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 a general expert working knowledge of DVCAM, MINIDV, HDV (High Definition Video 16:9), SD Stand Definition Video (4:3) and Letterbox, Movie DVD, Blu-ray (BD-R), AVCHD (on DVD+R), publishing movies on the internet, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, QuickTime compatible file formats like .mov, .m4a, MPEG-2 (DVD), Apple Intermediate, H.264, AVI, 3G, expert packaging video for YOUTUBE, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Blu-ray.

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.

G. BALLARD Studio, established in San Diego in 1986 serving commercial and business clients with professional creative and consulting services.

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

RUSH SD HDV DVD Production

DVD PORTFOLIO 100% produced in house by Gary G. Ballard.

RUSH DEADLINE DRIVEN: Gary Ballard provides all the proven studio and location experience and desktop publishing expertise needed to script, shoot stills, SD, HDV video, edit and burn to Standard Definition SD and High Definition Video HDV Blu-ray AVCHD DVD.

Proficient in most aspects of multi-media production, including motion picture SD and HDV, still photography, ENG, journalism, Photoshop®, Final Cut Pro®, Compressor®, QuickTime®, DVD Studio Pro®, production authoring process to final DVD.

Editing still photographs to produce slide shows in DVD format are a studio specialty.

G. BALLARD PROFESSIONAL RESUME.

EQUIPMENT List:
NIKON D810, Sony PD150, Sennheiser Mikes, Apple Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro X, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Compressor, professional MPEG-2 compression DVD, Blu-ray, AVCHD, .mov for internet. ProMax Cobracrane, dolly tracks, lighting, 12x Blu-ray burner....

SOUNDMAN — SENNHEISER AUDIO

G. BALLARD owns a variety of SENNHEISER microphones (please see above linked studio equipment list), and he is a qualified soundman on the job.

ZOOM H6 six-track audio recorder.

Sennheiser includes MKE 600 shotgun mic with blimp and wind sock, SK100 G4 clip-on kit, wireless EW G4 transmitter

FINAL CUT PRO X EDITOR
DVD Studio Pro
to SD Video and UHD Blu-Ray disc

San Diego production studio includes iMAC 2017 with 64GB RAM, 8GB VRAM, fast 2,500 MBps Read/Write SSDs, with hardware-calibrated 27-inch 5K Retina display.

Editing stations have Adobe Creative Suite CS6 installed.

Gary Ballard's Final Cut Pro editing skills are solid in the basics, 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 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.