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.

Written 2.18.14 about the 17

Last night my family took a guy that works for Orbit in China to dinner. It’s amazing how blessed us Americans are. He only sees his family four times a year! Four! That’s so little time with your family! Crazy. They must all be very lonely, but he said that’s normal in China. His family is a flight away. I can’t imaging seeing my family that little. He has a wife and son. I bet people forget they’re even married. They have a higher marriage retention rate. Probably because they’re not together to fight and get on each other’s nerves for very long. Things are so different here. When we pulled up to our rental house he said it was very beautiful. We should all be grateful for what we have! If everyone would just have a positive outlook on life the majority of the time it would be a much better place for everyone.

2.18.14

Today I spotted a picture I took used! I  really love it when that happens! During the summer (my official internship time) I took photographs of flowers, vegetables, water, trees, and even dirt! They wanted a whole catalog of miscellaneous photo’s to use. It turns out it was a smart thing to take photos of dirt!

2.19.14

I took the photo of the yellow flower! I love seeing how my photos are used. I would have probably lowered the picture a little where it’s placed. I miss seeing more bokeh, but since the photo spot is so small I can understand why they would do that.

2.20.14

Today is a gorgeous day! I love driving home for lunch and getting out. The sky was blue all over with some Toy Story clouds. We rolled down the windows on the way back to work and there were birds, sparrows my dad said, in the bushes. They sounded so pretty it was fun.

1.14.14

Today is Valentine’s Day and the day has gone so quickly. I love it when time flies while I’m working. We had a meeting and I got a new project yesterday. Yesterday I found a great stock photo for packaging. I love it when I get to find stock photo’s. It’s like pinterest only work. It’s so fun to look at photo’s. Especially when they’re lifestyle photo’s.

My new project is to help order the company shirts for the year. It’s like shopping! Then I’m helping decide what journals to order. I got to go around and ask people which they liked better. I enjoy getting to talk to people.

1.13.14

The future is always on my mind. Seriously. Since I was eight. I would always wonder what I would look like. I remember picturing myself so classy and thin with gorgeous hair like the commercials. Lately I’ve been thinking about trials in life. Last night I thought to myself I don’t want too many kids because then you have to see someone you love go through hard things. I don’t want my kids to have to go through tough things. School is tough. Life is tough. Then it hit me, that’s what we’re here for. Heavenly Father doesn’t necessarily want to see us struggle. He doesn’t want to see us in pain, but that’s what it takes for us to become like him. Life is our test to eternal forever happiness.

Our test is how we act through trials. How do we handle them? Just like in DC when it says we must “endure it well.” After years and years of trying our hardest to endure it well it just kinda wears you out and you feel so drained, but you keep going. In order to be forever happy we just have to keep on going. There is a plan.

1.10.14

Speaking out is just so hard for me. We had the scorecard meeting and were having a discussion about being productive. We were talking about reacting to what people say. I just felt so stupid after making a comment. Feeling that way went right against what we were talking about. I shouldn’t react that way and laugh at my comment. I’m just not in the work frame of mind. My mind is on the family and own photography business track. I don’t really want to change that though. I’ll embrace my difference instead ha.

2.6.14

Today we had a meeting over the Digital Asset Management software’s and I was in charge of presenting it to three of my supervisors. It went great. I was really nervous, but very prepared beforehand. I had researched for weeks the different D.A.M. software’s. While I was showing different good and bad things of the software’s I didn’t feel very nervous and was able to answer their questions. I’m happy with how it went.

Afterwards I got an email from my professor at byui saying that it would be ok for me to take the PSW practicum online. I still can go to PSW!! I’m so excited for Photoshop World! It will be such a great experience. I’m so grateful to feel content. I look forward to what the future could bring.

2.5.14

It’s so crazy that this is my fifth week working here this winter. It’s going much faster than in the summer. I was only here seven weeks that time and now I’ve been here longer than half that. Today I was a hand model again. I used my left hand because moving and the winter dryness made my right hand a disaster ha ha.

I’m learning product photography isn’t too fun. It’s a pain to get a faucet to stay on a plastic brick wall. Work isn’t fun, but you learn patience and to somehow make things work.

2.4.14

It’s so crazy that this is my fifth week working here this winter. It’s going much faster than in the summer. I was only here seven weeks that time and now I’ve been here longer than half that. Today I was a hand model again. I used my left hand because moving and the winter dryness made my right hand a disaster ha ha.

I’m learning product photography isn’t too fun. It’s a pain to get a faucet to stay on a plastic brick wall. Work isn’t fun, but you learn patience and to somehow make things work.

1.3.14

I’ve learned living super close to work is super wonderful. It makes the day go so much faster when you get to go home and take a break for a minute. I love getting to have toast, plus the hot chocolate milk was a perfect touch to stay fuller longer. Going home makes you realize why you’re working in the first place. I love getting to see my cute spunky dog. It puts a smile on your face to get a good break.

I’m super grateful things are starting to work out for my family. I might not go back to Rexburg until Fall and keep working and take my online classes here. I feel like it’s such a waste of money to pay to live in Rexburg when you have to take online classes anyways.

set up

 

This is my new set up at work! There are now three desktop screens in my cubicle. People are jealous, but I honestly didn't even mind. 

Technology

Wow how technology has changed.

I came across this photo at work. and laughed. I wonder what it was ever used for that had to do with irrigation.

Super Bowl 1.30.14

 We got this from HR on Thursday. It was a fun little thing for employees.

I heart Orbit: 8.2013

 

This was such a fun image to create. My co-worker told me his idea and asked me to create it. I used Adobe Illustrator. It was tricky to figure out how to make the water look like a heart. 

August

This was my favorite cover photo. I took all of the images used for this cover photo.

see 1.27.14

I’ve been looking at photo blogs for five years. That’s a long time. Sometimes I go back to some of the oldest work of one of my favorite photographers. I was obsessed with her work. Now that I’ve been doing photography for a couple years I compare my work to her old stuff. I feel confident in what I do. I’m excited to continue to do photography.

When I look at wedding photographers work I don’t really feel anything anymore. It’s all the same. I honestly don’t even know who I would hire. Maybe Susan Strippling. What makes her work so different? She’s way expensive, but her photo’s just have so much emotion. Lately all the photographers have been chopping off the heads right under the eyes. What kind of composition is that? If I were in that picture and I looked at it years later (or even now) I would be so upset that I couldn’t see the way my spouse looked at me then. Sure they also give you photo’s where you can see the eyes, but no one ever makes the same expression. I hope that fad doesn’t last long.

Engagements should show a lot about a couple. I would love it if I used a location that was actually applicable to the couple. Somewhere that had to do with our dating. Where we met, where we would always hang out, favorite date spot. I want to take them at the conference center. Go on dates to spoken word and walk around temple square. The bad part about being a photographer and dating is your always planning photographs you’d want. Or seeing if their last name would go well with your photography business. Waiting on really getting a name for your business because you hope to change your last name really soon.

There are some photographers who go on photo dates. The boyfriend goes with you on photo explorations and even will be in pictures with you. I would love that so much. I heard a proposal  story where they went on a photo exploration in the fall leaves for fun and then he purposed. So cute. Those photographs she got before that were the ones right before she was engaged.

I’m a sentimental one;) Photographs need emotion! Don’t stick with the norm. I’m leaning towards lifestyle and children photography. Children are full of character! Mainly I want to have a family of my own and take real photos of them.

I don’t think I could be a commercial photographer because they often have to leave lots of space on the outside because then the client can crop it out. I would hate that. If the original photograph isn’t close to perfect, meaning good composition and lighting, it often gets thrown in the trash. It’s hard to see potential if it doesn’t have those main elements.

Summer Time Internship

Last time I worked for Orbit the weather was so warm. Full of outdoor shoots rather than indoor product shoots. My co-worker shot this photo of me while we were setting up. I was the "wife" in the video. Showing that this mist system needs more than one person to set up.