Avista Video Client Testimonials: Video Production - Video Editing - Video Taping - Event Videography

TESTIMONIALS

Our clients have some great things to say about us. Here are some examples:

Major Corporations
Government Entities
Local Businesses
Non-Profit Organizations
Wedding Video Clients
Family Video Clients

We also have some scanned letters that have been sent to us by satisfied clients. Click on the links below to see these letters in their entirety (Adobe Acrobat format):

MAJOR CORPORATIONS

"Avista has helped Bradbury Stamm Construction on many occasions, from employee training to business development. In each instance, Avista has made it easy for us to produce informative videos for training purposes, presentations and for use on our website. Avista has always worked around our schedule as well as that of our clients and made the work of producing the work easy for us and fun for our clients, guests and employees. I highly recommend Lisa and her skilled team for any video production needs you might have."

Jim Bordegaray, Director of Business Development
Bradbury Stamm Construction

"Avista provided a professional, creative solution for our client education problem. Through video we are able to educate our members about our wonderful programs, while also covering the nuances of health insurance. Avista provided “A to Z” guidance, which not only allowed us to have creative input, but also ensured the continuity of the video production. I would recommend Avista to any business needing to communicate a complicated message."

Alfonso Trujillo, Marketing Manager
Cimarron Health Plan

"Avista has done several projects for (us), including a corporate history ... and several photo histories ... Their approach was professional, and they were flexible with all of our needs. The videos were inspirational and our staff just loved them!"

Mark Ferguson, President
D.R. Horton Homes, New Mexico

"Lisa Witt approached Lovelace to sponsor Avista’s “Old Friends of New Mexico” TV series. One of the episodes featured The Lovelace Doctors in Modern Medicine. That episode won a national award! We were pleased with the response to “Old Friends” and delighted to be a sponsor."

Marlene Baca, Director,
Lovelace Senior Services

"Avista Video Histories did an amazing job putting together a video for PNM's Celebration 2000 event for employees. They patiently worked with us to merge parts of an existing video with historical company photos and narration. They also came out to the event and captured live footage of important ceremonies and activities. As the event planner, it was comforting to know that Avista would handle all of the video details in a professional and efficient manner. The end product was fantastic."

Laurie Roach, Owner, Turn of Event
Client: PNM

"Using a video format for training has allowed hundreds of viewers to receive a particular training session at their convenience while I trained the session once. Working with Avista was a pleasure. All I had to do was have my lesson plan prepared and perform. They did the rest. I was included in the editing and formatting processes after the actual recording of the session."

Janyce Ulibarri, Quality Assurance Trainer
PNM

"We use Avista for voice-overs for PowerPoint presentations and for our pilot projects including video news and editorial segments for the international energy media. Lisa Witt and her staff are efficient, creative and cooperative. I am pleased to recommend them to anyone needing corporate or personal video editing services."

Jane Pelz, Director of Marketing Communications
SCIENTECH, Inc.

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GOVERNMENT ENTITIES

"Avista Video Histories has done an outstanding job for the Albuquerque Public Schools, assisting us in many aspects of our teacher training programs. Avista worked with us to produce 17 training tapes, has taped multiple seminars and put together a “Video as a Teaching Tool” booklet. We have been impressed with the care and professionalism of Avista’s staff. I recommend Avista as a high quality provider of training videos."

Virginia Duran Ginn, Director, Teaching and Learning Systems
Albuquerque Public Schools

"The videos for the National Hispanic Cultural Center helped us secure an appropriation from the Legislature and other funding from private sources for the Center’s next building phase."

Ed Lujan, Board Chairman
National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico

"We have a responsibility to share the cultural, natural as well as our agency's history with the visiting public. Avista has helped us accomplish that goal by creating award winning videos for the public to view at our Visitor Centers."

Cynthia Piirto, Outdoor Recreation Planner
Albuquerque District, US Army Corps of Engineers

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LOCAL BUSINESSES

"AVISTA Video Histories is adept at producing high quality work for our corporate clients as well as for my family. They are great! We will continue to refer them to our clients and use them personally."

John J. Cordova, Owner and CEO
Hirst/Cordova Public Relations

"Our firm hired Avista to put together some video testimonials… The videos present our clients and projects in a professional and documentary-like manner… We have used the videos several times and have gotten positive results every time… In fact the quality of the final product exceeded my expectations. We look forward to working with them again."

Chris McMahan, Marketing Director
Nims, Calvani & Associates Architects & Planners

"Thanks for the videos and CDs you created for our two senior living facilities, Westwind House Assisted Living and Hereford Care Center. I found them to be very professional and great marketing tools for both our referral sources and prospects. So thanks again, Avista Video!"

Chuck Patterson, Regional Director
Quilted Care, LLC

"After I saw Avista’s work when they taped my daughter’s dance recital, I immediately hired them to tape Sandia Prep’s performing arts programs. The picture quality was so crisp and clear (and they follow the action). I’ve used quite a few videographers over the years and Avista’s work is (the best) great!"

Cheryl Sington, Director, Performing Arts Program
Sandia Prep

"...I have so much feedback attesting to the quality of the lighting (and) the production values... I’m especially impressed with the ingenuity and creativity involved in the length that Avista's videographer goes to achieve results. I also appreciate the closeness with which Avista works with me in the editing process. I’m your biggest fan, Avista! Because of the production quality and the content, I am able to command a premium price for these five videos."

Butch Young, artist in Atascadero, CA
(www.TheSandWitch.com/videos_dvds.html)

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NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

"Lisa Witt and Avista Video Histories are a delight to work with. I’ve worked with them on two occasions ranging from my then -95-year old mother’s video history, and the history of Solomon Bibo for the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society. My Mom’s health has now declined and I’m thrilled to have a record of her as a vibrant individual."

Ned Miller, Board Member
New Mexico Jewish Historical Society

"New parents tell us that the video made a big difference in their decision to select our school for their children."

Sue Black, Board Member and Project Director
Solomon Schechter Day School

"Avista has produced several documentaries for The WHEELS Museum that were the highlight of our last two fundraisers. Avista takes great pride in working with our elderly railroad workers to document their stories. We are undertaking several more projects with Avista that we hope to include as exhibits in the Museum when it opens."

Leba Freed, President
The WHEELS Museum

"Thank you for the great video for Congregation Albert’s 100 Year History! I think it is wonderful to have such an inspiring piece about the temple and our history and heritage. I truly appreciate all the hard work you did to make the video and to make the history day so great…We will certainly be using the video to showcase the temple!."

Karen Kahn, Past President
Congregation Albert

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WEDDING VIDEO CLIENTS

"We wanted to write a letter of thanks to let you know how pleased we are with the video Avista shot of our daughter’s wedding. You managed to catch every moment we could have hoped for, and then some, without being obvious about it. The shots were some of the prettiest and best that we have of the ceremony and reception. ….We are so glad we decided on having a video made and on choosing your company. The bride and groom greatly appreciate the excellent quality of the video and will treasure it always."

Rita and Dar Johnson
Christie & Darrick Schultz

"Avista , thanks for doing a superb editing job on our daughter’s wedding video!"

Dick & Terry Thompson

"Mikhak and I thought you did an especially wonderful job with the Persian wedding…it looked as if Avista has had a great deal of experience capturing on video this ceremony. We will certainly recommend Avista for anyone considering videotaping any special moment in their lives that they wish to treasure."

Thomas (& Mikhak) Salazar

"We love our video….we are particularly impressed with the editing of the video. It is perfectly smooth/seamless. It was great to have the perspectives of both cameras. I’m sure it was difficult to decide what to include and what not to include...I think excellent choices were made. Thanks, Avista , for everything. You helped make our wedding weekend, and our memories of it, perfect! We love having it on DVD!"

Miriam Linver

"David and I were very pleased with your recommendation [from Congregation Albert’s Adminstrator] to have Lisa Witt and Avista video tape our wedding. John captured every special moment of our wedding day. We highly recommend Avista Video to anyone who would like his or her simcha on film."

Anita Etscovitz

"…..The videographer definitely captured all the key elements of the ceremony and reception. The video was professional and it covered everything. He was courteous, unobtrusive and fit seamlessly into the service. It was worth every penny!"

Larry and Camille Miller

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FAMILY VIDEO CLIENTS

"My daughter-in-law Bonnie thought this was a great way to have a history for her daughter, my granddaughter [Carly]…what better way to have Carly know about her grandparents and great-grandparents, as far back as we could go…Bonnie said she was wracking her brain to get us something nice for an anniversary present…She told us a video history is something you don’t have and you wouldn’t think of doing for yourself…Lisa made it so simple…all I did was follow directions and it all came together."

Lea Bernstein, Storyteller with husband Stan

"Well their 50th anniversary was coming up…my kids didn’t know my parent’s history, where grandma and grandpa met, where they came from, or anything. And I thought it was important to have that on film because we could lose it.…They had us bring photos and that helped my Mom and Dad remember things and we put it together, it was easy and quick. I brought copies it to the reunion….I have to say it was worthwhile. And now, two months after the reunion my Dad got diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and so now I know even more how important it was to have done it….He’s not the same man…We caught him when he was still vibrant, still my dad…he couldn’t do it now…it was so important to catch those moments in time before we lose it forever."

Ann Mahony, Daughter of Storytellers

"This is in a format they [the younger generation] understand. This is video."

Alta Marks, Storyteller

"Our son’s Bar Mitzvah couldn’t have been captured on video any better."

Larry and Janine Schwartz, Parents of the Bar Mitzvah boy

"My Mom comes from a pioneering family and has a lot of stories to tell. She’s 86 years old and I knew it wasn’t too long before she couldn’t tell these stories…We enjoyed the process of doing it. Everyone was wonderful at Avista Video. Part of the fun was getting together and going through all the old pictures. The whole family did that…We were very pleased with the product. We presented it on Easter Sunday…to the whole family and everyone loved it..I think it’s well worth it. It’s something I would do again, and my Mother likes it too and her friends are now thinking about doing it!”"

Jean Van Dusen, Mother of Storyteller Mesa Browne Grigsby

"Well, after my husband passed away, I wanted to preserve his memory and I wanted to document all the names and places that were important to him as well as all the stories that he told me over the years about his childhood. So I decided to do this video and Avista was very helpful in telling me how to put it together and they were very patient with me, which I appreciated it. This was a very therapeutic and comforting time for me."

Dorothy Whaley, Storyteller

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