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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NAB 2019: Blackmagic Talks Faster Editing in Resolve 16

Streaming Media Producer's Shawn Lam and Blackmagic Design's Dan May discuss new features and workflow changes in DaVinci Resolve 16 in this interview from the show floor at NAB 2019.

NAB 2019: Panasonic Intros its 'Best New Camera in 15 Years'

Streaming Media Producer's Shawn Lam and Panasonic's Barry Green discuss the Panasonic AG-CX350, which Green contends is Panasonic's "best new camera in 15 years" in this interview from NAB 2019.

Tutorial: How to Leverage IBM Watson Media’s Latest Interactive Webcasting Features

Last year, I wrote about some of the new interactivity features that I was starting to incorporate in my webcasts on the IBM platform. In this article, I'm going to discuss ongoing issues and opportunities with the polls and registration gate, plus two new features: slides and captions.

NAB 2019: vMix Talks Live Animated Graphics

Streaming Media Producer's Shawn Lam and Martin Sinclair of vMix discuss the new GT Title Designer in vMix 22 in this interview from the show floor at NAB 2019.

NAB 2019: AJA Talks Ki Pro Go

Streaming Media Producer's Shawn Lam and AJA's Bryce Button discuss AJA's new Ki Pro Go multichannel H.264 recorder/player at NAB 2019.

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