Mentorship with Aperture Lane

Thanks for your interest in my mentorship program!
You may not know this but one of my favourite parts of being a creative is to walk alongside others in their creative journey.

I've been a student of videography and editing for over 11 years, and photography has been a part of my life for even longer! With a background as a teacher, I have an aptitude for teaching skills and helping people learn the crafts that I myself practise.

As a mentor to others and the recipient of mentorship myself, I appreciate the benefits of having help from someone with more experience in an area to jumpstart my journey and to be a sounding board along the way.

Conquer Yourself; conquer your craft

1. not everyone that comes my way will be a good fit with my style and philosophy

2. I can best help you in areas where I myself am most confident

With those points, I’d like to like share a few points of my philosophy on mentorship. If at the end, you feel like these resonate, please complete the form and we can have a discovering call to discuss the areas you need help in:

YOU HAVE A UNIQUE POINT OF VIEW THAT THE WORLD NEEDS

I’m assuming that you’ve appreciated some of my work before you took the time to reach out. You may even get inspiration from it (maybe). When I work with you, I’m not going to teach you to do things exactly the way I do them. I can definitely show techniques and processes that I use but I want to push you to find your own style.

I’ll be honest: you don’t have to like my style to learn from me. And similarly, I may not like your style but my goal is help you develop it and find your own voice.

I’M A STRAIGHT-SHOOTER

Life is too short to beat around the bush. I value honesty not just from you, but also a pet of my communication with you. I’m a very direct person in giving feedback.

I do also believe in speaking the truth in love. I will speak respectfully and honestly... and as we get more comfortable, we will inevitably joke more.

Reach out only if you appreciate raw feedback.

I’M NOT GOING TO BABYSIT YOU

I have a family, my business and a church community, so I’m very busy. If we have appointments, I expect you to honour them or cancel with reasonable notice.

You need to want it. I can’t want your growth more than you do. If you want to do fast, I’ll go fast. If you want to slow down, so will I. I will only keep you accountable to whatever you give me permission reach out on.

EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED

Your creative experience isn’t being built in a vacuum. As we discuss creativity, we will most certainly touch on your influences and related experiences in your life. These experiences, along with your personality type, will impact your decision-making and progression.

Some of these additional experiences can include, your beliefs, goals, past experiences and current life activities.

I believe in a wholistic approach to mentorship.

I’M NOT GOING TO PRETEND TO KNOW EVERYTHING

I don’t know everything there is to being a videographer, a photographer, an editor, a business owner, etc. In fact, as we get to know each other most, you will learn about my weaknesses. I believe that I can best help you from my areas of strength.

If there are questions I can’t answer, I’m happy to accompany you on the search for the answer or direct you to someone else who can help in that area.

Here are areas I have a mouthful on:

BUSINESS

PHOTOGRAPHY

VIDEOGRAPHY

VIDEOGRAPHY

• Camera settings
• shooting weddings
• Shooting live events
• Creative shots with couples
• Event lighting
• Event audio
• Wedding film storytelling (very subjective)
• Editing techniques
• Editing workflow (very subjective)
• Colour correction
• Audio sweetening
• Vlogging (very subjective)