MultimediaShooter has an excellent posting entitled “Multimedia Rules To Live By and Seven Steps to Training Yourself”, which I find interesting in that I’ve been doing this for my professional life first as a photojournalist and later on crossing over into the realm of shooting as a solo video journalist.

The posting on MultimediaShooter delves into such topics as “Before you can break the rules, you need to know the rules.”

Richard Koci Hernandez goes into detail with  a few rules he lives by and some tips on how to train yourself.  Although he writes the posting with a visual journalists perspective, I still believe it can be applied to specialization – ie; shooting video only.

I’m a firm believer in going the route of intensive bootcamps for training as well as self study to acquire a true sense of ones ability to produce compelling content.  Many spend a great deal of time in formal education only to come out with formulaic cookie cutter skills that not only put them in debt, but when it comes time to go to work, are being paid a substandard wage most of the time.

Although I have no qualms with going through a formal education, I do believe the best way to get from point A to point B is via the shortest route possible.

Richard goes on to mention in the posting his Seven Steps to Training Yourself and I realized after reading his list, I’ve been doing the very things he’s recommending.  And I highly recommend it to others who may not be so inclined to go through four years of formal education.

Richard is a gifted visual content creator and I’ve admired his work from a distance. He is also a gifted teacher so any advice he provides, I’m applying to my own self study to further my capabilities.

Look over the article and I believe for many, it will hit the nail on the head to become more successful in this ever increasingly competitive profession.

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