Deidra Blackmore

6 days ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

“I was shocked at the camera control opportunities the Hive System offers. It can activate the all the features of our remote PTZ cameras, including iris and exposure, color control, movement and auto-tracking --- all remotely, which really opens up the door to add energy, a better look and a more rounded video experience across all our venues.”  That’s Brad Christian, production and service programming director at Freedom House Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.

4 weeks ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

Capture’25 is coming soon! This is the ninth year for the video production, streaming and digital communications summit for churches and there’s so much in store for attendees this year. It will be held for a second time at Woodlands Church in The Woodlands, Texas, June 24-25. “Woodlands Church, led by Pastor Kerry Shook, is a hugely influential church. We’re thankful and honored to be presenting the event at Woodlands Church,” says Church Production Editor and Capture Founder Brian Blackmore.

1 month ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

The sanctuary at Oaks Church in McKinney, Texas isn’t very big, seating less than 500 people. Audio wise, the area has been covered well with the church’s current eight-speaker system without counting subs. But the tech team was surprised they could get the same amount of coverage with just two K-Array Kayman KY102 Mark II speakers. “It shocked us how great a small column speaker could sound like,” says Oaks Church Media and Production Director Abner Cruz.

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore |Hands-Free Spots

Because of lighting, a lot of worship leaders and pastors feel like they have to stand in a very specific spot, on stage. It can make them feel locked down, focused on a spot rather than on their worship or the message. And while lighting-follow systems exist, they can be expensive and take a lot of time to set up.

2 months ago | churchproduction.com | Deidra Blackmore

AJ Layton is the lighting director at Grace Family Church in Tampa, Florida. As part of this Church Production Road Test User Experience, Layton and his team agreed to try out ADJ’s Focus Spot 7Z. The fixture offers 20,000 Lumens of output and beam-shaping features that include CMY+CTO color mixing, animation wheel, rotating gobo wheels, prism options and frost filters. “We got to use it during our weekend services over a couple of weekends as well as our youth service,” Layton explains.