A Desert Productions photo montage is a combination of your favorite photographs, movie clips, and music, put together on DVD as a slideshow to share anywhere with your family and friends or at your special event.

What do I need to do to get ready for a photo montage project you will be working on for me?

1. Collect your favorite photos and/or movie clips
2. Put your photos and video clips in the order you would like them displayed. The first item will be labeled 001 etc.
3. If you want to use prints scan them in JPG format at 300 DPI. We can scan your prints for $1.00 ea.
4. Choose your favorite music. We will charge $1.00 per track to download the music for you.
5. Decide what you want for the title screen, captions, and the rolling credits.
6. Captions will have to be matched with the corresponding photos.

What is a wedding video?

A wedding video is the documentation of a wedding which is filmed on location, edited at the studio, and placed on DVD or Blu-Ray media for our customers.

What information do you need to film our wedding?

We will need the name, date, and location of the wedding ceremony. We will need to know if the church or wedding ceremony location has any rules in regard to videographers during the ceremony. Some churches do not allow any video equipment inside the church or they have very strict rules which might make filming very difficult. It is very important to find out these details before you hire us to film your wedding. You will be provided a contract to sign and a deposit is required to lock in your wedding date. A free consultation with our staff will help you understand all of the details.

SD stands for "Standard Definition." HD stands for "High Definition." SD is the video format commonly used with DVDs while HD is the format for BLU-RAY discs.

We use Sony HVR-HD1000U camcorders for all of our filming needs. This camera allows us to film in HD or SD formats.

This depends on the event we are going to film. If we are filming a wedding we will use a Senheisser wireless microphone to capture the vows. If we are filming a school recital we will be using the camcorder's professional boom microphone to pick up the audio.

Our headquarters are located in the city of Lancaster, California in the Antelope Valley. We usually serve all of the surrounding area up to 50 miles in radius. A small travel charge will apply if an event is farther than 50 miles from our headquarters.

No we do not provide photography services. We specialize in affordable video services for all of our clients. We can recommend you to a great photographer that is listed in the partners section of our website.

For our clients convenience we offer payments by cash, personal check, money order, or credit card via PayPal. Personal checks must clear before a date can be reserved and must clear before the delivery of the final product.

Yes. Please email us or call us during regular business hours and we will schedule a date and time to meet with you. All estimates and consultations are free.

The camera crew will be wearing suits for the males and appropriate dresses for the female crew members. If the client requests we wear tuxedos we will do so at the clients expense. 

If you go over your allotted time limit overtime charges will apply. Our overtime rate is $50.00 an hour and we do not prorate if you do not use the entire hour.

If you have a specific date you need to hire us for the best way to make sure you secure it is by scheduling an appointment with our staff and signing a contract and leaving a deposit. This will lock in the date you need us for before another customer comes along requesting the same date. If you are paying by personal check the check must clear and funds must be available to Desert Productions before the date can be secured.