Haven’t really been very busy lately. Mainly hanging out with friends and relaxing. So far my daily photo idea hasn’t panned out, mostly due to my lack of internet access on my Droid Incredible. Oh well. I had the privilege of helping with some tech related things at a friends wedding this past Saturday and had a great time doing that. Reminds me of how much I miss doing tech on a regular basis…sigh…

This week we’re going to be studying the book of Leviticus. I’m not super excited about it, but I’m sure we’ll learn a lot of  stuff that will be helpful to our lives either way.

Today I have to take a quiz on Acts that I missed this past Thursday due to being sick. Then I think I might skype some friends from home. All in all, a pretty chill weekend.

Posted by Ethan - 17/10/11 - 0 comments

 

I have to say media in general is a huge part of my life. Unlike a lot of people I don’t just enjoy watching movies and tv shows for the story, I also like to analyze the camera movements, music behind emotions portrayed, etc. I guess my interest in filming is the reason for that.

So one of the rules here at the BI is that no movies, tv shows, trailers, etc are not to be viewed unless its an approved movie at a staff member’s house. Now this doesn’t seem like that big of a deal off hand, until you realize how much its just a part of my routine. With media so easily accessible through the web, it just seems like second nature to catch up on my favorite shows.

I have to be honest and say I did break the rule once, and of course as God would have it my fellow RA did stop by and talk to me about it. And I’m glad he did. After thinking about it some more I can understand why the rules are there and why they need to be enforced. And it actually hasn’t been a problem to follow the rule since then. Just realizing how much responsibility and expectations are put on us as RA’s as it is, we are expected to enforce AND follow the rules for a reason.

Not every show/movie is evil or bad, and Word of Life doesn’t state they are. It’s just part of preferring one another and setting a standard to help us all “be above reproach”. And since God has put Word of Life and it’s staff over me, I am expected as a Christian young man to follow the rules and respect them for it.

That’s about all I have to say for today. We have DC devos later tonight, then back to the room for some more chapter titles and some sleep.

Posted by Ethan - 13/09/11 - 0 comments

 

College Fact #2: Tapping your foot to music may disturb the people below you…

Sunday afternoon all of the RA candidates found out whether they were given a position or not, and surprisingly I was given the position of a Command Center RA. I have to say it sounds pretty fancy, but its pretty similar to working customer service at a department store (minus the irate photo customers.)

Today we had our first bit of training and got to know each other a little bit. I’ll be working with 5 other people off and on depending on what our schedule calls for. Overall it seems like a pretty fun job. It combines most of interests and experience into one, so I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.

For the rest of today I’ll be hanging around campus and probably work on some more chapter titles. Only a couple hundred more to go. Prayer is appreciated as all the students arrive Thursday and Friday.

Here’s a picture of my desk. Sorry about the low quality. I was too lazy to get out one of my DSLR’s so I resorted to using my phone.

Posted by Ethan - 12/09/11 - 0 comments

 


College Fact #1: It is possible to sharpen a pencil with toenail clippers

Wow, I can’t believe how fast this summer flew by. It seemed like it was too short at some points, and just long enough in others. But overall it was a great experience that I’ll never regret. I had the privilege of working on the Audio/Visual team at Word of Life Island for the second summer in a row and had the opportunity to watch campers grow in their faith for 8 weeks.

I have to be honest, during the summer it’s not always enjoyable. There are times when I would think “Why in the world did I come here AGAIN. I could be doing things with my friends at home, going to concerts, etc.” But later that day I would usually hear a great message from one of the speakers and I would have a totally different attitude. I praise God for the fact that I got to participate in helping so many young people hear about His word and what He’s done in the lives of the speakers and staff members. It truly is an experience you can’t explain until you’ve taken part in it. As a tech team we did run into some problems, but God brought us through. I’m sure we grew together as a team more then we realized through the difficulty’s and became closer friends as well.

After I headed home from the island I spent two weeks saying good bye, relaxing, sleeping in, packing, etc. and now I’m currently back up in the Adirondacks attending Word of Life Bible Institute. Right now we’re still in the stages of RA training week. Basically the deans and staff members choose students to be leaders on campus. Some of us will be dorm RA’s, some will be service RA’s, and some won’t get any position. The purpose of having dorm RA’s is too help the students grow in their walk with God, hold them accountable to Word of Life’s student handbook, and help them take care of their daily to-dos. Service RA’s do similar jobs, but instead of a small group of students, they are assigned to different work areas.

I am attempting to get a service RA position in either tech, admissions, or a type of office assistant. I just feel like those jobs have something to do with my previous work experience and talent’s. But I can be put in any position that the administration feels would be best. We all find out tomorrow afternoon whether and what we have a position in.

I’ll continue to blog when I can find time throughout the school year, but please be praying for me that God will continue to grow and mold me into the man He wants me to be.

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Posted by Ethan - 10/09/11 - 0 comments

 

Posted by Ethan - 28/07/11 - 1 comment

 

So it’s been awhile since I’ve written anything, so I thought I’d do a quick update post while I’m bored at our local public library.

I’ve been working on a project called “Vidcredible” for the past couple weeks. My original idea for the site came about when I was bored and wanted to watch some cool videos on YouTube without having to scroll through all the junk that is most of YouTube’s content. I looked for some domains and found that one, which is kind of catchy, not totally stupid, and was availible for my budget of $10. The I hired a freelance designer to make the logo for me and now Vidcredible is in its second week of operations.

Recently I also decided to leave both of my fantastic jobs and head up to Word Of Life Bible Institute this coming fall. I’ll be working tech at the Word Of Life Island this summer again in order to qaulify for a scholarship, and because who can pass up a great summer with new friends, old friends, and doing what I love? Well some people could, but I can’t.

I can’t really say what exactly changed my mind about going, other then why not. If God has opened up the doors, its our job to walk through them.

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Posted by Ethan - 06/05/11 - 0 comments

 

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I recently purchased a Canon hf11 to replace my Canon hv20 that I sold several months ago.

I got a great deal on this camera from a member on hv20.com

Ill hopefully be purchasing a few items to make a DIY mattebox for it. As well as a mini hotshoe adapter, or flash bracket, cowboy studios shoulder support, and possibly a Rode Videomic for recording reference audio.

Overall I’m very happy with this purchase. It was much needed and I hope to purchase a second unit in a few months so I will have a total of three cameras.

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Posted by Ethan - 31/03/11 - 0 comments

 

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Just got this adapter in the mail today. Got it off eBay.

Posted by Ethan - 30/03/11 - 0 comments

 

Several weeks ago my friend Destin Danser and Jesse Schrider helped me shoot a video for Word of Life’s Teens Involved. My concept was pretty simple, to do a parody of the priceless credit cards ads that have been appearing on TV for the past few years. I wanted to get across the idea that salvation isn’t free, it did cost a price. It cost’s Jesus His life, even though He was willing to give it, it was still a sacrifice. The video can be seen below.

Behind the scenes photos can be seen on my Facebook fanpage. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=126143757399904&aid=55139

Posted by Ethan - 20/02/11 - 0 comments

 

Yesterday evening I rode my bike about a mile away from my house and shot a timelapse of the sunset. Went pretty well for only my third timelapse of the sunset ever. Still working on learning what settings work best, but I think it came out okay. Below you can see a photo I took with my phone of the set up I had. Sorry for the low qaulity.

I’m going to put together the actual video using the shots in a couple days, I’ll post it when I’m finished.While I was taking the sunset my friend Destin Danser sent me a text asking if I wanted to go walk around the town and do some night photography. His initial idea was to do some city landscapes, but we ended up doing night portraits instead.I luckily took my Kodak Zi8 along with me so we shot a short vlog of our portrait session. Unfortunatly I didn’t get any actual footage of us taking the photos and moving the lights around. But we’re going to try again next Tuesday so I’ll shoot another vlog and include that stuff. Just a side note, yes we are strange and I already know that. Below the video you can see some of the best shots we took. I think they came out decent for our first attempt at night portraits. If we had one more flash for a hair light, I think they would’ve turned out a multitude better. What do you guys think? Anything we could drastically improve besides the hair light?And here are some of my favorite photos from the evening.

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