September 8th, 2009 by edit1media

If you haven’t already, make sure you check out the newest issue of Seattle Bride Magazine. Not only were we voted Best Videographer in both the Vendor’s Choice category AND Reader’s Choice, but Chris and Laura were interviewed for their Ask the Expert column. It’s an awesome article that really stresses the importance of having a wedding video. Also check out the behind-the-scenes video we did for a flower shoot featured in Seattle Bride Magazine.

Hope everyone enjoys!

–Julie, Edit 1 Media Studio Manager

Awards, Cinematography, Seattle, Seattle Bride Magazine, wedding videographer

October 13th, 2008 by edit1media

Today is the very last day to vote for your favorite ‘stuff’ in Western Washington, and this year wedding professionals are also included! So if you think Edit 1 Media is the best videographer, then drop what you are doing and head over to thier website to vote for us! And don’t forget to vote for all your other favorite things to do, places to see and great places to eat! http://tinyurl.com/3v846h

Awards, Cinematography, Networking, News

February 23rd, 2008 by edit1media

Wow….Chris and I attended Urban Unveiled at Benroya Hall last night and it was spectacular! It was a very swanky atmosphere and we saw lots of familiar faces including several of our clients who are getting married this year!

Our friend and DJ-royale, Austin Beaver from Nite Lite Entertainment made sure to introduce us to people that we didn’t already know too! (Thanks so much for taking the time to do that, Austin!) And if YOU are still looking for a DJ consider hiring Austin…not only is he a super nice guy, but he can rock the house and keep your event running smoothly all at the same time. Talk about talent!

It was a fun night and hopefully we will be participating in the next show! If you missed it last night, you really did miss a fantabulous evening so keep your eyes peeled for the next show and BE THERE!

On a different note, we FINALLY sent out some press releases about a few awards we won. This was posted today on a Hawaii News Site and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin will be running a story in the newspaper soon. Fun!

And I PROMISE I’ll post some more video soon! Just been busy, busy, busy lately!

Awards, Networking, News, Urban Unveiled, Wedding Show

February 7th, 2008 by edit1media

Chris and I attended the 4Ever Group’s Video ’08 Convention in Orlando two weeks ago and taught in three seminars. At the awards banquet we were announced as one of the Top 25 Hottest and Most Influential Videography Studios for the second year in a row! This is a huge honor because it is our peers…other videographers…who voted for us. We are in awe of the talent that is on the list this year and thank everyone who voted for us!

The theme to the Top 25 is an All-Star theme, just like in baseball. So in addition to a nice plaque, we received baseball jerseys that say Randall on the back and a baseball card with our ‘stats’. Now you’ll see why we needed a new head shot! Here is our card:

Awards, Business, News, Training

October 8th, 2007 by edit1media

Chris and I were invited to a retreat for the “Top 25 Videographers” in Riverside, California. Since it’s already getting cold and rainy in our neck of the woods, not to mention we never take any time for ourselves, we decided to go!

So we laneded in Ontario, California today and it’s a gorgeous, cloudless sunny day. We are staying at the historic Mission Inn and I even indulged in a wonderful massage this afternoon. Boy did I need that! Our friend Julie Hill from Elysium Productions is going to pick us up shortly to take us on a tour of all the great wedding spots in the “OC” and then we are meeting up with another videographer friend, Daniel Boswell from dvArtistry for drinks later tonight.

Tomorrow and Wednesday we’ll be getting together with a majority of the “Top 25″ to talk about ways we can help increase the respect for wedding videography and talk about new ideas…and just to visit with some great friends and get some inspiration! So Andrew is holding down the fort while we are gone and hopefully keeping the editing train rolling!

Believe it or not we didn’t bring any sort of camera…not a still camera or a video camera, so I doubt I’ll have any photos to post. You’ll just have to use your imagination!

wedding video + high definition

Awards, Crazy Schedule, Networking

July 17th, 2007 by edit1media

Just a quick and very belated post to brag for a moment!

In May Edit 1 Media was honored with a First Place Telly Award for a short documentary video that is in the movie theater of the Pacific Aviation Museum in Honolulu, HI. This short movie was filmed on Ford Island, a small island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that the US battleships surrounded on the morning of December 7, 1941. The story highlights two men who were 19 yeard old during the attack and who helped other men out of the burning waters of Pearl Harbor. Their lives were dramatically changed that fateful day and our film took them back to Ford Island where a new museum was being built. It’s an extremely powerful film that shows two men still haunted by war over 65 years after the attack.

I’m proud to say that my father, Allan Palmer the CEO of the Palmer Group along and my brother, Steven Palmer (graphics, design and so much more), my sister Adrienne Palmer (website) and the awesome curator named Mike Wilson (who is practically family) were almost completely responsible for raising this musuem from nothing. Upon the museum’s opening on December 7, 2007 we were so proud to be a part of perserving an important piece of American history. The thousands of people in attendance made every hard moment of work worth it for all of us.

We are so honored to have been blessed by this experience and being able to meet such incredible people as Herb Franck, Ernie Olson, Gen. Chuck Yeager, Gen. Robin Olds, Wally Schirra, John Finn, and countless others. The Palmer Group ROCKS!!!!

Awards, Corporate, Hawaii, Travel, wedding videographer, Weddings

January 18th, 2007 by edit1media

January 8, 2007

I’ll try to make this brief because this weekend was just insane and there is way too much to write!

The Seattle Wedding Show was Saturday and Sunday. We had two booths and eight non-paid clients who volunteered their time to help us. What amazing clients we have!!! I believe the final count was over 8,000 people attended and we handed out over 2,000 demo DVDs. One of our booths was dedicated to showing the difference between High Definition and Standard Definition and with a very impressive demo. It was great to see vendors we haven’t seen in awhile too! Overall it was a successful and fun show! I can hardly wait until next year! Thank you to Sharon of Third Day Creations for making our booth so beautiful with the flowers and candles!

After the show, we had to break down the booths and get to the airport to take off to Jacksonville, Florida for the 4Ever Group’s Video ’07 Conference. After flying all night we got in this morning and took a nice long nap! Then we headed out to the Awards Banquet where we had a seat waiting for us next to our buddies from Pixel Pops in Dallas, Texas. I handed out quite a few of the awards, including quite a few from a company I had never heard of before! Below is a photo of Chris and I with our new Top 25 award. Then the party started!! It’s nice to be able to let loose once a year and have Cosmopolitans to my heart’s content and gab with old friends and make some new ones! Videographers rock!!

This week I will be on two panels…one on Same Day Edits and one on Judging. I’m also going to be doing a Same Day Edit of the conference on Wednesday. Then we head out on Thursday so we can do Jill & Bart’s wedding on Friday. Crazy week, but that’s our life and we love it!

wedding

Awards, Crazy Schedule, High Definition, Seattle, Travel, Wedding Show

January 15th, 2007 by edit1media

November 15, 2006

We received a phone call from Stephen Nathans, the editor of EventDV Magazine that we were voted as one of the Top 25 Hottest and Most Influential Videography Studios! This is an award in which other videographers from all around the world vote on, so it’s a huge honor to have such recognition from our peers! We were really surprised to be on this list, but totally excited too!!! What an honor!

This award will be officially announced at the 4Ever Group’s Video ’07 Conference on January 8th. I’m going to be a very busy bee that day with giving out awards after being a judge and also receiving this really cool honor too! Another plaque for the wall…ya gotta love it!

business

Awards, wedding videographer

January 15th, 2007 by edit1media

October 29, 2006

After three days of being confined to a very small room in a crappy hotel and watching 14 hours of videos each day, I’m happy to be back home! The final judging was an educational and amazing experience. One I would be happy to do again in the future.

The three other judges were Sheila Orsi, Joe McManus, and Jay Stein. I already knew Sheila but didn’t really know Joe or Jay, so it was great to get to know these fine folks! We had a ton of fun and I hope we’ll all stay in touch from now on!

The videos…the cool thing about the final round is that by this time almost all the videos were awesome! My head is spinning with great shots, cool music, and the fact that an hour long video seems SO much longer than a 30 or 40 minute video. The amazing thing is that the 30-40 minute videos actually seemed to have more footage and tell more of a story than the longer videos. So the first thing we are going to do is implement this style into our own productions.

I was also happy to see more videographers incorporating voice over into their weddings. It really helps to tell the story and condense time without making the viewer feel like they are missing anything.

The funny thing is that they wouldn’t tell us who the winner’s are. We won’t know until everyone else finds out at the AAA Awards Banquet in Jacksonville, Florida in January! It’s killing me! There were several winning videos who I’m pretty sure I know who did them, but there are quite a few that I’m not sure of. I can hardly wait until Jacksonville now!

It truly was an honor to ask to be a judge by the 4Ever Group. Again, I’d do it in a heartbeat. The ONLY downside is that we couldn’t enter the contest ourselves and we had some pretty amazing videos this year. But there is always next year!

wedding

Awards, Cinematography, Crazy Schedule, Travel

January 15th, 2007 by edit1media

October 08, 2006

A few months ago I was asked to be a judge for a national wedding videography contest for the 4Ever Group. I was sent a total of 76 tapes and I have 12 left to watch. It’s been an interesting experience and in about two weeks I’m going to New York for the final round of judging with all the judges.

The ones that I have selected as the top in their category are hands down better than the rest of the group. It’s actually a little bit disheartening to see so many bad videos. Plus it makes me wish I had actually been entering national contests over the last few years!

The biggest problem I come across is camera stability, followed by editing that just doesn’t match the music. This just goes to show that there is still definitely a need for lots of education in the industry! I highly recommend the training videos by Mark & Trisha Von Lanken for anyone who needs help in these areas!

Awards, Travel, wedding videographer, Weddings