This is a short video that was made for the NCA Church weekend away, introducing the people who come to Cammeray at 5:30. I love these people.

Video – Tim Stevens.
Music – The Fathers Heart, Tony Anderson. (tonyandersonmusic.com)

Canon 500D // Final Cut Pro X

NCA Church // Cammeray 5:30pm from Tim Stevens on Vimeo.

Over the last couple of years I have worked in a number of roles where I have had to make the odd video. Often these are just in house creations that will never, because of their nature, see the internet. Regardless of this, I like to think that the quality of our visual communication should be of an achievable quality. A big part of this quality will always be down to using the right video equipment, but it also comes down to the kind of music you choose for your video.

Music has always been a difficulty in the projects I have done. That is, till now.

Recently I discovered a guy called Tony Anderson. Tony lives in the USA. Tony is a Christian. Tony is a fantastic sound designer.

Last week I used one of his songs for a video on a congregation at my church. That video will see the internet on Friday. He was very gracious and let me use it without having to pay him for licensing. He has an immense talent, and he wants to use his gifts to serve Jesus’ church. I give thanks for people like him.

Anyway, thanks to sound cloud, you can listen to a bunch of his tracks below. Go on. Just listen!

This is a short video that was made for the NCA Church weekend away, giving a glimpse into what it looks like to go to 9am church at Cammeray.

Video – Tim Stevens
Music – Time to Wander, Gypsy and the Cat. (Buy here - itunes.apple.com/artist/gypsy-the-cat/id364607854)

Canon 500D // Final Cut Pro X

Recently I filmed some interviews at church. They are for a bigger video, but this is a little snapshot (Audio hasn’t been mastered).

I introduce my 93yr old friend Cyril.
He has been following Jesus for over 50 years.
He loves coming to Cammeray @ 5:30.
He was also very nervous while being filmed.

Canon 500D // Final Cut Pro X

Earlier on I posted some photos took while experimenting while on recent holidays. I did a fair bit of mucking around with my iPhone during the week. I also shot a bunch of time-lapses while camping at Lake Glenbawn.

I believe that there is no point shooting stuff if it is just going to sit on your hard drive for eternity. So I though I would just give the eight of them away. You can use them for what ever you want. I would love it if you could let me know if you use them, just so I can see the cool videos you will make.

Download link is below.

Timelapse Pack #1

556.1 MB (9 files)

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On holidays I usually like to set myself little challenges. This time I wanted to try out some new photo apps (mostly Average Camera Pro), along with my glif mount and a tripod. Here are some pics I took while experimenting with my new setup.

Summer was spent preparing for and doing HEAPS of great ministry around the place. I had the great privilege of preaching through Philippians on SummerLife Kiama along with plenty of Christmas stuff with church.

Kirsty and I also managed to get away for a very short notice, week long holiday in Brizvegas. It was so excellent. We found the most amazing coffee EVER. We also managed to catch the last flight out of Brisbane back home when the bad weather started.

Here are some photos we took

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O Come All Ye Faithless // Dan Stevers

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Christmas Intro // Motion worship

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Christmas@Crossway 2012 // Crossway Baptist Church

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I noticed that Obama’s twitter team – just like they did in 2009 – implemented some pretty cool typographical design to get their message across.

Here are some that caught my eye.

I have my final exam for 2012 this today. It’s Church history, on the English reformation.

Here are some of my study aids. Thanks to the BBC.

Ephesians chapter 2 says this:

 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Inspired by this passage, among others, this week a few of my mates *finally* released a song called ‘Alive’. Alive is a great song, and if you have been to any of the Engage conferences in the past two years you have probably been looking for a way to get your hands on it so you can sing it in the car.

I was going to write some long post about it. Telling you that you should probably ‘do yourself a favour’ and go buy it. But my words couldn’t really demonstrate how good it is.

SO, just listen to it (The video below).

Then like ‘Voyage‘ (the name of the partnership) on facebook, and read more about “their desire to pair preachers with musicians in the writing of church songs”.

Then go to iTunes and buy it.

Simple.