Spring is time for Baby Birds. This poor guy was abandoned last week. Well today he took his first flight. 3 feet towards me to get his breakfast. I hope he leaves the nest soon. Feeding him is time consuming.
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Ms Vicious enjoying the afternoon.
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Mont Tremblant Blue Festival Video

Hi Everyone, I just finished a music video of the Blues Festival in Mont Tremblant. It took much longer than I anticipated. It began one summer while I was living in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. They were having a Blues Festival and I figured it would be a great opportunity to do some filming. I quickly hired a photographer Anthony Berube with music and travel video background and got a press pass through the Mayor of Mont Tremblant, Pierre Pilon . I had no idea of the direction I was going with the video, my intent was to do a travel video, that would fit the format of Television. We got approval from the festival to film the musicians etc.

Mont Tremblant is huge, and in addition to the various musical sequences, we also shot the local mountains , rivers, lakes, and rented a small airplane and flew over the lakes. The photographer was hanging by his seat belt as he peered out an airplane without a door. After shooting from the airplane, all he said was "Boy that was a rush!"

For those who do not know about Mont Tremblant. It is a ski resort just north of Montreal. It has been under extensive developement by Intrawest, a major Canadian Resort Developer. There are many areas of the resort that are still very quaint and country. The people are French Canadians and it is fun to interact with the different culture. They are not as uptight as American.

When I left Tremblant, I carried the footage with me. It just laid around in my desk in the original video cases. Raw footage. I did not know what exactly I wanted to do with the film. Create an internet video or try and market for television.

However, since I have been in Atlanta I have gotten more involved with technical aspects of film. I have been attending WIFA and so Here It Is!.

This is my first attempt at a video. And a music video at that. The film was originally shot on Beta SP, which is what they use for televsion. I had Creative Media convert it to MP format. Then used a desktop software to create a windows video. Ulead VideoStudio 8.. I put it together in a week while sitting at my pc. Now I wish I had higher end technology, but you work with what you have.

So it has been a long process to get to the end product and I hope that you enjoy the video. It has some good Blues Music footage. It will get you dancing in your seats. To play it you need windows media. And be sure and allow time to download as the video is about 10 minutes long.

Now , I am not terribly sensitive so if any of you want to comment on the artist style , just dont razz me too much.

Be sure and turn up the sound so you can enjoy.
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Mont Tremblant Blues Festival Video

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French American Chamber

Last Friday night attended the French American Chamber Gala at the InterContinental in Buckhead. It was a great evening with lots of champagne flowing. Everyone was dressed to the nine's . One of my clients , Los Altos de Eros, an exclusive spa resort located in Costa Rica, contributed one week at their resort for the auction. The contribution raised $1500 for the function. There was dancing and great food at the event. Met lots of interesting people. But I forgot my camera.

The following quote is from the AJC

Atlanta's budding ties with the French government are blossoming into a full-blown relationship.

Jean-David Levitte, French ambassador to the United States, announced that the Atlanta French consul general's office will add six to eight new economic trade specialists to its two-person Trade Commission staff by September.

The trade specialists will help French companies wishing to invest or establish a presence in the United States, said Levitte, who announced the news during a gala celebrating the 20th anniversary of the French-American Chamber of Commerce's Atlanta chapter.