YES Prep - Video & Photography Mentors -Fall 2010 Lunch & Learn Day

Two weeks ago, The YES Prep, Y Blazers Studios Mentor Board got an opportunity to eat lunch with the bright young students of YES Prep North Central Campus.

Each member of The Mentor Board took 5 minutes to tell the YES Prep students a bit about their business and offer information about internships offered. The students then split up in groups of 3 students to 1 Mentor.  The Mentors spent time answering questions from the students about their line of work and any internships offered.

The Y Blazers Studios Mentor Board is composed of  6-10 companies in the field of Video Production and Photography in Houston.  Attending the November lunch were:

Allison Carlino, Photographer, Owner - Carlinos Photography
Ken Kosub, Producer, partner - XL Films
Kevin Fitzgerald, Motion Graphics Specialist - Schlumberger
Jack Perry, Event Filmmaker, Video Producer, Photographer, Co-Owner - Perry Video & Photography

Not present:
Trevor Brock, Trial Support Multimedia Specialist - Legal Media (out of town on business)
Mike Alderfer, Motion Graphics Specialist - Title Safe (daughter got sick)
Scott Szabo, Composer - Szabo Sounds and Music (out of town on business)

The mission of The YES Prep, Y Blazers Studios Mentor Board is to connect video production, photography, and other multimedia professionals to high school students.  We encourage working internships, strengthen professional relationships, and educate to improve technical skills.

Throughout the year we will hold:
1) Mentor lunches
2) Learning events (next event likely will be an After Effects class taught by Kevin Fitzgerald or Mike Alderfer)
3) Internships

Thank you to Craig Brandenburg for helping us organize and connect with the students.  Also, thank you to Mark Dibella, Director (principal) at YES Prep North Central for facilitating these meetings.

Jack

SBMSA 5/6 Boys Soccer 2010

Best part of owning a small family business is having the freedom to be very involved with my kid's sports.  For the 2010 Soccer Season, I was the coach of Jackson's team The Frostwood Tigers as well as The Commissioner for The 5/6 Boys Soccer League.  I really enjoyed working with the parents, coaches, and kids.

As a thank you to SBMSA for allowing me to serve as Commissioner for 2010, Perry Video & Photography created a short film of yesterday's tournament.  It was a very exciting tournament with both final games of the Silver and Gold Brackets winning by just one goal.  One of the teams had to go to overtime to finish it off.


Winners of Gold Division - MDE Gunners 4-3
Runner Up of Gold Division - Awty, Oak Forest Dolphins

Winners of Silver Division - Frostwood United 2-1
Runner Up of Silver Division - MDE Toros


The boys got plenty of exercise.  After 3 games that day, I'm sure they slept really well!

Enjoy the film trailer.  It's pretty cute!
Jack


p.s.  If you like this film trailer, we will be showing the full version of the film on December 2, 2010 at Skeeters Town and Country from 5:30-8.  Skeeters has live music every Thursday.  We'll play the full 10-15 minute film at 6:00pm sharp! (as of 11.20.2010 at 11:40am)  Call our studio or e-mail me to RSVP.

(713) 365-0468 studio

Briscoe Manor - Michelle and Harry Harris - 10.10.2010

Briscoe Manor offers their clients such a wonderful place to show their personalities.  What do you get when you combine Italy, Delaware, Purple and Orange Poker Chips, Las Vegas, Kisses, Texas Ranch setting, Down Home Southern Fried Food, Photo Booth fun, and Gorgeous Details everywhere?  Our dear friends and clients Michelle and Harry definitely showed their cute and fun personalities at their wedding.  What a unique event!

It was very touching to see Harry's father, a minister, perform their ceremony.  Much of what his father said to Harry & Michelle during the ceremony is used in the film: wise words from a father to bless a new marriage.

Julie and I picked a special ensemble of songs to go with their wedding film.  Interesting stories behind the song choices...

The first song actually was Michelle's choice. Abe Quigley's "Fallen". This is a cool story. I googled Abe Quigley and found him on Facebook, asking his permission to use "Fallen" in our client's wedding film. Abe was more than gracious and very flattered to be chosen. He gave us the a-o-k. What a classy artist! Abe is a very talented musician who uses a combination of violin and other instruments to create a beautiful mood for his songs. "Fallen" is majical.

As a side note, I've really become a fan of Abe.  Not only is he a gentleman artist, but his music is really easy on the ears.  Great instrumentals and smooth, sincere vocals.

The Ceremony song is a very sweet song by one of our favorite Triple Scoop Music artists--Fisher.   "I will Love You" by Fisher.

Michelle's maiden name is Mingarelli, so we wanted her wedding film to carry on her spicy Italian personality and Italian heritage.  We chose "Baciami" by Stefano Fuceli.


Enjoy!
Jack and Julie

a perry signature film

Wedding Vendors

Cake - Cakes by Gina

Flowers - Dream Bouquet

Dress - Augusta Jones

Invitations--Michelle Mingarelli Harris

Band - Drywater

Photographer - Ashley K Photography

Venue - Briscoe Manor

Caterer  - Behind The Bash

Jewerly - A Mermaid's Purse

Flower Girl Dresses/Ring Bearer Pillow/Bridesmaid Gifts - Kiki Burleigh

Video Production - Perry Video Productions

Northgate Country Club - Samantha + Jarod - 10.02.2010

We LOVE outdoor weddings. So happy for Samantha and Jarod that their outdoor wedding in North Houston at Northgate Country Club turned out so well! Perfect weather for this fun group of friends and family.

Many sweet moments for this couple. Also, lots of fun and goofy moments.

Congratulations, Samantha & Jarod!

Jack and Julie

p.s.  Here are some screen shots from the short film that we'll upload soon!

Vendors

Photographer
Candid Stories

Venue
Northgate Country Club

DJ
DJU Productions (formerly DJ's Unlimited)

Linens
Elegant Beginnings

Cake
Virginia’s Cakes

Flowers
Mary’s Little Shop of Flowers

Invitations
That Absolutely Fabulous Paper Emporium

Wedding Dress and Bridesmaid Dresses
Brickhouse Bridal (wedding & bridesmaid dresses)

Tuxes
Men’s Wearhouse

Erin + Herman - Texas Safari Ranch - Sept 25, 2010

Beautiful fall wedding with the Mayo/Stackhouse families.   Almost 4 years ago, we had the pleasure of filming Herman's sister's wedding.  We were delighted when Mr. Mayo called us to work with their family again for his son's wedding. This was a very sunny day that turned out perfect for this neat couple.

Congratulations, Erin and Herman!
Jack & Julie

A Day To Remember Celebration at Villa Rinata Reception Facility

Last week we celebrated 10 years of business with our friend Claudia De Velasco of A Day to Remember Event Planning.  The celebration was held at The new Villa Rinata in The Galleria Area.  Julie and I put together a cute little tribut to Claudia in this video below.



Jack

Lauren & Travis Furr - July 24, 2010 - Lakeside Country Club

Barely back from Hawaii!  Lauren and Travis Furr had a wonderful evening 7pm wedding at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church and Lakeside Country Club.  Amazing band for the reception, beautiful music for the ceremony, and delightful party people having a great time all day long!

Congratulations, Lauren and Travis!

Wedding Vendors

Photography
David Jones Photography

Band
Password

Reception
Lakeside Country Club

Church
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church 
Memorial Area - Houston, TX

Stephanie & Richard Stegemeier - Briscoe Manor - February 6, 2010

Congratulations, Stephanie and Richard!!

This HD Perry Wedding Film is our first HD Wedding Film.  Stephanie and Richard were courageous enough to let us try out the new HD Canon 7D, 5D technology with precision Canon L series lenses.

We shot this Wedding Film near Houston in Richmond, Texas at Briscoe Manor back in February.  We created 2 versions.  Which one do you like better?  v1 or v2?
(Click the "ENLARGE" Vimeo icon in bottom right corner of video ("X") to see the video in full screen--v2 is of higher image quality than v1. We are upgrading v1's quality to post online soon.)


Houston Wedding Vendors

Houston Wedding Venue
Briscoe Manor


Live Band
The Grooves


Flowers
Fresh Blooms of Houston

Cake
Cakes by Gina

Caterer
Behind The Bash
(yum!)


 HD Wedding Film Extended Trailer - v2





HD Wedding Film Extended Trailer - v1

Carla & Kason Knight Wedding - May 22, 2010 - Briscoe Manor

Congratulations on your new marriage, Carla and Kason!  Such a pretty spring day for a wedding!  The flowers at Briscoe Manor were in full bloom, the sun was shining bright, and God must have been smiling!

Trailer Song licensed by TripleScoopMusic.com
"God Is" (instrumental) by Faith Rivera

Houston Wedding Venue

Briscoe Manor

Photographer

Alison Carlino

Carlino's Photography, LLC

Celebrating 7 years...

www.carlinosphotography.com

http://carlinosphotography.blogspot.com/

Flowers

Your Choice Weddings

Invitations

Tanglewood Gifts and Stationery

Wedding Dress

Weddings by Debbie

Cake

Suzie's Cakes

Ceremony Music

Scott Graham

Harmony Strings

DJ

DJ's Unlimited

Caterer

Behind The Bash

(yum!)

Ice Cream

Marble Slab Ice Cream

Angela + Tommy Mattix - July 3, 2010 - Briscoe Manor

Welcome to our first extended film trailer release from our new product line of wedding documentary work--Perry Wedding Films!

Doing business since 2002, We are incorporated in Texas under Perry Video Productions Inc. To better serve our Houston brides and families, we just created a new product line for HD Films called "Perry Wedding Films". (www.perryweddingfilms.com) This product will be a wedding film that uses professional telephoto and wide angle lenses, DSLR Canon 7D, 5D, and Mark IV cameras, stabilizing equipment, and more live action (less slo mo!).

We are very excited to bring this product to our clients. We have trained for all of the first of 2010 to make sure that this was not only beautiful, but a secure way to produce video. We are always back up our files and shoot with back up cameras.

To this wedding film--The Mattix and Schultz families are very special to Julie and me. Angela is The Schultz Family's only daughter. We were very honored to be chosen to put this together. May it be a family treasure for years!

Songs licensed by TripleScoopMusic.com:
Pre-Ceremony, Ceremony - Baby Steps by Douglas Romayne
Reception - Heartbeats by Melinda Ortner

For this film and much of our work, we draw inspiration by 2 of the greats in our Documentary Film business that we had the pleasure of meeting through IN Focus Video Event:

Still Motion - Thank you for your dedication to innovative work of the highest quality. Training and consistent passion for great film work!

Joe Simon --Thank you Joe for those helpful e-mails, phone calls, and above all your dedication to exceptional documentary film work!

Also, last, but not least, thank you Sandy Bueller of Sweet Spirit Productions. Sandy provided us the DP slider that you see used here.

WEDDING VENDORS

Houston Reception Facility

Briscoe Manor

Richmond, TX

Shuttle

Marriott Hotel

Cake

Cakes by Gina

Photography

Hazel West Photography

Floral Decorations and Flowers

Flowers by Lisa

Fireworks

LGN Enterprises

Transportation

Excelsior Limo

DJ

DJ's Unlimited - Jeff Raines

Ceremony Music

Chris Cullins/Jody Smith 

Ceremony Officiant

Luis Palomo

Perry Wedding Films - Coming Soon (like this week!)

We have held out of the High Definition upgrade game for a while. We just did not see a big difference in our great Sony DSR 250 DVCam cameras. Well, the image has now arrived. In early 2010, we invested in new HD equipment. It is the Canon 7D, 5D, and Mark IV. Gorgeous image. Unlike anything anyone has seen to date. It was the time to make the move.

Stay tuned for our new product line release "Perry Wedding Films" for Cinematic High Definitions to better serve our beautiful Houston Weddings, Brides, and Families.

We are now shooting in 24p with Canon DSLR cameras (1080p HD!). We are really excited about this! This is the coolest, most beautiful thing to happen to video/film production in our 9 years of business.

Perry Wedding Films Logo, Perry Wedding Films Web site update, Newsletters, Facebook fan updates, and more to come.

Onward to even more beautiful wedding films!
Jack & Julie

Kalli and Richard - January 16, 2010

Julie and I enjoyed the wedding of Kalli and Richard Gonzalez last week. We've been away at IN FOCUS in Austin all week, so we are just getting around to editing her piece and sharing some of the great wedding memories.

The wedding was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spring.

The Reception was at Shirley Acres. They always do such a nice job of hosting.

DJ was Jeff Raines with DJ's Unlimited. The also provided the beautiful lighting and photo booth.

My favorite part of the wedding was to hear Kalli sing. She looked so beautiful at her wedding. To hear her sing was amazing. She is a very talented vocalist! She sang and Yodeled--a tough thing to do.

Very sweet girl. Richard is a lucky guy.

She even let me take some fun pics with her in the photo booth. I'll treasure these forever!!!

Jack & Julie

Julian St. Pierre - Genius Entreprenuer; Generous Mentor- Rest in Peace

This evening, my wife told me of very sad news. Our good friend from New Orleans, Julian St. Pierre (center picture) of Studio Vieux Carre passed away in his sleep. Julian was a special individual.

While I am unsure of the details of his passing, I am very sure of my admiration for this man. I met Julian 8 yrs ago when Julie and I were in our 2nd yr of business. We lacked aim and artistic direction for our work. We were holding a booth at The Houston Bridal Extravaganza. The show was a mild success by that point. We were about to call it quits when it occurred to me to pull back the curtain and meet the booth behind us. The booth behind us was "Custom Video by Terry", which now is known as Studio Vieux Carre. That one instant changed the direction of our business. That instant was meeting Terry and Julian. Terry's artistic talent and Juliannes marketing genius were what we modeled ourselves after. Julian was unusually generous with his ideas. I loved how confident, even "a little cocky" as he would say, that he was. He was such a great energy to be around. I will miss him.

In my life, I have a handful of mentors that I learn a great deal from. Julian is in my top 5 or 10 for sure. He taught me so much about marketing a small business, in particular wedding video business. He was talented. He was nimble. He was very smart.

The last conversation I had with Julian, was about 6 months ago. We talked for 55 minutes! We would try to keep in touch about 1-2x/yr. I always had tons of questions for him about how he marketed his business and many other aspects of wedding and event video. To me, he is the king of wedding and event video. His business model is the best around. And, amazingly, he always continued to improve it, evolve it. With the creation of Collaborative Organizations like "In Focus" . He was God's gift to small business, in particular documentary video. He helped all the artists make money and keep from starving.

http://www.infocusvideoevent.com/

Funny thing, in that last conversation, Terry had to pull him off of the phone. He just loved to talk about marketing, video, and business. What a passionate guy!


I would like to know when the memorial service is. I owe a lot to Julian. Much more than I ever got a chance to tell him. I'm sure there are many in the Wedding and Event Video Production business who could say the same.

Julie and I will be praying for God's peace on Terry, her son, Joe, and their family. Julian, thanks to your enduring generosity with your ideas, your spirit lives on. Thank you for being part of our lives. God bless.

Jack
www.perryvideoproductions.com
www.perry-photo.com

YES Prep YBlazers Studios Advisory & Mentor Board

It all began with one hard working student seeking to get more out of her YES Prep experience than the rest. This students name is Andrea Rodriguez. Based on the successful internship program Andrea held for 2 years with Perry Video & Photography, Yes! Prep Northeast has adopted her model of hard work to share with the other students. With the help of Craig Brandenburg, Mark DiBella, and Jack & Julie Perry, the YES Prep Advisory Board was created. The purpose of the board is to bring the best in local Houston video production business talent to the students of YES Prep.

The 2009-2010 year is the charter year of The YES Prep Y Blazers Studios Advisory Board of about 8 volunteer positions to work with the students at Yes! Prep. Yes! Prep has a video production and photography class and business that we will be working with to mentor and help them become knowledgeable video professionals. The structure of the Advisory Board is below.

The Advisory Board met with Mark Dibella and Craig Brandenburg from YES Prep on October 7th at Spanish Flowers Mexican Restaurant in The Heights from 5-7p. Each board member proudly wore their name tag with slogans like, "I love wedding video and kids!" or "I love motion graphics and kids!" or "I love legal video and kids!". The board has a lot of fun poking at each other. At the meeting, we introduced everyone on the Board, assign months for presentations to the students, and discuss future of board. The enthusiasm for this local business and student participation concept was outstanding! All of the Advisory Board is excited to begin this charter year to connect with the Yes! students. Currently, The Advisory Board has 2 programs:
1) Yes! Learning days
2) Yes! Internships during weekends and summer



The Advisory Board will base its involvement with YES Prep Northeast on these 2 programs. Additionally, The Board has discussed the potential for day long film festivals, during school internships, and other ideas to build on as the relationship with The Advisory Board and YES Prep matures. We are very excited to have such talented businesses share their expertise and experiences with YES Prep.

2009-2011 Advisory Board Members are:

Permanent Directors - Craig Brandenburg, Mark Dibella
Rotating Director - Jack Perry, Perry Video & Photography
Officers - Ken Kosub - XL Films
Trevor Brock - Legal Media
Pam Radford - Legal Media
Harrison Smith - Neko Neko Films
Mike Alderer - Title Safe
Scott Szabo - Szabo Sound and Music
Kevin Fitzpatrick - Brain Wavz Graphics

Just like Andrea Rodriguez trained and worked with Perry Video & Photography 2 years ago, more YES Prep students are eager to take advantage of these wonderful connections and learning opportunities with the Advisory Board Businesses.


Boiler Plate:
YES Prep Public Schools are Houston area Charter School nationally ranked for it's entrepreneurial approach to teaching high school students. At YES Prep Northeast Campus, they have a very unique video production program. In the past 2 yrs, they have even formed a business for the students within the school. All money earned goes back to the Video program. In 2009, The Advisory Board for YBlazers Studios was created to connect local Houston, Texas video production companies with the students for learning days and internships.

Winnie Couture Bridal Salon - Fall Fashion Show -Houston Wedding Dress

Julie and I got the opportunity to work with the very talented Winne Lee, owner of Winnie Couture Bridal Salon. She designs wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses that retail in stores all over the nation and world. She held her fall fashion show this past Friday. Perry Video and Photo was the official photographer and videographer for the event. Great show! Check out the pics...

That's Winnie in the back

More Winnie with the models

Our new friend Laura Lehner, who we found out
actually works with Jack at Greenwood King!



Winnie celebrated at the end of a good show

Perry Studios - Now Offering Wedding and Portrait Photography Services!

Perry Family

Been a while since we last blogged for Perry Video and Photo. Our young babies (Jackson age 3.5 and Annie age 1.5) have a lot to do with that. Blogging regularly is not as easy as it has been before.



But we're back blogging regularly. We'll see how this goes...





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The best news we have for Perry Studios is that we now offer fine portrait and photojournalism photography in addition to video productions. Perry Video Productions is now doing business as Perry Video and Photo or Perry Studios. Admittedly, we have kinda a name identity crisis. We just like taking pictures and video. Tough to stick to just one name. Maybe we could just be like "Madonna", "Sting", or "Prince". Haha, Ya, I like that. Let's stick with that and just be "Perry" ;)

In 2008, we will launch a site dedicated specifically to fine portrait and photojournalism photography. It will be a nice flash site, likely. Check out our blog and www.perryvideophoto.com site for a link to the new one.




Here are some great Perry Photography pictures from 2007 Houston weddings:


































2007 Wedding Engagment Portraits.



















































March 2007 wedding at Chateau Polenez in North Houston.






































More 2007 Portraits...

































Thank you for taking a look at our work and beautiful brides/couples! Photography has been the most fascinating new part of our wedding and event business. We look forward to many more years of photography in Houston!

- Jack & Julie

Briscoe Manor Wedding Highlight - Houston, Texas

November 18, 2006
Wedding video highlight
Briscoe Manor
Richmond, Texas





Enjoy!
Julie
Houston Wedding Videographer