The Video Editor

I have been editing so many videos lately that I am ready for a break. I still have a lot more to cut before this job is complete.

This morning, while driving to work, Pat Benatar's 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' played on the radio. That song took me back to my college days when I edited my first video on a machine-to-machine 3/4-inch tape. Our school had a rugby team made up mostly of missionary kids from Africa. They played brutally since they grew up with the sport. I checked out one of the school's cameras, filmed several games, and edited the video to the song 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot'. Every time the words 'Hit Me' were in the song, I put a rugby hit in the video. It was a fast-paced video that got me hooked on video editing technology.

Funny how far video editing technology has evolved over the years, but I am glad I grew up with it instead of only learning it on computers. I have edited simple stuff machine-to-machine, to million dollar edit suites that had separate machine rooms (my favorite type of editing) to using programs and applications on computers.

I am blessed to make a living doing something I love.