10/14

When I first started the internship with Jim Haynes, my original perception was that we were to go on many photo shoots like family pictures, sport events, etc. However I come to find I'm still learning and that there is a lot of behind the scenes work that only we see. We do a lot of editing and sorting of the pictures as we near a goal towards the end. For example, we photo shoot NHHS football and gather the best of the seniors pictures in their own folder and once we have enough (maybe 10-20) we pick the best from those (3-5) and create a poster for them for the end of their season.

However, what's surprising me about the internship is the atmosphere of the work study and the occasional new activity we do. It is always calm in the work study and I feel very relaxed. It's very different than what I feel when working in my yearbook class. Things are always hectic, but not at Jim's study. It's always a pleasant experience working with him in the morning. Also the occasional new activity is always fun as well. Sometimes we leave the work study to prep for a photo shoot later that day or we walk around brainstorming where a prop should be and what things could be added. One of my favorite was our little misadventure to save the hay-bales from the rain. It rained very suddenly and we had to move the hay-bales over to the dairy farm just across the street to keep them dry. So we drive over to the farm, get a tractor, ride back and deliver them back to the dairy farm. It was my first time in a tractor and it was a lot of fun and a good change of pace. We even drove to a hidden pond in the back behind his house via tractor where he does photo shoots as well and began brainstorming new angles of certain shots.

 However, when we are not on our little misadventures we are doing tedious work usually. It's not my favorite part of the job but it is the most necessary. Without sorting through them, we would a harder time choosing with to edit and send to the clients. Overall, things are steady at the work study, whether we are sorting through pictures, brainstorming ideas, planning, saving hay-bales from the rain, it's always a pleasant start to my morning.