Experience

2024	January - June	Shot and edited a celebration of life service and reception in Healdsburg, another piano performance and teaching leasson, a wedding in Berkeley with reception in Walnut Creek, and an extensive conversation with another client about marketing and sales strategies. Recorded a live theater play in San Francisco and made quick highlight videos to promote the play, recorded and edited promotional videos for the Peace Corps.
2023	July - December	Shot and edited more classical piano performances and teaching lessons, more landscaping tool use instructions, more book promotion videos, another wedding, an international rugby match and a Christmas Eve service.	"Extremely happy with our wedding video. Gig was amazing to work with and captured all our special moments."
2023	April - June	Shot and edited an Earth Day live event, classical piano performances, how-to videos of safe use of landscaping tools, a Bar Mitzvah and a Ballet.	"I am so thankful and so excited to be working with you!!!"
2023	January - March	Recorded 2 different theater plays, in San Francisco, then edited them into several versions, full plays and highlight promos. Recorded a piano recital with members of the Oakland Symphony at Hertz Hall, on the University of California at Berkeley campus, and edited my clips from 2 cameras into an artistic presentation based on music theory.	"You are a real artist and i am so happy that i hired the right person to record this last recital." "The quality of the sound from this Youtube video is EXCELLENT. Your videographer did a wonderful job."
2022	October - December	Lots more editing book trailer videos, shot and edited a Bat Mitzvah in San Francisco, more piano teaching videos, a celebration of life memorial service with eulogies, and a Chirstmas Eve service in a church, in San Rafael.	"I really appreciate your thoughts. I value you as an awesome video artist as well as a joy to do business with." "You're such a pleasure to work with!"
2022	July - September	Recorded and edited a fundraising dinner auction with speeches in Los Altos, another wedding and continued with my repeat customers making book promotion trailers, classical piano lessons, and another original one act play.	"The videos are coming over great. Thank you so much!"
2022	April - June	Busy times, shooting video at a climate science display booth at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, worked as a Second Assistant Camera Operator on a 12 person cinema production crew in Oakland, recorded a ballet dance concert in Redwood City, more book marketing videos, more piano teaching lessons, another rap music video, and two more weddings.	"Gig, there was no way I was doing this without you."
2022	January - March	I recorded a spritual seminar in a church in San Rafael and posted it on their Youtube channel, I shot and edited classical piano, in San Rafael, scenes of nature and boats on the bay in San Francisco, a rap music video in Ukiah and a one act play with two actors, in Sebastopol.	"You did a great job and I appreciate your talent and professionalism." "A bravo shout out to your camera person and video editor... a quiet and unseen hero in your productions."
2021	July - December	Now that I'm vaccinated, and the economy is opening up, again, business is booming. I directed, shot and edited a rap music video, another short one act play, and recorded and edited a wedding renewal a quinceanera ceremony and reception, and a Christmas Eve Service. Also, many moore assignments from my regular, repeat customers.	"Hey Gig, thanks for all your hard work! The video is great!!! Hope to work with you again in the near future. You are good at what you do." "Awesome video and rappin'! The video-work-choreography is simply WOW!" I'm Fed Up "It is a wonderful video, you did a great job of capturing the message I wanted to present about my book."
2021	January - June	More video and audio editing for repeat customers. Made a short fictional story video with a script writer and an actor.	"Looks great!"
2020	January - December	Shot and edited two band videos for a repeat customer, where I used my new audio recording equipment. Discussed marketing video possibilities with a tourist business professional. Edited more book trailer videos. Recorded more classical piano teaching videos. Burned a music CD for a customer. Photographed inside a rental house in San Francisco for the real estate broker's website. Made a few videos for myself of my wife and my pets.	"And it's absolutely perfect! Exactly what I needed you to do, and thanks soooo very much" "We sincerely appreciate that." I edited many of these book trailer videos: their web page
2019	October - December	Shot and edited another wedding, more music videos, promotional commercials and some original music recording. That completes a decade of videography for me. Now, on to 2020!	"I just had a chance to watch it now. Thank you for your wonderful work!"
	July - September	Rented my green screen studio out to another film maker, recorded and edited a Bar Mitzvah party, recorded Climate Education at the Albany Stroll, recorded classical piano music, edited more book promotion videos - keepin' it goin'!
	April - June	More video camera work for climate education, music videos, a celebration of life, edited and recorded in my green screen studio a corporate interview for their website, recorded and edited a live theater show in San Francisco, and edited a wedding video from customer's camera files. Whew! I've been busy!
2019	January - March	Repeat customers booking for music videos, book trailers, live corporate events, shooting and editing live theater, basketball and close-up photography. Burning DVDs, too. Hey, it's all good!	Thank you, Gig!
2018	October - December	Worked as the videographer for Climate Change Education at two science fairs at Sonoma County Fairgrounds and at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
	July -September	I had several repeat customers. I bought a battery powered LED light attachment for my camcorder, to shoot at night, when there is no electric power. I secured and expanded my green screen studio (look on the Gear page for pics.)
	April - June	I finished my narrative movie, called "One Wish." See it on my Youtube channel. I also worked 3 video camera jobs for a video company, based in Berkeley.	My YouTube channel
2018	January - March	I had repeat customers for live event shooting, studio recording and video editing projects. I hired actors and shot scenes for a short narrative movie, that I wrote.
2017	October - December	Recorded, edited and made DVDs of a wedding, a live theater show, and a Bar Mitzvah. Took photos of the remains of wild fire destruction in Santa Rosa and posted them on the Video Spark Productions Facebook page.	Facebook page
	July - September	Hired as a photographer for a long distance running race at Salt Point State Park and posted the pictures on my new Flickr account. Shot still photos for a corporate ground breaking ceremony, in South San Francisco. Helped form a new Meetup group of filmmakers. Video recorded and edited wedding videos in Mendocino County, Sonoma County and Marin County. Video recorded a country band, in a night club, in Penngrove.	My Flickr Account
	April - June	Hired as a photographer for a 30th birthday party, in a highrise lounge, in San Francisco. Recorded and edited sports highlight videos for high school girls lacrosse and high school boys baseball. Recorded another classical music piano lesson. Also worked as a second video shooter for a corporate interview, in San Francisco.	"My son loves his baseball highlight reel."
2017	January - March	Recorded a book author in my green screen studio and made book promotion videos for him. Finished backlog of editing projects. Experimenting with animation. Working more hours as a remote TV cameras operator for live TV shows of Santa Rosa local government and education board meetings.	"I've been getting great reviews for these book videos, you made for me."
2016	September - December	Recorded a religious ceremony at a home in Los Altos Hills, a scientific panel presentation about Russian River flows, another band playing at a winery, another wedding, more TV studio camera work and plenty of video editing, editing and more editing.
	June - August	Recorded and edited more weddings, more piano lessons, more parties, more music bands and a quinceañera ceremony.	"Oh boy, oh boy, this piano lesson video is just out of da park! I'm so happy we ended the series like this. Thank you for the fantastic edits. I am humbled and deeply grateful for your huge part in making this all come to fruition."
	March - May	Recorded and edited a concert promotion sales video, a wedding, piano lessons, and a graduation ceremony at the Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco. Also worked a lot of hours for the TV station, where I do remote cameras and digital graphics.	"This video should boost our ticket sales!"
2016	January - February	I shot and edited a music video with some animation and melodrama scenes, and then two different live band highlight videos, and more piano instructional videos. I purchased a new camcorder with a shotgun microphone to give me greater capabilities to shoot different kinds of situations, and then used it for a corporate shoot in San Francisco.
2015	September - December	More musician recordings and editing. Also worked as a projectionist for the Wine Country Film Festival in Kenwood and Glen Ellen. They asked me to make a video of a live concert they had before the feature film, which I did. Then my video was shown at Kenwood Restaurant to a live audience. They liked it! In November, I recorded a military funeral and edited it into a highlight DVD for the family.	Wine Country Film Festival Concert - YouTube
	July - August	I shot a variety of video presentations at a real estate office in Berkeley, recorded a corporate workshop in Millbrae and assisted another videographer with video interviews in Rohnert Park, for a health organization.	"My wife said you were great!"
	March - June	I was hired by an established video production company in Baltimore, Maryland, to record a video interview in Lost Altos. I bought a new lens with a low aperture to use for this assignment. I recorded audio and video of two branding workshops given in Santa Rosa for a marketing company in Seattle. Each workshop was over 2 hours long. Recorded and edited several sporting events, private events, music videos, video documentation of a personal fitness challenge, a business commercial product pitch for fundraising websites, and more corporate events.	"The footage was good." "The videos are great." "We got the DVDs. Thanks, Gig!" "You did a great job on our graduation DVDs. Great editing job. Appreciate all of your hard work!"
2015	January - February	Creative editing of music performances for the Sally Christian Music YouTube channel.	Sally Christian Music YouTube channel
2014	December	Took a second shooter to record an international corporate panel presentation in San Francisco. Edited it into a full presentation video and a highlight video.
	October - November	I'm working for CMedia, the only TV station in Santa Rosa, recording government meetings, events, etc.
	August - September	Set up my green screen studio, hired a professional actress and recorded a demonstration video to show my techniques using green screen editing.	See it on the Videos page.
	June - July	Shot and edited a graduation ceremony in San Francisco, a wedding in San Jose, a wedding in Sonoma, another wedding in San Jose, and several bands playing in a night club in San Rafael.	"I was very happy with everything! Felt like we had a good agreement that worked well for both of us and you executed as you promised. The video is exactly what we wanted to capture."
	May	I built this rechargeable battery spotlight with diffuser platform to fit on a tripod. Now I've got light where there are no electric power outlets available. Got paid to shoot outdoor still photos of a remodeled apartment complex, and they then used several of my pics on their website.
2014	January - April	Finished various video editing projects. More shooting on locations with repeat customers. Upgraded my MacBook Pro computer operating system to OS-X Mavericks, and then bought the newest version of Final Cut Pro for editing and Motion for special effects.
2013	December	Busy shooting and editing 5 professional theater shows, an instructional video, a party event and a live band music highlight video. Challenging conditions, and I love it!
	November	Hired a vocalist and recorded a sound track with a Karaoke version of a famous song, then edited a collection of video clips for a humorous "End of Year" corporate music video presentation. Shot a boys soccer tournament game and edited that with clips and photos of two more games from a second shooter. Also shot and edited a party on a cruise boat, sailing around the Bay at night.	"It did the trick." "The kids had so much fun watching the highlights. You should have heard them cheer and scream." Cruise Party video
	September - October	Consulted, planned shot list and recorded a TV commercial with models in a photography studio, in Alameda. Also started shooting boys sports for another video company.
	July - August	Shot and edited an anniversary party in a big hotel in San Francisco, another sports video, more piano teaching videos, and more photos of musicians, etc.
	March - June	More repeat customers for video shoots and editing. Recorded video and audio of wedding party speeches and celebration. Organized my YouTube channel into playlists.	My YouTube channel
	February	Finished shooting and editing this artistic, music performance, called "Celestial Encounters," that some people say is my best work yet. Shot and edited another video journalism piece.	See it on the Videos page. 1 Billion Rising
2013	January	Edited a creative, artistic, fantasy music performance piece.
2012	October - December	More shooting, editing and experimenting with special effects.
	September	Shot and edited, over the past few months, a series of piano teaching videos for digital downloads, and credited on the Sally Christian Music website as their videographer. Shot a video-log and still photos of Pennsylvania Hip Hop star T.I.T.O. FREEZE visiting the San Francisco Bay Area. Video recorded an amateur theater production, in Corte Madera. Hired by an advertising firm in Florida to shoot video clips for a TV commercial at a car dealership in Ukiah.	Production Team "The footage for the commercial came out nice."
	August	Made a music video of The Ripoffs band playing in a night club in San Francisco. Videographer for a wedding event, in Santa Rosa. Shot and edited another soccer video, this time with second shooter, Harvey Danger, in Santa Rosa, and then by myself at a game in Concord. Shot a couple of video interviews for a health clinic's website.	The Ripoffs Video Web Page
	July	Live outdoor concert of Gator Beat in Santa Rosa with second shooter, Harvey Danger, and separate direct audio recording - now embedded on their website. Shot lacrosse games for GameTime Footage at Sonoma State University. Shot another photography contest for Art Rockx in San Francisco. Wrote blog, took pictures and video interviews of the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit in Mountain View for BizzTeams, posted on their blog pages.	Gator Beat Video Web Page BizzTeam Blog
	May - June	Shot more video (a Cotillion party, sports, a graduation event...) and did more editing projects (vintage cars...) for new and repeat customers. It's all good!	"The coaches like your video. They said it was different, unique." "We didn't just like it; we LOVE it! Your design concept for the sales piece was clearly the way to go."
	April	First time hired by an international company, BizzClick, to shoot video interviews at the AdTech show at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.	BizzTeam interviews
	March	Hired by a national company, CityBuzz, based in New York City, to shoot video interviews and descriptive shots of Biscoff Coffee Corner at Pier 39 and also the California Academy of Sciences, both in San Francisco. Shot more sports action in Palo Alto for another customer's college recruitment video. Bought a wireless lavalier microphone system to add to my audio recording equipment. The receiver plugs into my video camera.	CityBuzz
	February	Created, printed and applied labels to DVDs for another photographer in El Cerrito. Made this commercial for a retail outlet changing to online e-commerce business. It runs less than 4 minutes.	“They look good!" "You did a fantastic job here!" Starstruck Boutique Party
2012	January	Shot video of another high school soccer game, this time in Burlingame.	“My daughter put one of your clips on her Facebook page, where you captured her defending against a friend on the other team.  She really enjoyed all the footage.  I'll contact you if we need more.”
2011	December	Hired as the photographer to shoot and print pictures of children and adults with Santa at an open house at Massage Envy in Cotati. Made my first corporate video for VillaSport Athletic Club and Spa in Colorado and Texas. The 10 minute video included pictures, videos, graphics and music. My client said it was the best presentation of the day and ordered 4 more DVDs. Did more video camera work for ArtRockx in San Francisco.	Massage Envy in Cotati, Ca. See one on the Photography page. VillaSport See some on the Photography page.
	November	Hired to make a sports video: soccer. I combined a night game in Santa Rosa with a day practice in Petaluma and mixed in my original music.	See it on the Videos page.
	October	Tried my hand at video photo journalism with this short edited clip of the Occupy Santa Rosa march and rally on October 15. After conducting a marketing research survey of professional consultants, I then completed a major redesign of this website. Worked again with ArtRockx in San Francisco.	Occupy Santa Rosa
	September	Worked several more times with ArtRockx at the Sausalito Art Festival, the Filmore Art Festival and The Cellar nightclub.
	August	Recorded a yoga practice video for Bikram Yoga Studio in Santa Rosa. Did more camera work for ArtRockx and for The Interactive Broadcasting Company.	Bikram Yoga of Santa Rosa
	July	Began to work as a video camera operator for The Interactive Broadcasting Company in Oakland. Began to work as a video camera operator for ArtRockx in The Cellar nightclub in San Francisco. Learned more video editing techniques using special affects and made a video to demonstrate them.	The Interactive Broadcasting Company Art Rockx Ordinary to Spectacular
	June	Bought a photographic daylight balanced light bulb to use with my light set.
	May	Made a video of a fundraising event for the annual Luther Burbank Rose Parade. Made a video of May Day celebrations in Santa Rosa.	Rose Parade Benefit Viewing May Day California
	April	Recorded a cooking show for a woman in Novato and made a 16 minute DVD and a 14 minute DVD. Bought a new microphone and mixing board to use for recording music and audio to go with videos.	See a sample clip on the Videos page.
	March	Video Spark Productions changed from doing business in Oakland to doing business in Santa Rosa. I created the first version of the Video Spark Productions website and linked it to the Video Spark Café website as an historical reference.
2011	February	Video Spark Café in Oakland closed, because there were not enough restaurant patrons to make a profit. Recorded my first original music video at Video Spark Café and uploaded it to YouTube.	The Obamas Song
2010	December	Made a video of a retired coach who was accepted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement coaching high school and college sports. The first Video Greeting Card was made for a customer at Video Spark Café.	See a sample clip on my YouTube channel. See it on my YouTube channel.
2010	May	Video Spark Productions went into business in Oakland, California inside and along with Video Spark Café. Special events at the café were recorded and used in several videos.	Make It Happen Video Spark Show 2010