Contributing Authors

Kyle Cassidy is a visual artist who writes extensively about technology.

Bill Davis writes, shoots, edits and does voiceover work for a variety of corporate and industrial clients.

Nathan Beaman is an Apple Certified Final Cut Pro 6, Level 2 Apple Certified XSAN for Pro Video and Apple Certified Motion Graphics Trainer.

Peter Biesterfeld is a video production college professor.

Tony Bruno produces independent films, is an occasional actor, and makes his living as a professional technical writer.

Andrew Burke works as an online media strategist and video producer.

Julia Camenisch is a freelance video producer and writer who successfully sells stock footage on several sites.

Earl Chessher is a veteran journalist and newspaper publisher with more than 30 years’ experience. He is a career independent professional video services provider who has produced thousands of videos and written about creating and marketing videos for more than 20 years.

John Devcic is a freelance writer and videographer.

Edward B. Driscoll, Jr. is a freelance journalist covering home theatre and the media.

Doug Dixon covers digital media at Manifest-Tech.com.

Teresa Echazabal is a freelance video editor, writer, and producer.

Bill Fisher is a documentary video producer.

Michael Fitzer is an Emmy award-winning commercial and documentary writer/ producer.

Charles Fulton is Videomaker’ s Associate Editor.

Randy Hansen is an award-winning photographer and editor and is photo chief of a major market TV News station.

Mark Holder is a video producer and trainer.

John Joyner is a freelance editor, writer and lecturer.

Mark Levy is an attorney specializing in intellectual property law. He has won many amateur moviemaking awards.

Laura Martone is a screenwriter, producer and co-founder of the LA Indie Film Group.

Mark Montgomery is a Web content specialist and produces instructional videos for a leading Web application developer.

Robert G. Nulph is an assistant professor of communication studies and an independent video/film producer/director.

Morgan Paar is an adjunct professor of film/video production and post-production at Bronx Community College in New York City and an independent cinematographer and editor specializing in international documentary production.

Brandon Pinard is an independent video producer.

Jennifer O’Rourke is Videomaker ’s Managing Editor.

Jeanne Rawlings is an Emmy award winning sound recordist and documentary producer. Her clients have included the National Geographic Society, ABC and Discovery Channel.

Michael Reff is Director of Photography at Turner Broadcasting.

Hal Robertson is a digital media producer and technology consultant.

Tad Rose is a writer and independent producer.

Marshal M. Rosenthal is a technology/ entertainment writer whose experience in the industry spans over 20 years.

Brian Schaller is an independent producer traveling around the world working on his documentary.

Stephen Smith is an award-winning producer and editor for Lone Peak Productions.

Dave Sniadak is an award-winning video producer. His clients include several Fortune 500 companies, professional sports franchises and small businesses.

Jim Stinson is the author of Video: Digital Communication and Production.

Randal K. West is the Vice President/ Creative Director for a DRTV full service advertising agency.

James Williams is an independent filmmaker and video journalist.

Peter Zunitch is a post-production manager and editor working on every system from 16 mm film to Avid Symphony, utilizing many of today’s advanced manipulation and compositing tools.