Unexpected

Sometimes it's fun to do something unexpected. Something not really me.

When Evan got his job with the photography co., I never expected that I might get a job, too. I thought I'd just come along sometimes and carry around lenses and such.

Then, a few months ago, the owners asked me if I would be the #3 video person for a Houston wedding. Talk about a crash-course experience. But it was fun.

Since then, they haven't needed me. (I doubted they'd ever want me again, considering my lack of experience with video cameras).

But apparently it's convenient to have me shoot video while Evan shoots still photographs. So next weekend at another Houston wedding I become video shooter #2. Shooter #1 is the company's lead photographer.

Yesterday Evan, Annie, and I went over to company still photographer #2 and video editor #1's house (they're married). Evan is helping the photographer (the wife) learn to shoot digital. The video editor (the husband) taught me the basics of video. We practiced with tripod and monopod. He showed me how to do crazy things like flip the monopod upside down so the camera can capture the feet of dancing couples.

He wants me to be adventurous with the camera. To get it in the thick of the party. Make the footage intimate. This is going to be a challenge for me.

Something unexpected (I think I'll like it).

I think I'll mess up a lot, have a blast, and get paid.

I think...who is that confident girl toting around the video camera? It can't be scared me.

But it is.