Me and the camera

I mentioned it earlier in one of these blog posts, but writing is the best way I express myself creatively. I feel that I can write about almost anything and make it sound good and give myself the best chance to stand out. However, I have started to undertake the art of videography much more seriously over the past number of years as well. I wasn’t too interested in camera work prior to my freshman year of college. It was never that all appealing to me. However, I landed a work study job in the athletic communications department during my freshman year. Here, I learned the basics of a professional video camera and how to maneuver it to the best of its ability.

It took me a while to catch on but eventually, I became fairly comfortable with the shooting of our sporting events. I learned how to gather great shots from specific angles and how to slowly zoom in and out of subjects that we were focused on. This interest eventually grew and I started to take my camera work much more seriously as I took some production classes and watched carefully on how to make YouTube videos stand out more.

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned when it comes to camera work is that it’s very meticulous and a lot of understanding goes into it in order to capture the best footage/shots imaginable. At times, it can be incredibly frustrating and you feel like you’re not going to get anywhere with it. However, that’s the wrong mentality to have and I’ve learned that a lot. I’ve often been an impatient person and I need to recognize more often that everything takes time to learn and sometimes certain things take more time to learn than others.

I want to master the art form of the camera because to me it’s a beautiful thing. I don’t think anything can compare to the way the camera captures, life, art and stories. Virtually anything can be told and seen through a lenses and I want to be able to do that a lot more and experiment with myself. It also allows me to explore new avenues and ways I can express myself. I am the lenses and I provide the eyes that the viewer is looking at through a screen.

It’s a beautiful thing and hopefully I am able to develop my skills up to the point where it becomes second nature and I don’t even have to think about it when I’m putting myself to the test. Hopefully I can do it as well as I write.