Hey guys! Welcome to my website, I am so happy to finally have this up. For my first blog post, I decided to share how I came to love and practice videography. Enjoy!
It all started when I got my first underwater camera. At the time, the GoPro Hero was the shiz. Yes, that is the old GoPro which has casing you attach to it. Anyways, I have always loved the ocean. I still do love the ocean more than anything! I love to surf, swim, and anything in ocean. Back in 2013 when I first got this underwater camera, I would think to myself, “wow these surfing shots are going to be so epic!”, and to me, they were. I started making videos of my trips to the ocean, and one day I decided to post one of my low resolution videos. People loved it! I loved putting the clips I captured to music, and sharing my videos with the online world.
I continued to make these shaky, unfiltered videos of anything I thought was cool. I filmed, posted, filmed, and posted. I thought I was getting pretty good at this type of thing, until one day I discovered Indy Blue. Indy is a videographer from Utah, and she is the first inspiration I came across. I discovered one of her videos on Twitter, and boy did it make me FEEL. I watched that video close to a hundred times within the first few days of discovering it. I instantly decided I wanted to be like her, and I started asking my parents for a video camera for Christmas. I knew that if I wanted to get better, my beloved little GoPro just wouldn’t make the cut…
Finally, it was Christmas. I had my hopes up pretty darn high, but was also fully prepared to be let down, and not get a video camera since they are SO expensive. However, all the members of my sweet sweet family pitched in money to get me this camera. When I opened it up, tears just started rolling down my face. I remember my mom telling me she sees so much potential in me, and that she would do anything she can to support my passion. I still do not know what I did to deserve my family, but I did know one thing for sure after opening up this camera. I knew that I would be the best videographer I could be.
I started dinkin around with my camera, and I absolutely loved it. Long story short, I got better and better at making videos. I mainly just filmed my travels, and I fell in love with doing it. In 2018, I went to Europe. That trip changed me forever, and I am so thankful I captured it on my camera. When I posted this video, I got so much love and support from people on Instagram, my family, and really anyone who saw it. I remember this was the first time people loved my video so much that their comments caused me to sit in a puddle of my own happy tears. This is when I knew that I wanted to do this forever.
After that video, a couple asked me to film their wedding. I was like uuuhhhh WHAT!!!!! This opportunity kind of just fell into my hands, and I have none to thank but God for providing me with this opportunity. I was extremely nervous to film this wedding, but I did it. Even if I had to pretend I was a professional, and even if I felt like peeing my pants the whole time, I freaking did it! Afterwards I felt unstoppable! That is… until I began editing. Boy was this a slap in the face! Editing was HARDDD. I wanted everything to be perfect for this couple, and I wanted to edit like Indy Blue.
Finally, I finished the couples wedding video, and I sent it to them/ posted it on YouTube. I don’t think I had ever been this nervous before! The video ended up posting overnight, and the couple saw it before I could even tell them it was up. I woke up to comments like “Thank you Hallie, keep using your God given talent”, and “We cannot thank you enough”. My heart swelled up like it has never before, and I just prayed and prayed that I would get more opportunities like this one.
Well, God answers prayers. Since this day, I have filmed two other wedding videos, and I have four more lined up. I feel so blessed to be on this journey, and I have found what I am made for. Not only am I made for video, I am made for adventure. I am made for capturing love, and sharing it with the world. I am made for meeting new people, and loving others. I am made for doing what I love, and making others FEEL.
I just want to say, thank you God for giving me these opportunities. Thank you family for pouring endless amounts of support into my life. Thank you Indy Blue for inspiring me from the very start, and thank YOU GUYS for believing in me, and joining me on this wild journey.
Love, Hallie