BEN BALSER
Any Media For Any Medium
All Things Dog
Not Much I Can’t Get Done
Please see Capital K9s for my dog education services.
CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS
- Livestream Producer at St. John’s UMC
- Producer of the “Neely UMC” TV show and the “Capital K9s” YouTube show
- Professional dog trainer and Pet First-Aid/CPR instructor
SPECIALTIES
- Management Services
- Broadcast & Video Production Services
- Audio Engineer
- FAA Licensed Commercial Drone Pilot
- Apple Certified Pro Apps Master Trainer
PAST ENGAGEMENTS
- Lighting Designer at Ascension Community Theater
- VP of Production - WLFT TV and The Louisiana Film Channel
- Post-Production instructor LSU and Delgado College
- IT Project Manger/System Admin- Whole Foods, US Computers, Global Data, NCR
My experience over the past 25+ years includes crew management, teaching, voice over work, acting, audio engineering, lighting, music composition, videography, and television production.
Consulting, training, and production clients include:
Ochsner Hospital, Shell-Geismar, Louisiana Economic Development, Progressive Insurance, EF Educational Tours, Homeland Security, Southern Methodist University, Louisiana State University, Delgado College, Louisiana University Lafayette, Fox News, CNN, Discovery Channel, ComCast, WLAE-TV, Acadiana Open Channel, Deaf Talk Services, Burns & McDonnald Engineering, US Central Command, Future Media Concepts, Sterling Ledet & Associates, New Orleans Video Access Center, Go4Cast, Mac Consultants Inc, Johnson Community College, and Louisiana State University.
• I’m an Apple Certified MasterTrainer for all their pro apps since 2006.
• I’ve been a beta tester for various software development companies including U.S. Computer, Apple Inc, CoreMelt, and others.
• I taught professional seminars for various professional conventions including several on DVD production/coding and online digital delivery for the 2011 National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas, NV.
• As a technical writer I created and wrote the weekly Edit Lab Report, created and wrote the monthly “Cut Lines” Final Cut column and product reviews for Event DV magazine for 5 years. I also contributed to Louisiana Film & Video, WEVA International, VideoMaker, and Edit Well magazines.
• I’ve created numerous video and written tutorials and courses for ArtBeats, macProVideo, VideoMaker, FilmmakingWebinars, and others.
• I also founded and ran the Louisiana Cajun Cutters Final Cut Pro Users Group for 10 years.
- VP of Production for WLFT-TV and the Louisiana Film Channel.
- DIT for the “Colorado Extreme” reality TV show.
- Adjunct instructor for TV/film post-production at Louisiana State University’s Performing Arts Academy.
- Lead trainer for Louisiana State University’s Teen Filmmaking Bootcamp.
Consulting, training, and production clients include:
Ochsner Hospital, Shell-Geismar, Louisiana Economic Development, Progressive Insurance, EF Educational Tours, Homeland Security, Southern Methodist University, Louisiana State University, Delgado College, Louisiana University Lafayette, Fox News, CNN, Discovery Channel, ComCast, WLAE-TV, Acadiana Open Channel, Deaf Talk Services, Burns & McDonnald Engineering, US Central Command, Future Media Concepts, Sterling Ledet & Associates, New Orleans Video Access Center, Go4Cast, Mac Consultants Inc, Johnson Community College, and Louisiana State University.
• I’m an Apple Certified MasterTrainer for all their pro apps since 2006.
• I’ve been a beta tester for various software development companies including U.S. Computer, Apple Inc, CoreMelt, and others.
• I taught professional seminars for various professional conventions including several on DVD production/coding and online digital delivery for the 2011 National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas, NV.
• As a technical writer I created and wrote the weekly Edit Lab Report, created and wrote the monthly “Cut Lines” Final Cut column and product reviews for Event DV magazine for 5 years. I also contributed to Louisiana Film & Video, WEVA International, VideoMaker, and Edit Well magazines.
• I’ve created numerous video and written tutorials and courses for ArtBeats, macProVideo, VideoMaker, FilmmakingWebinars, and others.
• I also founded and ran the Louisiana Cajun Cutters Final Cut Pro Users Group for 10 years.
