Where The North Winds Meets The Sea

Happy Sunday!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend filled with love and compassion for yourself and the world around you.

I woke up with another headache, but it soon passed and before I knew it, it was gone. I've been sitting for about 4 hours editing my first Sweden YouTube video. I've dabbled with YouTube in the past but nothing that I considered making it a career. I love filming and video creating. When I edit it's like playing a game where all the puzzle pieces must fit together in a way to evoke an emotion and a story. I love it! I studied film and photography in high school and it was like falling in love. I had lost sight of it over the years but now I feel stronger in my abilities to pursue film. I think I could really be good at it! Self belief is a powerful thing. When I lacked self belief in the past, I never pursued the things I was good at or loved. I allowed self-doubt to rule my life. Life is too short for that kind of thinking. I feel more empowered and motivated than ever to create.

The drone shot at the end is from two winters ago when I celebrated Christmas here with my Dad, his wife, and her children. Funny story, I actually lost my drone after that shot. The battery was running low after 10 minutes of flying. Drones can't withstand low temperatures and it was minus degrees celsius. The drone makes a scary sound when it alerts you that the battery is running low. I was so startled that I accidentally turned off the return to home feature. I had no idea where it was in the sky. I couldn't see it because I'd set it to automatically film the surrounding area, so off it went. After it landed, I was out with my niece looking for it. Then the rest of my family came out. After nearly losing hope we found it after 2 hours of searching! Just in time because the sun had set and it was getting dark fast. The relief I felt when I saw it! I had saved a long time for it and I'm so happy I still have it in my toolbag. I can't wait for the wind to ease so I can go out and capture some more winter landscape shots. And if I lose my drone again, I'll know to check the last known coordinates. Another lesson learned! So many crazy things that happen behind the scenes as a filmmaker.

This drone was the first big expensive gift to myself. It was from my first few paychecks working at a digital marketing agency in London. I had recently graduated with my master's degree and wanted to get myself something special. I studied digital media and entrepreneurship for my Masters degree at University. For projects at school we created video content to promote our digital designs and ideas. Storytelling was a big part of my course. I loved it! I'm so glad I get to translate everything I learned into my own business.

I want to create more YouTube Videos, even though it took forever to edit this one. It took 3 hours to edit this 3 minute film! That's roughly one minute per hour!!! I admire all YouTube creators and filmmakers out there.

Speak to you soon! Thank you for supporting my artist dream!

Puss och kram ♥︎