{"id":1087,"date":"2023-09-17T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2025-11-29T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:54:30","slug":"tall-oaks-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"Tall Oaks Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was contracted by the Disciples of Christ Church to create a promotional video showcasing the unique value of their children\u2019s camps at Tall Oaks Conference Center. Over multiple visits to the camp in DeSoto, Kansas, I captured a wide range of activities and age groups, using Sony cameras, a DJI drone, and stabilization tools including a slider and Flycam handheld stabilizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The environment presented significant challenges: harsh sunlight, loud insects, and activities taking place concurrently on opposite sides of the camp, but I adapted quickly and captured dynamic footage and authentic testimonials from campers and counselors, which I wove together in Adobe Premiere. The final video is full of energy and warmth, balancing cinematic movement with heartfelt storytelling to highlight the camp\u2019s spirit and inspire families to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/RHHToICq?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;persistVolume=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FRHHToICq%2Ftall-oaks-camp-promo-learn-more-v04_mp4.scrubthumb.jpg&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1739540970'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promotional Video for Disciples of Christ Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[16,19,21],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-projects","category-video-production","tag-adobe-premiere","tag-camera-operation","tag-drone-operation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tall-oaks-camp-thumbnail.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garyarnoldseevers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}