(Puyallup, WA) McKenna Video Services has been awarded a 2009 Pegasus Award for a 30-minute wedding video produced for a local couple. The Pegasus Awards are the video industry’s premier competition for recognition of exemplary work produced by non-broadcast video professionals. This is the first Pegasus Award for McKenna.

“Kelsey and Lane’s Wedding Ceremony” was recognized for its outstanding production quality in the Wedding Ceremony Coverage category of Special Event Video. The production was assessed by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country. The video was honored with a prestigious Pegasus Award of Honor.

This nomination follows another nomination MVS received for the Best of Western Washington Wedding Videographer.

Founded in 2005, McKenna Video Services has been providing quality video production services to many individuals and small business in the greater Puget Sound Region.

For more information on McKenna Video Services, visit their websites at www.mckennavideo.com or www.mvsweddings.com or call 253-539-3438.

American Guild of Court Videographers

Casper, WY: The American Guild of Court Videographers is proud to announce the certification of professional videographer Jeffrey T. DeMello, owner of Stockton Legal Video Services, a division of DeMello Video & Photo Services LLC, located in Stockton, California as a “Certified Court Video Specialist” (CCVS) after having successfully completing all the requirements of the AGCV for certification as a forensic videographer.

The AGCV is the only organization in the United States that is training and certifying professional videographers in all phases of legal video. As a “Fellow” in good standing in the AGCV, Mr. DeMello becomes one of a very few in the nation allowed to promote and advertise their expertise in the field of legal video using the official logo and certification provided by the AGCV.

The AGCV training includes preparing its members in meeting all the stipulations of the Federal Rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence in regard to the video taping of depositions, producing day-in-the-life and settlement documentaries, taping scenes of crimes and incidents, showing video evidence of damages, video recording mock trials, the will execution ceremony, construction surveys and actually displaying the video evidence in the courtroom during trial.

The certification provided by the AGCV is limited to “professional videographers” as the AGCV is not in the business of training amateurs on the operation of a video camera. To meet the requirements of the rapidly changing technology, each certified member is required to stay abreast of the profession by completing additional continuing education.

To be certified as an expert in this exciting and exacting legal video profession is indeed a great accomplishment and we at AVP extend our congratulations to Jeff.

To learn more, visit: www.stocktonlegalvideo.com or www.demellovideo.com

Steven Volk of Volk Video Services in Birmingham, MI was recently featured in the local spotlight section of the Detroit News. Volk Video Services is quickly becoming one of the leading providers of both Video Production and Video transfer services in the Birmingham Michigan and surrounding areas.

Steven Volk is also a Founding Member of the Association of Video Professionals (www.aovpros.com), and currently sits on it’s board of directors.

To see the full article click here.

We would like to welcome Bill Lagno and Lagno Video Services to AVP. Bill started Lagno Video Services in late 2002 with help from a company called Home Video Studio, inc. He started his business part time but within 8 months was doing enough business that he decided to quit his “day job” with Corporate America and go full time. He never looked back and has continued to grow his successful video business over the last 5 plus years.

Lagno Video Services offers a wide range of video related services. On the production side, Lagno Video Services produces TV commercials, corporate videos, training videos,  and product DVD’s. They work out of a state-of-the-art digital video studio with 3 Mac based editing suites, a 4 bay DVD center that is designed for tape transfer and is HD ready. They even offer media produced on Blu-ray discs. They also perform film transfer of sound or silent formats of 8mm, Super8mm & 16mm. They can transfer virtually any format of video tape to DVD including 8mm, VHS, VHS-C, U-Matic, MiniDV, Beta SP, and Betamax. On the Audio side, they can transfer your cassette tapes, ¼ reel to reel, vinyl records, and even 8track tapes!!

To learn more about Lagno Video Services visit their website at www.lagnovideo.com. You can also contact them Directly by phone @ 201 802-1802, or send them an email to lagno-video@att.net

Northland Business Owner Receives Gladstone Chamber Award & Clay County Women’s Exchange Nomination to their Board of Directors:

Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC located in the Northland, received Gladstone Chamber of Commerce’s award for Business of the Year. This award was presented to Steve & Joy Lamas of Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC. on Friday evening, December 5^th @ the Chamber’s annual dinner & awards ceremony held at Staley Farms.

A member of the Association of Video Professionals (AVP), a nationwide network of professional video studio owners, Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC owner, Joy Lamas, serves on their Board of Directors. Recently, Lamas was elected to serve locally on the Board of Directors for the Clay County Women’s Exchange where she will select area speakers for this Northland women’s organization’s monthly meetings.

Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC works with both corporate & consumer level clients to create projects such as corporate marketing videos, photo slideshows for

Events, and film/photo/slide transfers to DVD. Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC located in the Northland, has been serving the Kansas City area for the past 4 years & has received National recognition for their video projects.

Contact Information:

Contact:      Joy Lamas

Telephone:  816-436-9691                                               

E-mail:       joy@beyondwowvideo.com

SACRAMENTO, CA - DeMello Video & Photo Services has been awarded Certification by the State of California Department of General Services as a Certified Small Business (OSDS Ref# 43536).

With this Certification, DeMello Video is now able to easily service all State of California offices with an easier procurement cycle for all of the states video needs.

DeMello Video & Photo Services is owned and operated by Jeff & Francesca DeMello in Stockton, California.

DeMello Video is also a Founding Member of the Association of Video Professionals, a member of the Stockton, Lodi, and Clements/Lockeford Chamber of Commerce, as well as a Fully Accredited Member of the Better Business Bureau, and a Member of The Recording Academy of the Grammys.

Choice Video Services, Inc., located in Sunny Gulf Breeze Florida, was recently nominated for the “Emerging Business of the Year” and “Small Business of the Year” awards by the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce.

http://www.gulfbreezechamber.com/awards/annual-awards.asp

Owner Dave Mungai moved his business across the country from Oregon to Florida just 18 months ago and was very surprised and honored to receive nominations like this so soon. Getting involved in the community has been both a goal and a passion” say’s Mungai. “It’s obviously paying off and I’m very grateful for that”.

Choice Video Services can be reached at 850 934-9907 or info@choicevideoservices.com. Their website is www.choicevideoservices.com.

Choice Video Services is a member of the Association of Video Professionals. AVP is a cooperative membership organization for independent video professionals that provides quality marketing support, technical support, and on-going training through the collaborative efforts of its members. Services offered by it’s members include Video Production Services, Video, DVD, and CD Duplication, Video Editing, Home Movie Transfers, and many many more. For more information on AVP, or to find a Video Professional near you, visit www.aovpros.com.

We would like to welcome Emmett Pyatt of Chesterfield Video Services to the AVP family. Emmett runs his successful studio out of Chesterfield, MO, which is located just west of St. Louis. We are excited about the knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm Emmett brings with him. Please join the management team in welcoming him to the group. Emmett can be reached at 636.273.9355. His email address ischesterfieldvideo@earthlink.net and his website is www.chesterfieldvideo.com. We were also pleased to learn that he plans to attend the AVP conference this February in San Francisco. We will all get a chance to meet him in person and exchange ideas.

The Association of Video Professionals (AVP) recently elected Joy Lamas, owner of Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC. to their Board of Directors where she will serve as Secretary for the next year. AVP, a nationwide network of professional video studio owners, provides Mac based software training, support & a forum for the exchange of ideas between studio owners.

In September of this year Lamas was nominated to the Board, while attending AVP’s bi-annual meeting in Atlanta. Beyond Wow Video Services, LLC. was one of several studios who presented samples of their corporate & consumer level projects such as corporate marketing videos & photo slideshows for events.

Beyond Wow Video, located in the Northland, has been serving the K.C. area for three years & has already received National recognition for their video projects. Joy’s background in advertising sales/marketing/management with AMC Theatres (NCN) & KCNW Radio, along with her organizational & customer service skills will be utilized in this growth oriented organization.

AVP members, including Beyond Wow Video, provide video production, video editing, photo/video montages, film/video transfers, CD/DVD duplication, scholarship videos & more. For more info, go to www.aovpros.com or www.beyondwowvideo.com.