Greetings fellow travelers. 2024 is about in the books with no shortage of meaningful work jammed with adventure, faithful clients and new friends along the way.
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois took us to Peoria, Illinois to record a lovely story about Intact Family Services. We also told the story of Marni Jamison, a woman who has fostered nearly 100 children in her amazing career.
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago had a busy year living into their new digs in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and we were there to record much of it including their new asynchronous learning program, Baccalaureate, a Hymn festival in St. Louis, a reunion of the faithful Semiex alumni, the retirement of James Nieman and much more.
Chicago Theological Seminary had us back to record a pastors retreat and the Chicago Rehab Network asked us to livestream a series of one day workshops focusing on non-profit housing development. The Christian Fellowship Community had us back in Texas and their National gathering at Milwaukee's Summerfest outdoor pavilion.
In the medical space, we produced a series of training videos for the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists in Chicago.
And Cedar Interactive hired us along with a team of talented actors, to produce quality assurance videos at Berwyn's MacNeil Hospital.
The Rural Community Assistance Partnership had us all over the place, from West Virginia to Illinois to Nebraska to Montana telling and recording stories about their support of America’s rural communities. My old employer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America hired me to record Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.
Hephizbah Children’s Association, Oak Park’s oldest social service agency, hired us again to tell stories about their work helping children thrive and families flourish through innovative, community-based programs.
New clients included All Chicago and their efforts to address the housing crisis in our city, A history of Bonnhomme
Good morning from the Yellowstone River Valley in East Central Montana near Hysham. We are here with the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) recording a story about rural infrastructure and clean drinking water. RCAP serves rural communities across the United States beginning at the tap.
My office this week. The Ohio River overlooking Glen Dale, West Virginia for the Rural Community Assistance Partnership.
Greetings all. Tim, with Frakes Productions.
Join us Friday evening under the Stars for the outdoor premiere of the Secrets of Hidden Lake, the story of the DuPage County's Hidden Lake Forest Preserve.
For 30 years, my family and I have lived across the road from the DuPage County Forest Preserve's Hidden Lake. I've trekked nearly every inch. And on my walks, I became curious about the people who lived here in the past, the indigenous people, the homesteaders, the Wheat King, and a gambling czar. The more I learned, the more I began to appreciate this sacred public trust, and I hope you will too.
Secrets of Hidden Lake Premier Friday, September 6, 7:30 p.m.
Glen Briar Park at the Butterfield Park District.
Free registration, limited seating.
Go to Lombard Historical Society to register.
(Can't make it? No problem. The full 53 minute documentary will be available on YouTube following the live premier event at the Butterfield Park District.) Watch following the premier! Secrets of Hidden Lake, 9:00 p.m. central, September 6, 2024.
Hi, I'm Tim Frakes. For 30 years, my family and I have lived across the road from the DuPage County Forest Preserve's Hidden Lake. I've trekked nearly every square inch. And on my walks, I became curious about the people who lived here in the past, the indigenous people, the homesteaders, the wheat king, and a gambling czar. The more I learned about their stories, the more I began to appreciate this sacred public trust, and I hope you will too.
Join us under the Stars for the outdoor premiere of the Secrets of Hidden Lake, the story of the DuPage County's Hidden Lake Forest Preserve.
Friday, September 6, 7:30 p.m.
Glen Briar Park at the Butterfield Park District.
Registration is free, seating is limited.
Go to lombardhistory.org to register.
Greetings all. Tim, with Frakes Productions. After six years of on-again, off-again work, we finally finished our new documentary with the Lombard Historical Society. The Secrets of Hidden Lake, tells the epic story of the Forest Preserve of DuPage County’s Hidden Lake Forest Preserve from the time of the Potawatomi People through the homesteaders, a man known as the Wheat King, a gangster and truck farm and finally a sacred private/public trust we know today as Hidden Lake Forest Preserve.
Details on distribution are forthcoming.
The first half of 2024 has been with many other video projects including Livestreams, public celebrations, and marketing videos for organizations across the theological, social, economic and political spectrum.
It remains a privilege to serve our many clients and tell their stories. Tim Frakes Productions Inc. Documentary and image video for non-profit, faith-based, broadcast and corporate clients.
Covering a press conference and an Accelerated Moving Event at St. Sabina Church for AllChicago.org today. An (AME) connects property partners with tenants and supplies rental assistance as needed.
Welcome to Sanctuary. As American churches experience a rapidly changing religious landscape, mainline seminaries such as Catholic Theological Union, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and McCormick Theological Seminary are adapting to prepare future church leaders to meet new challenges and opportunities to carry out God’s mission.
Join us for a groundbreaking new approach to education that’s unfolding in three distinct Chicago seminaries united in a groundbreaking collaboration.
It's a conversation that will challenge what you think, about the future of the faith, community and theological education, on the next Sanctuary.
Watch Sanctuary, every Sunday in June at noon, on ABC's Localish Network in Chicago.
All packed up for one of two simultaneous livestreams this week. The second package is already loaded.
“And now I must confess
I could use some rest
I can't run at this pace very long
Yes it's quite insane
Think I hurt my brain
But it cleans me out, then I can go on”
- Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season, Jimmy Buffett
Solar Eclipse from Babcock's Grove House, downtown Lombard, 4.8.24 Panasonic AF-100, Nikkor 300 mm f 4.5 Tim Frakes Productions Inc.
Recording a new video for Chicago No Limits Fishing, a non profit that provides accessible fishing opportunities for people with disabilities. Shawn Sloan, a senior member of the University of Illinois Wheelchair basketball team seen here cheering on children in a Chicago Park District wheelchair basketball practice, recently experienced a fishing trip on Lake Michigan and shared his story.
Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production and post-production company based in Lombard, Illinois.
We produce award winning documentaries, multi camera broadcast and livestream events including concerts, worship events and business meetings, internal corporate messaging, development videos, marketing videos for major pharmaceutical and, research institutions, medical equipment, manufacturing, and the real estate industry.
We also produce live audience training presentations, instructional videos in the manufacturing and healthcare industries, commercial television and social media spots and a wide range of testimonials.
Our production and post equipment and software are broadcast quality and allow us to meet a wide range of client needs using proper tools of the video production trade.
Tim Frakes Productions began in 2007 and our client list is long and always growing. Quotes are free, references are abundant. Tim Frakes Productions Inc. Documentary and image video for non-profit, faith-based, broadcast and corporate clients.
