When I was 14 I read a quote. It said, "When people ask me what equipment I use – I tell them my eyes." At the time it sounded so pretentious to me because I always had excuses like, "if I had a better lens..." or "if I had an actual camera I could..." I was literally 14. All I had was a disposable camera that I found in my Aunt's closet. It had 11 shots left on it. I kept it to myself. A secret you could say. I probably broke a world record with how long I had that one camera. I pretended to press the shutter when I thought the moment was right, but making sure not to ever press it. It lasted about a year after I initially found it. When the photos finally came back I saw what my Aunt had taken—it was fun. It captured a lot of great times in her life. When I saw mine however, it showed something else. I didn't know what it was, but I didn't like it. So, I worked on being more authentic—more genuine. I wanted to show something not only to others, but to myself.
It's been 5 years since, and I find myself 19. My only "equipment" being my Nikon that I got from two great people for Christmas last year. My point is this: It doesn't matter the equipment, it doesn't matter the lens, or what type of camera you're using. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your videos.
So, like a lot of you, I'm trying to innovate. I'm trying to stop making the same stale videos that I see so often. Call me pretentious, or a perfectionist. Maybe that's why I take forever to put out content. At the end of the day, I want something that'll last. Something that'll encapsulate what I felt or saw at that moment. I want to look back when I'm 25, 40, or even 60 and can honestly say that I remember the moment I pressed the shutter.
Why do you create?
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