A Reason Why I Love Doing Video
There are a lot of videographers out there that have been doing this for years and make really good money. I have not been doing it 10 or 20 years yet. I’m still new in the game compared to some companies. But yesterday I was reminded why I do this, and it isn’t for the money. Sure, I dream about being able to quit my day job and just do video. Who doesn’t dream about being their own boss full time? But that’s not it either.
Two months ago I did an 80th birthday party. Pretty standard affair. I had some trouble with a slide show that a family member had made in another program to play nice with Final Cut. I had sent them a rough cut while I worked out the kinks with the final video. I sent the final off a couple weeks ago, and when they told me that they received the copies, they also told me that the woman who’s party it was, was now in the Hospital.
Yesterday when I got home from work, I checked my e-mail, and there was an e-mail from the daughter who had been the one that contracted me for the party. She told me that her mother passed away the night before. My heart sank as I read the brief e-mail. She ended the e-mail by telling me that they would be playing the video of the party bereavement luncheon after the funeral, and then thanked me for giving them this beautiful remembrance.
Each time that I read this e-mail, I had to fight off the tears. Then I thought about one of my first videos that I made in tribute to college friend who had passed away, and how much that video touched people. And then I realized that this is the main reason why I love to make videos. I love to touch people’s lives. These birthday parties, and weddings that I record maybe a job for me, but when they are played back on the TV of one of my clients, they become an emotion.