In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, that, for you, is evil. James 4:17 MSG
I’m most likely making a completely irrelevant comparison to this scripture and the “right things” I don’t do. I’ve mentioned before that I have grown soft as I age. Soft and (perhaps) a bit complacent. Unfortunately, when I fail to do “the right thing” it often comes back to bite me. Case in point…
I am not a professional film/video guy. However, I’ve been around it enough to general know what’s good…what’s RIGHT. I feel I have a good eye for framing and composition. I don’t have a great eye for color, but, I do have a valid excuse for that.
When we bought fourstonepillars a few months ago, I wanted to interview the (then) current owner to capture his insight on the work he had done to the property during the 40 years he owned it. Not having a great camera, I asked a friend to film the interview for me. He has a decent DSLR and I wanted that look. We even captured the audio (semi) correctly. I (wrongly) assumed he knew his equipment well enough to capture the interview well.
It was all out of focus.
Apparently his camera was auto-focusing on items behind the guy we were interviewing. It came into focus on the subject every once in while and then back out of focus. Terrible. Unusable.
Fast forward a few months to some video work I needed to do for my church. I called on the services of a professional wedding photographer (who attends our church) who has better gear and (supposedly) a better working knowledge of his gear. I failed to take charge on the audio side (wrongly assuming he had some audio gear) and so that was compromised. He brought 2 cameras for different angles. I failed to step in and check the framing and, yep, the focus. So, for all the interviews we conducted, the framing was, well, weird. And, half of the interviews were out of focus on one of the angles.
Ugh.
Now, don’t get me wrong here. I do think both guys should have known there gear well enough to prevent most of these issues. However, It was on me. If titles were handed out, I was the director and I didn’t do my job. I failed to do “the right thing” by not giving proper direction and assuming way too much.
I know better. I truly do know better.
My gut for both of these was to get my own gear to make these events happen. But, my bank account didn’t agree. And, I like toy work with others.
It seems as if these kind of cases have been more prevalent on my life as of late. I need to “grow some” and step up to the plate some more. I know the right thing to do. I need to reject the evil.
