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🎞️ 📖 Consider donating to our good friends over at @CinemaFemme as they cover Sundance Film Festival 2025! 🎉 We are so incredibly proud of their hard work on Volume 1 of the Cinema Femme magazine, available NOW in digital form!! Check it out and see what you'd be supporting!

💡 🎥 🎬 Our friends at Mainstage Chicago are hosting a couple exciting events next week! Attend their Audio Workshop on Thursday, January 23rd to learn about audio and sound engineering. Connect with fellow filmmakers at their Friday, January 24th Monthly Open House!

🎥 Here’s your reminder that equipment preps are ALWAYS FREE at Camera Ambassador. Choose Camera Ambassador for your next shoot and receive top quality assistance from our seasoned technicians. Book today at cameraambassador.com

The 2025 Chicago Puppet Fest will span 12 days and dozens of Chicago venues, presenting  an international pageant of puppet artists sharing more than 100 puppetry activities. Learn more on their website! chicagopuppetfest.org

🎉 In case you missed our January Newsletter, here is a quick look at what was featured! Be sure to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on all the upcoming events going on at Camera Ambassador and in the community! cameraambassador.com/blogs/ambassad…

🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳 Thank you for a wonderful 2024 filled with features, music videos, commercials and so much more!! We had such an incredible year with each and every one of you and cannot wait to work together in 2025. See you soon!! ✨

🎅 Merry Christmas from your friends at Camera Ambassador! 🎄 On the twelfth day of shooting, my DP gave to me: 3 - Tungsten Lights 2 - SmallHDs AND 1 - Very Tired AC

🎅 Merry Christmas from your friends at Camera Ambassador! 🎄 On the twelfth day of shooting, my DP gave to me: 6 - Cooke Prime Lenses 5 - Camera Kits 4 - Codex Compact To be continued...

🎅 Merry Christmas from your friends at Camera Ambassador! 🎄 On the twelfth day of shooting, my DP gave to me: 9 - Lens Adapters 8 - Anton Bauers 7 - Tiffen Filters To be continued…..

🎅 Merry Christmas from your friends at Camera Ambassador! 🎄 On the twelfth day of shooting, my DP gave to me: 12 - Walkie Talkies 11 - 2” Spring Clamps 10 - Rolls of Gaff Tape To be continued…..

Our friends from Patrick Lives On are accepting submissions for their 2024 Film Showcase & Fundraiser event. Submit your inspirational, uplifting short films through FilmFreeway by December 31st. See the link for more detailed submission information. filmfreeway.com/PatrickLivesOn…

Let's build a camera package! 🎥 At Camera Ambassador, we're committed to providing you and your team with the essential tools to bring your vision to life. If you find yourself uncertain about the necessary tools to create your look, don’t hesitate to reach out! 🎬

🎄Happy Holidays from Camera Ambassador! We will be closed for two weeks for Christmas and New Years, but don’t miss our special holiday one-day-rate if you pick up on 12/18 and return on 1/2. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and can't wait to work with you in 2025! ❄️

🔊In need of a surveillance headset or earpiece for your next job? We've got you covered! Stop by or grab one on your way out of your next prep! Thanks to Tubeez Tubez and On-Set Headsets for partnering with us to keep the Chicago filmmaking community connected on set. 🎧🎬

🎶🎸 Every day is Bring Your Own Vinyl at Camera Ambassador! 🎹 Next time you're in for a prep, be sure to grab some of your vinyl on your way out to toss onto our turntable! There's no better way to set a vibe than listening to your own music. 😎

🎁 That's a wrap on 2024!! 🎉 In case you missed our December Newsletter, here are the highlights! Be sure to click the link in our bio to read about all the exciting things happening at Camera Ambassador and in the filmmaking community this month!

⭐️Thrilled to share that our Founder/CEO, Erica Duffy, was featured in New City Film's annual Film 50 for the second time! This publication highlights Chicago's influential "filmmakers, exhibitors, archivists, historians, producers, all of them unstoppable all-around artisans..."

GOBBLE GOBBLE 🦃 Your friends at Camera Ambassador are wishing you a very happy Turkey Day this year! Have a nice big meal and enjoy this time with your friends and family❤️ We will see you on Monday 😎🌽

Camera Ambassador will be feasting at the Thanksgiving dinner table this holiday! We will be out of office on Thursday 11/28 and Friday 11/29. Rent from 11/27-12/2 for a one day rate! 🦃✨

😎 Did you hear?! Our good friends at Midwest Film Festival are having their annual Best of the Midwest Awards and Fundraiser NEXT WEEK! 🎉Year after year they do an incredible job celebrating the hard work of Midwest filmmakers by throwing the biggest, best party in town! ✨🎬