The journey continues! Every ounce of my experience and education in this business comes from on the job opportunities. Learning how to be great in this business comes from watching what true professional do and working in their network. A great live camera director will teach you so much about how to be a solid camera op without ever explaining how anything works. They call shots putting pieces of the puzzle together based on shot size, scale, length, etc. When you see how it comes together on your return feed, what you’re doing makes a lot of sense and it trains you to serve the director better. While I would never go as far as to say you don’t need a formal bachelors program to learn great skills, after all I did do one in music, I would say that there are so many ways to learn where YOU get paid. I’ve surrounded myself with a number of great mentors that have showed me esthetic, etiquette, strategy, and more without ever opening a book. This journey is how I went from a guy with just a few microphones to offering “Jimmy Jib Rentals”, “spider pod rentals”, “spider pod rentals NYC”, “jib operator services”, lighting, and much more!