My life as a videographer

Being a videographer for 6 years, I have learned a lot. It can be mentally and physically demanding at times. From pre-production to post-production, the job of a videographer can be tough.

As an experienced videographer I have learned so much throughout my career, both the pros and cons of this profession. Videography can be a complex and demanding job and things can easily go wrong. SD cards can crash, cameras can overheat, lenses can be damaged, lighting might not be perfect.

Some people think, buying an expensive camera makes you the best videographer ever. These people can be junior videographers, photographers, clients. But buying the best equipment won’t make you the best videographer. You need to learn how to use what you have got. You don't have to spend a lot of money on expensive equipments, when you can spend that money on knowledge, courses, trainings. I really think this was important for me and made me the videographer I am today. But yes, I made some mistakes at the beginning, like using expensive equipments, when I was just a junior, who had little knowledge in using the camera equipments, but a lot of editing skills. I mean, I started first as an video editor too early, when I was around 16-17 years old. I had some knowledge from my father who was a cameraman for hobby. But he didn't learned me a thing about it. However, I spent a lot of time learning online, practicing everyday, and all this dedication in this profession, made me the videographer I am today.

From the start I was told this job was not for me. This job is for men not women, because it's a hard job, physically and mentally. You must work a 9-5 PM job like everyone. It's safer. But I didn't care what people told me. These people who didn't believe in me, motivated me more to gain experience and not to lose my hope.

My portfolio quickly grew, my skills along with it. Got wedding videos editing, then I started to film a lot of interviews, product commercials. Clients found me from my Linkedin account and got a lot of commercial projects even though I was a junior videographer. Even though I was junior, the first projects went very well. I worked with my first client for a year and he often paid more than I charged him just to motivate me more to gain more experience and reach new clients. He loved my job. To gain more and more experience, I decided to work as full time wedding photo editor. And i learned a lot. Then I left because I wanted to continue again my work as freelance videographer. After i quit my job, I worked for almost 2 years again as a freelance videographer. And I got a full time job offer that I couldn't resist, as a videographer for Baboon. I always like to try new things, and why not start there, so I said yes. I worked there for 2 years but also I continued working as a freelance videographer too. And then I decided to work permanently as a freelance videographer.

I get opportunities to work with different clients. It may be an interview, luxury cars commercial, or beauty products. Every shoot is making me a better videographer. There is no way to become worse with every single shoot. And it is tough, yes. The more you learn, the more things need to be learnt.

But there are cons of this job. Being a videographer means that your body works very hard. I am skinny, don't have much muscle. The equipment is heavy and long hours don't help. So I need time to recover after some shoots.

Some clients are just really difficult to work with.

There's still so much that I haven't covered, this is my first time writing something like this, thought I'd give it a go.