What do you feel is your biggest challenge as a freelancer? Getting noticed? Finding and get returning clients? Maybe your challenge is that you’re not sure if you’re leaving a lasting impression. These are all questions most creative freelancers have throughout their careers and many will agree that keeping their schedule booked depends on one … Creative Freelancers Biggest Questions… and Answers!
Your company is spending big money at live events. Whether it’s a trade show booth, a conference sponsorship, or an event organized by your business, you’ve invested time and money– so why not get the most bang for your buck and capture it on video too? The benefits of having a video crew at your … 9 Ways to Use Video to Maximize Your Next Live Event
Webcasting, live streaming, webinars, video-casting. No matter what you call it there are many ways to offer a live video stream to a worldwide audience and more opportunity and platforms than ever. The timeliness, reliability, and costs often dictate the form that live stream takes. When your message needs special care, reliability of the stream … Live Streaming: When to DIY or Not
There are few companies that have a finger on the pulse of digital video creation and distribution like YouTube. Some credit the video giant with the shift toward digital. In recent years they opened studios around the globe for popular video creators to have access to high end spaces and gear. We talked with Eileen Rivera, Senior … Q&A with Eileen Rivera of YouTube Space LA
Today is a big day for us at Four Winds Creative. Two years ago today Todd, Keith and I started this company. The memories of walking into our first tiny bare office, outlining our company mission at our first founders retreat and signing the first client are very fresh. We are so grateful to those … We’re Celebrating a Huge Milestone!
Whew! No foolin’ around this month! As April comes to a close here at Four Winds Creative we have to take a look back on a super-crazy-fun month. Let’s recap a few highlights. Try to keep up. :-] We upgraded our e-mail service, hired another employee, started to actually market ourselves for the first time … From Burglary to NAB, Get Caught Up With Our April Adventures
The Four Winds team got to travel back in time to a place where blacksmiths forge horseshoes by hand and couples travel via horse and carriage. The project was to tell a visually compelling two-minute narrative of a horseshoe’s creation and function. For a seemingly short video, weeks of planning went into securing the location, … Why We Forged a Horseshoe for a Broadcasting Conference
Choosing a location for a video can be a tough, but there are ways to determine if it’s time to get out of the conference room and into a studio or even go on location. When a studio isn’t available, our clients often book a conference room for a video shoot, since it’s convenient and … Studio vs. Field: Which one is Right for You?
Creative freelancers. A mysterious and coveted lifestyle. An aspiring freelancer might think, “How do they find work? Who do they learn from? Where do they find those cool clothes?” Luckily, there’s an event that will help answer those questions and more. Four Winds Creative is proud to host the Bay Area Freelancer’s Guild. Last week … 5 Things Every Creative Freelancer Should Know
Humankind has been telling stories since long before we had the written word. Although, no one can know for sure, Princeton University thinks we used sign language before speech to communicate vital information for adapting to our environment. This information gradually formed the basis of stories that enabled us to learn about ourselves and the … What’s the story with online video?
