Nov. 19, 2010

Monday night was by far the hardest photoshoot I think I will ever do.  I'm not trying to be racisit but all the models were black or dark skinned in dark clothes.  The camera was throwing such a hissy fit focusing that I wanted to quit but the other photographer that was there kept encouraging me and was telling me her secrets for her camera in these circumstances.  He secrets didn't work but her flash helped me.  When it went off I could focus and take a picture.  The lighting is so terrible in Thrift Alumni.  Our last day of portraits Wednesday didn't go to well, we didn't get a lot of people to take pictures.  I decded to focus on the writing I need to do for Interlachen.

For Wellness TV, we did the Christmas shoot Monday.  It was funny trying to get that to work and I enjoyed being with the Wellness TV crew one more time.  I'll have to wait til next semester to do that again.

Hours: 3 hours
Total: 43 hours, 45 minutes

Nov. 11, 2010

Happy Veterans' Day!!!!  Things have been so busy here lately but I am getting so many hours.  Yesterday I set up the portraits all by myself.  Jess grabbed the wrong camera so I had to set up  by myself because Austin and the other girl there had never seen it but they caught on fast.  I mean I knew Austin would, he does the video stuff for Interlachen.  I was really happy to do it though.  Before that I had to reshoot the anchor scenes for Wellness TV because the script needed to be redone.  I was not nervous this time, I think this came out better.  I already watched it on Facebook and I liked how it came out.  Portraits were good, we got 73 people to take them yesterday!  Today we were going to take pictures but we didn't have a camera to take them so it didn't happen.  Instead I helped edit pictures and got Interlachen blocked Facebook by accident.  Its been a really productive time though I think.  Things are becoming more instinctual now that I don't have to think about the processes to go through and how to do things, I just do them now.  It makes me happy that I can do that.

Hours: 8 hours
Total hours: 40 hours, 45 minutes

Nov. 4, 2010

I really need to blog my hours right after everything but I just don't have time.  Tuesday I helped with portraits again.  It wasn't the best day for pictures with the rain but we got 30+ pictures taken.  I learned how to breakdown the equipment from Bob.  He also showed me this neat little trick with the wire and how to roll it so it lays down flat.  Its really neat and I have been practicing.  Yesterday were pictures yet again.  We had our yearbook meeting then packed up Bob's car.  As a test of what I remembered, Bob had me set up and show Haley, the new girl.  And I did it almost perfectly!  I was very surprised at how easy it is to set up for pictures.  Takes a while but its not hard.  I came back later and started roping people in and taking their pictures.  While I was gone for class there had only been two people who came in.  I thought I was timid, Haley was really shy at first but got into the swing of things by the end.  I also did my first thing for Wellness TV, an anchor shoot.  I was so nervous but Dakota and Mehgan helped me out so much.  And I know the technical name for Hot Yoga now.  I came back in time to breakdown the portraits and Bob Drake was no where to be found.  So it was our chance to show him what we knew and us girls (Cynthia, Jess, Haley, and I) broke it down completely and somehow fit it into Cynthia's tiny car.  All in all a good last few days.

Hours: 7 hours
Total: 32 hours, 45 minutes