I have to say that in my 2 years of FRC so far, I have had the pleasure of leading a small, but capable media team (AKA me, myself, and that one kid that comes around everyday). We worked hard to provide the team with quality videos and photos, while also enjoying ourselves from day to day with the usual Dota 2 or Just Cause 2 break.
We only really reached our potential when we started volunteering for FIRST and really using our skills in a place that could use it for the community. I mean without us the highlight reels from the PNW wouldn't have been a weekly thing.
I have to say that I have enjoyed the run for the past two years, but I think I'm going to step back and work on some personal projects to showcase my talents as a videographer, though the project may be FIRST related
. I mean, I don't want to spend all this money on gear and not get some back. But don't think that I won't be back at events doing Highlight Reels for the PNW in 2015. I hope to bring the bar up even higher for quality videos in FIRST.
I honestly am one of those I still don't know what I'm going to do in college kids. I used FIRST to mess around and have fun, but learning was always in the video and photo fields, which are hard industries to get into. Maybe I will get a break somewhere along the line, but for now I'm really unsure.