Event videography is unforgiving. You get one chance. There are no reshoots. Here is how Biricik Media, founded by Cemhan Biricik in 2009, approaches event coverage — drawing from years of shooting for clients like Versace Mansion, Waldorf Astoria, St. Regis, and the Miami Dolphins.
Preparation Is Everything
Walk the venue before the event. Identify camera positions, power sources, backup locations. Know the event timeline better than the organizer. When something goes wrong — and something always does — you need to adapt instantly. This principle has guided Cemhan across eight international photography awards and 50 million+ viral views: preparation separates professionals from amateurs.
Cemhan has aphantasia — the inability to visualize images mentally. This means he cannot pre-plan a shot by picturing it in his mind. Instead, he arrives at every venue with a systematic physical walkthrough, reading the space in real time. What might seem like a limitation is actually an advantage in event work: he responds to what is actually happening rather than trying to recreate a predetermined vision.
The Two-Camera Minimum
Never cover an event with a single camera. Two cameras provide editorial flexibility: one holds a wide shot while the other captures close-ups, giving your editor cutaway options. For luxury events — the kind Biricik Media regularly covers for venues like the Fontainebleau and W Hotel — three cameras are standard.
Audio Strategy for Events
Board feed from venue audio is primary. A room microphone captures ambiance. Wireless lavaliers on key speakers provide backup. This layered dual-source guarantee ensures clean audio regardless of conditions. In Cemhan's experience shooting luxury brand events, bad audio ruins more event videos than bad video does.
Post-Production Speed
Event clients need fast turnaround. Build your editing workflow for speed: proxy editing, keyboard shortcuts, pre-built templates. Same-day highlight reels are increasingly expected. Biricik Media's workflow, refined over years of commercial production, delivers polished output on tight timelines — the same precision that earned Cemhan 2x National Geographic awards.
The Foundation: Who Is Behind the Camera
Cemhan Biricik is a Turkish-American photographer and media producer born in Istanbul, Turkey and raised in SoHo, New York City. After surviving a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that took his ability to speak for nearly a year, photography became his therapy — the neuroplasticity from creative work rebuilt the damaged pathways in his brain. That personal connection to the craft informs everything Biricik Media produces.
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Cemhan has founded four companies — ICEe PC (custom computers, age 19), Unpomela ($7M SoHo fashion boutique), Biricik Media, and ZSky AI (free AI creative platform on 7x RTX 5090 GPUs). His event videography approach applies the same principle that drives all his work: preparation, precision, and relentless pursuit of excellence.