My internship 'project' consists of small projects that sort of make up my internship experience. It was hard in the beginning to come up with my main project, so my mentor and I talked and I concluded that it's probably a better idea that my project is just smaller ones. One project I talked about in an earlier blog; copy shooting for a Mission Hills Art contest. This was super helpful to help me learn more about the simpler mechanics of cameras and set ups and lighting since before I hardly had any experience. I gained the skill and knowledge to know how to recreate what I had done.
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A school week and a work week are super different from each other. The times and the responsibilities are entirely different since there's a structured day at school, whereas there's something new every day at internship. I've really enjoyed the non-structured days, and having longer days, and shorter days depending on what need to get done each day. That'll definitely influence the direction in my life, understanding that I like having something new, and that I enjoy when it's not the same structured work. Some days we're out shooting, other days we're stuck inside!
Throughout these past weeks, one things that I've learned that'll help me when I'm back at school, is how it's important to get things done to check them off the list. I definitely procrastinate things a lot, but I realize that that's something that I really need to learn to overcome since not procrastinating will be a help for anything, not just school.
One challenge that I've faced during internship is learning about independence. Even though my internship is basically following my mentor around to experience his daily work, there are often many times where I have down time or I am asked to write an email to someone.. things like that. It's always easy to have someone tell you exactly what you should do, but it's hard to adapt to learning to navigate on your own.
A challenge that my mentor was facing, and actually still currently is, is that he was put in charge of hanging up a shovel in the U.S. Federal Courthouse. The problem was that he had to hang it facing down, which means something would have to hold the handle to keep from falling. We visited multiple hardware stores and did some research to find something. Ultimately someone helped to find a towel ring holder, and we are hoping that that has solved the problem. |
aboutI reached out to David Harrison Photography for Internship, and luckily he agreed to take me in as an intern. I've been interested in photography/film for many years now, and am excited to experience what a photographer's work is like on a day-to-day basis. ArchivesCategories |