Spring!

 My favorite part of my internship is days that I get to go and take pictures outside all by myself. My other favorite part is when my coworker uses my photo's on packaging. It feels so great to have your images on packaging!

Favorite Photo's from my Summer internship

Go here to see the portfolio of images I created during the summer:

 http://kayliecon.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photocatalog.pdf

 

3.7.14

Friday was one of the greatest work days. I had three meetings that I had to take a part in. The last meeting I had was with the women at Orbit who have to wear the shirts. They were all nice and it was fun to go to the other building to meet with them. The second meeting was to talk about the USU and UofU Spring football games. Orbit is having a booth and we have to get ads all ready. I created a vector image idea in AI earlier and showed it to them. They all loved it. It was so fun to have them like my idea. I’m better at pictures than words.

The first meeting was with my supervisor. We talked about having me go and take photographs on temple square and city creek so they can have more beauty shots for packaging. In the summer (my real internship) I did that and it’s so great to be back and see how they’re used.

10.8.14

Saturday I went with one of my favorite photographers Jalene Taylor. I’d followed her work ever since I was fifteen. It was so fun to finally meet her. She is very nice. I enjoyed watching how she posed and guided the couple. It made me feel good about how I do! It was similar. I learned I need to pose more with the hands. She also did a few poses that I hadn’t done before. One of the poses she used a lot was when the girl curls up around the guys arm. It’s important to try and loosen up the couple. Some couples don’t loosen up much. Part of my job that I love is seeing how couples interact with one another. Every couple is so different!

The location was beautiful. I went back there with my family the next day. They had these tall tall plants that are like golden wheat. I’d always wanted to find some and there they were! Tunnel Park! It’ll get even prettier as things get green. The light when we shot the engagements wasn’t ideal, but we backlit them so that they didn’t have to look into the sun.

She let me tag along for a senior recital session also! The girl ended up being my relief society president! It was so much fun to photograph her playing her viola in a field around sunset. The light softened as the time passed and it was gorgeous! I love love love portraiture!

3.10.14

Today we’re going back to the studio for the third time. Technically the companies fourth. I had other meetings on Friday. It has been a great learning experience. Thursday I felt much more productive. I learned things that needed to be done the first day. It was great. The studio was freezing cold. I was seriously a popsicle the first half of the day. Then he took us to lunch to a place called Mo’s Bettah. It was good. The brown rice was the best rice ever. I’m not really a bbq girl, but it was fun. The restaurant was even freezing. Then we went back to the studio. We had to take action shots where the pipe was broken and muddy. The biggest stress was getting a broken pipe. They tried running it over in a car and the big machinery equipment in the warehouse. The thing that finally worked was putting dry ice in it! Smart. One of the engineers thought of it.

Inside the studio we put water in the dirt. It got messy, but we put sandbags all around the edges of the tarp so that it wouldn’t get water and mud all over. I got to pour the water on the pipe. We had to make sure the pipe wasn’t too dirty for some of the shots. These shots tell a story. Sometimes you have to pay attention to special details that you wouldn’t ever really think about. These days in the studio have reminded me of my studio photography class. There are certain angles you need. My favorite kind of photography is not having any kind of assignment except to capture the couple and beauty in this world. That is what I’m best at and what I really love.

Studio

Today we had a shoot for PVC lock, Eco lock, and tomorrow we're getting wet. All day long we took photographs of pipes, manifolds, and many other items I can't even remember the name of. We were there from nine o'clock until four thirty. His studio was very nice. It had an apartment upstairs, sitting area with couches, then the studio. The studio of really big. I'm guessing it to be about fifty by one hundred feet? I'm no expert, but it was big! There was a whole huge corner that was all white from the ground to the ceiling. Then there was a full kitchen. There was leftover soap products from a previous shoot. Then there was a large tarp with dirt on top of it. That was set up for our shoot. 

To start we showed the images we wanted to get. Do you ever think about how much time goes into the photo's you see in brochures, pamphlets, and packaging? Me neither. We showed the storyboard. Then we got down to business and photographed all day. It was so cool how he had his camera hooked up to the computer so he would shoot and then go right to his computer. The art director would check out which photo's she liked out of the group of photo's taken. We would adjust the light in order to make the trench the pipe was in look larger. The shadows mattered. It's all about DETAILS. Details matter!

 

This blog is supposed to be about what I'm learning. I've learned my heart and soul is portrait photography. I love people. Is it ok I'm learning I want nothing to do with studio lights only? People say they love studio's because they have complete control of the light. The light looks fake. The look of studio lights still looks dark. This Saturday I'm shooting with a favorite photographer of mine Jalene Taylor. I'm super excited. It'll be good to see more side of photography.

Summer results

Orbit created a PowerPoint template. They want a universal template for everyone to use for their presentations. My Dad needed it and was looking through it. He told me about it and wondered if the images were the ones I had taken. Five out of the eight are mine! I’m so glad I’m back and can see all the ways my images are used. Many people are going to see these on PowerPoints.