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Shawn Lam
Principal, Shawn Lam Video

Shawn Lam (video@shawnlam.ca) is a professionally accredited and multi-award winning Vancouver based video producer and technical director. He has written over 50 articles for Streaming Media Producer and predecessor EventDV Magazine and is a respected video production expert and sought-after product reviewer.  His Vancouver-based video production company, Shawn Lam Video Inc., specializes in corporate and event video production, including online video, video switching, webcasting, and video SEO. In additional to serving 5 terms as the President of the British Columbia Professional Videographers Association, Shawn has taught video production business at B.C.I.T and has spoken at several international video production conferences. Shawn was a contributing author to the Adobe Premiere Pro CC Visual QuickStart Guide (Peachpit Press, 2013). He lives in the Vancouver suburb of Port Coquiltam, with his wife and three kids and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and going on adventures with his kids.
Articles By Shawn Lam

Review: Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro

The Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro is worth several times its $595 price tag. It has so many professional features that it is a tough act to compete with in the crowded compact switcher market.
Featured Articles, Posted 01 Jun 2020

How to Master the Art of Digital Audio Mixing for Hybrid Events

Mixing audio for a video recording or live stream involves many of the same techniques and equipment, but each has different production standards and you don't have to worry with live sound reinforcement using loudspeakers. In this article, I explain my approach to mixing audio for both of these environments at the same time.
Featured Articles, Posted 18 May 2020

Review: Blackmagic ATEM Mini Video Switcher

With their new ATEM Mini video switcher, Blackmagic Design has packed thousands of dollars of value into a $295 appliance that costs less than buying many of its individual constituent parts.
Featured Articles, Posted 11 Mar 2020

A Decade of Game Changers, Part 2

As the calendar flipped to 2020, we decided to review and select the best video production gear over the past decade. Partially, this is a list of the best of what we have used in our own productions, but it is also an opportunity to highlight some true pioneers and game-changers. Part 2 of a 2-part series.
Featured Articles, Posted 13 Jan 2020

A Decade of Game Changers, Part 1: Cameras

As the calendar flipped to 2020, we decided to review and select the best video production gear over the past decade. Partially, this is a list of the best of what we have used in our own productions, but it is also an opportunity to highlight some true pioneers and game-changers. Part 1 of a 2-part series.
Featured Articles, Posted 07 Jan 2020

Review: Blackmagic Design ATEM Constellation 8K

The Blackmagic Design Constellation 8K Ultra HD Live Production Switcher, with its support for up to 10 7680x4320/60p inputs isn't targeted at small live event producers as much as newsrooms and large-scale productions with complicated video routing needs.
Featured Articles, Posted 09 Dec 2019

Review: Atomos Ninja V 4Kp60 HDR Monitor Recorder

The Ninja V is a 1920x1080 HD monitor bright enough to reproduce 10 stops of exposure latitude and for outdoor use. It's small enough to be attached permanently to a live producer's video camera, and it makes shooting in HDR more predictable. As a recorder, it sees equal duty for higher-quality recordings that will be graded or keyed and also as a program recorder on live switches and webcasts.
Featured Articles, Posted 24 Sep 2019

NAB 2019: PTZOptics Talks IP Video

PTZOptics' Paul Richards wraps up Shawn Lam's Almost Live from NAB video series with a walkthrough of PTZOptics' multicast-ready NDI-PTZ offerings.
Featured Articles, Posted 21 May 2019

NAB 2019: BirdDog Talks 4K Over NDI

Streaming Media Producer's Shawn Lam and BirdDog's Eamon Drew discuss BirdDog's new 4K Quad on the show floor at NAB 2019.
Featured Articles, Posted 08 May 2019

NAB 2019: Magewell Talks NDI Streaming

Streaming Media Producer's Shawn Lam and Magewell's Mike Nann discuss Magewell's new NDI ProConvert encoders and decoders in the Magewell booth at NAB 2019.
Featured Articles, Posted 07 May 2019

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