Hickman Video Productions

I recently hired Hickman Video to create a "video movie" with my still photographs. Hickman did a super job with very little time. I was able to manage the job without even meeting Tom in person. I sent the photos by snail mail and then we communicated by phone and email. Seeing the sample videos on the Hickman website was very helpful for choosing a style. Tom was responsive, attentive to detail, asked good questions about what I wanted and was very cognizant of my deadline. I would highly recommend Hickman Video and plan to use the company again when I have another project.

Sending away your family videos is extremely stressful. Will it get lost or damaged? Hickman Productions takes all that stress out of the process. I have used them for both 8mm reel film transfer and also super 8 tape transfer. As soon as they receive it you get an email letting you know it’s safe and how long it will take to transfer. Once it’s done you get an email with a shipping confirmation so you can track it back to you.

The best part is the quality of your film when you receive it. The tapes I had converted were great video and had no points where the audio was not matching the video. The 8mm film was so impressive after sitting in a box for 60+ years they converted it to digital and it looked beautiful.

Hickman Video was the perfect choice for my Connecticut wedding and should be for yours. There are so many decisions to make when planning a wedding, some of which I second guessed, but this was the best decision I made. I love my video-even more than my pictures. It is the item I look to when I want to look back on the day. The lighting and sound quality was the best compared to my other friends videos.

There are chapters to my video which allows me to look at one part of my day over another. The coloring is also amazing. I don't know how best to describe it other than to say it is not your typical black & white or even color-it's a gorgeous combination of both. They also use a lot of great techniques like setting parts of the day to music and then incorporating our wedding vows right into the music.

My family and friends were unbelievably impressed. I also love the fact that they will provide a video (it's an 8 to 10 minute recap of your entire day) for a very small fee (the cheapest around) that you can send to all of your family, friends and those that could not attend. My husband's aunt and cousins from Arizona could not make it and there is no way that they could have really pictured our day (the ceremony, reception, flowers, dresses, cake, etc) without it.

The best part is that I hardly noticed the Hickman's presence-they were not obtrusive at all. They are great people-family oriented and fun and they really want to make sure you get all that you are paying for. The cost was the best I found around. Some of my family members used them and I am so glad I did too. You must do a video-I lost my uncle about a month after my wedding and my video is the only capture I have of him that day.

You won't regret it. Believe me, I checked across three states-I am from NJ/NY and my husband is from CT- and they were by far the friendliest, most competitive in their price and easiest to work with around. Good luck!

My family wanted to have all of our old home videos from the past 35 years converted to digital format. There were dozens of tapes, and I was daunted by the task, to say the least! Tom took all the boxes and in a short time converted the tapes to DVDs, the DVDs to mp4's, and saved all the files to two thumb drives. We are so happy to have these video treasures in a format that we can watch easily. The quality, speed, price, and overall customer service were exceptional. Thank you, Tom!