10/6

Mentoring with Jim Haynes serves more than just "a partner in my education". To be honest it is an experience that it different than the education I receive in school, in a class, at a desk. It's EXPERIENCE. It opens a window to how life and work will be if I continue to strive for this career. You can't get that kind of learning experience in a classroom. Yes, however the program is an enhancement of my education but I like to put it in its' own branch because I believe it needs to understood that the education I receive in the classroom is not the same as the experience I earn working alongside Haynes. 

Working with Jim Haynes has definitely lightened his load of tedious sorting, selecting, and adding  his pictures. Also working with him gives him another right hand-man to join him on shoots to get more pictures and also lighten the load of capturing everything. With us working together, we can divide and conquer.

However, helping him with his tedious tasks are well, tedious. Going through them each morning originally was a relaxing way to start of my day, but gradually, staring at the computer looking picture after picture puts a toll and you. I sometimes find myself mindlessly scrolling through pictures without an attentive eye. But this is a process I understand that has to be done to get through to the more interesting stages: editing the pictures. A process almost every photographer, whether amateur or professional, can agree it's all about getting to the fun editing stage.