TRU | Fund-A-Need Campaign Video

We are thrilled to hear that Thompson Rivers University's Fund-A-Need campaign for animal simulators has nearly doubled its fundraising goal!

Earlier this year, we were involved in creating the video for this campaign, showcasing TRU's veterinary technician program and aiding in the university’s fundraising efforts towards purchasing valuable simulation equipment for the students.

We absolutely love being involved with meaningful projects like this, and knowing that the stories we tell can have such a positive impact on people, namely the staff and students at TRU.

RIH Foundation | Gaglardi Family Gift Announcement

On November 3rd, the RIH Foundation announced a transformational gift of $15 million from the Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Foundation to support the Together We Rise campaign and inspire community giving.

This gift is the largest-ever donation received by the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, and will allow our hospital to reach heights never imagined. The equipment and programs Royal Inland Hospital will be able to offer because of this gift, will mean not only exceptional patient care, but the ability to attract new physicians and staff to both our hospital and our city.

Thank you to the Gaglardi Family, for loving our community as much as we do.

BC Wildlife Park | Wildlights Event Promo

We are LOVING working on the virtual version of the 24th Annual Wildlights for the @bcwildlifepark, and in case you haven't heard - WILDLIGHTS IS BACK in person this year!

This 24th year is set to be the biggest and BRIGHTEST year yet! With nearly 1 million lights, you won’t want to miss it.

Wildlights runs nightly from December 10th - January 3rd from 4pm - 9pm*, with lights turning on at 5pm. #staytuned for the virtual event!

BC Wildlife Park | Racoons Story

A tribute to our little furry friend Oscar the Raccoon, a former resident of the BC Wildlife Park who recently passed away

Sadly, we ended up needing to re-shoot portions of this video with the BC Wildlife Park team because the original film starred all three resident raccoons (Oscar, Chester and Beatrice), and it just didn't feel right to showcase them all, after Oscar passed away very suddenly prior to the video's release.

Sneaky Tip - If you look closely, you can still see Oscar in a few of the shots.

This one's for you Oscar...you will forever remain in our hearts, you cutie!

BC Wildlife Park | Burrowing Owl Story

These little guys are so CUTE!

Sadly, the Burrowing Owl population has been extirpated here in BC BUT, thankfully the BC Wildlife Park is part of the Burrowing Owl breeding program in conjunction with the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC ❤️‍🩹

We got to work with the BC Wildlife Park to highlight the Burrowing Owl Breeding Program - part of a series of videos we are working on, telling the stories of different animals that reside at the park

This video project was a magical and ADORABLE experience - the footage of the hatching process was collected by putting an infrared camera in an owl burrow, and we were even lucky enough to accompany the volunteers to watch the release of the burrowing owls that were bred at the park.

#staytuned for more adorable animal videos that highlight the residents of the park!

TCSC | Remote Coaching

Another video from the series we are working on with TCSC Kamloops!!

Tournament Capital Strength & Conditioning (TCSC) offers remote coaching. What does this mean? You can do it from the comfort of your own home, or your own home gym!

Whether you have a few weights and bands, or a full home gym, the TCSC team will customize a program just for you, using the equipment you have.

SMART Options | Vincent's Story

We were lucky enough to partner with Pepper - Your Business BFF on this promotional video for SMART Options Inc.

Smart Options is a government funded supportive employment agency that supports employers in hiring job seekers with developmental disabilities.

While it was great to partner with our friends at Pepper and promote such a wonderful local organization, the best part of this project by far was getting to know Vince and telling his inspiring story.

ACRES RECRUITMENT VIDEO

We create several recruitment videos for BC businesses each year, and our main goal is to make viewers feel as though they want to work for the company (even if it's not part of the industry they currently work in!). How do we do this? We start by collecting genuine stories from real employees, who are passionate about what they do.

Creating this recruitment video for Acres Enterprises Ltd. was a truly fun experience. Not only do we love working with the Acres team, we also got the chance to capture b-roll on a live construction site! There's so much going on on-site that makes for great b-roll, AND we were able to get some really nice aerials of a building being constructed by Acres in Merritt (we all know I love the chance to fly my drone!).

Everyone we spoke to seemed to really love working for this company, and we think it really shows in the video. If this doesn't make you want to work for Acres, I don't know what will!

Return to Sport | Hockey

So far, we've shared the soccer, multi-sport, slo-pitch and baseball videos created as part of the ‘Return to Sport’ Campaign, and now - we FINALLY add Hockey to the series!!

Return to Sport is a project we've been working on with Tourism Kamloops and the City of Kamloops to welcome both athletes and spectators back to Canada's Tournament Capital

Believe me sports tourists - Kamloops can't WAIT to have you back!

Return to Sport | Slo-pitch

We've shared the Soccer and Compilation Sport videos as part of the Return to Sport Campaign, and now we're adding the slo-pitch video to the series!!!

Return to Sport is a project we have been working on with Tourism Kamloops and the City of Kamloops to welcome both athletes and spectators back to Canada's Tournament Capital

#staytuned - we'll be featuring more vignettes soon!

BEST OF KAMLOOPS 2021

Thank you so much to everyone who nominated and voted for us in the KamloopsNow Best of Kamloops 2021. We are so honoured to have achieved the Gold Award for Best Wedding Videographer!

There are no words powerful enough to thank our incredible clients, friends and family members, who support us year after year, and encourage and inspire us to keep capturing and creating beautiful love stories for our couples

Marcy Garcia | RIH Grateful Patient

"Something didn't quite seem right, and I ended up at the hospital in Merritt at 32 weeks pregnant. While I was there, my water broke..."

This is the #gratefulpatient story of Marcy Garcia, who's high-risk pregnancy and premature labour brought the RIH Neonatal Team all the way from Kamloops to Merritt and back, in order to ensure the safe delivery of her son Chase. You may also recognize Marcy and baby Chase from the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation 'Together We Rise' campaign video we shared recently.

Thank you to all the staff at Royal Inland Hospital and BC Ambulance Service, who assisted Marcy in bringing baby Chase into this world safely and soundly #healthcareheroes

SOHS ADDICTION STORY | ROCKER BRADY

TW (Trigger Warning): this video contains graphic scenes depicting drug use and addiction, which may be traumatic for some viewers.

This is the first of two films we created for St'at'imc Outreach Health Services in conjunction with the Lillooet Tribal Council. The purpose of this project is to educate and inform young people about the possible causes and dangers associated with drug and alcohol addiction.

We are in awe of the courage and strength Rocker Brady exhibited while sharing his story for this project. Telling one’s personal story is never easy, especially when it involves revisiting traumatic events or memories from the past. We are so proud of Rocker for putting himself in this vulnerable position, because ultimately his story may help or possibly save someone’s life.

ACS Website Video

We absolutely loved working with Aluminum Curtainwall Systems to create this promotional video, highlighting their manufacturing process from start to finish.

Throughout the shoot, it felt as though every corner we turned, revealed something new and even more intriguing to film! We really enjoy capturing manufacturing of all variations, as the potential to get creative with the shots along with the content itself is pretty much endless.

ACS is a Kamloops based company, but they work on projects all over North America - including buildings you’ve probably walked past several times in downtown Vancouver, such as the Vancouver Convention Centre!

Fun fact: We weren’t able to fly down to the US to capture time-lapse footage of the ACS building projects, so we ended up animating still photos to make them look like time-lapses! Could you tell?

Videos like this can be used for all of all sorts of purposes, including online marketing & promotion, recruitment, virtual trade shows and conferences...just to name a few!

#YKA STRONG | GK SOUND

Earlier this year, we teamed up with YKAstrong to create a series of videos to remind the people of Kamloops to #supportlocal during the pandemic. We were delighted to feature our friend Greg Klohn of GK Sound in this series.

Last weekend Greg won Young Entrepreneur of the Year at The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards, and we couldn't think of a more deserving person. Anyone who has worked with Greg and the team at GK Sound will agree that their quality of service, professionalism, technical knowledge and creativity is some of the best out there, and traits like these don't come without a hard working entrepreneur. Congratulations Greg! We are so proud of you!

#SocializeSafely Campaign | Emma Christy

“My name is Emma Christy, I am 23 years old and I recently tested positive for COVID-19”

Interviewing Emma and creating this video made me realize just how easy it is to contract COVID-19. It also reiterated that the guidelines aren’t so much about keeping ourselves safe, but keeping the vulnerable populations within our community safe.

Socialize Safely | RIH Foundation

One of our recent videos for the Covid-19 #socializesafely campaign launched by the RIH Foundation.  This shoot brought on a host of new challenges for me, especially being Australian and never having filmed on ice before, I definitely felt like I was in unknown territory for the first few minutes.  Thank goodness for ice shoe grips…they work like a charm 😂

A huge thank you to Logan Stankoven from the Kamloops Blazers, who absolutely nailed his acting debut and put up with me asking him to repeat the same action for the camera about a million times from multiple different angles!  What a champ!

Ultimately, I am very grateful to have been a part of this project and to be involved in promoting a message of such huge importance during this critical time.

Emily + Alex Wedding Film

Happy Friday everyone!

I hope you’re ready to start your weekend off with a huge dose of LOVE, because this film is sure to give you all the feels

Congratulations to beautiful newlyweds Emily & Alex Jephcott, and thank you for choosing us to capture all the magic that was your special day! Kathleen Fisher and I feel so honoured to have been able to tell your story and even more so to have you both as friends.

A huge shout out to the following local vendors, who we are incredibly grateful to work alongside:

Photographer: Kathleen Fisher Photography

Florals & Decor: Sheer Florals

DJ: Common Sound

Officiant: Scott Lanigan, Trinity Church Kelowna

Catering: Uptown Chefs Catering & Events

Hair: Styled by Mac

Make-up: Beauty by Kate

Bride’s Dress: Cande Bridal Boutique

Groom’s Suit: Topman

Rentals: Rogers Rental

Shuttle: DiVine Tours

Jen + Peta | Sun Peaks Winter Wedding

If you love romance, skiing and gorgeous winter landscapes, then this film will warm your heart! 

I couldn’t think of a more perfect way to kick off our 2020 Wedding Season than by capturing this special milestone for these two beautiful souls.  Jenny and Peta, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for choosing Kathleen Fisher and I to tell your story. It was an absolute pleasure to capture such an important day in your lives, all the while feeling as though we’d been friends for years. 

Thank you to these wonderful local vendors, for helping to make this day so special:

Photography:  Kathleen Fisher Photography
Hair: Heidi MacGowan – Sun Peaks Hair Studio
Make up: Beauty Has Endless Possibilities
Flowers:  Creative Floral Co.
Celebrant: Sandy Alexander
Reception: Nathan – Bottoms Bar & Grill
Cupcakes: Cocoa Dot Cakes Inc.
Chapel: Silvia – Sun Peaks Lodge
Accommodation:  Hearthstone Lodge
Shout out to:  Bear Country Sun Peaks Resort

CIVIC OPERATIONS IN ACTION | CITY OF KAMLOOPS

We are so excited to share this Civic Operations ‘day in the life’ video we worked on recently with the City of Kamloops.  Many of us aren’t aware of half the work that goes on behind the scenes to run this great city we live in, but let me tell you it’s absolutely fascinating!  This project gave me the opportunity to both capture and learn all about the incredible work these men and women do on a daily basis.  I really hope you’ll enjoy watching this as much as I did creating it.