Monday, March 28th, Day 1 8hrs 30min
Today was my first day at David. I arrived at 12:45 pm and waited till around 2pm for Torren to arrive. Once Torren arrived I was able to sit in on the David weekly meeting. At the weekly meeting I meet all 6 employees that work in the office. Brian, Steve, Carson, Jesse, Travis, and of course, Torren. I was able to watch how they all discussed the layout of the magazine, what stories, ads and pictures were going in the magazine, and how to edit things or target different audiences. They also discussed upcoming issues and what to types of photo shoots they would need or in what order they should be. It was a good introduction into how the magazine process is thought out.
After the meeting was over, I meet with Torren about upcoming photo shoots for the magazine. We discussed different ideas and what would need to be done about them.
Next, we went a few doors down to ask a flower shop owner if we could use his studio space for taking some pictures on Friday. The owner is a friend of Torrens and he agreed to let us use the space. We also collaborated on some ideas for the Easter photo shoot for the magazine. Once we somewhat of an idea we left to go back to the office.
That night David sponsors an evening at Blake’s on the Park for RuPaul’s Drag Race. Torren goes every Monday and puts out magazines, takes pictures of the crowd and socializes. It is a way for the magazine to have a presence in the community. Currently, Torren has a severely twisted ankle and can’t walk around much. He gave the camera to me and I had to go around and take pictures of the crowd. After I was done with the pictures I finally went home around 9:30 pm.
Skills: I saw briefly what it would be like to proof a magazine before print.
Thursday, March 31st, 8:30-11:30pm, 3 hrs
Tonight I attended a fashion show held at the W off of 14th and Juniper. When I first arrived I waited for some other members of the David staff to arrive at the event. Brian and Chip were the two employees of David that were attending the fashion show. They showed up around 9pm and wanted to get dinner before the show, so I went and sat with them. I tried to make conversation and get to know them better.
The show was to start around 11pm. After dinner we went up stairs to the Whiskey Bar and meet the organizer for the fashion show. He showed me the catwalk for the models. Chip and I also set up the media wall at the location to take pictures of the patrons. I was to be the photographer for David Magazine that night and take all the pictures of the event. After the wall was set up, I began to recruit individuals for the wall. I then took those pictures and pictures of the models walking down the catwalk once the show began.
Once the show was over I was finished for the evening.
Friday, April 1st, 9:30-2:30pm, 10-10:15 5hrs 15 min
Today we had a photo shoot for a person being featured in David Magazine named Paul Appleman. We had to go to an apartment and take pictures of him. I was the photographer for the shoot.
We arrived at the apartment and took up all of our equipment. Meet with the client and he gave us a tour of the place. After looking around for the best location to take photos we picked out clothes. Then we got started. I used a lot of window lights for the pictures and some reflectors.
I think we were able to get some good images and also build a nice rapport with Paul.
After our shoot with Paul, we went onto the second shoot for David magazine. The magazine is trying to launch a club card and they want to start advertising it in the magazine. We ended up using a local flower studio to take the pictures in. The model is one of Torren’s models named Alexander. For this photo shoot I was also the photographer. We used window light and outside lighting for the images. The photo shoot took around an hour.
When we were done with the shoot, I went home and prepared to come back to Atlanta for the evening. I returned later to do photos in a local bar called the 3 Legged Cowboy. I had to get the camera from the office then go on to the bar. When I went to the bar I basically asked local patrons to smile for snapshots for David magazine. These images go on “seen @” pages in the weekly publication. I was in the bar for around 15 minutes.
Saturday, April 2nd, 3:00-5:30, 1hr 30 min
Leather pride is this weekend. David magazine wanted to make sure and cover the event. This afternoon there was a BBQ at the Eagle in Atlanta. I arrived with Torren at the event to take pictures of the patrons. The event was outside on the patio. I walked around taking pictures of the event during my visit. It was an interesting crowd to say the least.
Skills:
Some of the things that I learned this week were how you need to be personable in this field of work. Personality has a lot to do with marketing and promoting. There are a wide variety of people out there and they may have something you can use one day. It is good to present a good image, social personality and have confidence. People will be believe you if you believe in yourself.
Total Hours: 18hrs. 15min
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