People With More Dollars Than Sense

This is funny for me. I'm thinking of working for a church in town who's just starting their media department. Helping them out get it off the ground......should be some fun. Granted it won't be a full job like you were doing. I just hope they give me the creative freedom to grow.
 
toilet_bob said:
This is funny for me. I'm thinking of working for a church in town who's just starting their media department. Helping them out get it off the ground......should be some fun. Granted it won't be a full job like you were doing. I just hope they give me the creative freedom to grow.
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Working for religious/charitable/community organizations has its perils - I just witnessed one. The "best" (ehm) situation is when someone declares themselves an independent journalist/media producer, gets elected to a Board of Directors, and then works the other directors to authorize payments to their venture. It's not only illegal, also highly amusing to watch as it develops.

So, a year later, this person gets a 'corporate sponsor', who gets technically behind the whole thing, providing infrastructure (storage and security, mainly). They set up a web site where they encourage people to join and pay membership fees to watch their "independently produced" shows that feature mainly the sponsors and their 'other business ventures'.

The funniest part is that the site is not secure at all, it took me about an hour to figure how to get around their 'security' and download pretty much any media I want.

As with anything else, watch what you are getting into. You get what you pay for, and vice versa. If the organization relies on other volunteers, ask what's in it for them. Not everyone works from purity of their heart and for experience.

J.
 
The silver lining here is that these people and organizations with too many dollars and not enough sense, is that they help to keep the industry floating, without really being competition. They help keep EVS and B&H doors open, they help pay Rush and other people in sales salaries, and they in the end, contribute to further R&D by spending their money with companies that provide cameras, NLE software, all those little accessories that we all use, etc. It also provides a way for newbies to learn with the latest and greatest equipment, then move on when the time comes. I worked for several years as a photographer for a big office furniture manufacturer. We had INCREDIBLE equipment, a full large format lab, all Sinar/Broncolor equipment, etc. I learned everything I could, and left to start my own business almost 15 years ago. I don't know if I could have made it without that experience... Get out of them everything you can, appreciate the positives, overlook the negatives, and leave when you can do better, or when you can't take the negatives anymore, but they DO have a place and purpose if you look at it objectively.
 
That is some mighty fine silver lining. Mighty fine indeed. Nice point pptphoto. You can learn a lot through these organizations. Peace.
 
thiswells,
sound like your DOING fine to me. A good fillmaker uses what he has. I used to play in bands and the bad guitarists always had the best effects. That guy will..
a, improve.
b, not improve and give up.
If your a true media lover/ artist you will provail, he sounds like a dick anyway...
 
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