Niki Johnson

I have always had a passionate for art and creating. While pursuing my degree in Education, all of my spare time was spent editing home videos and photos. When I ran out of material to edit, I began shooting silly little short scenes and posting them on YouTube. Then, once I finished my degree and began working in various elementary schools, that passion continued, making music videos and short films for class projects with my students. I realized very quickly that my passion was not in education, but in film, so I set my teaching degree aside and went back to school.

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I attended the Recording Arts Institute of Saskatoon in 2015 and was the only student in my class to graduate with Honours. Fresh out of school, I volunteered with Shaw TV and Bamboo Shoots as a camera operator before getting hired on as the assistant videographer and editor with Tara Yolan Productions (now Honey Cut Studios). I worked with Tara for just over two years creating corporate videos, instructional videos, music videos, etc. 

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I was later offered a position with CTV as an ENG camera operator for the Morning Live program. I would operate the camera for the live segments with Janella in the mornings, then would shoot pre-taped interviews or B-roll for the evening news segments.

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I then decided to go off on my own as a small business owner and created Soul Bear Media. This gave me the opportunity to create videos that completely reflected my abilities as a videographer and editor. Now, I have the opportunity to create videos of all types, be it weddings, corporate, music videos, and editing vlogs by Canadian YouTubers Tyler and Todd. I'm ready to try my hand at anything. I look forward to what the future holds with Soul Bear Media and can't wait to see what exciting projects come my way.