Unexpected Experience

During the summer of 2014 I was lucky enough to obtain a job working in North Carolina. At the end of the school year I knew I wanted to do something with my major and that I did not want to stay at home. In April I decided to move to North Carolina to live with my aunt and uncle for the summer. I took the 10 hour trip alone, and on the way there I got into a car accident which made me think that maybe this was not what I was supposed to do. However, God proved to me later that it was where he wanted me, and I learned a lot that year. There I worked at a museum, making promotional videos for their website. At the time I only had a few media comm. classes under my belt so I went into it unexperienced, but willing to learn more. The museum was a one roomed museum and did not get many visitors, so it was definitely not what I expected. When I first started the job I found myself doing more office work and cleaning and less videography. It was frustrating at first, but when they started having events and set up their new exhibit I was able to get footage and put together a few videos for them. For one of the projects a group of kids took a field trip to an outdoor historical site and I got to capture the kids doing a bunch of different chores and games that would have been done back in the day. Overall, this job was not what I expected, but I learned a lot, and it also gave me video samples that I later used for my application for the summer camp. Click the link below if you would like to visit or just learn more about the Iredell Museum in Statesville, North Carolina:

https://www.iredellmuseums.org

I’m on Top of the World

 

Last summer I had the opportunity to be the videographer at a summer camp in Colorado. The camp was called Eagle Lake and it was on a mountain, 9500 ft. elevation to be exact. The elevation change was very noticeable, the scenery was literally breathtaking.

Eagle Lake is a camp for kids 7-14 and it was all about teaching kids how to live a life for God while having a great time doing outdoor activities and building relationships with everyone around them. I had the privilege of documenting all the exciting activities the kids did throughout the week and compiling it into a video for the kids to take home at the end of the week to show their parents. It was my dream job! I was able to hang out with kids and counselors every day and then edit videos for 10 weeks, I could not have asked for a better opportunity. There was not really anyone there with video experience so I was basically doing my own thing, but I felt pretty confident with it after all the classes I had taken. Not only was this job amazing, but it was challenging. I really had to step out of my comfort zone during this job by talking to people I did not know, and trying to get the kids to cooperate for the shots I was trying to take. I also learned a lot about patience not only with kids, but with technology. There were many circumstances where I ran into a road block trying to make videos. One night I lost some of the footage I had already edited into the video which made it unable to be exported. Another time was when I lost the entire video at mid-night the night before the morning I had to have it done by. I lost a lot of sleep, and encountered some frustrations, but I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. Along with the relationships I built and the video experience I acquired, I was also able to build my relationship with God.  It was hands down one of the best summers of my life! Click on the link below if you are interested in working with Eagle Lake Camps or just learning more about them:

http://eaglelakecamps.com