photo credit to myself
To be honest, there is a part of my creative self that I have neglected for a long time.
And this beautiful part of me is VIDEOGRAPHY!
I decided in November 2024 to pursue videography this year. January 2025 is almost over and I am yet to get my hands on a digital camera. I have been moving from photo studios around here in Enugu, Nigeria hoping to find a place with affordable prices so that I can start my videography.
The prices they have been telling me are not really friendly, which made me wish I had a camera so I could start teaching myself.
I vividly remember shooting and editing a lot of dance videos on mobile during my university days. I really loved it. While in Abakaliki, Nigeria, I remember visiting a friend of mine who was good at videography just after I graduated from school, I learnt basic editing on Premiere Pro from him, but our lessons stopped when my NYSC called... Mtcheww!
After NYSC, the guy had already moved to Lagos and there wasn't that close relationship anymore.
NYSC ended in October 2022 and bro, I've just been here and there without really understanding what's going on. I am there but not just there. I went through some terrible mental stages and thanks to God Almighty - I BECAME SELF-AWARE around August 2024.
I started healing, stopped chasing, started attracting, started reading books on self-development, and started letting go of some habits that were holding me back and I must confess that I am a better person today.
The decision to go into videography came to me when I received an email from a camera program application that I had carelessly applied for around October 2024, and I received their mail in November congratulating me on being selected for the training.
I smiled and continued with the oil colour painting I was doing at the time, which I shared and talked about in my last post.
The idea of going into videography became more solid after I read that mail, I realized that I hadn't been intentional about my videography journey. Yes, because I remember a lot of scenarios where I mentioned learning videography.
The most resounding one is when I told a friend of mine, maybe around 2018, that I wish I had an older brother or a family friend who's into videography... Oh woww! That statement still rings in my head to this day and all I can do now is feed that part of me.
I have admired the art of videography in music videos, fashion shows and street shows. These are the areas I would like to venture into.
About the camera program that sent me an email, I'm still waiting to hear and get more information about the training, but that's not a problem, at least they have helped to push me to start being intentional about what I love.
Storytelling with videography and my art is what I look forward to doing more of in this life of mine.
I can only say cheers to a better future, these present situations will be gone soonest. Amen.