Week 2

Monday April 3rd: Noon till 10pm. 10 hrs

Today was the weekly meeting. The employees that were there was Jesse, Steve, Torren, Carson and myself. The topics that were discussed were about upcoming events, issues that needed to be corrected and upcoming photo shoots.

After the meeting, Torren had me work on “seen at photos” from various events from the week before. Torren went through photos taken and selected images that would be put into the magazine. He also looked at the images I had taken of Paul Appleman and he selected the ones for me to edit and put in the magazine. I also had to take and edit a picture of myself for a press pass.

Within the time I was at the office I edited pictures. We were also informed of a sudden change in the Easter issue cover and I had to make some calls about cancelling the original idea and scheduling the new one. Torren and I also planned out the week and the events we had to attend. I was at the office until around 8:30pm.

After the office we had to go to Blake’s On The Park to take seen at photos and set up the David table and magazine. We were there until around 10pm.


Wednesday April 5th: 1pm – 4pm, 3 hrs

Today we had to scout out a location for the Easter photo shoot on Sunday. Torren and I went scouting out locations at local High Schools. I also had to look for models for the upcoming swimsuit issue photo shoot.


Saturday April 9th: 3pm – 7pm, 8:30 pm-1:30am, 8hrs 30min

This afternoon we had the Easter photo shoot for David magazine. We went to a local high school and shot a drag queen group. I was the main photographer and Jeremy was my assistant. It was hot and bright. It was a challenge at first. Luckily, Jeremy had brought his strobes and helped make the shoot a success. The only downside is that his strobe fell twice.

After the shoot Torren and I went to My Sisters Room for the Melissa Carter Farwell party. We arrived at 9pm and set up the media wall for pictures. Then we waited for the event to start up. I took pictures of various patrons and the drag competition that evening. It was definitely a challenge to take pictures in the dark light, however I think I managed it alright.


Skills learned this week:

This week I learned more about being flexible and adapting to change. We had to change our idea for the cover shoot and only had a week to do it. I think we were successful in what we accomplished however.

This week I had to interact with more “clients”. I had to pay more attention to presentation. How I look when I meet them and also how I interact with them over the phone.