Entry #9

Dates: 10/8-11/14

Activities: Assist photographing a wedding, take senior portraits of Hannah (alongside Tammy), assist photographing a bar mitzvah, edit senior picture

Technical Information: Light meter, 3-4 Canon DSLR Cameras, Sony a330 dslr, video light, ceiling flashes, Adobe Photoshop, Bridge

Reflection: Hannah and I had an incredible end to our internship! Our last wedding was such a success and it turns out that my cross country coach even knew the bride! She used to run cross country for Apex and she and her maid of honor were both captains in their senior year. We were again able to use our own cameras (Sony a330 dslr) to shoot some images of the bride before the ceremony. Along with our last wedding, October and November included a senior portrait session, but this time, Hannah and I were the models! When one of us was not being photographed, we were able to use our cameras to photograph alongside Tammy. This was an especially nice time because it allowed Tammy some one-on-one time with each of us to extensively teach us more about aperture, shutter speed and ISO while photographing. I was difficult for her to stop shooting at weddings for a teaching moment. We were also able to go back to her studio and edit some of our very own pictures. Instead of just enhancing them and increasing the exposure, we were showed how to use different masks and other very detailed editing techniques on Photoshop. It was a really neat experience.

Unfortunately, Hannah could not make it to our last event, a bar mitzvah! Photographing a bar mitzvah is much different than photographing a wedding because you have an entirely different group of people to encounter. At this event, I was able to use one of Tammy’s cameras instead of my own to photograph with her throughout the entire event! I felt pressured, as I had never used the camera before, but once I was able to get the settings straight, it came much easier to me and I had a blast! This is probably the experience that makes me the most proud, because I stepped up to a challenging task with confidence and did my job successfully. Tammy told me that the pictures turned out beautifully and we received a very kind thank you note from our client, letting us know how much she loved the images and that her entire experience with us was wonderful. It felt great to read the note knowing that I did a great job and pleased a client to the fullest extent.