Belated Update

I know, I know, I have been slacking on the post over the past few weeks. Here’s a recap:

A few weeks ago, Hillsong threw a youth event called Exo day.  It kind of had a festival like feel, seeing as it was hosted in a massive stretch of field with a plethora of crowd-drawers and games. During the day there were dozens of separate stages set up where bands of all genres were playing back to back until the main event started on the large stage that night. I was working camera 1 assist, so I got the chance to be right in the trench between the crowds being held at bay by a barricade and the crowd with band on stage. At the end of the night, The Almost (a popular Christian band from the States) played as a sort of a finale for Exo Day.  Thinking back, over the past nine months, I have helped shoot on stage with Hillsong United, Jesus Culture, Stan Walker and The Almost. It just really reminds me of how blessed I am to have such an opportunity to work with such influential forces in the music world.

             Shooting was going well, however my timeline closed in on me faster than I could roll the camera. Before I knew it, my lead actor is flying back to Brazil and all the footage I shot with him is now useless. Honestly, I felt tinges of discouragement creep in at first. There were a few moments when I was tempted to not touch the project for a while, or even scrap it and paste together a cop out project just for the sake of getting a grade. However, there are a number of influential people that encouraged me to perceiver and tell the original story. So over the past week or two, I have recasted 2/3 of my cast, and have started reshooting.  I have learned that the shooting part itself is actually extremely easy compared to setting up times to shoot, negotiating those times with actors, and then booking out equipment. Here's a snippet photo (remember,  it's unedited)

            And now for the story everyone has been asking me about…the girlfriend. Well, it all started earlier this year at a party. It was a birthday party for someone I didn’t really know, so I was just meandering from room to room when a little blond girl sitting cross legged on a bar stool asked me about the bone carved tooth hanging around my neck. We started talking…and talking….and talking. Needless to say, after she told me how her dream was to go backpacking in Alaska, I started crushing on her immediately. She wasn’t going to college at the time, so I made sure I remembered her first and last name so I could look her up on Facebook and keep in touch with her. After awhile, she started doing the degree program and I would occasionally run into her and have a quick casual chat here and there.  We did a few small hangouts, then after spending an evening in the city we both realized we liked each other.

Also, I'm 21 today...