PROFESSIONAL VIDEO PRODUCTION

GARY G. BALLARD is a seasoned professional video producer, photojournalist, director of photography who based his independent freelance multimedia creative studio in San Diego, Southern California.

BUDGET ORIENTATED G. BALLARD Studio digital video production services support clients with expert working knowledge of DVCAM, MINIDV, HD, SD, Movie DVD, Internet publishing, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, QuickTime.

EXPERIENCED CUT-CAMERAMAN

G. BALLARD has more than 20-years daily work experience directing people for photo shoots and he understands working with a team and shooting for editing sequences.

"My greatest strength is cut camera...very few camera people can equal my natural instincts for the frame, let alone my production discipline. -Gary G. Ballard

G. BALLARD PROFESSIONAL RESUME.

EQUIPMENT List:
Sony PD150, Sennheiser Mikes, Apple Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Compressor, professional MPEG-2 compression DVD, .mov for internet. ProMax Cobracrane, dolly tracks, lighting....

SOUNDMAN — AUDIO

G. BALLARD owns a variety of SENNHEISER microphones (please see above linked studio equipment list).

FINAL CUT PRO EDITOR
Final Cut Studio Production

San Diego production studio includes two high-end Mac Pro editing work stations with hardware-calibrated 30-inch Apple Cinema HD displays.

Both editing stations have Apple Final Cut Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, and 10,000 megabytes of Ram installed per computer.

Gary Ballard's Final Cut Pro editing capabilities are solid, but better suited to smaller projects.

PROFESSIONAL PHOTO-JOURNALIST

A Syracuse University photojournalism major, GARY BALLARD has written hundreds of feature articles for national release, and thousands of web pages to hone his successful writing style.

G. BALLARD understands the story and knows how to talk to people to get theirs while the camera is rolling and audio sound is properly miked.

COMMERCIAL PHOTOSHOP ARTIST

"It only takes a glance for some people to see natural instincts and discipline, please take a few minutes to check out my other CREATIVE PORTFOLIOS. -G. Ballard

G. BALLARD is an expert commercial-grade Photoshop® artist, graphic designer and professional workflow consultant for color management, pre-press, internet, large-format ink-jet printing.