Author: timfrakes
-
Where Cross The Crowded Ways of Life, The Story of The Chicago Temple
Where Cross The Crowded Ways of Life, The Story of The Chicago Temple The First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple is the oldest church in Chicago. From the cities earliest, pioneer days, through the Great Chicago fire, the 1893 World’s Fair, Prohibition, World War’s 1 and 2, Civil Rights and today’s issues related to gun…
-
A Response to Trump Pakistan Tweet
On January 1, 2018 US President Donald Trump published a Twitter message stating, “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists…
-
New Client, Pure Processing
Here is the first in a series of videos I produced for a new client, Pure Processing. Pure Processing, LLC designs, develops and manufactures ergonomic solutions for easy, fast, safe and effective medical device pre-cleaning. The FlexiPump™ Independent Flushing System was created to replace syringes and spray guns in reprocessing departments to create processes that…
-
Ancient Bosra, Syria, 2009
In October, 2009 I was in the Ancient City of Bosra, Syria with Intersections International. Bosra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring Nabatean, Roman, Byzantine and Ayyubid ruins dating to the 14th century BCE. Bosra was once a stopping place for pilgrims on the way to Mecca. During our visit, we filmed a team…
-
Joliet Iron Works
The Joliet Fun little shoot at the Joliet Iron Works Historic Site. Panasonic DMC GH4, MC Peleng f:3.5 Fisheye, Nikkor 105mm f:2.5, Minolta Rokkor MC 50mm f:1.7. M43 adaptors on all three lenses. The Joliet Iron and Steel Works was once the second largest steel mill in the United States operating from 1869 until all…
-
Tell Congress: Don’t let FCC end Net Neutrality!
Go here to sign the petition. Hi all, This is a political topic that hits close to home for me as an independent content producer. Since the internet began (for me at least) in the 1990’s, access to streaming content has been an amazingly level playing field. If I produce great content, I’ve got just…
-
LSSI Amicus Certus Transforming Lives for 150 Years
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, one of my favorite clients, asked me to produce their annual Amicus Certus video about the great work with Post-Adoption, Adoption Preservation, Search and Reunion Services and Birth Mother’s Support Groups. When a cholera epidemic hit Northwest Illinois over 150 years ago, Lutheran congregations rallied together responding to the needs…
-
Coming up for air!
Greetings! 2017 has been among the busiest of my professional career. Good thing I love what I do! The year started off wrapping up our new documentary God’s Glory, Neighbors Good, the story of Pietism. This 75 minute documentary tells the story of the reformation after the reformation. It took three years, shoots in Sweden,…
-
Command Mechanical Group
Here is a video I produced for Excel Marketing and their client, Command Mechanical Group (CMG). CMG is a self-performing Minority and Service Disabled Veteran owned mechanical contractor.
-
Sister Judith and 50,000 Aids Orphans
Thursday, May 24, 2001 This is a story Jim Quattrocki, Kevin Jacobson and I produced in Bukoba, Tanzania with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Sister Judith worked with the ELCT’s HIV/Aids program known as OSSA. She was a saint. We followed three orphan children (HIV positive) as they went for water. The fresh water…