Another wonderful oppertunity to partner with Joni & Friends Mattews to film one of their family retreats this year! This year cam with a lot of new gear and new surprises. I am starting to primarilly shoot in slog3 for thr marjority of my shoots (including this one) as well as adding faster cards, longer lasting batteries, and stepping up my editing suite game. But it did come with its challenges of keeping the camera dry, watching out for either my camera or my monitor overheating, and worst of all... a creative stump. At the start of the week I came in with a really cool idea to make this years video even better but as I started filming, the shots were not coming as I thought that would be. After reviewing the footage the first couple of nights I didnt have anything that I thought I would get and I was stuck. I struggled to start meking the video, but by the last couple of days inspiration struck me and I was able to make another fun video for the familes to watch and look back on the amazing memories. Thank you so much Joni & Friends for letting me contine to learn and grow in my experiance and create better videos each year!

You are going to be blessed by serving as well - Thank you so much to Joni & Friends Matthews for allowing me to run around with a camera at their amazing retreat for our Veterans. This was a project that was requested by the Joni & Friends Matthews Office in the efforts of finding more volunteer support for their Warrior Getaway Retreat. They asked for a documentary/testimonial style video which was exactly what I was interested in at the time. This was an amazing oppertunity to work on a real world business project within the area of ministry that I wanted to focus my business around in.

This was a weeklong project that really tested my ability to make fun and exiting videos with little time to work on them. The client asked for videos to be shown every morning at thier chapel which meant I had to work on a brand new video each night to prepare for this. I had to capture enough footage each day to not only support the final video but to also have enough for all the little videos as well. Finally, the final video they ased to have prepared within 36 hours to be shown Sunday morning. Honestly, I had a blast getting to work on this project and testign the limits of myself, my camera, and learning new strategies to get the project done in time and done well.

Come & Let it Surprise You --- In this project I worked with under my employment at WCU's Communications & Marketing Department for one of the English Professors at the school. He is the organizer for each Lit Fest every semester. While some students dread it (as it is assigned for almost every English 202 class) this video reveals the excitement and discovery the Lit Fest offers and shows how important this is for English students.

Are You Prepared To Answer The Call? --- While employed at Western Carolina University's Communications & Marketing team, our team recived this project request. The University's campus police requested a recruitment video due to understaffing issues. After several meetings to determine how they wanted to be presented in this video, we hit the ground running. This project spanned though the entire semester, and I am very proud of the results of my efforts. This project was assigned to me soley, and although I received assistance from the video team when needed, my employer intended for this project to be led by me. Reason being so that I could enhance my experience and showcase in my portfolio. As a result of this project, I was awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Chief of Police for the video's success.

I Got the Joy Down In my Heart --- This video was created while serving at the Joni & Friends Family Retreat. This was my third year attending Joni & Friends and my second year being able to capture the joy that God brings to the campers. I have supported Joni & Friends for a long time and I was honored to have the chance to capture the love and service everyone shows and to witness the lives transformed by God. Even now, I find myself tearing up every time I watch this video. Watchign the impact this retreat has on the people who attend is amazing and I am blessed to be able to capture it as best as I can.

"I do" --- This video is placed very close to my heart, I have had many experiances filming weddings, but this wedding was different. I was asked by my decipleship leader from my local church to capture his wedding. I was able to spend the night before the wedding with him and followed the process from waking up till the final dance and record everything that I saw. While I did have some issues with my cameras during the ceremony, I did my best to caputre the hope, joy, peace, and the love that I saw during that whole day and the way I saw God bless this couple.

Let My Halelujah Be Multiplied --- This is one of my favorite videos that I edited in high school. As a self-taught videographer, I seized every opportunity to grow, and this opportunity was like no other that I have been a part of. My home church, Carmel Baptist Church in Matthews, NC, had the opportunity to partner with a church in Poznan, Poland, for a week-long mission trip that will stay with me forever. Lives were transformed, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to capture what happened.