Are you as comfortable in front of a camera
as behind one? Being written about as well as writing?
No and
no. I don’t mind being in front of
people (I mean, after all, I am a teacher by trade), and when I have a lesson
plan, speech written and practiced, or a specific message to pass on, I can
deliver my planned talk with ease. But,
I do not particularly enjoy being filmed by a camera. I get a little camera
shy. As far as being behind one, I’m
good with that, as long as it is still photos. I don’t know anything about
video taping, except for my limited experience with my childhood friend when we
used my dad’s new fangled video camera (you actually had to lug the VCR with
you on your shoulder as you taped) to make our “spy shows” wearing trench coats
in the sunken den. Playing those videos
back, we look like ghosts or shadows of ourselves. That’s how old the
technology was the last time I tried to film anything. I don’t even use my phone currently to record
events. I only take photos with it.
I would
rather write than be written about, but that’s only because I am nervous about
what they would write, exposing all my faults and failings. I know what I
believe and think about myself, but I don’t know what others think, and even
though I am curious, I’m sure it would be hard to hear. People can be very brutal with their honestly,
and while I appreciate genuineness, I still like a spoonful of sugar with my
medicine.
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