Internship in Review

 First of all let me apologize for no Friday Ambassador post for the last few weeks.  Starting a new job and finishing the last of my internship was just enough to throw me off course when I came down ill.  I can finally wrap my brain around the fact it is Friday!! (Trust me that is a huge improvement over the last few weeks!

RC Broncos Celebrating another win

Much like the Rubber City Broncos celebrating what was another win to their road to becoming the 2015 Cardinal Division Champs the end of my internship is a celebration.   There are things that happened behind the scenes that make this internship difficult at times.  I will not go into detail about the difficulties because I think that in the end what challenges us makes us strong in anything that we do. 

Instead I wanted to share some generalizations about what I learned over the last 11 weeks.

1. No matter what you expect from your internship it will be different.  

This isn't a negative thing it is just an observation.  What your employer things is your job may not be what you thought your job with them maybe.  While I was the photographer for my team and eventually the TV show my job wasn't just to shoot pictures.  

At times I played personal assistant with responsibilities that had nothing to do with actual photography at all.  However in the end I learned what it was like to be an owner of a Semi-Pro Team. I learned how difficult it can be to be an owner.  I learned how much more there was to getting the games ready than just may part.  In many ways, I got to know various players better which in the end gave me better shots this year.  

2. Something will go wrong.

This seems like a silly concept but if you are expecting an easy internship I'll be honest in most cases something will go wrong! It could be personally related - equipment failure. It could be something completely out of your control.  

The point is you can't dwell on that and let it stop you from being the best you that you can be during your internship!  Your internship is ultimately about you getting the most out of it.  If you don't feel you are getting all you can out of it talk with your employer and make suggestions about what else you can do. Or even ask for more work.

3. You may have to nag a little about time sheets.

Depending on the employer you are working with you may have to push a little politely to get your time sheets signed off.  

First of all try not to get frustrated. You may see that your grade is going down because of late time sheets. Keep your Internship Advisor in the loop and if need be she will also intervene for you.

This will seem huge for you as you are working your tail off.  Don't sweat the small stuff this can be worked out.

4. Get it in writing - Yep I said it don't forget a personal contract 

The school will give your employer a general contract and in the process you and your employer will define your roll and your duties.

What isn't included is how your employer wants you to hand things.  What you should and shouldn't put on your time sheet per your employer. Just some general physical rules that you can both look at to know that you are on the right page.

Without this document someone or both parties maybe come confused.  It may not help to have emails and conversations about how to do things.  Your employer maybe very busy and if communication isn't clear from either party this can become a problem.

I will tell you that my internship was interesting and not at all what I expected it to be. It had it's ups and it downs.  My internship adviser introduced me to a graduate student who had a bit of a difficult internship.  He and I discussed that his  internship, while difficult, really gave him a great start. He considers it one of the reasons he has had so many successful magazine covers to his name.  It helped to give him some amazing contacts that helped to get him where he is today.

So don't forget to intern!

Happy Friday Everyone!

Nearing the finsh line line - Semi Pro Season and Internship

There is just a couple weeks left of my internship and the time has just flown by.  The local Semi-Pro leagues that I work with had an upsetting blow this week. Our commissioner of the two local leagues I shoot, has elected to step down at the end of this season. This does not mean that these leagues won't be in existence next year it just means to be in existence, someone else must take over.

As I have been working with these players and teams for the last few years it makes me a bit bittersweet and worried what will happen next year. So it makes each game that I shoot right now   very important to me.

So here are some of my of my favorite things to shoot when I shoot semi-pro.

When I asked this team to look mean..this is what I got. Love the camaraderie in the Semi-Pro teams.

I sometimes say shooting semi-pro can be a bit of a wild card.  You never exactly know what kind of photographs you are going to get. The mood of the team you are shooting can completely change if they start to lose their game.

I always, always, also make sure I shoot the players children when I can. It is part of their fun memories.  Here is one of my favorites from last week's game.

                                I love it when the players' daughters want to be like their Dad's

I often try to keep in mind that while I have my goals on these types of shoots there are still moments I shouldn't miss while focusing on the game. While the players are having time outs. I always look for other shots I can grab like the one above.  Semi-Pro is rough.  It is hard on the body and it can also be mentally hard. The time the players play can last year or just a single session so I strive to make each moment count.

In looking at my favorite shots at a Semi Pro Game I had to include at least one action shot.  When I first started shooting these were the types of shots I loved the best.  However, now I look at them as if they are just part of the story.  (I'm lying - I love action shots - I just see them differently too).

       Marquelo fools the Spartans and takes off with the ball instead of throwing it.

This week as a mentioned was a rough week for our area of Semi-Pro ball.  There is already a bit of a power struggle with many different people wanting to take over the leagues, start their own leagues and the focus on this season is a bit muddied.  So my final shot shows why I personally shoot Semi Pro and why the players despite many obstacles still choose to play Semi-Pro.

 I actually refused to turn around and see what the player I had just teased was doing behind my back.

Ultimately semi-pro is supposed to be like this. It is supposed to be fun. It should be a friendly competition between guys who just love to play ball. To often you don't see that and it can become a bit disheartening as an intern.  However, every blue moon you get lucky and you get to see a game like this. A game where the teams had mutual respect for each other and could just have fun together.

Ok and maybe it didn't hurt that I got to shoot two former NFL players.

     Former Pittsburgh Steeler and Carolina Panther Mortty Ivy and Coach Keith Williams.

Sometimes even in the middle of an internship you have to stop and figure out what you love about what you are doing in your internship. There will always be challenges as you work with other photographers, videographers and owners who have a different creative voice than you do. Sometimes something about their vision or view point will really drive you crazy.  My word of advice is stay call and regroup. Stop and look at what you love about your internship. I promise it will truly help you.

I look forward to hearing what you do to stay focused.

Jessi

Internship Update

As you have noticed there has been a slight pause in my discussion of my internship.  My team the Jackson Silvehawks had so many injuries that they had to fold for the rest of this season so the team could heal up.  One of our final games was actually a historic loss of 106 - 0. You may see some footage on ESPN about it as they asked for the video.

I am still doing my internship, but have switched for working for Saturday Showdown a local Semi Pro tv show. We didn't have a game last week due to the holiday and so far our season in Ohio has been brought to you by rain.  (Which by the way, this can make for fun pictures, if you aren't playing on AstroTurf).

One of the Summit County Storm players at practice falls right into a large puddle losing the ball.

When I ended my internship with the Jackson Silverhawks I actually had 4 different offers on where to continue my internship.  This is  the reason that I kept in contact with other Semi Pro teams. There were hints of problems with my team this season and I wanted it to be an easy transition for me so I didn't lose any time trying to find a a new team.  Before I actually even knew my team had folded I was contacted by The Rubber City Broncos, The Summit County Storm, and The Cleveland Cobras. Each team has something unique that could have worked out well for me.

The RC Bronco's does have a regular photographer who happens to be my best friend. So in choosing that team I would have worked with her. The downfall is we would often have the same photographs unless I shot on the opposite side of the field.

The owner of the Cleveland Cobras is a good friend of mine who normally shoots her own team. This might have been a fun one to do as I have only ever worked with male owners. It would have been fun to see how she does things differently. The downfall is her team's home field is up in Perry, OH and about a 2.5 hour drive for me for home games.

Which brings up to the Summit County Storm.  I did originally plan on just shooting the Storm.  The Storm is about 3/4 players I already knew because they were last year Silverhawks. The Coaches also were former Silverhawk Coaches.  The downfall with them was due to the Silverhawks folding for the year they had a schedule that had a lot of farther away games.

In the end I choose Saturday Showdown which was my 4th choice. Working with Saturday Showdown, I get to shoot a variety of teams.  I'm not just shooting the game but helping to do other things that the show needs. I did co-host one show and could be a permanent co-host if I had the time do it ongoing.  We have even talked some about shooting other types of football games after my internship is over.  I felt this was the best situation for me as I could work closer to home and had the most I could learn from them.

                          One of the RC Broncos's Players leaping over the fence for practice.

I have been able so far to shoot some for the Storm, and the Broncos as I'm often able to choose what I want to shoot. I hope that I also get a chance to shoot for the Cobra's before the season is over.

I can't say that my internship hasn't been eventful so far!

There is one thing to keep in mind as you get past week 5.  It really only effects anyone who is going part time as I am.  When you are at 5.5 weeks you will have to add on another class making it like you are going full time for the 2nd half of the internship.  This may not cause a problem in your schedule you just need to be aware of this situation.  If  you don't plan for this situation  even though you are still in the middle of your internship the school / financial aid department  reports you are not actively enrolled in school.  I actually didn't realize I needed to do this until I started getting warnings that loans were going to be due since I wasn't enrolled in class.

It was a bit of a bump in the road as we scrambled to fix this situation. I do recommend if you are shooting heavily for your internship or have a job that you choose a non-shooting class.  While I chose a class that works well with my actual internship it has been hard to get my required shots in with my work schedule.

As always, I look forward to hearing your feed back. (Yes it is OK you can totally freak out of the Silverhawks score.  In the 3 games we played we never scored a single point and lost at least 78 - 0 on every game).

Talk to you soon!

Jessi

Internship Week 4 - Game 1 - Renting if you don't own

Game 1 - Jackson Silverhawks lose to Lima 78 - 0.

Well the above photograph shows how our first game of the 2015 season went.  The  team has had a struggle having to start over with new team members when almost half the team left before the season officially started.  This game's score reflects the team trying to get to know new players and the task of struggling to learn to play as a unit.

So rather then talk about anything regarding the game I wanted to touch base on what to do if your internship requires equipment you don't have.  In some situations your employer may elect to rent or purchase equipment for you to use while you are in their employment.  Often times your equipment will be your responsibility.

Coming into this week's game I knew that as good as my Nikon D7000 is, it can't really handle a night shoot.  Now I could have just gone with my standard equipment to the game and shot as long as I could shoot.  I could rent a lower light lens like the 70 - 200 F/2.8 Nikkor lens that is a typical low light favorite.   Or I could rent a new camera.

The decision on what you need to do if you run into a situation like this is your decision however, it can be one that your employer can help you decide.  In my case, I knew that I'm about to be at a point to upgrade several lens and get another camera.  So for me renting equipment is serving a double purpose. It is helping me to make a decision on what to pick up first another camera or a lens.

Since I knew that I am going to be upgrading my camera in the next two months I decided to start with a camera rental.  I only rent from Lumoid because I love their customer service.  I can't ask Zachary in the buying department any question and he will give me an honest answer on what is best. He has honestly told me not to buy a camera that he could have sold to me for about $3500 vs. the camera I rented which I could buy for about $2000 from him. I told him that my two favorite things to shoot are bands and sports. I had already done my research to realize the Nikon D750 was an excellent low light fast camera. When I told Zachary what I shot he agreed the D750 is best with only the Nikon D4 (Which will cost me about $5000) being the very best.

I elected to follow his advice and I rented the D750 to shoot the game.  I am going to give you 3 different types of photographs to show you what this camera can do. I really pushed it to the limits shooting 3 different situations. With each situation I used the same lens a Nikkor film lens 70 - 300 mm F/3.5.  I purposely did not use a low light lens.  I have some future test I want to do with my D7000 and low light lens.

First the Art Skateboarding show. This gallery is where the skaters are actually skating. The gallery is in a large and very dark warehouse. I wanted to check the low light capabilities and also the cut off point where I would start to see noise when I do not use a low light lens.  You will see noise in the shot but it can easily be cleaned up in Lightroom. By the way the ISO..it is at 12,500.  Up to an ISO of 10,000 with a standard lens had almost no digital noise.

                                                         A skater at the Nosegrinders Skateboard Charity Art Show Opening.

Now there are many things I could have done to make it so there was less noise in this photograph. However, the point is if you are renting something for your internship make sure you get your money's worth. So this was 100% about testing how the camera could do before the shot was noisy.

The second thing I shot was our game.  At the game I used my normal camera until it got dark and then switched to this one. What I wanted to play with in this situation was the ISO Isolation that this camera can achieve.  It can pinpoint one person and make that person crystal clear and the other people or background around it blur.

                              The Lima Warriors were single minded in their pursuit to win against the Jackson Silverhawks.

The ISO Isolation is really cool...when it works. It is something that will take a bit of playing with to always get it to work the way you want it to. When you try it and it doesn't work you blur the entire picture. It will be the reason this camera is one of my next purchases.

Finally I took my kids to the park.  It was daylight so I wanted to see what it could do in average sunlight.  

The only way to use a teeter todder - Brother power.

In the end the important thing to remember is an internship is a job. Just like you should have the tools you need for your own business you need to make sure you have the tool your internship needs.  If you do elect to rent something have a plan to make sure you really get your use out of that rental! 

Game 2 is against the one top team of the PAFL the Ohio Golden Knights.  Can the Silverhawks with a much smaller team come back from their 78 - 0 loss? Only time will tell.

Jessi

Internship - Week # 3 - Community Involvement

                      One of the "future" Silverhawks at the football camp hosted by the team.

Since the official season doesn't start for my team until June 6th, I thought I'd share with you what we did to give back to the community.  Last Saturday we hosted a football camp for one of the local youth football organizations.  Several of our players and the owner of our team all started in this organization so hosting this camp is a great way to give back to the community.

I did not have to shoot this event at all.  It wasn't required and I didn't need to get the hours in for my internship as my time shooting during the season will equal more than the 110 hours required for my internship.  However, I very much believe that art is supposed to give back.  So I volunteered to come out and shoot the youth camp for the team.

There are so many opportunities that can come up just by giving back to your community with your craft.  For instance this camp gives these boys a chance to see that if they love football they can still play even later on in life. They can coach. They could play semi-pro.  They could help out eventually with the same youth football league that helped them become the players they will be one day.

The players who came out to assist really enjoyed sharing this camp with the boys. While it was hard work with lots of drills it was also fun!  Even as a photographer the expressions and honesty that the boys get on their faces when they play were great to see and shoot.  Sometimes at the Semi-Pro level the guys keep more of a poker face so you can't see the determination, the frustration and or sheer happiness that happens when you shoot children.

              While this was just one of the drills you can see that both boys took it very seriously!

In a matter of 2 hours I shot over 1200 shots and I could easily have shot more.  I know that when we finally share these images with the players, their parents, and coaches they will appreciate them in a different way than my older players do.  It opens up a new market for me to shoot in shooting youth sports as well as Semi-Pro  I honestly wouldn't have tried to shoot youth sports before doing this camp.

It also shows the players who came to help out at camp another future. One where they are the coaches and not the players.  So some of the photographs I took highlighted them in coaching or mentoring roles too.

Not everything that you during an internship has to be expected or the bare minimum that you can do as I have said before.  The more that you take what is given to you in your internship and make it your own the more you will get from your internship!

Next up! Tomorrow.  We travel 3 hours away to play the Lima Warriors Football team.  I'll save what I did to make sure I was ready for this first game that starts at 7 PM for next week!

Any questions please let me know!

Jessi

Internship Week # 2 - Making Connections

RC Bronco's Helmet 

While I shoot for the Jackson Silverhawks we had a weeks down time.  I didn't want to waste a week not shooting for my internship.  I contacted one of the other teams that had asked me to shoot for them this year who is in a different Semi-Pro League.  I helped them obtain their photographer Tonya who is one of my best friends. I asked if it would be OK for me to help Tonya shoot the Bronco vs. Storm game since I was off on Saturday.  Their owner Jimmy told me I was welcome to shoot any game for them that I wanted. 

While I'm not going to go into the details there have been some issues with my team the Silverhawks that the team is trying to work out.  In the off chance the team can't work out the problems I needed to think what I could do to save my internship. Several teams and organizations have offered to step in and help taking over my internship if something were to happen to my team.  Since  3 of these parties would be at this particular game it was a good way to do a bit of investigating to see which of the 3 might be a good fit for me if a new organization is needed. 

Most of the coaches and players on the Summit County Storm are well known to me as 3/4 of the team or  were all part of last year's Silverhawk team.  While the Broncos do have a photographer at this point the Storm does not have one full time.  The Storm is actually the first team that asked me to shoot this year however we failed to make a deal in a timely manner which is how I ended up shooting for the Silverhawks instead.  I do know the Storm is willing to work with me as an intern.

After shooting side by side for awhile Tonya and I elected to split the field. She stayed on her teams's side and I   shot on the side of the Storm. I was shooting both teams equally since the Storm had asked me if I would be shooting and indicated the person who normally helps them with photography had to do videography. I always shoot both teams at every game and share pictures. It is one of the reasons that I was asked to shoot for 5 teams this year. The players actually asked their coaches to try to get me as their team photographer. Networking with the players and the coaches are good ways to make connections at this level.

We freely share images on Facebook for the teams to share digital images from the games.  I sometimes joke I think there are more football players on my Social Media sites than friends or family. It is a good way to get more traffic to your Facebook page as well too.

The Bronco's Fame Brown captures the ball and lands at my feet as I backed up towards the sidelines to get the shot.

Images like this that are often my favorite shots but surprisingly they are not the shots the players share! They like to raze the other teams pointing out who pushed whom, or who took the other player down.  

Earlier today one player posted an image that had 8 images - 4 of mine and 4 of Tonya's posted back and forth in the discussion.  Not only were teams that knew me in this discussion but players that I didn't know from different teams.  This is a great way to get my name out so that when this season is over I again can pick the team that I really want to shoot for.  I like to see which shots the players like best so I can make sure at the next game to try to get a few more of those types of shots

This type of shot is something the players are more likely to like 

Everything you do as an intern has the ability to define your future. So do the other photographers in this field who you meet.  

Tonya and I weren't the only photographers on the field that Saturday.  The show Saturday Showdown was shooting video and photography.  Their photographer Jennifer quickly introduced herself to me and between shots we were able to discuss many ideas and photographers.  Jennifer and I exchanged contact information.  

The owner of Saturday Showdown is Wally.  Wally had asked me about doing some work with him on his show earlier in the season but I was already under contract. Jennifer introduced me to her boss Wally who remembered our conversation.  He and I talked for awhile and he discussed getting some of my work seen by a larger audience. He told me several places I could get some of my Semi-Pro shots seen.  He asked me to make sure to give him a call so we could talk about a few things later. Wally has indicated to me he would gladly take me on as an intern if I would need to change from the Silverhawks.

Later in the day Jennifer introduced me to another photographer Bryan. We talked about the types of photography that we shoot. Bryan asked me if I ever did any 2nd shooting especially for weddings and I told him that I did. He also runs a photo booth for weddings.  He gave me his card and we exchanged information.

One of the most important things to remember is to follow up with your connections! 

It doesn't help to meet people or collect their cards and never do anything with the information! I made sure to add all 3 new contacts to my Social Media sites.  I followed up with a conversation with both team owners and the owner of Saturday Showdown.  

At the end of the day it is your internship. You can do the bare minimum  you can to get by or you can really make it into something strong!

Going into week 3  we are discussing Phone Etiquette and Listening Skills.

The Silverhawks are hosting a youth camp on Saturday and Sunday night. I'm looking forward to getting some great shots of the kids.  Right now we are scheduled to get storms so hopefully it will even out.

If you have any questions so far about being an intern or anything else please let me know! 

Have a great Friday!

Jessi

Week 1 - Internship - Loyalty and Not my job!

Let the fun begin - final full practice before the Season starts.

So first of all I can truly say I survived week 1 of my internship! It was a bit of an unexpected bumpy first week caused by rain and a few unexpected twists within in the team this week.  I'll be first to say if there hadn't been unexpected twists I might get bored. I love the unexpected challenges that drive other people crazy.  I love impossible odds and embrace change! Yes..you can think it that girl is CRAZY! I think that often it is surviving that fire of any unexpected challenge is what makes us stronger photographers! It teaches you to think on your feet!  Which leads me to this week's post.

The first two days I expected to shoot - weather got in my way! I had hoped to not shoot at the Sunday practice simply because I had plans to shoot a fun horse event up in Cleveland.  However, it didn't work out that way so I shot at practice on Sunday.  

Our practice field was taken so the team had to play someplace where the grass was more than a little bit too long.  I won't lie I loved it! (Sorry guys - I know it was hard to play in).  It made for fun creative shots that I won't have a chance to shoot again.  I won't lie I had a lot of fun looking for some fun angles that made it look worse like the one below.

Making the best of an unexpected playing field trying to not get lost in the grass.

These weren't ideal shooting or playing conditions but sometimes you have to go with the flow and make the best of the situation.  In my case I had fun shooting funny shots like this one.

The biggest issues of the week involved the loss of   some team members and fundraising.  I actually almost spent more time this week trying to brainstorm fundraisers because of deficits that our unexpectedly small team has caused. While trying to make sure our team has the best year and best field possible we realized we would need to do some fundraising to help our goals.

The question that might come to mind is why as a photographer is it my job to help with that? I did my job I showed up. I took pictures. 

I have yet to ever work with any client where the job was clear cut like that! When you shoot weddings you play wedding planner helping keep the bride from being stressed out.  You are sometimes the shoulder to cry on if something doesn't go right.  In fashion you might be making clothing work with pins, clips, whatever you can find!  The point is your job isn't just to hold a camera and you need to  be prepare to embrace that as an intern.  Your main focus will be to use your camera in most jobs that you do but that doesn't mean you won't be wearing multiple hats too.

I am supposed to be on vacation in June.  I have the privilege of helping to shoot a very important to me cake smash session.  I agreed to help my other friend who is a make up artist / hair stylist with a shoot or two while I was in town.  I loaned out my daughter as a model.  Even though I am acting as a photographer while on vacation when I realized she also needed another model, I agreed to step in.  You never know what will be asked of you when you are "just shooting".  You have to be ready to forget the words even mentally "that's not my job". Your job is anything that makes it easier for you when it is time to pick up your camera.

As I though over the loss of a few of our players this week it brought me to the other thing I learned this week - loyalty. There will always be something out there that looks better on paper than what you have.  If you are a music photographer that might be wanting to shoot the big shows. So it can look good when you have a chance to help assist another photographer at a big show.  However, if you are contracted already to shoot some local bands what does that really say about you if you go shoot the big show.  Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture. The choices that we make in our careers will stay with us for life.  Sometimes it is best to earn your place in your given genre.  Start out shooting the smaller venues and move up to bigger venues as your skills grow.  When the bigger venues look back they will notice if you are a team player and how loyal you were to the the last person you worked for.  They will notice if you do choose to leave and move on to a better situation   how you ended your relationship with your last client or employer.  Did you leave the right way?  No one may comment at the time, but that doesn't mean they will not notice and not hire you if they are afraid you will leave the next time something better comes along.

If you commit to something commit to it 100%.  Even if you see it won't work out to be the perfect situation you had hoped for you will be able to have pride in yourself for seeing your commitment til the end.  As an intern this is an important lesson to learn before you do have something better offered to you and you have to make a snap decision.

So in closing I just wish our leaving team members well on their new teams and wish them a great season this year! It was great to get to be part of your careers.  I do truly hope to see each of you reach your true potential.  It has been nice to see how well this team has worked together to help each other be better players.  

This shot seemed metaphoric as we can't see who is left to catch this ball.

This week in class we are looking at Time Management and learning to multitask and prioritize. Both of these are important to learn as photographers and as busy students.  

Next week the team doesn't have practice and the formal pictures were put off due to the holidays. Upcoming we have a youth camp and formal pictures as we regroup and prepare for our season to start.

I hope you enjoyed the view of week 1.  I look forward to your thoughts!

Jessi

Let the Waiting Begin

Image Courtesy of Graphic Stock

While it is only day 2 of my internship I was hoping to have some cool images to share with you but instead I have the first lesson I can share from my Internship - be prepared to wait.  Things don't always go as planned!

I actually had 2 different shoot scheduled before today.  Last weekend I had scheduled to shoot the model that I am working with for our football team.  The shoot was part fashion for her and part team shooting / special projects for us.  The location we were shooting was an outdoor location.  Fear of looming storms had us reschedule for a different day.

So I planned to shoot my team the day before my internship actually started.  Practice cancelled due to our insane 40 degree weather in May.  We had hoped to do a few cool shots we could use for future fliers and we want to test a few things we will  be using for our formal shots next week. The formal shots we had to reschedule.

Today we have a practice. Well it looks like rain so it maybe rescheduled.  So now we are down to Sunday. I actually had plans to shoot a cool horse event on Sunday but it looks like I may have to  go shoot the team instead. 

I don't believe in being stagnate even though I've not been able to shoot.

Yesterday the owner said to me we should come up with one more fundraiser for the team.  We tossed around a few ideas and came up with one that we thing will be fun and raise a bit of money.  NO!! You just have to wait and see I'm not ready to spill the beans on this one yet!

So what have I learned so far as my first two official days of an intern?

1. Sometimes you just have to be patient!                                                                                    Even the best laid plans don't always work out in any  business.  This is especially true if you are an outdoor photographer.

     2. Make a back up plan or maybe 3!

         The only thing you can do to combat when things don't go the way you want is to have a

         a few back up plans.  While the internship is approximately 10 hours a week some weeks you

         due to things going wrong you may work 2 hours and the next week you may put in 20 hours.  

         Just like with any job sometimes you have to put in overtime when it is needed.

  3. Don't panic!

      You do want to make the most of your internship but panicking when things don't go right won't

      help you at all. 

Part of the internship process is about learning to work in a professional environment. This week's discussion is about 7 behaviors that that a professional has to balance. I can tell you that at least one of those behaviors had to come into play this week so I didn't freak out on my employer over things going wrong. 

In reality no matter what type of photography you shoot things will happen.  Clients won't show up. Equipment will decide to not work.  Your entire concept for a shoot may suddenly fall apart on you and you will have to scramble to make something work. So in a way this problem is exactly what you want to have happen in an internship! It is a good lesson to learn while the stakes aren't so high.

Fingers cross everyone that we don't have a bizarre blizzard, or monsoon this week so I can share some of the images taken late this week and what we are doing with them as we wait for our season to start!

Upcoming projects before the season starts include team photos, modeling shoots, fund raiser, and youth football camp! It will be a busy few weeks. Our official season starts June 6th.