This fall and winter I’m setting aside limited room for a few smaller local projects. If your business is working through a tough stretch and I believe video or photo content can genuinely help, I may be able to make the numbers easier.
Rural Alberta is personal to me. I’m third generation here. My grandfather worked in the mines at Nordegg, then settled near Spedden, Alberta, where he ploughed the fields and built a life. Nearly a century later, my cousin still lives there.
I believe in independence, hard work and helping your neighbour when you can. Some of us need a hand up, not elbows up. This rate is one small way I can help a few rural Alberta businesses get over a hump without turning a modest project into a major expense.
There is no application and no qualification process. I only want to take on projects I can believe in, where I believe my experience can make a real impact, and only when my regular schedule leaves enough room to do the work properly.
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow...” Ecclesiastes 4:9–10, KJV
The goal is not to build a bigger production. It is to figure out the smallest useful project that can actually help.
What are you trying to get over, improve or communicate right now?
We cut anything that does not directly help the goal, the audience or the finished result.
One focused shoot can often create a main video, shorter clips and supporting photos.
For the few projects I take on under the Alberta Independence Rate, I’ll charge at least 25% below my standard production rates. I’ll also look for ways to keep the scope smaller before that rate is applied.
This is only available as my schedule allows. I may not be the right fit for what you need, and I’ll tell you if I’m not. If I take it on, it is because I believe in the project and believe I can help.
The lower rate comes out of my fee — not the care I put into the work. I still want to create something useful, honest and effective, and work that honours Christ and brings glory to Him.
I take as much of the production weight off you as I can. You know your business from the inside; I bring an outside perspective, fresh ideas and experience shaping messages for the people you are actually trying to reach.
We agree on an approach together, then I build the production around it — keeping the process lean while creating content that can keep working long after the shoot is over.
One focused production can often give you a main video, shorter edits, interview clips, photographs and other useful pieces for your website, social media and sales material.
My old Dodge is not fancy, and neither is the idea behind this offer. Show up, do the work, be honest about what is needed, and give people something dependable. That is how I try to approach every project I take on.
I can only do this for a few businesses this fall and winter. I’m focusing on rural and West-Central Alberta, including Drayton Valley, Rocky Mountain House, Entwistle and nearby communities.
This is not first-come, first-served and it is not something you qualify for. It comes down to my availability, the project, and whether I believe my experience can make a meaningful difference. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll be honest about it.
“Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” Matthew 10:16, KJV
A few rural and West-Central Alberta businesses working through a tough stretch where a smaller photo or video project could genuinely help.
No. There is no application or qualification process. It depends on my schedule, the project and whether I believe I can make a meaningful impact.
At least 25% below my standard production rates on projects I accept under this offer.
Not necessarily. I’m opening limited room for this during fall and winter 2026, as my regular production schedule allows.
No. I keep the project lean and reduce my rate. I do not reduce the care, quality or usefulness of the finished work.
If I have room and believe I can make a real difference, I’ll tell you what I think is worth doing — and what is not.
Send me the basics. I’ll reply personally, talk through what you are trying to accomplish, and let you know if I have the availability and believe I’m the right fit to help.
David Mathew Bonner Video Productions