I have been thinking of producing YouTube videos for years and on June 19, 2016, I finally made my first real video. Originally I had planned to start creating YouTube content in 2012, so from 2011 to 2012 I bought all the equipment that I needed. I bought a Canon Rebel T2i here is the newest version of that, a Canon Vixia HF M41 and here is a newer version of that. But things did not exactly go as planned, in a good way :)
Early in 2012, I received what was to me a life changing promotion with the corporation that I work for. I moved up from quality assurance, a job I performed for ten years, to team leader. This came with a large increase in pay and I immediately knew what to do with this, I went back to school. So for the next two years I was hard at work both working six days a week for the company and going to the University full time. Since I already had earned an associates degree thirteen years earlier, I only needed two years to complete my Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Administration. After I graduated October 2014, I decided to find my lifetime partner and I began my search for her. This search brought me to the Philippines where I met Joy, and on May 17, 2016, we married in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. After settling into our new lives, the doors of opportunity opened wide to begin my YouTube dream.
Now I did miss a golden opportunity to begin filming in the beautiful country of the Philippines, but at that time I was not thinking of making videos, I was thinking of life and marriage. But the idea of showing Joy around my state of Indiana, her new home, led us to Spring Mill State Park and to our first video. We arrived at the park early, around 9:30 am, well for us it was early. On a normal day, we sleep until 10 am because of my shift at work. This was a very hot early summer day and it was already becoming uncomfortable at the time we arrived. Our first goal was to relax at a picnic table and enjoy our lunch. This is where I started filming. Of course none of that made it in the video, but it was our way of getting used to being in front of a camera. After lunch we walked to the pioneer village, which wasn't too far from where we parked the car and had our meal, and began to shoot video. To say I was uncomfortable in front of the camera and with the camera would be an understatement. I am not camera shy exactly, but I would say a more precise description of what I was feeling was camera awkward. Not only did it feel funny to put a camera on a selfie stick and point it at myself, but it also felt almost embarrassing when I noticed everyone staring at us doing this as we/them walked by or crossed paths. But one must begin somewhere, and this was our somewhere.
After leaving pioneer village, we drove the car to the Inn and parked there. From the Inn, we hiked to Donaldson cave. I filmed most of the hike there, and most of our visit to the cave and its cool waters. The problem is, I forgot to talk into the camera, which makes for a terrible vlog! Another problem was, there were just too many people there to shoot a really great video. That is the downside of going to a state park on a Sunday, but when I only get one day off a week from work......
So when I edited the footage, I just made a music video out of it to document that yes we went there, and to show others how beautiful the area is. The video is just over two minutes, but trust me when I say this, it was a long sweaty walk. Hiking down to the cave wasn't much of an issue, it was going back up. Anyway, thank you for viewing the videos and for reading this :)
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