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If you haven't heard, WTTW's Check, Please! is looking for a new host for the show. Our longtime friend Chef Amaury Rosado of Chef Amaury's Epicurean Affair has decided to throw his hat in the ring for the job. We popped by with our cameras this week to capture him talking about his passion for food and people. He's a natural in front of the camera and would be great hosting the roundtable discussions.

Chef Amaury Rosado Check, Please! Audition Vimeo is the home for high-quality videos and the people who love them.

Waking up to sub-zero wind chills this morning has us longing for warmer weather, like when we ventured to northern California wine country a couple months back and put this little piece together for Uber Bike, LLC, which offers high-end bike rentals for the world-class riding around the Sonoma County area

Uber-Bike - Sonoma County High-end Bike Rentals Uber-bike offers high-end road bike rentals in Northern California's wine country. Check us out at http://uber-bike.com The feel of riding a race-worthy fram...

Fast Company makes a case for why short-form video is the future of marketing:

Why Short-Form Video Is The Future Of Marketing Brands are moving further away from direct advertising, whose metrics that are hard to calculate, and into original video content--content that is created not to sell but to engage. Here's how to tell a story and create brand loyalty.

The holiday season may be winding down, but check out this video we shot for Chicago Ice Works as they did a live ice carving demonstration earlier this month at the Oswego Christmas Walk

Chicago Ice Works Live Demo Chicago Ice Works live demo at the 2011 Oswego Christmas Walk

We're so happy we had a chance to celebrate the recent grand re-opening of Continental Audi of Naperville. Here's a few highlights from the evening:

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We had a great time celebrating the progress of Continental Audi of Naperville and the Audi brand as they unveiled the new A6 and A7 at their recent event. Here's a short video of highlights from the evening's festivities.

Celebration of Progress

We can do event coverage! We recently shot a short video for Continental Acura of Naperville as they treated some of their clients to an owners appreciation dinner at Black Finn American Saloon in downtown Naperville.

Acura Owners Appreciation Dinner Event coverage of Continental Acura of Naperville's "Owners Appreciation Dinner" at Black Finn American Saloon in Naperville.

Need to get in shape? Afraid to try one of those massive gyms? We recently worked with Nicki Medeiros Anderson and her business, Reality Fitness, on a series of videos. You should check out Reality for your fitness needs. But don't take our word for it, just see what her clients have to say. Visit their Facebook or http://realityfitness.com for more info.

Reality Fitness Testimonials

People are still talking about Super Bowl ads. But you don't have to spend millions of dollars to get your message to your audience. By using relevant keywords for SEO and embedding onto your website, a YouTube video could be blasting your commercial to the internet 24/7 — for free. Here's one we recently completed:

The Continental Difference Continental Mazda of Naperville president and owner Joel Weinberger describes the Continental Difference.

If your clients and customers are passionate about your business, why not let them talk about their experiences in their own words with a video testimonial? Sight and sound creates a much better connection for a potential client visiting your site than a written testimonial signed by John or Jane Doe.

Power of Your Om Testimonials http://powerofyourom.com

"Want to see where the trendline is heading? Take a look at young female Facebook users, who spend as much as 5 hours on the site per day—and almost no time on the wider web. You'd better get your brand's page in order. Here's how and why."

Why Facebook Browsing Annihilates Web Browsing Yes, these women would occasionally go out onto the broader web to perform discrete tasks: to check the weather, or to buy something online. But when it came to idle Internet time—the kind of behavior we’d typically associate with reading news, or blogs, or gossip sites, or just trolling around “kil...

With yesterday's announcement of Facebook Deals, this number is sure to rise — fast. Now is a great opportunity to be an early adopter and set the pace

Checked in? 96 percent of Web users haven't Location-based mobile apps such as Foursquare might be among the fastest-growing trends for plugged-in technophiles, but the vast majority of Americans still haven't used them.