Camera Shy No More
My practicum supervisor Maria and I planned to film our very first vlog on Oct. 15. Knowing that I was in charge of everything about how this video went was constantly on my mind and the anticipation was killing me.
Maria is a wonderful, hardworking woman and she takes her business seriously so I wanted to do that absolute best that I could. I had to come up with interview questions and ideas for the videos, but didn't realize she wanted ME to be in the video as her interviewer. You can probably see the embarrassed, rosy cheek face I was making at that moment.
If you know me, you know I HATE taking pictures or seeing myself on camera at all, so I was definitely nervous for this first time experience. I know what you're thinking: big deal you have to interview someone on camera, we're PR people we do this all the time.
NO WAY! I was so nervous and anxious to get started so I walked into the bridal shop and prepared myself for a grueling 4 hour session of take after take after take. I wasn't sure if I ever was going to get it right considering the stutters, the accidental cuss words after messing up so many times, and of course, the constant checking to see if my hair looked good.
When we got started, Maria and Megan made me feel right at home. They of course made me act like I was an actual professional that sets up the background to make sure the lighting was just right, but they also let me know that I could mess up as many times as I wanted because this was all for practice.
As we were filming the video, I realized that everyone messes up sometimes. Of course it is absolutely necessary to act professional, but no one is perfect and that is okay. Even Maria messed up a few times and she is on camera all the time for her hobby of being in plays.
It was one of the best feelings knowing that I had their support to get through it. I knew now that the next time I would be so much better and feel a little bit more at ease since this was such a great opportunity to learn how to be comfortable on camera.
I learned the greatest lesson for my professional career that day when Maria said that this will never be the hardest thing you do in life and that I could do it easily if I just took a breath and relaxed. The interview turned out really well actually and we all had a great laugh at the bloopers.
We even made a little blooper reel so that I could learn from those mistakes and turn this experience into a fun one. I gained a ton of self confidence from watching myself on camera with other people complimenting me when there was a great take.
With all this practice on camera, who knows, maybe I'll be the next big talk show host! JUST KIDDING!
Maria is a wonderful, hardworking woman and she takes her business seriously so I wanted to do that absolute best that I could. I had to come up with interview questions and ideas for the videos, but didn't realize she wanted ME to be in the video as her interviewer. You can probably see the embarrassed, rosy cheek face I was making at that moment.
If you know me, you know I HATE taking pictures or seeing myself on camera at all, so I was definitely nervous for this first time experience. I know what you're thinking: big deal you have to interview someone on camera, we're PR people we do this all the time.
NO WAY! I was so nervous and anxious to get started so I walked into the bridal shop and prepared myself for a grueling 4 hour session of take after take after take. I wasn't sure if I ever was going to get it right considering the stutters, the accidental cuss words after messing up so many times, and of course, the constant checking to see if my hair looked good.
When we got started, Maria and Megan made me feel right at home. They of course made me act like I was an actual professional that sets up the background to make sure the lighting was just right, but they also let me know that I could mess up as many times as I wanted because this was all for practice.
As we were filming the video, I realized that everyone messes up sometimes. Of course it is absolutely necessary to act professional, but no one is perfect and that is okay. Even Maria messed up a few times and she is on camera all the time for her hobby of being in plays.
It was one of the best feelings knowing that I had their support to get through it. I knew now that the next time I would be so much better and feel a little bit more at ease since this was such a great opportunity to learn how to be comfortable on camera.
I learned the greatest lesson for my professional career that day when Maria said that this will never be the hardest thing you do in life and that I could do it easily if I just took a breath and relaxed. The interview turned out really well actually and we all had a great laugh at the bloopers.
We even made a little blooper reel so that I could learn from those mistakes and turn this experience into a fun one. I gained a ton of self confidence from watching myself on camera with other people complimenting me when there was a great take.
With all this practice on camera, who knows, maybe I'll be the next big talk show host! JUST KIDDING!