang -
Welcome to the new blog - larger photos and embedded videos!
I'm hoping to keep you all up to date on what's going on with weekly video updates from this year's wedding season as well as photo shoots - be sure to update your Google Readers or RSS feeds to this new address instead of the old WordPress one. I'm continuing to try to bring in the older blog posts (with some issues) so I may repost some of the older ones with the larger pics too. Keep checking back! Thanks
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